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<pre>It happened to me too in 1996. We had minus 19 degrees centigrades.
But many roots didn't die and they throw new good suckers. Someone explained
to me that I could defend better the trees putting a little heap of earth
(10/15 cms high) just around the base. In default of it, when it's raining
or it's snowing the water freezes and holds trunks as if with a vice. The
contact with ice is generally lethal. I will send you a particular photo to
better show it to you.
This is the less expensive solution I Know.
It's also very important to select types of olives with high cold-tolerance
character.
Regards
Antonio

----- Original Message -----
From: Phyl & Bill <phylnbill@one.net.au>
To: <oliveoil@onelist.com>
Sent: venerdì 17 settembre 1999 8.27
Subject: [OliveOil] Any Advice?


> From: "Phyl & Bill" <phylnbill@one.net.au>
>
> 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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