Re: Tomato Support

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• Subject: Re: Tomato Support
• From: M* L* <m*@MICRON.NET>
• Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 09:00:14 -0700

At 06:46 PM 2/17/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Howdy--I'm new to the list and following the thread about tomato support
>structures with interest.
>
>I love the suggestions of some listers concerning the use of relatively
>inexpensive metal piping, esp. the guy who suggested copper.  But isn't
>anybody worried about the intense heat.  In my Zone 7 backyard, you could
>fry an egg on any metal item left outside at midsummer on a sunny day.  One
>does not like to contemplate how the tomato vines feel snuggled up to what
>must resemble a red-hot radiator to them....
>
>The white plastic PVC pipe suggested by Chrissie might be a little less
>volcanic, no?  But then it wouldn't look nearly as good as patinated copper.
>
>--Janet Wintermute
>Adelphi, MD
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>Janet Wintermute             jwintermute@ids2.idsonline.com
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Isn't copper toxic to plants?  I seem to recall copper-bottomed pots
killing taproots when they met.  And recently some have raised questions
about the copper plant markers, saying "what if you have acid rain"?  Margaret

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