Re: Summer Winds and Sales (was Re: heirloom tomatoes)

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From: Jon Shemitz
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 19:24

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The Ranger wrote:

> I'll make a special effort
> tomorrow to enhance my snail-smorgasbord since those crawling terrors chowed
> down on all twenty of my peppers! 

My all-purpose response to this is to take a clear two liter soda
bottle, punch four or five breathing holes in the bottom and slice off
the top. This produces a disposable cloche - a greenhouse-like dome
that both protects seedlings from snails until they're established AND
keeps them warm and protected from wind. See also
<http://www.yougrowgirl.com/garden/pop_cloche.php>.

-- 

programmer, author  http://www.midnightbeach.com
and father          http://www.midnightbeach.com/hs

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From: Jon Shemitz <jon@midnightbeach.com>
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Subject: Re: Summer Winds and Sales (was Re: heirloom tomatoes)
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 12:24:46 -0700
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