That was one hard sentence to parse. > (the risk (of temp) drops) after (plants started to sprout) The risk drops, why does it cause bad harvests? Otherwise,

That was one hard sentence to parse. > (the risk (of temp) drops) after (plants started to sprout) The risk drops, why does it cause bad harvests? Otherwise, what is the "temp"? The presumably intended reading: > (the risk of (temp drops)) is nonsensical on a different level: risk always exists. It's the change that's interesting.