> >SPREAD NETS. Then the nets could be picked up, nuts and all, after the
> shake
> hich would probably use less labour than picking them up individually.
>

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?
>

Vegetation blocks heat radiation from the soil.

Randy Oliver

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