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4thIDvet · 12-08-2017, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by BBill

How cold before the oranges are affected?

Not much oranges down his way BBill. Their half way between Fred and me is where they mainly grow. Cold nights warm days makes good oranges they can handle it right to the freezing mark.
Below freezing they use smoke "smudge pots" or water spray em. Ice forms lightly on the trees and keeps the plant itself above freezing like a blanket.
Disease and cold killed two of my trees here just one left and its hanging on.

aviator · 12-08-2017, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by 4thIDvet

Not much oranges down his way BBill. Their half way between Fred and me is where they mainly grow. Cold nights warm days makes good oranges they can handle it right to the freezing mark.
Below freezing they use smoke "smudge pots" or water spray em. Ice forms lightly on the trees and keeps the plant itself above freezing like a blanket.
Disease and cold killed two of my trees here just one left and its hanging on.

And over 3/4 of the groves are gone, diseases, politics and over-development have diminished our citrus production. I remember driving on Hwy 27 north and it used to be oranges left and right for miles and miles, that was about 40 years back, I drove up a couple years ago and now it's homes, shopping centers, car dealerships and oranges are gone. I sold a large parcel in the middle of nowhere in Florida...actually 100 acres in Felda, orange trees were about all dead and the farmers were gone, my buyer was turning the place into a mulch processing facility.

aviator · 12-08-2017, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by BBill

How cold before the oranges are affected?

now as far as the original question, below freezing. Farmers run sprinklers all night long so the water freezes around the oranges and protect them from getting burned.

Sheepdawg · 12-08-2017, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Preacher

Imagine what it would be like if Al Gore hadn't invented global warming.

No snow here in West Tennessee no doubt due to the heat emitted from Al Gore's 11,000 sq. ft. home and carbon footprint in Carthage traveling west. All the snow went south of Memphis.

Eightball · 12-08-2017, 02:23 PM

Sanders · 12-08-2017, 02:28 PM

There was snow in El Paso and Pecos, Texas.

Hell has frozen over.

Stalky · 12-08-2017, 03:07 PM

It's actually snowing here in SW Virginia. Flurries,but snow I guess. Not the big flakes I like and my wife doesn't. I don't expect any accumulation though.

Railbuggy · 12-08-2017, 03:42 PM

My brother is in Spring Texas. His Facebook showed snow covering everything this morning.

Rick-a-Roo · 12-08-2017, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Railbuggy

My brother is in Spring Texas. His Facebook showed snow covering everything this morning.

Well that's because Spring in in the Great White North of the Greater Houston metrolplex.

Boris · 12-09-2017, 09:51 AM

first snow of the season here in Michigan as well,,Monday it was 62 degrees and we had a south wind blowing in at 50 mph,,on Tuesday it turned colder and by Wednesday it was in the teens for lows.
we have about 6 inches on the ground now,,,,sure am glad I bought a new battery and wipers for the plow truck,,I may need it soon

12-08-2017, 02:23 PM	#20
Eightball Proud WECSOG graduate Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North Louisiana Posts: 3,601	__________________ Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then.

12-08-2017, 02:28 PM	#21
Sanders Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 66,500	There was snow in El Paso and Pecos, Texas. Hell has frozen over. __________________ "The truly dangerous man dresses inconspicuously and is soft- spoken. He walks away from most confrontations. The only time you learn that the truly dangerous man is mad at you is a split second before you die, for he never fights. He only kills. The truly dangerous man knows that fighting is what children do and killing is what men do." - Charley Reese 1986 3

12-08-2017, 03:42 PM	#23
Railbuggy Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Taylor Creek,Ohio Posts: 7,279	My brother is in Spring Texas. His Facebook showed snow covering everything this morning. __________________ Im not a wannabe,Im a has-been. We already lost the war. You are the resistance.

12-09-2017, 09:51 AM	#25
Boris Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: N Michigan Posts: 11,036	first snow of the season here in Michigan as well,,Monday it was 62 degrees and we had a south wind blowing in at 50 mph,,on Tuesday it turned colder and by Wednesday it was in the teens for lows. we have about 6 inches on the ground now,,,,sure am glad I bought a new battery and wipers for the plow truck,,I may need it soon __________________ The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.” Patrick Henry

12-08-2017, 03:07 PM	#22
Stalky Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 8,076	It's actually snowing here in SW Virginia. Flurries,but snow I guess. Not the big flakes I like and my wife doesn't. I don't expect any accumulation though.