In South Tyrol, to avoid damage to vineyards, apple orchards and various types of plantations, farmers have lit thousands of anti-freeze candles.
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himSouth Tyrol is facing a precipitous drop in temperatures. In May. This is why a series of anti-freeze candles lit up the vine-filled valleys creating a breathtaking backdrop. It is an ancient technique with which it is hoped to save the plantations from this anomalous cold wave in the middle of spring.
Minus 9 degrees in Solda, -7 in Selva di Val Gardena, -6 in Dobbiaco, -3 degrees in Vipiteno and Brunico: such a cold May in these parts hasn't occurred since 1987, experts say.
And so the South Tyrolean farmers have resorted to one of the oldest methods of fighting the cold lighting thousands of small fires.
The purpose is to do not let temperatures drop below freezing: it is a particular type of torches which are used mainly for the follow but, as in this case, also useful to apple orchards e apricot trees. They are placed at the base of the shrubs in order to heat the surrounding air and prevent frosts from nocturnal radiation.
Le spring frosts, also called "late", are - especially in fruit growing - one of the major natural disasters on a global scale as capable as they are of create truly immense damage, the incidence of which is constantly increasing due to climate change due to pollution.
Coping with them through means such as anti-freeze candles or even the so-called "anti-frost irrigation" constitutes a considerable expense for farms in the face, in addition to insulting injury, of a result that is not always positive.
We hope then that this frost will go away as soon as possible and that the farmers can calmly resume their crops.
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