Re: unsubscribe my email address
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From: "Damian Magee" <dmagee@bluep.com>
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> > From: Mark [k*@adelphia.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 10:04 PM
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> > Subject: RE: Cold Protection--READ
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> > From: Connie [k*@jdv.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 10:48 PM
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> > Subject: Re: Cold Protection--READ
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> > Mark wrote:
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> > > I received this from Kansas State University. You can sign up for
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> > > VEGETABLES
> > > Protecting Plants from Frost Using Plastic Jugs, Opaque Hot Caps
> > > and Wall-O-Water
> > > Research done at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
> > > University tested common cold weather protectors on tomato
> > > plants. They found that plastic jugs (with the bottoms sliced
> > > off, caps on at night, off during the day) retain heat poorly.
> > > Soil temperature under the jugs decreases rapidly during the
> > > evening. They kept the air temperature about 1.8 degrees F
> > > higher than the ambient air temperature for most of the night.
> > > Wax-paper hot caps were a bit better, raising the air temperature
> > > around the plants by as much as 2.7 degrees F above ambient
> > > temperature. The Wall-O-Water maintained a nighttime temperature
> > > around the plants as much as 5.4 degrees F warmer than the
> > > outside air. It also slowed temperature decline around the plants
> > > the most due to the heat retention of the water inside the Wall-
> > > O-Water's walls.
> > > The opaque hot caps drastically reduced the amount of solar and
> > > photosynthetic energy received by the plants underneath. Although
> > > the hot cap plants eventually recovered and developed normally
> > > later in the season, the number of fruits on the plants was about
> > > half that of the unprotected control plants.
> > > Fruits from the plastic jugs actually were five days behind the
> > > uncovered plants. Plants capped by the Wall-O-Water and the wax
> > > paper showed their first ripe fruit about 7 to 11 days earlier
> > > than the uncovered ones, but early fruit were small.
> > > Results show that plant covers provide some protection from
> > > cold temperatures and provide earlier small fruit. Perhaps, a
> > > better choice is the use of floating row covers made of
> > > polyethylene fabrics. This product provides 2 to 5 degrees of
> > > freeze protection and allows water and sunlight to penetrate.
> > > Planting at the proper time is easier and can be as productive a
> > > gardening method. (GE)
> >
> >
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