Clear Poly vs. Remay
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- Subject: Clear Poly vs. Remay
- From: "* &* M* <m*@olywa.net>
- Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 10:09:15 -0700
Chris,
I ditto that! Plastic is good for our cool, wet, windy PNW springs. I've used Remay blanket in the Early fall here in our western Washington Patch. It keeps the Cuke beetles off and hold off a frost if we should get one in late September. This morning we have a temp. of 57, but inside the hoop houses it's in the 70's. The plants are loving it. But I do need to open up one end of the plastic enclosures to allow for air circulation. Condensation accumulates and can could promote fungus and molds. Shellie
>Marv,
>Here in the usually cool and cloudy northwet I use plastic to hold in
>the heat. This year I went the extra step of using the black fabric
>ground cloth to help keep the weed seeds in my soil from germinating and
>also to help retain heat and warm the soil. With average night time
>temps in the low 50's here and daytime highs so far this year seldom
>getting out of the 60's my plants would be going nowhere unless they
>were covered and warmed this way. I haven't taken any measurements to
>figure out how much of a temperature difference it makes, I think some
>people tend to overanalyze what we are doing here. It's gardening. And
>when it comes to weather you get what you get. I haven't used Remay but
>I have seen it in use for other crops. For my young plants I'll stay
>with plastic, I think it retains heat better, lets in more light and
>with my buried soaker hoses under the plant I don't worry about spraying
>inside the cloche with a hose once a week to wet the rest of the soil
>that is under cover for the short time the cloche is up. That's my two
>cents worth.
>
>Chris Michalec
>Covington, WA
>
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