On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 23:13:24 +0100, Rusty Hinge
wrote:

The message
from (Steve Harris) contains these words:
In article ,
(Rusty Hinge) wrote:

In dry weather give the flowers a spray-mist to help them set

Hessayon says this is an old wives tale. It is important for the soil to
be moist. His recommendation for success is to plant a white-flowered
variety

Who's Hessayon? He may say spraying is an old wives' tale, but I tried
it two years ago and only sprayed half the row, leaving the other half
as a control.

All plants were kept well watered. All were Scarlet Emperor.

The sprayed half cropped normally, while the unsprayed vines cropped
very poorly.

Who is Hessayon again?

http://www.mlys00070.pwp.blueyonder....%20hesayon.htm
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Martin