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<pre>On 18 May 2000, at 8:36, Andrea Fabbri wrote:
> In this discussion on frost in olive groves, I was chilled by the suggestion
to
> use sprinklers in the winter when temperature goes near zero. In the first
> place, zero degrees centigrade is of no concern for the olive, at least in the
> winter. In case of late frosts, if you really want to cultivate the olive in
> that place, use any system you like (fans, helicopters, stoves, bare soil,
> etc), but do not use over head sprinkler irrigation; the theory of how the
> water protects tissues from freezing is right, but what will protect trees
from
> branch and limb cracking due to the excessive weight? You must irrigate all
> night if you want the effect to take place, and the branches get covered by a
> layer of ice. If this layer extends to leaves it becomes too heavy to bear for
> the tree. The system is very smart, but it can only be used with deciduous
> trees, when there are no leaves, or shoots are extremely small.
> Andrea Fabbri
As i said i don`t think this is a possable solutions to frost in olives,
site selection and grove managment being the only true control of
frost.
Iain Latter
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