Re: Plant weights

[Dave Gomberg <gomberg at wcf_com>]

At 03:48 AM 6/1/01 "John T. Fitch" <JTFitch at FitchFamily_com> wrote:
>Subject: Plant Weights
>Dave Gomberg wrote:
> >I have been experimenting with an alternative to lead strips:   "soft" iron
> >wire.   What I am using is called "9 wire" (which I think means it is 9
> >gauge).
>At some else's suggestion, I bought a can of PlastiDip from Home Depot.
>(The only can they had left was a hideous yellow, but since the strips are
>under the substrate, they can't be seen.)  It's a messy job to dip the
>strips so that they're completely covered.  But, they work like a charm.

Why would you do that?  Iron is an essential nutrient.  Just leaving them 
in there to rust will do no harm.




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