Tag: cold protection

Cold weather expected: Should I cover my plants?

by Kirsten Romaguera Rabin
December 15, 2022

How to best cover your plants, from the experts: Use a non-plastic covering. Frost cloths can be found at hardware stores and garden centers, or large blankets or bedsheets also work. The covering should drape over the ... READ MORE

Category: HOME LANDSCAPES, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Cold Protection, Cold Temperatures, Freeze Warning, Gardeners, Gardening, Home Gardening, Horticulture, Leon County, Mark Tancig, Severe Weather, Winter Weather Watch

Long UF/IFAS Tradition: Citrus Growers Can Call for Frost Protection Information

by Brad Buck
December 5, 2019

Just one freeze could cripple much of Florida’s citrus crop. It happened 30 years ago. Chris Oswalt, a multi-county commercial citrus agent for UF/IFAS Extension, remembers the frost-bitten evenings. Christmas 1983, January 1985 and Christmas ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Chris Oswalt, Citrus Growers, Cold Protection, Freeze, National Weather Service, UF/IFAS Extension, Winter Weather Watch

UF CALS student, faculty study cost-savings for blueberry cold protection measures

by Brad Buck
December 8, 2015

See caption for both photos below GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- For Tori Bradley, learning about cold weather may turn into cold hard cash for Florida blueberry growers. Bradley, a University of Florida College of Agricultural and Life Sciences ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Blueberries, CALS, Cold Protection, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Extension, Food And Resource Economics, Horticultural Sciences, Jeff Williamson, Tatiana Borisova

UF/IFAS research finds ways to save water, strawberries and money during cold temps

by Brad Buck
July 30, 2015

Please see caption below GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Florida’s strawberry producers must protect their multimillion-dollar annual crop from freeze damage. Traditional methods involve constant spraying of water during a cold snap. Growers are ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Conservation, Crops, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Cold Protection, Irrigation, Michael Dukes, Strawberries

Fogging, misting systems can protect ornamental plants from cold, UF experts say

by Tom Nordlie
December 2, 2010

Cutline at bottom. Click here for high-resolution image. Florida winters are mild by human standards, but don’t tell that to an aglaonema, sometimes called Chinese evergreen. The Sunshine State produces two-thirds of the nation’s ornamental ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops
Tags: Cold Protection, Foggers, Misters, Ornamental, Shade Houses, Stamps, Water

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