Re: Foil on Soil
Roger,
I would be very careful using any type of reflective devices under you
leaves. New leaves are very susceptible to heat and you could burn of all
of your new growth as well as burn up your growing tips!
Jon
At 01:52 PM 12/22/99 -0800, you wrote:
>There are times when foil is placed on the soil under the leaves. Normally
>this is done indoors to reflect artificial light back on to the underside
>of the leaves in an effort to get more out of the light energy used. We
>might be able to use it to keep the soil from heating up. When temps are
>not to high the leaves could use the extra energy. When temps start to
>climb the foil could reflect the light away from the young leaves??????????
> Happy Holidays Everyone! Roger
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