Deep freeze tonight!
We have had mild weather for several weeks now. The 1/4 ac Camarosa and 1/4 ac Chandler that were covered from early Jan to late Feb have started blooming, especially the Cams. I'd say 20% of the Cams have one or more blooms open already. This afternoon dad, Lara and I covered the entire field with the 1.0 oz row covers in 20-30 mph wind gusts. We have had a hard time keeping the covers down; I added more rock bags around the edges...probably one every 6-8 feet. NWS predicts 21 tonight and high winds. The 1.0 oz covers may not cut it tonight. I checked two blossoms with thermocouples after dark with ambient temperature already below freezing. Looks like they are about 6 degrees warmer than ambient. My digital thermometer loses accuracy when the instrument drops to around freezing. It reads about 1.5-2.0 degrees warmer. At room temperature it is dead on measuring an ice bath. I'll check tomorrow at 6 am.

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