Market Farming

["Michaele Blakely" <mjb AT premier1.net>]

----- Original Message -----
From: Rita Rash <danielrash AT msn.com>
To: market farming <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 9:55 PM
Subject: Re: Plastic slitted rowcover


> What do you mean when you say it doesn't work as well? It doesn't heat up
> as well, or vent as well?  It didn't seem to heat up as well, so don't
know about the venting aspects.  I was happy with the slitted plastic I had
used.  Of course after thinking about this, it was a very cool year for us.
The holey stuff worked okay, but not as well as I remembered the slitted
plastic working.
>
> Something I forgot to ask...We are planning to use Agribon with the
plastic
> for frost protection. Do you do that? If so, do you put the Agribon under
> the plastic or on top?  No, I just use row covers for the cool times,  I
used the slitted plastic for basil, melons things like that, they are put
out when temps are getting warm, although I haven't done melons with that
for awhile.  This year they will be in the greenhouse.  A few years when I
had peas going and the temp dropped into the 20's I filled jugs with water
and placed them under plastic cloches I had.  This was a small area, about
500 sq ft.  I wouldn't do it now.
> Rita
>
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