[Community_garden] Cage them love apples!

[cordalie.benoit at aya.yale.edu]

I don't consider rat bites, "nice"!  Best, Cordalie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jack Hale" <jackh at knoxparks.org>
To: "Ken Hargesheimer" <minifarms at gmail.com>; "Fred Conrad" 
<fred.conrad at acfb.org>
Cc: "Scott Kuzio" <sekuzio at msn.com>; 
<community_garden at list.communitygarden.org>; "Mike McGrath" 
<MikeMcG at ptd.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 12:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Community_garden] Cage them love apples!


> Well....
> Yield isn't everything.
> For instance, if you have a rat problem in the area, letting your
> tomatoes lie on the ground would probably  result in every single one of
> them having a nice bite taken out of it.
> JH
>
>
> Jack N. Hale
> Executive Director
> Knox Parks Foundation
> 75 Laurel Street
> Hartford, CT 06106
> 860/951-7694
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:community_garden-bounces at list.communitygarden.org] On Behalf Of
> Ken Hargesheimer
> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 8:28 AM
> To: Fred Conrad
> Cc: Scott Kuzio; community_garden at list.communitygarden.org; Mike McGrath
> Subject: Re: [Community_garden] Cage them love apples!
>
> Fred,
>
> Assuming the UM study is correct, why do we have a mindset that rejects
> what is better?
>
> Mike, I remember a study done by the University of Maryland some many
>> several (25?) years ago that showed they actually got better yield
>> from tomatoes that ran amok and rooted in all over the place.
>>
>> I'm not recommending it, I'm just sharing.
>> fgc
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