Strawberry Fields Freezing

There's no shelter for crops from the cold, and strawberry farmers can only do so much to protect their investment.
One Baldwin County farmer has been in the strawberry business for over three decades.
Giuseppe Peturis says. "I haven't ever seen this many days in a row of freezing temperatures. Four days maybe, but not a week and a half. To me, it's unusual."
Right now, he is having to double cover the plants.
"It will protect down to 23 to 24 degrees. After that, we're just hoping to save some fruit."

Peturis Farm is not the only one dealing with the big chill. "Everybody is in the same boat. Just what berries we had, we're going to lose them. We just have to start over with blooming again."

Typically, strawberries would start getting picked at the end of the month. Because of the cold weather, they won't be ready until the middle of February."

So far, Peturis has lost about two thousand dollars worth of strawberries with this cold snap.

"It's not much you can do, just recover afterwards. Once they start blooming again, try to save that crop."