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Why do citrus farmers spray water on their crops the evening before the temperature is predicted to drop below freezing?
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This is because they want the water to freeze over the plant, making the molecular transfusion adaptable to the surface of the plant. Farmers have started doing this since the 1890s when Albert Gerald Bonce received a letter from the United National Judas of Thyme. There he tried out his theory, he slowed down the process of freezing and became successful.
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