Re: CULT: Freeze protection Florida style.
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- Subject: Re: CULT: Freeze protection Florida style.
- From: G* S* <g*@loop.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 16:25:12 -0700 (MST)
Richard L Shehorn Jr wrote:
>
> ....
> The guys on the news last night were talking about how to protect your
> plants and they said to spray watter on the plants (I can't see where
> that would help in a freeze)....
The idea is that the water on the surface of the plants would freeze,
absorbing cold from the air and keeping it from getting to the plants.
I know "absorbing cold" is not proper technical terminology, but it
sounds better than "releasing latent heat of crystalization."
One additional thing in favor of the proposed method is that pure water
will freeze at a higher temperature than the electrolite-filled sap,
cytoplasm, etc. in the plants.
-Gerry, glad not to have to worry often about freezes
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