Re: [tomato] Red plastic mulch
margaret lauterbach (Tomato@GlobalGarden.com)
Sun, 21 Feb 1999 08:58:21 -0700
At 04:26 PM 2/20/99 PST, you wrote:
>I saw this post after I had responded to the original post. I am
>fascinated. What kind of plastic cups did you use. Did you go down to
>the local store and buy some red plastic drink cups?
>
>Somewhat on this same topic, the farmer I mentioned who uses red plastic
>for tomatoes uses silver plastic mulch for eggplant (even though they
>are in the same family). He says it does a better job at keeping off
>aphids, but I wonder if there is something else going on.
>
>Bill M
>
Bill, where does he get this silver plastic mulch? I'm wondering if I
could use it to deter squash bugs. Thanks, Margaret L