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Re: Regarding "frost warning" help

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On Wed, 16 Jun 1999 23:33:58 EDT, BssnRX@aol.com , late of Pablo
Fanques Fair wrote:

>Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
>
>In a message dated 99-06-16 17:12:08 EDT, you write:
>
><< As far as I can tell, this spraying-water business is based on the
> mistaken
> idea that ice cannot get colder than 32 degrees F.  Ice, of course, can
> get
> as cold as its surroundings, all the way down to absolute zero in places
> like Ottawa <grin>. >>
>
>I don't know if I missed a post concerning the spraying water idea, but what 
>Florida fruit growers do and what I suggested are two completely different 
>things. I spray the plants with a hard stream of water AFTER the frost has 
>hit but before the sun hits the plants and melts the frost off. I have no 
>idea how or why this works, but I do know that it does. 
>Jim Kirker

The idea is that the melting frost would absorb energy from the
plant as well as from the sun. By removing it before that can
happen, you prevent more damage to the plant.


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