{"product_id":"ecologic-liquid-fence-freeze-pruf-frost-protector","title":"EcoLogic Liquid Fence Freeze Pruf Frost Protector","description":"\u003cp data-adtags-visited=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Liquid Fence® Pro Division introduces\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEcologic\u003c\/strong\u003e™\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFreezePruf\u003c\/strong\u003e™ – a new foliar\/floral spray that acts like an “anti-freeze” for turf and plants,  helping extend both the growing season and the USDA Zone rating for your area.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-adtags-visited=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs temperatures fall, a dose of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFreezePruf\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecan buy growers and turf specialists more time and save hundreds, if not thousands of dollars in damage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-adtags-visited=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“What’s really exciting is that it extends the early spring growing season by a few weeks and will extend the growing season by a few more weeks in the fall,” says Dr. David Francko, a botanist at The University of Alabama and lead developer of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFreezePruf\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-adtags-visited=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-adtags-visited=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIts breakthrough formula and mode of action add approximately a half-USDA Zone equivalent to the cold tolerance range of major ornamentals and crops.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-adtags-visited=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“For example, a plant that is normally hardy to the low teens Fahrenheit (Zone 8a) can be grown with little or no damage in Zone 7b if treated with\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFreezePruf\u003c\/strong\u003e,” says Francko.  “It’s like moving your temperature zone about 200 miles farther south which is highly significant.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-adtags-visited=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eImproves plant cold tolerance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis easy-to-use, biodegradable frost\/freeze protector spray increases plant resistance to both cold damage and cold mortality. FreezePruf improves a plant’s cold tolerance in both foliage and flowers of monocot and dicot plants up to 9.4°Fahrenheit, depending on plant variety.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-adtags-visited=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrancko explains: “A plant’s ability to tolerate extreme cold depends on two groups of mechanisms – one prevents water in tissues from freezing at temperatures at or modestly below freezing; the second increases tolerance to tissue ice when it gets so cold that ice does form.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-adtags-visited=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFreezePruf\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eaddresses both, by enhancing a plant’s natural “anti-freeze” properties and reducing the damage to plant tissues caused by ice crystal formation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-adtags-visited=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“This is an important distinction,” says Francko. “Products before\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFreezePruf\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eonly helped with freeze avoidance- good for tender plants but not cold hardy plants.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFreezePruf\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eprotects both the plant and the flower so plants can, in some cases, be frozen solid and still be viable.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-adtags-visited=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-adtags-visited=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow it Works\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrancko developed the novel spray along with scientists from Miami (Ohio) University. The proprietary mixture combines five ingredients – two cryoprotectants with different modes of action, a surfactant, a cell wall reinforcing compound and an antidessicant that work together to protect the foliage and flowers, both systemically and externally.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-adtags-visited=\"true\"\u003eWith mechanisms proven to work well on ornamentals and turf, fruit and vegetable plants, it’s been successfully tested on a wide variety of plants like bananas, palms, tropical foliage and flowering plants, perennials, vegetable and fruit crops, including citrus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-adtags-visited=\"true\"\u003e“This past spring we had a very late freeze that made my young tomato plants literally rigid with frost. Because they were treated with FreezePruf — before the freeze event — they thawed later in the morning with only minor foliar and floral burning!” Francko enthused.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-adtags-visited=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEcoLogic FreezePruf\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis non-toxic, inexpensive, and can be applied once per season or right before a freeze event and its guaranteed protection lasts up to 6 weeks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-adtags-visited=\"true\"\u003eIt’s available in quart, 2.5.15, 55, and 260 gallon concentrates through Liquid Fence® PRO Division.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"EcoLogic","offers":[{"title":"32 oz","offer_id":48087168254229,"sku":"120761","price":13.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0751\/7936\/0533\/files\/product-media-85027.jpg?v=1768853732","url":"https:\/\/unitedtruevalue.com\/products\/ecologic-liquid-fence-freeze-pruf-frost-protector","provider":"United True Value","version":"1.0","type":"link"}