Trees in the cold-hardy citrus region weathered last week’s multiple nights of sub-freezing temperatures, according to one industry expert. “I had somebody here at the house and they asked, ‘Are you still running sprinklers?’ I was like, ‘Heavens no, but it’s all that ice thawing out and running out into the road.’ It’s a pond out there of melting ice running out of the field, but I think it worked,” said Lindy Savelle, president of the Georgia Citrus Association and member of the Georgia Citrus Commission. “The trees look weathered but alive.”
The subfreezing temperatures started early last week and concluded Sunday night/Monday morning. Savelle’s JoNina Farms is located in Ochlocknee, Georgia, near the Georgia-Florida state line. According to the University of Georgia Weather Network, the number of hours when temperatures dropped below 32 degrees Fahrenheit, from Jan. 15 to Jan. 21, in nearby Camilla, Georgia, was 52.25. That is compared to 27.06 last year and 16.52 in 2022.
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