Greenhouse plastic

 I've just wrapped a bunch of tomato cages with 3.5mil plastic sheeting to
create green tepees for my tomatoes. The sheeting is opaque not clear
because that's all that Home Depot had (it's sold in the paint department
not the garden department). Is there special greenhouse plastic sheeting
that would work significantly better or is the drop cloth plastic good
enough? I'm only going to be using the green tepees until the end of May.

 

They allow for ventilation? You may want to put clear plastic on the
soil to warm it up as well.
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 On Mon, 09 May 2011 12:10:20 -0700, Billy wrote:


The tepees are open at the top so it should be ventilated well enough. I'm
just trying to get an early start, the normal time to plant tomatoes
around here is the end of May, doing it at the start of May is a little
risky. I'll remove the tents in a couple of weeks when the weather becomes
more reliable.

 
I think plastic is enough to cover the greenhouse. It does not need any
special plastic.




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lisaray

 On Fri, 27 May 2011 07:52:19 +0000, lisaray


it depends on how long you want it to last.

D