[tomato] Red plastic mulch
Celeste or Dave Anderson (Tomato@GlobalGarden.com)
Sat, 20 Feb 1999 08:55:15 +0000
We have a nursery specializing in perennials, mostly daylilies and
belong to a daylily mailing list. Yesterday a hybridizer mentioned
that his daylily seedlings were three times larger when started in
red plastic cups versus white insulated cups. This led to a
discussion on reflected red light.
Gardens Alive sells a red plastic mulch called "Turbo-Tomato" which
they say was developed by the USDA and Clemson University and
supposedly increases tomato yields by 12-20%. I wonder if any of you
have tried it and what the results were.
I'm not a pure organic gardner, but I recommend the Gardens Alive
catalog. It has some of the best pictures of pests and diseases that
I have seen.
Their phone # is 812-537-5108
Dave Anderson
Tough Love Chile Co.
http://www.tough-love.com
e-mail Chilehead@tough-love.com