How Water Works To Keep Fruit Crops Free From Frost

Biostimulant-treated plants often resume normal physiological processes more quickly, translating into healthier fruit set and less severe yield reductions.

New computer model projects the temperatures that cause freeze damage in Northeastern cultivars.

Research suggests autonomous, intelligent system is capable of warming fruit tree canopies.

Grape growers have options toward the protection of established vineyards.

With whole trees and vines at stake, it’s imperative to know ways to battle the nemesis of spring.

From heaters to helicopters, measures to stave off cold damage takes many shapes.

Options for mitigating the risk of frost damage in orchards and vineyards has been largely unchanged for many years, but now there’s a new application of an abundant byproduct.

Nanocrystals, a plant-based solution, was created by Washington State University researchers to protect delicate fruit buds post-bloom.

When it comes to frost control, heat often is a grower’s best defense. There are a lot of […]

Plastic coverings, sprinklers used to keep crops warm with consecutive nights of low temperatures.

New equipment to help protect research blocks from frost damage and provide center with latest technology.

Last year, Golden Harvest Farms in Kinderhook, NY, lost nearly 95% of its apple crop when an unseasonably […]

In addition to sprinklers, there are some other tactics that can be employed to reduce the risk from cold.