Re: CULT: Solarizing was...Rotating was... Cutting foliage
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- Subject: Re: CULT: Solarizing was...Rotating was... Cutting foliage
- From: "* F* H* <h*@povn.com>
- Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 05:34:39 -0700 (MST)
Hi Dana,
Staples are the right idea. But have you ever tried "earth staples"?
I make my own by bending a 14" piece of wire (coathanger, baling wire,
etc.) to make a staple with 6" prongs and a 2" space between them. I just
push it through the plastic into the ground.
Haven't lost any plastic or row covers yet.
Christy Hensler
Occassional wind gusts to 30 mph <g>
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> From: Dana Brown <ddbro@llano.net>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <iris-l@rt66.com>
> Subject: Re: CULT: Solarizing was...Rotating was... Cutting foliage
> Date: Friday, March 28, 1997 11:04 PM
>
> I put black plastic down in several of my beds this spring to cut down
> some of the weeds in the center. I've been chasing it down every
> since. Our darned wind just keeps carrying it off. I think when it
> comes time to solarize I am going to staple the stuff to the landscaping
> timbers:-)
>
> --
> Dana Brown, Lubbock, Texas Zone 7
> Where we are 3,241 ft above sea level, with an average rainfall of
> 17.76"
> of rain a year. Our average wind speed is 12.5 mph and we have an
> average
> of 164 days of clear weather, 96 of which dip below freezing.
>
