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Re: Early Plant Protection

Sandi & Mark Herndon wrote:
> 
> I am planning to build mini-green houses for my pumpkins this year.  I
> plan to a 4'x4' square out of 1"x3" lumber and use fiberglass rods to
> flex a canope over my plants.  I live on the Cumberland Plateau in East
> Tennessee and we have some possible late frosts in early May.  Last year
> I lost a couple of plants because of this.  I also want to use this
> method along with Sevin to prevent cucumber beetles.  Do you think I'm
> wasting my time on these structures?
> 
>                                         Mark (mherndon@InfoAve.Net)

	What if I substituted Remay instead of plastic over the structures? 
Shouldn't this help a little on heat, insect protection, and also
prevent over heat on sunny days?  I mainly want to get the pumpkins a
little head start for a period of 1-2 weeks of frost danger. I probably
will put some black plastic ground cover just in the 4'x4' area, to help
heat the soil.  Normally, we can plant pumpkins the first week in May.
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