To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] heat tape
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:05:42 -0700 (PDT)
We sometimes use an old Coleman camp heater to save our grapefruit from a hard freeze. I doubt that heat tape could save your pluot blossoms, but if you have nothing else it's worth a try. You might do better to cover the whole tree with old sheets or something. Best of luck to you.
Kevin z9
From: Deb S <debs913@gmail.com> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 10:14:46 AM Subject: [NAFEX] heat tape
Has anyone ever tried hanging heat tape in branches of trees to prevent freezing? This is the tape used to wrap pipes. I was thinking that it might raise the temps in a small tree enough to spare some fruit (pluot is in full bloom and we are expecting a freeze tonight).