[Market-farming] Agribon and Tears

lucy Owsley boulderbelt at voyager.net
Fri Apr 11 18:38:01 EDT 2008


I use the 19 or 30 weights as I find the 15 weight is about like  
using Kleenex. i have used agri-pro 50 but that does not let in  
enough light for most things but it also is very long lasting-3 to 4  
seasons.  I put the row cover on #9 wire hoops and weigh it down with  
bricks/rocks. I can usually get 2 seasons from a piece, though the  
second season the row cover will be full of hole/tears. But it still  
works for germinating seeds and keeping the sun off of plants as well  
as pretty good insect camoflague. Eventually the covers get so ripped  
up they become insulation, halloween ghosts, dog house bedding or  
anything else I can think up to keep it from being landfilled.

> I do reuse my agribon with rips in it and it does seem to still be  
> pretty effective.  If I have a huge hole and don't want to take it  
> off, I sometimes patch it.  Take another piece of agribon and TAPE  
> it on with packing tape.  Holds up really well.
>
> I use hoops and put hoops over every other hoop to hold it in  
> place.  That is where I get the rips because I'm too impatient and  
> rip it sometimes when I pull it back without loosening the top hoop  
> or put the top hoop on too tightly and that will rip it sometimes.
>
>
> Hattie's Garden
> 31341 Kendale Rd.
> Lewes, DE 19958
> 302-945-0350
> _______________________________________________

Lucy Goodman	
Boulder Belt Eco-Farm
Eaton, OH
http://boulderbelt.blogspot.com




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