Re: Secrets of Great Gardeners By Doreen

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• Subject: Re: Secrets of Great Gardeners By Doreen
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• Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 20:08:12 CDT
• In-Reply-To: Message of Fri, 18 Apr 1997 21:09:26 -0500 from <doreen@TGN.NET>

Does this problem also apply to plastic hot caps and wall-o-waters?

On Fri, 18 Apr 1997 21:09:26 -0500 Doreen Howard said:
>Be careful using bubble wrap.  If any part of the plant touches the
>plastic, and the temperature drops below freezing--that part of the
>plant will die.  I had a friend use bubble wrap to insulate her lemon
>and kumquat trees when a freeze threatened, and she lost both.  The
>plastic transfers the cold directly to cell walls in the leaves and
>causes them to rupture.
>Doreen
>


Melissa Silvestre - Reference Librarian, Thomas Jefferson Library
University of Missouri - St. Louis   (314) 516-5059
email: silvest@umslvma.umsl.edu
Disclaimer: my words do not reflect the views of UM-St. Louis

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