"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 2010-09-19 20:56:13 +0100, "Bill Grey" said:


"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 2010-09-18 19:01:15 +0100, "Bill Grey"
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Bob Hobden wrote:
Frost seems to be early this year, we went down and fleeced our
chillies
yesterday afternoon but I don't think there was a frost last night.
Tonight
it looks like it will be warmer again. Your pumpkin plants will die
in
the
frost but as long as the fruit are mature and covered they will be
OK.
Didn't have enough fleece to cover our butternut bed so I do hope
they
are
OK, will find out later.

We've never fleeced the pumpkins or butternuts in the past. Perhaps
we
normally just harvest earlier! I'm slightly worried by the fact that
I
can't seem to remember what was 'normal' last year any more! :-(

How would bubble-wrap sheets do instead of fleece?

Bill

I'd guess that would make them sweat and rot. Fleece allows things to
'breathe'.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

Quite possibly, I know bubble wrap is good to keep the frost away - as
it
does for my outside water tap. Sweat and rot - very possible.

Bill

Someone else with experience of that use will know more than I do but it
would be a shame to see yours suffer. ;-(
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

Thanks for your concern, but I'm probably the worst gardener on this NG. I
planted runner beans this year and nothing germinated :-(

I was given four tomato plants which I tried to grow outdoors in pots. Yes
I got tomatos but they fell off before I could gather them :-(

Bill