RE: Frost

You can usually tell when frost is possible. High pressure, clear sky in
the evening, little or no wind. I have never known a frost other than
under these conditions. So have your countermeasures at hand, move
things indoors or cover up overnight as much as you can, newspaper,
sacks, fine netting, hay or straw. Remember that most of the damage is
done at dawn which is the coldest time, particularly when the sun gets
at things and breaks down the cell structure by sudden thawing. A lot of
the effect can be stopped by a fine misty spray of cold water over the
plant, this is done commercially.
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Allan Day  Hereford HR2 7AU allan@crwys.demon.co.uk
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