Re: Bag It
- Subject: Re: Bag It
- From: S*@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 17:13:54 EDT
In a message dated 7/7/99 3:05:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time, cmicha@chmc.org
writes:
> I'm trying something new this year for protecting flowers that I think will
> work well. I expect to pollinate
> my first one tomorrow and I've covered the flowers I expect to use on both
> plants with my wifes old nylon
> stockings. I used a knee high and also cut some lengths from some old
> pantyhose that ran and tied knots
> in one end. Stretch them out and spread them over the flower and them
> gather the open end around the
> stem. Those bristly hairs on the outside of the flower and on the stem
grab
> and hold the nylon quite well. It will let air and
> light in but keep the little critters out. After pollinating I tie the
> female blossom
> shut with a short piece of twine. In a few days the flower dries up and
> drops off. Then I re-use the twine.
>
> Chris Michalec
> Covington, WA
Are you serious?! I just thought up this SAME idea a few days ago! (And just
posted about it a few minutes ago)! Wow, do we have a psychic connection or
something?! Scary!!!! Ha ha!
I would use a small strip of the nylon though for tying, since it seems
gentler to the stem. Also, another benefit could be that nylon attracts
static electricity. Some experiments showed that nylon used on tomato cages
made the tomato plants more vigorous and healty then the ones tied with
twine, because it attracted static electricity which went throughout the
cage. Remember the "lightning" theory for Pumpkins? Ha ha!
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