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Old 01-06-2014, 06:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Ron's Landscaping Inc. View Post
Just a friendly reminder shut your irrigation off tomorrow before the freeze, because if it runs during the next few days when it is freezing you will do considerable damage to the plants. Leave it off until the cold weather passes then turn it back on.
Ron, I'm confused because the citrus farmers I've always heard about expecting a freeze water their trees to give warmth to them and they claim the ice insulates them from colder temps. They even fly helicoptors back and forth putting wind on the crops.
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