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[bobf <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Bev, when expecting a frost or freeze, we water our citrus; as do the 
commercial citrus growers

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--- On Sat, 1/10/09, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:

> From: EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
> Subject: [Homestead] trees in the greenhouse
> To: "Homestead List" <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Saturday, January 10, 2009, 12:09 AM
> I was doing some reading on citrus and thought I would pass
> this tip on 
> to someone...maybe Lynn...
> It says that one way to prevent frost/cold damage is to
> light the tree 
> using Christmas tree lights.  They will allegedly provide
> enough heat to 
> keep the tree from freezing (light freeze of course)
> Thought that was cool..
> 
> B
> 
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