CropAid’s biostimulant range CropAid AntiFrost and CropAid AntiHeat helps growers improve yield and quality when temperatures swing to damaging extremes. CropAid products prime the vine’s natural stress-response pathways, improving cell membrane stability, osmotic balance and antioxidant capacity; buds, flowers, and young clusters ride out cold snaps and heat spikes with less or no damage.
CropAid AntiFrost, independently evaluated by ADAS in the UK, induces the vines to produce their own antifreeze proteins protecting the vines and providing further vitality throughout the entire growing period right up until harvest. Growers report stronger bud survival, reduced shoot necrosis, and more even fruit set. Protection lasts up to 14 days per spray, giving cover across multi-night frost windows and cutting operational costs. CropAid reports increases in cold tolerance up to 7°C below some crop’s natural levels.
CropAid AntiHeat supports vines during heat waves helping maintain stomatal function and canopy integrity. Growers have observed steadier photosynthesis, better bunch protection, and improved colour and flavour development under stressful conditions with less sunburn and shrivel.
Both products have been approved by the Soil Association for organic use, giving viticulturists assurance on both performance and compliance. For vineyard managers focused on quality, yield and cost control, CropAid offers a quiet, clean and scalable programme: spray ahead of forecast stress, then maintain coverage through the risk period and beyond. Fewer logistics, predictable per-hectare costs, and protection that lasts.
There are many trial results on the website, here are what some UK vineyards have to say:
“Good for the vines and good for the grower” – Andrew Barnes, Hungerhill Vineyard, Bedfordshire
“I have been using it for three years and I noticed an increase in buds and quality of buds. This is a low-cost solution that every grower should have,” said Martyn Pollock, Nine Oaks Vineyard, Kent.
Andrew Beamish, Mallard Point Vineyard, Lincolnshire said: “We’ve never seen leaf health so abundant. I am a firm believer. It’s 100% obvious!”
“We have been using CropAid AntiFrost for a number of years as part of our frost fighting armoury. Following the instructions and applying it regularly through the frost season has provided seemingly good protection although the frosts have not been so severe in recent years. We will definitely continue to use it going forward. It is worth adding that the support from the team at CropAid is first class,”said Mark Darley,
All Angels Vineyard, Berkshire.
“We first used CropAid as a frost protection in May this year, we were forecast a -1°C frost, so were quite concerned. We applied it 24 to 48 hours before, our thermometer recorded -0.8°C during the frost, we had no issues at all. We decided we would add it as a monthly addition, and we feel it really helped with the health of the vines and improved the yield and quality at harvest,” said Tim Spakouskas, Yorkshire Heart Vineyard, Yorkshire.
