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Extend the Season and Keep Pests Out with Floating Row Covers

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i don't know a single gardener who doesn't wish f time every season.

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garden fabric varies in weight and density. to keep plants protected from frost

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warm them up in winter

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row covers also allow you to extend the harvest of cool weather crops such as kale by providing relief from the sun

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if you are trying to protect leafy greens like lettuce and spinach from bolting too soon during a fluke warm spell

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garden fabric has the potential to allow you to grow edibles you otherwise couldn't grow

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you also use heavyweight row covers through the winter to grow some frost tolerant vegetables

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deer often feast on your plants. look

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leafy vegetables

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just open the ends to allow f air circulation

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although you lay fabric directly over plants

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animals and wildlife

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beginners

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build your soil

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containers

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design

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diseases and pests

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greenhouses and coldframes

1 serving

indoor gardening

1 serving

gardening

1 serving

propagation

1 serving

pruning

1 serving

the shade

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gear guides

1 serving

hand tools

1 serving

gardening books

1 serving

outdoor furniture

1 serving

cacti and succulents

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houseplants

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foliage

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grasses

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landscape trees

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woody shrubs

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vines

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extend the season and keep pests out

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categories diseases and pests

2018

september 28

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every gardener out there benefit from having floating row covers on hand. they're lightweight

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keep reading

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what is it

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floating row cover

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why bother

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protect warm season crops against frost

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gardens protected

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also

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keep pests out

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if you will be leaving covers on throughout the season

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in order to effectively keep pests out

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reduce transplant shock

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seedlings grown indoors often can't handle the stress of outdoor weather right away

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so

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first

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as such

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the last thing you want to do is to trap pests that emerge from the soil in

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also

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also

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getting the most out of floating row covers

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to increase frost protection by 2°f to 4°f

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if stapling material to the ground

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give yourself the option

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it doesn't take much to purchase yards of floating row cover. so what are you waiting for

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do you have experience using floating row covers? what are your thoughts? we would love to hear what worked and what didn't. let us know in the comments

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