Tag: cold protection

Cold Protection for Landscape Plants — After the Event

by Samantha Murray

December 11, 2020

Many of us know what to do to protect our landscape plants before a cold event by the instructions you get from the Certified Meteorologists at your local television station. Usually we will water the plants well, both in-ground plants and containerized ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Tags: Cold Protection, Exploration Gardens, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Gardening, Horticulture, Plants

Fact Sheets: Plant Cold Protection and Recovery | Lee County | Stephen Brown

by Stephen Brown

April 25, 2018

Cold Protection and Recovery Cold Protection of Ornamental Plants Irrigation Cold Protection for Citrus Treating Cold Damaged Palms Weather Effect on five Ornamental Trees READ MORE

Category: Crops, Farm Management, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Tags: Citrus, Cold Protection, Fact Sheet, Factsheet, Lee County, Ornamental Plants, Ornamental Trees, Palms, Stephen Brown

My Florida Farm Weather: On-site decision making support

by Rick Lusher

March 30, 2018

Weather-related information is essential to Florida’s agricultural producers for making important decisions regarding the use of water for irrigation and cold protection. Since the mid 1990’s, The Florida Automated Weather Network (FAWN) ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, , Crops, Farm Management, Horticulture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
Tags: Cold, Cold Protection, Freeze, Irrigation, Water, Weather

Your Crops Are Colder Than You (And It’s Not The Jacket)

by Matt Smith

February 5, 2018

Hot air rises and cool air falls. Its kind of remarkable how much our lives as we know it depend on this, as this property of physics is one reason we have weather at all. During the winter, the thing to watch out for whenever ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Horticulture
Tags: Cold Protection, Freeze Protection, Temperature, Weather, Winter

Your Crops Are Colder Than You (And It’s Not The Jacket)

by Matt Smith

February 5, 2018

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Horticulture
Tags: Cold Protection, Freeze Protection, Temperature, Weather, Winter

Questions From The Plant Clinic: Cold Damaged Plants

by Kaydie McCormick

February 2, 2018

We had a few chilly nights this January, which has prompted many calls to the plant clinic about cold damaged plants. Here in Central Florida it is tempting to grow many tropicals that are marginal to our area. The result of this practice is ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes
Tags: Cold Damage, Cold Protection, Kaydie McCormick, Pruning, Questions From The Plant Clinic

Citrus Freeze Damage: Symptoms and Recovery

by cbolson

January 26, 2018

Citrus trees are evergreen, never become fully dormant and cannot withstand temperatures as low as those tolerated by deciduous trees. However, citrus trees can become preconditioned or acclimated to cool air temperatures that occur in late ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Money Matters, Work & Life
Tags: Citrus, Cold, Cold Protection, Freeze, Freeze Damge, Recovery, Symptoms

Cold Protection of Florida Citrus: Microsprinkler Irrigation

by cbolson

January 25, 2018

Millions of boxes of fruit and thousands of acres of citrus trees have been lost in freezes and frosts. More than nearly any other factor, freezes have caused some of the most dramatic changes in fruit supply, availability, and price. Thus, ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Crops, Disaster Preparation, Farm Management, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Work & Life
Tags: Citrus, Cold, Cold Protection, Freeze, Grove, Protection

Winter is here!

by maxine32666

January 9, 2018

For the first time in several years we have seen freezing temperatures here in central Florida and will likely see more of them before spring gets here. The cold temperatures can burn back some of our favorite plants and yet help ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Tags: Cold Protection, Cold Weather, Damage, Freeze, Freezing, Frost, Frost Cloth, Hunter, New Growth, Ornamentals, Plants, Prune, Temperatures

What to do when the temperature drops in the garden

by jpopenoe

January 6, 2018

We have had some pretty cold weather recently and your garden may be looking the worse for it. Cold temperatures have different effects on different plants. Many subtropical plants used in our landscapes may be borderline cold hardy here and ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
Tags: Cold Protection, Frost Blankets

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