Temperatures are cold here Wednesday night across Southwest Georgia. These freezing temps. have some local farmers concerned about their strawberry and blueberry crops that are about to bloom. Some farmers say they're prepared to insulate their crops to protect them from harsh weather conditions. "There's no way you can look at it and not be nervous knowing that your that close to being where you could lose a whole crop," said farmer Bob Welker. Local farmer and Berry Good Farms owner Bob Welker says he's no stranger to the unpredictable weather here in Southwest Georgia. Although he says Wednesday's freezing temperatures have him concerned about his blueberry and strawberry crops. "32 and 31 degrees is not too much for a strawberry. But you can't count on that either, you know if it shoots down to 29 or 30, you'd have a total loss," said Welker. Luckily, he just replaced the water well that supplies water to his frost protection unit. The irrigation system freezes the field, allowing the internal temperature of crops to stay above 32 degrees. "Once you ice them down, they'll hold that temperature until you quite watering so that coat of ice actually saves most of the berries," said Welker. Farm owner Sheila Rice out of Calhoun Produce in Ashburn says she plans to use her frost water irrigation system Wednesday night as well. "It'll be a sheet of ice out here, everything will be frozen. Once you have a berry or a bloom out here, you want to keep that from going below 32 degrees," said Rice. Rice adds, without the water irrigation system, you could lose a whole crop and slow down the growing process. That's why she always keeps a careful eye on the weather. "When you have crops in the ground or picking crops, you have to watch the weather, I watch daily. I check it, it's on my phone cause you have to know," said Rice. Source - http://wfxl.com/