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Re: Shade Material Success

I truly do appreciate your sharing this for I have had no success in the past
with growing peas in the summer. I will give it a try.  Anybody else had
success with this?
I would ask what zzIML-sqft means but it is, of course, off topic and you
would be chastised if you answered the question.  Curiosity is sure burning a
hole in my pocket though. But do not, do not, answer.

In a message dated 97-08-04 03:53:04 EDT, you write:

> Date:    Sun, 3 Aug 1997 16:35:21 -0700
>  From:    zzIML-sqft <IML-sqft@I405.COM>
>  Subject: Shade Material Success
>
>  Hi Everyone.
>
>  I thought I would share my success story with anyone having problems
>  getting peas to bloom in the summer heat.
>
>  I have 4 snap pea plants that I have vining up strings attached to
>  electrical conduit frames that I planted June 16th, from seed.  These
>  plants are now about 4 feet tall and looking quite healthy, but were not
>  producing any flowers.  I decided to try and cover them with a shade
>  material to protect them from the direct, hot (only in low 80's so far)
>  southern exposure sun that they are planted in.
>
>  I used regular fiberglass screen (that I recycled from a torn screen
>  door) in a three layer thickness.  I attached it to a 12in x 6ft long
>  piece of welded wire fence (which I use for both my plant braces and
>  fence around the garden) with clothes pins.  I just bent the top 6
>  inches of fencing over the top support of conduit and put a small
>  support (used paint stirring sticks-can get these free at Home Depot and
>  they are handy) at the bottom to keep the shade screen from flapping
>  against the plants in the wind.
>
>  It has only been 4 days, and suddenly, I have flowers.  It may be a
>  little too early to celebrate, but I am encouraged by this development.
>  I use this same kind of shade system for my spinach and lettuce (that I
>  also planted in June) and they are also doing well, and haven't bolted
>  on me yet.
>
>  Tristan
>  Renton, WA
>
>  mailto: Tristan@i405.com

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