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How to Protect Plants from Frost - Low Tunnels

February 22, 2013 - GrowOrganic

How to Protect Plants from Frost - Low Tunnels

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Build a low tunnel with floating row cover to protect plants from frost

We’re always talking about extending your growing season with floating row covers, low tunnels, and hoop houses. These all protect your plants from frost. Today we’ll give you easy instructions on how to build a low tunnel with PVC pipe and floating row cover. First, watch Tricia build a low tunnel (also called a low hoop house) over one of her raised beds. Quick review of floating row cover for frost protection Row covers are made of lightweight fabrics (that “float” on the…

The scientific reasons floating row covers work to protect your plants from frost

When it comes to protecting your plants from frosts and freezes it’s important to understand where the heat is coming from. Soil absorbs heat during the day and radiates it back at night. Our Agribon floating row covers work by trapping the heat that rises from the soil. That’s why you need to drape row cover to the ground, to keep the heat from seeping out. In our new video and article we teach you how to make low tunnels to protect your crops from frosts. Did you know frosts and freezes…

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