Testing a wind machine as a method of protecting against flower frost in cultivated wild blueberries

Carl Boivin

Researcher, agr., M.Sc.

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Description

Testing a wind machine as a method of protecting against flower frost in cultivated wild blueberries

The objective of this project is to measure the performance of a portable wind machine under different weather conditions in commercial cultivated wild blueberries crops.

Objective(s)

Measure the performance of a wind machine under different weather conditions in terms of:

Range of air warming effect based on operating conditions;
Gain in air warming at the blossom level based on the distance from the machine;
Reduction of frost damage to flowers (if any).

From 2021 to 2022

Project duration

Fruit production

Activity areas

Partners

Bleuets Boréals Normandin
Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation

Publications

Research report • Lélia Anderson, Carl Boivin, Jérémie Vallée

Lélia Anderson, Carl Boivin et Jérémie Vallée. 2022. . Download

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