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  • From: "Wiediger, Alison" <alison.wiediger AT hart.kyschools.us>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] agribon 15
  • Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 07:48:38 -0500

Actually, We've had row cover "abrade" cucurbits down to a bare stem and they never recovered.  Depends on the winds, I think.  We probably wouldn't put row cover on cucurbits without hoops.
 
Alison Wiediger, Au Naturel Farm


From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Bill Shoemaker
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 3:29 PM
To: Market Farming
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] agribon 15

You can leave the cover on cucurbits without hoops. You may get a little abrasion but you'll also accelerate crop growth. The covers raise the heat through greenhouse effect. Your seeds will germinate faster for the same reason. The covers need to be removed once flowering begins so bees can pollinate the crops. Be sure to leave enough "give" in the cover so that as the crops grow, the cover has some slack to give the crop.
 
Bill Shoemaker, Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
University of Illinois - St Charles Horticulture Research Center
www.nres.uiuc.edu/faculty/directory/shoemaker_wh.html
 
 



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