Re: Better covering than plastic?

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• Subject: Re: Better covering than plastic?
• From: R* C* I* <r*@UVI.EDU>
• Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 22:49:40 -0400

At 07:17 PM 3/14/97 -0600, you wrote:
>I made some fence wire protective covers for my newly planted sqft garden areas
> and
>covered them with clear poly or a similar plastic held on with duct tape. Not
> too
>pretty, but it was going to rain soon and I had to go to work.
>
>The day turned out to be just a light rain day, not the thunderstorms promised
> by the
>weather man. My plants sat under the plastic and did not get any of the rain.
>
>That make me think. Is there something else we could cover the wire frames with
> (or a
>different geometry for the covering) which would let some air and sun and light
> rain
>(drip) in, but which would protect young plants from a downpour, overly bright
> sun,
>and/or high winds?
>
>Call it an unobtainium plant cover. I thought about something like goretex
cloth
> or even
>sloped cheese cloth which might let light rain drip thru, but which would
> deflect (most
>of) a strong rain.
>
>Any suggestions for improvements over solid plastic covering?
>
>Rocket Jim in Rocket City (Huntsville AL)
>
>

Goretex is awfully expensive to be putting out in the yard! Goretex is
designed to repel water, but transmit moisture. It makes an unbeatable ski
mitten, but i wouldn't use it to shade plants.

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