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Spraying water on potatoes when its frosty.
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<blockquote data-quote="Lowland1" data-source="post: 6934515" data-attributes="member: 66524"><p>When you irrigate before a frost you get latent heat of crystallisation or so I was told when I worked in Florida. Christmas Eve 1989 a frost was forecasted and so sprinklers were put out on some of our bean fields whilst neighbours did the same on their tomatoes and squash. The tree farmers already had them set up. We went off to Miami as we were told it was snowing on the beach. It was but it hadn't settled. Came back at midnight turned the water on as the temperature dropped. Next morning the corps were covered with ice but for the beans it didn'twork well as I don't think they had sufficient foliage but for the bigger crops it helped a lot probably as the more ice the more heat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lowland1, post: 6934515, member: 66524"] When you irrigate before a frost you get latent heat of crystallisation or so I was told when I worked in Florida. Christmas Eve 1989 a frost was forecasted and so sprinklers were put out on some of our bean fields whilst neighbours did the same on their tomatoes and squash. The tree farmers already had them set up. We went off to Miami as we were told it was snowing on the beach. It was but it hadn't settled. Came back at midnight turned the water on as the temperature dropped. Next morning the corps were covered with ice but for the beans it didn'twork well as I don't think they had sufficient foliage but for the bigger crops it helped a lot probably as the more ice the more heat. [/QUOTE]
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