TB: frozen coke bottles? was Re: TB: pregnant fans!?
- Subject: [iris] TB: frozen coke bottles? was Re: TB: pregnant fans!?
- From: Ellen Gallagher e*@yahoo.com
- Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 09:49:47 -0800 (PST)
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--- Linda Mann <lmann@volfirst.net> wrote:
>>> I piled a bunch of cola bottles full of water around the
base of these seedlings last fall to provide a little
temperature control to see if I could get them to bloom this
spring. <<<
Linda - and you didn't have a bunch of exploded/cracked glass
from the freezes? Assuming you meant real 'bottles' not cans.
We can't leave out clay pots unless we want to see pulverized
little pieces of clay when the snow finally melts...still have
snow cover on the gardens along with mud season everywhere else.
Ellen (limping along into spring with a low of 13 F (-11 C) this
morning)
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Ellen Gallagher <ellengalla@yahoo.com> / Berlin, New Hampshire / USDA Zone 3a
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