RE: [CH] reflective mulches

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That would certainly be a little more believable.

	
	From:	Cameron Begg [SMTP:begg.4@osu.edu]
	Sent:	Wed January 27, 1999 10:35 AM
	To:	chile-heads@globalgarden.com
	Cc:	Fawcett, Steve
	Subject:	RE: [CH] reflective mulches

	Hi C-Hs,
	Steve wrote:
	>I'd love to hear the "scientific" explanation for that one....

	>Several years ago a friend of mine had two peach trees in his stone

	>fruit orchard that would not set fruit. He was advised by an asian
	>aquaintance to wrap bright red cloth around the trunks of both
trees.
	>The next year both trees were laden with fruit.

	>There could well be some truth in the red mulch
	-------------------------------

	Really! I suspect that the weave of the cloth was the important
factor!!

	Or perhaps the red trunk attracted insects or humming birds that
affected
	the pollination?

	                     Regards,               Cameron.

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