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In addition to the impacts of the recent frost on Georgia peaches, blueberries have also been impacted by the cold temperatures. Farmers who used frost protection by irrigation or other means largely escaped damage but those who did not use frost protection are still assessing their losses. You can read more in The Packerhere.
Blueberries in Appling County, Ga., March 16 coated in a layer of ice from irrigation water in an effort to protect them from a severe freeze which appears to have devastated Georgia’s 2017 blueberry crop. Source: Bob Kemerait.
