clear as mud(or should I say sand?), but thanks for trying> > In message <DD3EC18B0E12417BA14B0C565FABDA54@RobinPC>, Robin Carrier > <robin@no1bird.com> writes >>I'm sorry. I've looked it up and still can't find what a "plunge bed" > is?? >>thanks > > Like a large area of sand that you sink your pots in to provide a > reservoir of moisture and temperature. > > ISTR someone mentioned a few months back that as one can get black > plastic sleeves to grow plants in, there's a version made of woven > fibre, so a bit like plastic but a bit like clay because it breathes. I > looked at the web site at the time and great claims were being made for > it. > > Does raise the question why are pots made black, instead of white which > would be a bit more temperature stable or even metalised - as some > decorative pots are. > > > > -- > David Pilling > email: david@pilling.demon.co.uk > web: http://www.davidpilling.net/ > post: David Pilling, P.O. Box 22, Thornton-Cleveleys, Blackpool. FY5 1LR. > UK > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >