Re: reflecting sunlight?
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- Subject: Re: reflecting sunlight?
- From: g*@juno.com
- Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 06:05:37 -0400
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Hello Janet,
Yep my thoughts exactly..But if you use white plastic instead of foil you
will offset the heat produced and still get a good reflective light
source.. Smitty
On Wed, 26 Jul 2000 16:41:13 -0400 "Veronica & Jughead"
<sousa3@earthlink.net> writes:
> Hi Nick,
> I was asking my husband about that and he said that he thinks (not
> positive now LOL) it would burn the plants since the light would be
> more concentrated that way.
> Janet
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: nick osen
> To: veggie-list@eskimo.com
> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 3:46 PM
> Subject: reflecting sunlight?
>
>
> 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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