container.
When I have checked up on my boxes I frequently have found them with
baggies around them, full of water and bug cases. These are sturdy,
Rubbermaid containers that really don't need extra help. I know one
of them was done by my brother finding his first box and not knowing
what to do with one of the bags he figured it must go on the outside.
I guess it's nice that people are trying to make sure they are
protected, but I don't think these help.
And if you find my boxes, please remove the bags that may appear
around them.
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, Leapin' Lizards
>
> When we first started planting boxes, we had some
> pretty poor containers. We had found some boxes with
> bags on them, so we thought it might be a solution to
> protect our boxes better. As stated before, they are
> pretty useless. Tearing and trapping water is about
> all that happens. Fortunately most of these boxes
> have been replaced with boxes that seal better. We
> just go with the camo tape and hope they survive.
>
> Leapin' Lizards
>
> --- Melisa Hills
>
> > I have to say I agree regarding the putting bags
> > around the outside of the
> > boxes. I had not encountered that here in WI, but
> > when I was in OK for
> > Thanksgiving, several were that way - and they all
> > had Spiders living in
> > the bag - right next to the boxes!!!!! Thankfully,
> > I carry gardening
> > gloves for moments like these (I have not lived in
> > OK for 10 years, but the
> > concept of the spiders that live there have given me
> > a serious issues! - I
> > mean, with the wrong bite, one can have a lovely
> > hole in their
> > skin!!!). Anyway - none of them were sealed, nor
> > could they be resealed -
> > Ugh! And one of them, the logbook inside was soaked
> > anyway! Go figure, LOL!
> >
> > So I vote for no Baggies around the boxes!!
> >
> > The Cat Herders
> >
> > At 01:14 PM 11/19/2005 +0000, you wrote:
> >
> > >But seriously, I think StarSaels and Kirby made
> > some excellent points.
> > >Having found almost 200 boxes and having planted
> > over 100, I have
> > >definately learned something.
> > >
> > >I am annoyed at people who put bags around the
> > outsides of boxes! It
> > >just makes the water problem worse.
> > >
> > >Hope this helps.
> > >
> > >Lock Wench
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been
> > removed]
> >
> >
>
>
>
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