Thanks for the confirmation. We haven’t used overhead sprinklers here in
Florida in the commercial citrus groves for nearly thirty-five years. The
industry has switched to micro-jet emitters that, for freeze-protection, to
create the same ice envelope on the fruit from below from the ground lain
system, and it also generates a warm-vapor envelope that whisps through the
canopy during the night coating the limbs and trunk in ice as well. Thanks,
Aram - it’s always interesting to see how other ag folks handle weather
conditions and protect a coming crop.
Best regards,
Peter S
On Apr 11, 2021, at 7:58 PM, Peter Stevens (Redacted sender "fritzj3" for
DMARC) <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
WOW! Those were wonderful, Aram. The pink under the ice looks gorgeous. Well
done, sir!
Do the growers spray down the trees with overhead sprinklers?
Best regards,
Peter S.
On Apr 11, 2021, at 7:19 PM, Aram Langhans <leica_r8@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Finally had a cool night where the orchards needed to undertake a bit of
frost control to protect the flowers. Always pretty. Darn near froze my
fingers off with the cold temperatures and the sprinklers hitting me for an
hour. My gloves actually started to freeze to my hands. But it was fun.
Nice blossom with some shorter icicles (Q2)
Johnosn Orchard Ice-1010735 (leica-users.org)
Much Longer ones (D750 wth 100 APO)
Johnosn Orchard Ice-6604-Edit (leica-users.org)
Encased (Q2)
Johnosn Orchard Ice-1010713-Edit (leica-users.org)
Sun Star with some sprinkler action (Q2)
Johnosn Orchard Ice-1010710 (leica-users.org)
Extreme crop from the one above (Q2)
Johnosn Orchard Ice-1010710-2 (leica-users.org)
Nice the Q2 is water sealed because it did get wet.
Comments welcome.
Aram
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Aram Langhans
(Semi) Retired Science Teacher
& Unemployed photographer
“The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself
would ever have dared dream.” James D. Watson
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