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To: Red in Blue PA; Diana in Wisconsin; gardengirl; girlangler; SunkenCiv; HungarianGypsy; Gabz; ...

Ping of interest to the Gardeners!!!!!!!!


5 posted on 07/29/2008 11:36:14 AM PDT by Gabz (You said WHAT?????????)
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To: Gabz

As you gardeners know, if water is on plant leaves and the sun comes out, the leaves can get damaged. So this does make sense. However, how big agri-business would do this is of concern because we don’t need more chemicals.

Getting great tomatoes and cucumbers from my gardening pots. Beats anything from the supermarkets.


6 posted on 07/29/2008 11:44:22 AM PDT by tob2 (No retreat!)
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I guess we could get little umbrellas and use those instead of sunscreen. I lost a few cucumbers to sunburn this summer.


8 posted on 07/29/2008 12:00:43 PM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (A vote for any Democrat from BO on down the ticket is a vote for $10 a gallon gas.)
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Coulda used some veggie-screen the last couple of weeks. Due to extreme heat, watermelons all got scalded. Literally cooked them in the fields. :( The ones we managed to get before were terrific!


9 posted on 07/29/2008 12:01:17 PM PDT by gardengirl
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Thanks for the ping Gabz! Since this years garden, is my first try at organic gardening. I not so sure that I want to put a sunscreen on my veggies.

My biggest challenge this year is keeping pests away from my cukes, cabbage & eggplant!

11 posted on 07/29/2008 1:16:10 PM PDT by alice_in_bubbaland (Obamamaniacs idiot's one and all !)
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To: Gabz

“I’m not an expert on anything, but I’m always interested in trying anything...”

Don’t EVEN get me started on this nonsense. I’m going out to pick beans; grown in good old Wisconsin earth and old-fashioned composted cow shit, LOL!


12 posted on 07/29/2008 4:09:51 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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The trick is to use a factor high enough to prevent sunburn but low enough to keep the plant from starvin’. Or somethin’.


16 posted on 07/29/2008 10:21:48 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_________________________Profile updated Friday, May 30, 2008)
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To: Gabz

Interesting, thanks for the alert.


20 posted on 08/03/2008 2:44:16 AM PDT by nw_arizona_granny ( http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1990507/posts?page=451 SURVIVAL, RECIPES, GARDENS, & INFO)
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