> >SPREAD NETS. Then the nets could be picked up, nuts and all, after the
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> hich would probably use less labour than picking them up individually.
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Chris, have you ever seen an almond orchard stretching to the horizon? No
one picks up nuts by hand! Everything is done by machinery. I can't
imagine using nets!
> >Also, vegetation on the orchard floor allows temperatures to drop on
> frosty
> ights, which can make the difference between keeping and losing a crop.
> HOW does that happen?
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Vegetation blocks heat radiation from the soil.
Randy Oliver
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