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  • From: flowers AT rt66.com (Wilderness Flowers)
  • To: "market farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Tomato Support?
  • Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 08:47:52 -0700 (MST)


considering cages. : we've used 6/6/10/10 concrete reinforcing wire. pretty
cost effective and easy to use,can be repaired and even run over with
tractor and reformed..:)
lasts many years
cages increase yields and work super wth plastic weed barrier

we have been using the long term weed barrier designed for greenhouse floors
or field production of containerized plants
its high dollar per sq foot (~$0.05/sq foot or $2200 per acre vs 1 mil
@108/acre)but lasts many years(10 so far) so i think the cost is about the
same as i mil black plastic over the life of the fabric but handles weeds
better and does not get destroyed by elk !or dogs
martin

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Martin Connaughton
Wilderness Flowers
223 North Guadalupe St. pmb # 159
Santa Fe, NM 87501
zone 3-4-5 depending on mother nature .. zone 5 this year and no snow






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