[Market-farming] tear in agribon

bcluton at aol.com bcluton at aol.com
Fri Apr 11 10:52:36 EDT 2008


I think there's some truth to the bug baffling approach.  You certainly get some damage with heavy pressure even under good cover but at the same time we use an awful lot of "swiss style" Ie. Holey row cover to fairly good ends.  I've accepted tears and holes as part of the package when dealing with this stuff.  Its my arch nemesis.  Me and agribon have a real love hate relationship.


-----Original Message-----
From: lucy Owsley <boulderbelt at voyager.net>
To: Market Farming <market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 7:56 am
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] tear in agribon







My husband says glue it. he used some nasty toulene based glue that worked but smelled very toxic. he thinks Gorilla Glue would work but hasn't tried it yet. He also will tie rips together but i find that to be a terrible solution.



Remember that a lot of how row covers work is to disguise the crop. The insects see a sea of white and ignore the area so often having a couple of holes punched in the cover does not mean the bugs will invade ASAP. often they never find the hole(s) or the crop underneath. Other times they do so keep an eye on the areas but don't freak out.




Kurt has the best solution-just take an old piece and cover the hole, cheap and effective.







On Apr 11, 2008, at 7:22 AM, <clearviewfarm at bluefrog.com> wrote:



I don't know about actually repairing the row cover, but I taken another piece of cover long enough to go to the next closest securing pins or stones.  That completely covered the rip and then some.  It seemed to be effective.










 
Lucy Goodman

Boulder Belt Eco-Farm

Eaton, OH

http://www.boulderbeltfarm.com

 


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