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- From: Tom Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>
- To: nafex@yahoogroups.com
- Subject: Re: [nafex] Cold
- Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 11:06:17 -0400
Hi,
We got 3" of snow today in SW Ontario.
Yuck!
Tom
Christopher Mauchline wrote:
> It's been a cool, damp spring here, so much flowering, growth has
> been delayed, but things have begun to push (apricot began flowering
> last weekend) Tonight temperatures are predicted in the low 30s and
> Wednesday night I've seen predictions as low as 27 degrees. If I
> lose my fruit crop for the year so be it, but on a number of plants
> the leaf buds have elongated and are starting to open. I'm concerned
> that the buds might be killed and I might lose the plants. Is this a
> legitimate concern?
>
> I can set up a sprinkler in one place, but my plantings are somewhat
> scattered. If we do get to 27 degrees I'm not sure a sprinkler would
> help.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Chris Mauchline
> SE PA, zone 6
>
> P.S. One thought I had (since many of my plantings are small) was
> that I could drape the plants with buds the furthest out with wet
> towels.
>
>
>
>
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Thomas Olenio
Ontario, Canada
Hardiness Zone 6a
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[nafex] Cold,
Christopher Mauchline, 04/17/2001
- Re: [nafex] Cold, Tom Olenio, 04/17/2001
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [nafex] Cold, del stubbs, 04/17/2001
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[nafex] Cold,
Robert L. Thomasson, 04/17/2001
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Re: [nafex] Cold,
Lucky Pittman, 04/17/2001
- Re: [nafex] Cold, Ginda Fisher, 04/17/2001
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Re: [nafex] Cold,
GIANNI-2, 04/17/2001
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[nafex] Re: Cold,
Christopher Mauchline, 04/17/2001
- Re: [nafex] Re: Cold, GIANNI-2, 04/17/2001
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[nafex] Re: Cold,
Christopher Mauchline, 04/17/2001
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Re: [nafex] Cold,
Lucky Pittman, 04/17/2001
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