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Re: Better covering than plastic?

On Sat, 15 Mar 1997, James Marconnet wrote:

> james haley wrote:
>
> > There is quite a varity of row covers.  Everything for spun boned
> > polyester, to slitted poly.
>
> This makes me think. Could a frugal gardner punch lots of little holes in the
> inexpensive poly to get the same results as slitted poly?
>
> Just a thought. Take a pin and punch lots of pin-holes in the plastic to let a
>  little
> water pass thru but a lot of water to just run off. Pin holes would seem to
 have
>  little
> structural strength degradation effects. Oops, I'm talking a little like the
>  rocket
> scientist I am. Gardening is just supposed to be fun, not necessarily so
>  scientific.

This is essentially what I've done, although I just cut small slits in
the top of the plastic. Seemed to work ok with plants underneath.

Jenny Herl              |   "The world has enough for everyone's need,
jlherl@uiuc.edu         |    but not enough for everyone's greed."
University of Illinois  |
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