Fruit Loss
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Diggin It
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Gary Fowler
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It got down to 33 this morning but no worry about my apple tree. A straight line wind storm hit Sunday with 80-100 MPH winds blew it down along with a nectarine and a plum tree. Also took out some pine trees and a large oak. Next door it took out several trees, all pine and oak that blocked the road for several hours till road crew got Front End loader out to clear the debris.
Just looked at the back fence and had 3 pine trees across it and smashed a gate.
All this is negligible compared to all the power lines it took out. We are still running on generator power since the storm came thru. Might be Friday before we get power according to text messages which no one believes anymore since Entergy Power sent out so many with wrong info.
Just looked at the back fence and had 3 pine trees across it and smashed a gate.
All this is negligible compared to all the power lines it took out. We are still running on generator power since the storm came thru. Might be Friday before we get power according to text messages which no one believes anymore since Entergy Power sent out so many with wrong info.
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bunyip
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Some vineyards here get a savage frost and they light a series of fires when the temperature hits a certain level, I don't recall what it is, the smoke hits the inversion and spreads flat across the vines and stops the frost from dropping.
This was a common practice in Europe.
This was a common practice in Europe.
Diggin It
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Smudge pots used to be common. Might still be.
buckeyefarmer
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Dad used to burn brush piles in the orchard.
bunyip
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I recall reading that the Russians use MIG jet engines to circulate some warm air through the orchards, of course our cold is not like your cold and we complain bitterly when it hits -2C, really cold is -5C but doesn't last long.
23 here again. I'll keep my hopes up, but it will be a few weeks until we know the extent of the peach damage. Thinking more about last year, I'm pretty sure we had a couple days of mid teens while they were in bloom.