We
can only imagine the nightmare. All the months of costs, expenses,
payroll, interest, inspections, transportation, taxes, . . . the list
seems endless. All the long hours of toil, and figuring, and planning,
and borrowing, and scheduling, and hoping, and sweating, and hoping
some more. And
in one night. One flukey shift in wind or weather patterns and the
whole investment, everything, can be wiped out in a few short hours
because of a temperature drop. So you scramble, and spray, and light
smoke pots, and cover up what you can. And hope. And sweat.
And
one or two extra cold degress, one or two extra hours without a little
warming, and the year, the harvest, your livelihood -- gone. Wiped out.
Lost. Over.
This is a story that is turning out differently for grove
owners who have done only one thing differently. They have used a
formulation on their orange trees that was basically a botanically
derived
soap. Multiple millions have been lost all around them. But they and
their crops
have survived.
In an area hit by a heavy
freeze, we are told that only the oranges which had been sprayed
with the CleanPlantsHappyPlants Citrus BlanketTM formulation made it without loss to the
crop. All the neighboring groves were virtually wiped out for
the season.
Can you imagine the benefits
to
growers specifically and humanity at large of saving millions of acres
of fruit and
vegetables from freezing every year?
Frost
proof? This orange grove owner thinks so. As do the
pictures.
The
photos below were sent in by Jim Little who owns orange groves in
California. They were taken shortly after a freeze which
destroyed most of California's crops.
The
first two photos show his own trees which he had treated with
the CleanPlantsHappyPlants Citrus BlanketTM solution. His trees were not
damaged, and his crops were saved.
(Click pictures below to enlarge.)
The
second two photos
show his neighbor's grove across the highway from his own.
Unfortunately, his neighbor had not availed himself of the
CleanPlantsHappyPlantsTM Family of Products. Imagine his chagrin when the
frost wiped out most of his crop and caused him severe economic loss!
Before a 270 F freeze, Madeline
Bohannon, President, Rare Fruit Council, Ft. Myers, Florida, treated
all but one tree.
She lost the tree she missed but saved all the rest from freezing.
This unexpected benefit holds great hope for growers who are regularly
at risk from unseasonably cold weather.
The climate
protecting benefits are not just limited to citrus!
Joseph
Powell, owner of Powell's Nursery, Punta Gorda, Florida, uses the
products to drench all of his ornamentals before each
predicted
freeze.
He reports no freeze damage.
Similar results have been reported in numerous locations
for a variety of crops normally susceptible to frost and freeze
such as strawberries, potatoes,
other citrus, and tomatoes.
What a blessing for those who grow them and the consumers who must buy
them!
All wihout toxic chemicals and damage to the environment.
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