Orchard and vineyard freeze protection strategies, highlighting the mechanics of heat transfer, practical irrigation design considerations, and the enhanced efficiency offered by the Pulsator® 205 micro-sprinkler system.

Irrigation via the Ocloc NSC helps prevent frost damage by spraying water in the vineyard via two targeted micro sprinkler sprays, developed with the world leading Antelco™ design engineers, that produce the perfect size droplets, calibrated to spray the correct distance and cover a targeted area along the trellis. The sprays overlap, giving complete coverage through a continuously pulsated wet zone. The water movement serves to create air movement and keep the air temperature above freezing.

Learn how important the 'igloo effect' is from one of our distributors, Control de Heladas, and read how to mitigate crop damage at a minimum cost.

Fresno State's Center for Irrigation Technology (CIT) uses research to demonstrate the importance of micro-sprayer frost protection in vineyards.

Understanding that frost can only occur in areas of cold air accumulation, being able to recognize these areas, and dealing with the dynamics of katabic air flows will substantially reduce the severity and instances of frost damage. The following handbook will outline the ways of optimizing the growing area to be as naturally frost free as possible. Naturally frost free is the best that a grower can get. The optimization process may be the most powerful and beneficial method of frost protection.