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Originally Posted by mskitty38583
yahoo weather said it reached 39*f in miami last night. they are worried about the citrus crops now. they also said many growers sprayed the citrus with water to ice them and that it would insulate it. i heard of using snow to insulate but ice? learn something new everyday.
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Spraying fruits with water prior to a freeze encases the fruit in a layer of ice (obviously) which keeps the fruit right at freezing, while the surrounding air temp drops even lower. If not for the ice, the fruit would suffer much worse damage due to the lower air temps. Basically, the ice does insulate it, sounds unbelievable but it works!