Re: Polar Pack!!!!!

In a message dated 7/8/99 8:43:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Sky62Hawk@aol.com 
writes:

> its the greatest thing since the drip hose!!!!! i call it the Polar pumpkin 
>  pollinator. its and easy device to build and it keeps your newly 
pollinated 
>  females cool all day. ive tried direct icing but on those 95+ days that 
only 
> 
>  lasted for an hour. so the other day this idea just popped into my head.it 
>  costs about $20 dollars for all the materials and you can build about 7-8 
of 
> 
>  them.well let me tell you how to build them.Materials: tomato cage, pie 
pan, 
> 
>  foil,wire, special insulation, bowl/lid big enough to fit over smallest 
ring 
> 
>  on cage. the insulation is a bubble wrap coated in aluminum. not only does 
> it 
>  insulate but it deflects the suns heat. i found it in the plumbing section 
> of 
>  the local hardwaer store. it comes in 15' x 18 ". perfect to wrap around 
>  cage. 1.take your three ringed tomatoe cage and turn it upside down. 
remove 
>  the long gangly wires sticking in the air. then remove the bottom hoop" 
just 
> 
>  the hoop not the verical wires"!
>  2.use your wire to create an x in your middle ring, to set the pan on.then 
>  make an x on top of the pan to secure it. 3.wrap the cage with insulation 
>  begin from the top. the insulation is 18" and the cage is about 24" now so 
>  you will have 6" of exposed vertical wire to anchor the pack in the 
ground. 
>  tie the insulation to the cage with the wire. 4. take what ever you can 
find 
> 
>  for a lid and wrap it in foil. make sure the lid fits snugly. i used the 
>  water bowl to an indoor flower pot ,but whatever works aye! now it should 
>  look something like an foil rocket. how it works. after you pollinate on a 
>  expected hot day stick your polar pumpkin pollinator  in the ground above 
> the 
>  female. take a big block of ice that you froze the night before. i used an 
>  icecream jug and a milk carton , but again whatever works!"crushed ice 
> doesnt 
>  last as long and is too much work". put the ice block on top of the 
piepan. 
>  and put the lid on top. the ice should last all day and keeps your prize 
>  winning pumpkin airconditioned. ive inclosed a drawing of the ppp and and 
>  will send picture of it in action this weekend. i hope you understood my 
>  directions and try my idea. believe me it works and its neat to see fiol 
>  rockets in your pumpkin patch. if you need more help building it or better 
>  directions feel free to email me. sky62hawk@aol.com well i hope i made a 
>  contribution to the pumpkin loving world.
>  p.s. please do not try to take responsability for my invention or try to 
> make 
>  money on it.its a scientific contribution to the pupmkin comunity and not 
to 
> 
>  make a profit. enjoy!!!!!!!
>  
>  

Can someone say...."RIP OFF"?! 
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
VERY FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!! My lawyer will be in touch with you!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah it "popped" into your head when you READ MY POST ABOUT IT!!!!
Ha ha! My PFCS is MUCH better. Plus it makes more sense than "Polar 
Pollinator", since it doesn;t actually "pollinate" the pumpkin! My PFCS 
(Pollinated Flower Coolent System (Structure)) RULES!!!!



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