RE: separated by a common language - was Crithmum maritimum
- Subject: RE: separated by a common language - was Crithmum maritimum
- From: "Tristram Smyth" t*@eclipse.co.uk
- Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2003 16:16:55 -0000
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I can only think that Anthony Lyman (for it was he who posted the
reply) meant polythene tunnels. These are used in Europe mainly
for forcing on vegetable and fruit crops in the spring time so
that the produce gets to maturity earlier than would otherwise be
the case. It's a greenhouse effect really as the polythene traps
heat in the same way as the glass in a more conventional
greenhouse.
It does seem to beg the question though, if used for flowering
plants, that it rather spoils the visual effect. Since the
polythene is usually opaque there ain't much to see for either
deer or human.
Perhaps I'm totally wrong in this interpretation and Anthony
could fill us in.
Tristram Smyth (SW England)
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Subject: separated by a common language - was Crithmum maritimum
Someone from England, I believe (message accidentally erased, so
I cannot respond directly), replied to Deborah Lindsay' querry
about cultural needs of Crithmum maritimum, with the advice that
in England it is grown in tunnels to prevent the deer from
feasting on it. I confess that even after some consideration, I
cannot figure out what growing in a tunnel would entail. Images
of mushroom caves, fenced off bunkers and entrances to subways
(the underground/metro) come to mind, but I doubt the tunnel to
which the writer was referring was anything like these. Can
anyone from the British Isles explain to this confused american
what growing in a tunnel means?
