Re: [tomato] Red plastic mulch
Richard Yarnell (Tomato@GlobalGarden.com)
Sun, 21 Feb 1999 11:40:54 -0800 (PST)
Some insects (eg bees) orient themselves to the sky. A ground cover might
confuse such insects. A mirror like reflector might have aphids crawling
all over themselves crawling on reflected undersides of the leaves
actually above them. (note this is only speculation. But it is quite a
treat to watch a bee fly over a new bright galvanized hive cover and in
the space of a few inches do a 180 roll to fly upside down.)
>At 04:26 PM 2/20/99 PST, you wrote:
>>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.
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