Re: now wall of water?weather rant now: flooding

Donna,
    I use them here in Colorado with fairly good success. I have planted my
tomatoes inside them on May 1 knowing that I may have a snow as late as
June10. This last year, I got to test the literature where it says "down to
16 degrees". The temperature one May morning was 18 degrees with a light
layer of snow. I rushed out and the wall o' water was frozen solid, the top
was open(rather than in the tepee configuration) and the tomato was green.
Well, I thought that when I returned from work that the plant would probably
be black after the sun worked on it all day....and it was still green. I'm a
believer!!!
    If your ground is still cold and uninviting for tomatoes(Dan Quayle) and
peppers, put up the walls and let them warm the soil for about a weak before
planting into them.

Betsy
Colorado z4 where its 50 today


> On Sun, 9 Mar 2003 17:53:33 -0800 "Theresa- yahoo" <tchessie@yahoo.com>
> writes:
> > Wall-o-waters are these clear plastic cone-type things that have
> > double wall
> > construction.  You fill the area between the 2 layers of plastic
> > with water.
> > The water warms during the day and insulates the plants at night
> > (thus
> > allowing you to have a little mini greenhouse and plant your tomatos
> > earlier
> > than usual).  I love them and used to use them all the time when I
> > lived
> > back east.  They are pretty cheap and you can use them year after
> > year.
> >
> > Theresa
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net
> > [o*@hort.net]On
> > Behalf Of Donna
> > Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 9:34 AM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: RE: [CHAT] now wall of water?weather rant now: flooding
> >
> >
> > Excuse me--- but what is a wall of water?
> >
> > Donna
> >
> > >
> > > Hi Donna,
> > > I know what you mean, so far I've lucked out by beliveing in the
> > middle of
> > > May.  I do use "walls of water on my tomatos and peppers just as
> > a
> > matter
> > > of
> > > course.  They just seem to like that heat lasting a little longer.
> >  I
> > have
> > > covered some plants in the spring, but not often.  Perhaps here in
> > the
> > > gumbo
> > > dirt river valley we are sheltered some.  Just don't know, but it
> > works
> > > for
> > > me.  Rich in Z-5
> >
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> Tony Veca <><
> Another Gr888 Day in Paradise !!!!!
> Vancouver, WA
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