frost protection
Guarding against freeze
Frost protection refers to measures taken to shield plants, crops, or other vulnerable materials from damage caused by freezing temperatures.
Methods include covering plants with fabric or plastic, using heaters or wind machines in orchards, and applying water that releases heat as it freezes.
The citrus growers activated their frost protection systems when temperatures dropped below thirty degrees.
- cold framesUnheated growing enclosures
- row coversFabric protecting garden plants
- mulchProtective plant bedding
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
- wind machinesPowered air-current generators
microclimate · burlap · thermal mass · heaters · straw · orchard · fruit trees · urban heat islands · horticulture · citrus · garden beds · spring planting · cold snap · hard freeze · overwinter · organic farming · thermometer · cold weather
- gardeninggardener, gardening, flowers, seeds, soil
- heatingfurnace, boiler, baseboard heaters, radiator, heat pump
- horticulturehorticulture, gardening, cultivation, planting, seeds
- farmworkharvesting, farmworkers, planting, farm labor, crop farming
- fruit industryorchards, groves, growers, harvesting, fruit farms
- seasonal choresleaf raking, raking leaves, snow shoveling, shoveling snow, gutter cleaning
frost protectionfrost damage
Harm from ice formation
cold damage · winter kill · frost burn · frost heave · neglect