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plastic mulch
Planting my starter green beans through clear plastic mulch
yesterday when I realized that it was very hot. Then I realized that a third of the beans that I had planted had their leaves on the plastic and that they were totally fried. I quickly placed mulch around the rest and they survived. This is a cautionary tale. -- Billy Bush and Pelosi Behind Bars http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTf...ef=patrick.net http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0aEo...eature=related |
plastic mulch
On Jun 10, 1:02*am, Billy wrote:
Planting my starter green beans through clear plastic mulch yesterday when I realized that it was very hot. Then I realized that a third of the beans that I had planted had their leaves on the plastic and that they were totally fried. I quickly placed mulch around the rest and they survived. This is a cautionary tale. -- Billy Bush and Pelosi Behind Barshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTfcAyYGg&ref=patrick.nethttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0aEo59c7zU&feature=related clear plastic mulch gets very hot; much hotter than black mulch. in fact, it's used to sterilize the soil and get rid of weed seeds, verticilium, etc. I've tried it, but i can't find any clear plastic that survives a summer of solar exposure. anyway, be careful with your poor beans or they'll be precooked. |
plastic mulch
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"kzin" wrote: On 10-Jun-2008, Persephone wrote: If so, I don't understand. Black absorbs the sun's rays rather than reflecting them*. By that logic, more heat would be transmitted to the poor leaves by black than by clear. Look up how a greenhouse works. It has to do with trapping infrared light between the earth and the plastic which rapidly heats the air by radiative heating. Clear plastic allows light through which can be reflected as infrared. Black plastic does not. ml Strangely, I have pepper mint growing under the clear plastic. Everything else is dead. In response to Perse kzin's response is as good as any. I don't understand the thermodynamics of the system but I can understand the empirical results. Old saying, "logic is only as good as its' premise". http://www.public.iastate.edu/~taber...pt%2000/redmul ch.pdf Look at tables II and III. -- Billy Bush and Pelosi Behind Bars http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTf...ef=patrick.net http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0aEo...eature=related |
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