US: Midwest Growers Anxious About Frost Risk
US: Midwest Growers Anxious About Frost Risk
Mar 26, 2012 6
(Wines&Vines) - A warm winter and even warmer spring has vines waking up a few weeks early across most of the central United States, and that is prompting growers to worry about the significant threat of a late spring freeze that could kill the tender buds and shoots. “Unfortunately, we had a high of 84 yesterday and are forecast for 86 today,” Bruce Bordelon, a horticulture professor with Purdue University, said last week. “We haven’t had any low temperatures at all.”
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