Frost:
The risk of Spring frosts is now over, I think, because the full moon is behind us. During the night of Sunday 6th to Monday 7th, we came very close to frost when temperatures reached minus 2°C. Some areas around Bordeaux were affected more than others, but not enough to say outright that Bordeaux was hit by frost.
This explains why in our region we have very little equipment to combat frost, because it is such a rare occurrence – the last serious case was in 1991 – and it does represent such a heavy capital investment.
Some systems such as positioning flares throughout the vineyard are less expensive, but very polluting, because of the heavy smoke they produce. I did not see any this year.
No comments:
Post a Comment