Re: Soil heating cables and Cold Frames
OOOPS,
Ment to be private. sorry
andrew
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Papez" <apapez@home.com>
To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 12:14 PM
Subject: Re: Soil heating cables and Cold Frames
> Sherry,
>
> Smithville, Ontario. I live in St Catharines Ontario. So nice to have
> someone close by. Heating cables stay in the ground for the entire season,
> you don't want to disturb the roots. In regards to mini greenhouses, I'm
> entering my 3rd year and still experimenting. I find the shed kit from
Home
> Depot the most useful, its measures 8ft by 8ft and is good for a
greenhouse
> then as a wind break and then as a shelter for the pumpkin. Do you need
any
> seeds or did you get in contact with George Lloyd. My phone number by the
> way is 905-704-0544 if you have any questions. Does your husband think
your
> nuts, my wife does. Have lots of good seeds, mine split last year and
helped
> my next door neighbor a newby grow a 1056.5 pretty exciting. Don't worry
if
> your in clay, we are, alls it takes is a little more work. Sorry if I'm
> rambling I'm just excited that we have another grower in the area.
>
> andrew
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "sherry gauthier" <gauthier41@yahoo.com>
> To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
> Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 11:46 AM
> Subject: Soil heating cables and Cold Frames
>
>
> > Hello List
> > As a new grower I have a couple of questions to ask. I
> > just purchased heating cables and was wondering when
> > it is no longer needed do you pull them out or leave
> > it in the ground for the remainder of the season?
> > Also I plan to build cold frames, actually it will be
> > my husband that will do that, anyhow I want something
> > that you can remove the top and use the sides panels
> > for wind protection after the cold frame is no longer
> > needed. What I was thinking was to have 2x4x4 nailed
> > together like a picture frame and drill holes in the
> > top and bottom. That way you can put steel rods
> > through the top and bottom to anchor it to the ground.
> > I'm just not sure how we should do the top. Does
> > anyone have a similar design or idea?
> >
> > Thanks Sherry Gauthier
> > Smithville ,Ont.
> >
> >
> >
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