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I read a short story by Chekhov which involved a Cherry Orchard (it may well have been The Cherry Orchard although that's a play, I think it was The Black Monk)
by zeristor 7y ago
I read a short story by Chekhov which involved a Cherry Orchard (it may well have been The Cherry Orchard although that's a play, I think it was The Black Monk) in which a frost was forecast so they set smoke billowing making fires, I imagine to stave off the cold killing the fruit. I've not heard much about that, and I imagine the Russians are quite adept at coming up with genius solutions to get a crop to harvest.
It always struck me as an amazing image, the contrast of reading it whilst being banged around on a tube train making it all the more amazing.
- Udik 7y agoPlanting fire lanterns at night for example in the middle of vineyards, to prevent exceptional frost from damaging the harvest, is an ancient agricultural practice. In Italy I think it was used last year. Here's an article with a gallery of pictures: https://www.altoadige.it/foto/locale/la-notte-pi%C3%B9-fredda-fuochi-in-campagna-per-scongiurare-le-gelate-1.1996760#1 https://www.altoadige.it/foto/locale/la-notte-pi%C3%B9-fredd...
- Scoundreller 7y agoNiagara region uses small wind turbines to turnover the really cold air at ground level that gets « stuck » at crop level with warmer upper air. Helicopters are a more expensive way of doing this.
- nradov 7y agoFarmers also use helicopters to prevent frost from destroying fruit. https://blog.aopa.org/aopa/2016/08/23/flying-frost-control/ https://blog.aopa.org/aopa/2016/08/23/flying-frost-control/