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<pre>Dear Collegues,
Last Spring my partners and I planted about 8000 trees in Mudgee, New South
Wales, Australia. The trees were developing quite well until, in Winter, we had
about ten days in a row of heavy frost, with temperatures at the base of the
trees dropping to about minus 10 degrees celsius overnight. Following these
frosts about half of our trees have died.
We think that part of the reason that the damage was so severe was that the
trees were not getting enough water - that, if we had given them more water,
their resistance to the frost would have been improved. However, we would like
to take action to ensure that all our trees survive next Winter.
Can anyone provide advice as to what we can do to protect our young trees from
the frost? Of course, the less expensive the solution the better!
Thanks and regards,
Bill Monks.
Sydney, Australia.
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