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Re: Regarding "frost warning" help

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At 11:33 PM 6/16/99 -0400, BssnRX@aol.com wrote:

>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
 
Jim,

My mother used to do the same thing... she said that if the sun hit the
leaves while they were frost covered, that they would burn, and kill the
plants.... Don't know if that's truly why it worked, or not, but it worked
for her in Southeast Michigan for years...  (can't tell you how many times
we were out washing frost off the leaves at 5 a.m. (sun comes up pretty
early in Michigan!))  I haven't gardened enough in Northwest Michigan to
try it yet, but hope to have an opportunity to find out in the future!

Dawn

Dawn


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