Preventing late frost

Late frost can cause a lot of damage in our crop and to our plants.

If we have trees that have blossomed and we expect to get late frost we have to protect them from it, otherwise the flowers will get frozen and we will not get any fruits.

To protect a blossomed tree from the late frost we can used different techniques:

1. Cover the tree with a fleece. We will use this for temperatures between +2º and - 5ºC
2. Place a bucket full of water on the bottom of the tree. The water will take most of the frost from the tree.
3. Sprinkle the tree with running water. It has to be running water to avoid the sprinkled water to get frozen as that will do even more damage than the frost.
4. Place a tar barrel close to the tree. The tar will give some heat to the tree.