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Penelope Periwinkle wrote:

On 4 Nov 2005 16:23:35 -0800, "aem" wrote:


Penelope Periwinkle wrote:
...I have noticed how much ripening
slows down as the days get shorter and the sunlight less intense.
....
I was thinking that this would be the time of year that the red mulch
that some gardeners further north use might be an advantage. ....

How about aluminum foil? I've heard of people putting that down, shiny
side up, around plants in the early spring. -aem

Alien telepathist or government thought control beams are keeping
my peppers from getting ripe?

Makes sense. grin

Naw, actually, I thought about the tin foil, but I've heard so
many good reports from folks that have tried the red mulch I was
leaning toward trying it.

Plus, my neighbors think I'm weird enough. After all, I squeal in
excitement over finding lady bug larva on my plants, flake out in
the grass out front to listen to an owl calling, and made them
all come and see my monarch and black swallowtail caterpillars
whilst I proudly burbled on about The Importance of Larval Food
Plants.

We won't even go into the earthworm incident.

Please do. ;-)




Penelope
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