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Michigan fruit survives first major frost
May 8, 2017, 11:50 AM
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A fruit extension educator says temperatures across Southwest Michigan’s major fruit growing regions were not low enough to cause major damage over the weekend.
Mark Longstroth with Michigan State University tells Brownfield growers were concerned overnight temperatures Sunday and into Monday could cause frost damage to orchard crops, and while it was close, only light, scattered damage is expected. “Thirty-two degrees is a frost, 30 is a freeze, and 28 is a hard freeze.
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