Nov 23-24, 2010 / Freeze warning North and East Bay

These are the tough freeze warnings – just when everything is soaked with rain. A few precautionary tactics:

1. Christmas lights on the citrus trees and around tender plants / pls ensure waterproof or GFCI connections for outdoor plugs

2. Frost fabric

3. Cloud Cover or Wilt Pruf sprays / I have not used, though understand it is helpful. Unsure of its effect if applied on wet foliage, however. http://www.cloudforest.com/cafe/forum/38935.html

From National Weather Service:

NORTH BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS-NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS-

EAST BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS-

SOUTHERN SALINAS VALLEY...ARROYO SECO...AND LAKE SAN ANTONIO-

323 AM PST TUE NOV 23 2010

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM PST WEDNESDAY...

...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH

THURSDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HAS ISSUED A

FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM PST

WEDNESDAY. A FREEZE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FREEZE WATCH

IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES: OVERNIGHT MINIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO

RANGE FROM THE MID 20S IN THE COLDEST WIND SHELTERED VALLEYS TO

THE LOWER 30S IN URBAN AREAS. DURATIONS BELOW FREEZING OF UP TO

4 HOURS OR MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE COLDEST AREAS.

* TIMING: LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND

AGAIN LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS: TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 28 DEGREES CAN DAMAGE OR KILL

SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

Jae Koenig

Principal

Ethos Landscape LLC

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JKoenig@EthosLandscape.com

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