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Massachusetts

Man i am now looking at diaries people have perfectly clear plastic but if oyu look at my hoop it has like a frost to it. I am thinking i am in deep

3/31/2007 3:14:12 PM

No Place Special

Humm it does look frosted. Hopefully it will let in more sun than you think. Is it to late to change it?

3/31/2007 5:05:42 PM

Mastic Beach, New York

I used both type..couldnt see any differnce..what mil 4 or 6?

3/31/2007 7:01:02 PM

Massachusetts

6 mil

3/31/2007 7:22:10 PM

Topsfield, Ma.

I've been using 6 mil plastic for years so I can get a couple seasons between replacement. Cross town buddy always uses clearer 3 mil product and coincidently always has bigger better looking plants early on . I'll be refurbishing the hoop house with the 3 mil poly this season!

3/31/2007 7:29:27 PM

Puyallup, WA

I've used the 6 mil "frosted" stuff for at least six years.
I've found that early vegetative growth to be a factor of nitrogen levels and heat rather than 3 or 6 mil plastic.

3/31/2007 11:12:24 PM

Colo.Spgs.CO. Pikes Peak Chapter @ [email protected]

Here in colorado at 6000 Ft. elevation if I do not use the frosted 6 mil my plants will cook. The sun is very intense at high elevation. The direction of your hoop house here is also a major factor wheather it be north south or east west. East west cooks my plants also, north south is cooler, I tend to go north south cocked a little east west. Don't let me confuse you, things may be different at lower elevations, never grown down there so I do not know..JK

4/1/2007 4:06:28 AM