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What is the method of passive solar heat you mentioned using?

Carmen in zone 8b

--- In MittleiderMethodGardening@yahoogroups.com, "incredible.family"
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> Fantastic info on growing in the northeast.
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> Recently I purchased the book and the starter pack of micronutrients
and am 'converting' my setup to MM.
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> Do you have pictures of your setup? I would like to share with the
Living Network (more at www.PreparingU.com and www.HisHolyChurch.org
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> George in Mass.
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> --- In MittleiderMethodGardening@yahoogroups.com,
"incoming.verizon.net" russomeal@ wrote:
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> > I used the extreme Spring weather in upstate NY to enlarge and
prepare 10 additional 30 foot long garden beds, prepare soils, and
additional hoops and to expanding lighting indoors.
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> > My 120 indoor tomatoe seedlings in foot cubes are doing great. I
needed to expand some lighting to accomodate these larger tomato
seedlings. I have never had them indoors this long before. I have
other tomato seedlings coming behind these just in case.
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> > I use a wider bed than most of you. I am using 6 foot wide and 4
foot wide beds. The reason for this is that in the Wintertime I do have
some passive solar equipment in there to keep things as warm as
possible. The wider beds allow me to have the extra equipment in
there....and my hoops are large enough to walk in so I can get at them
from both sides....the yields in these are fabulous....
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> > We had an unusual hail storm and large rainfall last night.
WOW...there are so many commercial fields flooded. It has been almost
nonstop cold rain.
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> > I am making my hoops more rugged for insect netting, woven plastic
and shade cloth.
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> > The unpredictability of the weather mandates using all of these
sporadically. On one of my beds I have 2 hoops, with the insect netting
on the inside hoop. I tend to think this is the best way to keep things
safe. Becasue wind and hail are such an issue now also, I am setting
hoop frame sections closer together, using more rugged T's and tying
down the whole frames.
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> > Also, I drill holes in the T's and run EMT pipe through the top to
connect my grow lines to. These are more stable.
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> > I never thought I would need to be so protective of my garden. When
I was a child I lived on a farm and we seldom had any issues with
getting a decent crop...even with a few draughts and storms. But now,
there is no doubt that these will be the wave of the future.
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> > Yet, I believe if we give all we have when the times come, that like
the Savior did on the mount with a few fish and loaves of bread, that we
will see amazing things. If I did not believe He will help us...there
wouldnt be much use in preparing. After all we can do, there will still
be something come along that is larger than our capacity to prepare for
or to endure.
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Jim Kennard &
> > To: MittleiderMethodGardening@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 3:51 PM
> > Subject: [MittleiderMethodGardening] Pros & Cons of Shading
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> > Grace and peace to you,
> > In listening to the last Garden Doctor interview with Mr.
Strohmeyer from AZ (zone 9b ?)I was led to believe that he was using
some shading in his garden. Central Texas (Austin zone 8b)has had
drought and some 100 degree temps already. What are the pros and cons of
shading and how and when is it best utilized?
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> > Greg & Group:
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> > The first law of plant growth is light - direct sunlight, all day
long if possible.
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> > Any shading used in the garden obviously REDUCES the available
light, but sometimes it becomes necessary to mitigate extreme
TEMPERATURES (2nd law of plant growth).
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> > If you are having +95 degree days, with night-time temperatures
not falling below 80, you may need some shading. I recommend as little
as necessary to get the job done (which is keeping your plants alive).
Usually 25-30% shade cloth directly over the plants, to give them some
shade between 11 and 3, is sufficient.
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> > Jim Kennard
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