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  • From: Lucy Goodman-Owsley <goodows AT excite.com>
  • To: CSA-L AT prairienet.org, market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Tuffbell
  • Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 15:41:27 -0800 (PST)



>
> Does anyone use Tufbell? We are considering buying a few hundred feet of
it
> but are still reeling from sticker shock. We read glowing reports from
those
> who want to sell this to me. Is there any truth to the reports? Exactly
how
> long does it last? Does it rip where wire hoops rub/abraid it (We lose a
lot
> of agrofab covers to abrasion rips). Will dogs, deer, cats, careless
humans
> rip it up as easily as agrifab? Does it really not cook plants at high
> temps? Are the specialized (and rather pricy) clips necessary or can we
use
> rocks/bricks as we do for rowcovers already. Is it easier, harder or
about
> the same to use as other row cover?
>
> It is really worth paying 3 to 4 times more for it? We go through 1500'
of
> RC a year and hate to throw it out after 2.5 years or so (it takes on
many
> incarnation including ghosts before we toss it away)
> If you use it I want to know how you like the stuff. it seems almost too
> good to be true-I WANNA BELIEVE! Can I?
>
> For those who wonder, Tufbell is a polyvinyl rowcover, not a polyester so
it
> is very resistant to UV damage, among other things

>


Lucy Goodman-Owsley
Boulder Belt CSA
New Paris, OH
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