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["Michele Stanton" <6ducks@gmail.com>]

Megan,

Commercial growers in low light situations sometimes use reflective mulch (mylar and metalized type materials) to maximize light and fruit quality.

Maybe some of the apple growers on the list can contribute their experiences.  I think it is used for tomatoes and other vegetables as well.

I think it would be a lot easier to put down a mylar mulch than to haul mirrors out to a garden. 

go to: http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/facts/orchard_mulch.htm

If this link doesn’t come through, go to the Ontario Canada  Omafra.gov.on.ca and search for Using Reflective Mulch for Light Management in Orchards.

There are lots of articles out there on the subject.

Michele in SW Ohio

 

 

From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Spidra Webster
Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2010 12:04 AM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: [NAFEX] Mirrors to Maximize Light in Garden?

 

I'm moving this week and will have to get used to gardening in the San Gabriel Valley again. The only land my family will make available to me is fairly shady, though. I was wondering if it's possible to maximize the available light by using mirrors. I've googled a bit but what I'm finding has to do with ornamental use of mirrors in the garden rather than practical use for light. Does anyone know whether light cheating like this would work?

 

 

Megan Lynch

 

Berkeley, CA

 

CRFG, NAFEX: I'm in USDA Zone 9b

 

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