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Old 02-01-2009, 09:39 AM   #59 (permalink)
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Default Re: Freeze Pruf

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Originally Posted by CiXeL View Post
youre in pahokee? we were on the opposite side of the lake at fisheating creek just a few weeks ago. can you take advantage of overheat irrigation from well water in the mid 70s to keep tropicals warm during cold fronts like we do down in south florida? i hear you guys can even lose royal palms up there during bad freezes like in 89 and 77.

We can, but nobody is set up for it. Just about everything is irrigated subsurface, I have seen fields flooded for freeze protection but that's rare. We tend to keep out tropicals right next to the lake where frosts and freezes are incredibly rare.
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