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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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