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Hoping for no frost : Cold snap moves Central Georgia farmers to cover crops
Fruit and frost don t mix well, so the people at Dickey Farms are prepping for what might be a cold night Author: Suzanne Lawler (WMAZ) Updated: 7:36 PM EDT April 1, 2021
MUSELLA, Ga. Spring is one of the most fragile times for blueberries, strawberries and peaches. Frost is the enemy, and as Lee Dickey will tell you, anything under 32 degrees is cause for concern. I ll probably lose a little sleep. I ll be up early seeing how the frost is looking, said Dickey.
He s a fifth generation peach farmer and he s got over 1,000 trees to oversee. Wind doesn t bother anything too much, but flirting with freezing. well that s a different story.
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