Re: reflecting sunlight?
- To: v*@eskimo.com
- Subject: Re: reflecting sunlight?
- From: g*@juno.com
- Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 17:41:53 -0400
- Resent-Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 14:51:53 -0700
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Hello,
Yes you can use White plastic attached to a sheet of plywood to reflect
light back toward your tomatoes.
Foil may reflect the heat as well as the light which may fry your plants.
The white plastic reflects only the light..try it...Smitty
On Wed, 26 Jul 2000 15:46:35 EDT "nick osen" <osennick@hotmail.com>
writes:
> Hi all,
> I wonder if anybody has any advice regarding reflecting sunlight?
> My
> zucchini plants (on trellis, both horizontal and vertical) have
> grown so big
> and bushy that they are beginning to block almost all the sun from a
> couple
> of my tomato plants. I started to wonder if it is possible to
> reflect light
> with big frames of aluminum foil (or anything else).
> Does anybody have any idea if this is possible? Would it even
> reflect the
> correct type of light? Would it burn the plants? etc...
>
> any input will be greatly appreciated.
> thanks,
> Nick
>
>
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