Heavy frost has been announced for Monday night: fruit-growing companies in the Freiburg region again fear damage and thus loss of yield because many trees are already blooming profusely.
The winter is back. Frost and snow are announced for the weekend. The German Weather Service in Offenbach advises bringing in sensitive plants. Fruit growers cannot do that. Your problem: After the warm March, many trees are already in full bloom. The announced frost can destroy a lot, as has been shown in similar weather conditions in recent years. So what can they do?
Sprinklers, roofing, stretching foil or hail nets, setting up frost guards, lighting candles, using mobile devices to swirl the air – lists Stefanie Lapcik from the district’s fruit-growing teaching and experimental garden. However, it is difficult for her to assess whether that will be necessary this weekend. Whether and to what extent frost causes damage depends on the one hand on the varieties and on the other hand on the respective stage of development …
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