N P Seymour - Lazo Frostbuster

This machine was originally developed for frost prevention use on vines in Chile and is suitable for use in any crop afftected by night frost including grapes, soft fruit such as strawberries, plums and top fruit such as apples. It is also suitable for drying fruit such as cherries after rain to prevent splitting.

The Lazo Frostbuster can prevent the awful effects frost can have on the fruit bud. The machine works by burning gas to provide a heated air supply, which is then blown by a large tractor driven fan, across the orchard or down a tunnel.

There are now many of these machines working effectively saving crops in the UK. We also have machines working to extend cropping seasons for soft fruit with favourable (or fruitful!) results.

Haygrove have carried out many trials including in tunnels, proving that this machine gives very successful results.

Specifications

Length 2250mm	Max. Temperature 100ºC
Width 1400mm	Max. Temp at 1 metre 20ºC
Height 1600mm	Security Standard EEG/CE
Fan 225,000m3/h	Max. Range 150m
Max. fan rpm 1800r/min	Area Protected in Orchards/Vineyards > 10ha
Max. PTO rpm 540r/min	Min. Tractor power 55hp
Gas Consumption per hr 30-40kg	Burner Propane Gas

Machine also available as a mounted version, rather than trailed.

Benefits:
* Frost protection and temperature raising
* Pollination improvement
* Easy and safe to operate
* Gas cost is low - £15-20/hr.

Payback?:
* 25-100% of your crop for a few days use
* Earlier and later cropping
* Higher class % in poor pollination seasons.

These machines have saved many growers from having a bad cropping due to frost. Shouldn't you be joining them?

Frost Alarms - New!

We are now able to supply a Frost warning and temperature logging system.

The iMetos ice is a remote instrument station for your frost vunerable area. It reads at 5 minute intervals the temperature from a dry and a wet bulb temperature sensor and then sends this information to the Metos client database via the inbuilt cellular phone every hour. All data is retrievable via the internet and on the password protected site you can set alarms for certain temperature levels. Within minutes of the alarm value being reached the telephone numbers that you set will be automatically rung. The station is powered by rechargeable batteries and a solar panel. Additional dry sensors can be attached to montior temperature up to 300 metres away.

Soil moisture content, soil temperature and rainfall can be added to the system to make this a universal recording station.

All that is required is a GPRS sim card and account.

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