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Good for all types of plants. It's the best defense mustard plants have against flea beetles. A must in the organic garden. Experiments have shown that Silver Mulch is as effective as regular pesticide applications for protecting tomatoes from spotted...

Our research farm recorded increased early yields of warm weather crops when compared to crops grown on standard black mulch. Also works for peppers, squash, and pumpkins. Designed for commercial growers, but we think it's great for home gardeners, too.

We have sold Reemay for close to 30 years, and its reputation and name recognition are well known to home gardeners. Provides frost protection down to 30°F. Weighing in at a very light 0.6 ounce per square yard, this polyester fabric allows 75% light...

Step 3 Line the inside of the hole with a row of cement blocks, then stack another row on top, essentially building the exterior walls of your mini-greenhouse. Start this building project now, and you'll be up to your elbows in cool-season greens for...

Now is the time to plan if you hope to erect a new greenhouse, harvesting station, or maybe even build a root cellar once the ground warms up. It's important to make the most of this downtime and be prepared for the next season, but remember to enjoy...

UV stabilized material lasts up to 10 years. Ours blocks 65% of the light, perfect for greenhouse and general plant protection. The edges are finished securely and fitted with metal grommets in each corner and every 12 inches.

The great innovation in film mulches. Use this superb all-purpose mulch for crops such as melons, eggplant, squash, and cucumbers. Brown mulch provides more effective weed control than green mulch and warms the soil better than black mulch.

These dome-shaped greenhouses are roomy enough for large and climbing plants. The UV stabilized PVC cover features a rugged, zippered door and adjustable top vents for air circulation.

Slip longer lengths over 1/2 inch rebar stakes driven into the ground. These nifty garden clip fasteners secure greenhouse film, row covers, shade cloth, or even bird netting securely to a pipe frame and holds well in high winds.

This dramatic increase results from the film reflecting far-red light up into the plant. When used with tomato crops, SRM-Red has been shown in USDA tests to increase production from 12-20% of first quality early tomatoes when compared to black mulch.

At 0.6 ounce per square yard, Grow Guard 20 is less abrasive to young plants than Reemay. A single layer provides frost protection down to 27°F if there is no breeze. This polypropylene fabric allows 85% light transmission.

Within a week it can warm your soil temperature 7 degrees or more while reducing surface evaporation to conserve water. Just lay it over your prepared beds and hold it in place by burying the edges with dirt, or by using fabric staples.

How To Grow Purple Sprouting Broccoli To get the best results from most varieties of purple sprouting broccoli, seeds should be sown indoors under lights in early to mid-spring. But instead of producing big, green heads, this broccoli produces small,...

How To Make a Below-Grade Trench Planting Bed Step 1: Select A Site To start, select a location that receives full sun for the entire day. Once cold temperatures arrive, watering will have to occur less frequently, if at all.

You also must consider the elements. This might require opening up your hoop house to allow heat to escape or even uncovering certain crops. Winter is a very interactive time to be a gardener, so make sure you consistently consider next week's weather...

Mature artichoke plants can reach five feet across and the leaves are quite spiny, so be sure to give each plant plenty of room. They'll sprout a short time later and, hopefully, provide you with a hearty crop of chokes.

3 Winter Gardening Ideas To Grow Holiday Radishes 1. Eating fresh from the farm is especially cherished during the holidays, when we can share the flavors and health benefits of our homegrown goodies with our family and friends.

Use the pipe cutter to cut a piece of the EMT conduit pipe to that length. In my example, I used a staple gun to secure the plastic to the bed, leaving one end of the bed unstapled to allow me access to harvest the crops.

Finally, a 100% biodegradable and 100% compostable mulching film! Garden Bio-Film is made from cornstarch and other earth friendly resources. The film will begin to decompose between 50-60 days and will be 95% biodegraded within 90 days, depending on...

Allows 50% light transmission. This hefty polypropylene fabric is three times the thickness of Reemay and weighs 1.5 ounces per square yard. Works like a warm winter coat protecting plants down to 24-26 °F.

It allows 90-93% light transmission without heat build up and is UV stabilized so it won't deteriorate quickly. Porous to both air and water. Keep unwanted insects out. This lightweight fabric provides an effective screen to reduce damage from flea beetles,...

Make a Late Sowing While most gardeners are anxious to get the garden planted as early as possible, making a second or third sowing of cool-season greens is a must for prolonging the harvest.

Place your poinsettia in a room with a daytime temperature between 65 and 75 degrees F. Unfortunately, as soon as the New Year arrives, most of them make their way to the garbage dump or compost pile.

The space where the onions were once at home, will soon house mustard greens and kale. Mind Germination Rates Because late-season crops need to mature fairly quickly before winter strikes, avoid planting veggies that take a long time to reach a harvestable...

To get started, sever a leaf from a succulent plant. Eventually the mother leaf will rot away, leaving only the daughter plants behind, but you can also sever the baby plants from the mother leaf as soon as there's a bit of resistance when you tug on...

Install Cooler Plastics yooperann /Flickr Different greenhouse plastics diffuse light in different ways. Till the cover crop when it flowers, and prep your beds for the next crop you plan to grow.

Plant Tuscan Sun Sunflowers in full sun or light shade, in the perennial border or the flower bed. But you don't have to cut the flowers. You aren't going to be the only one to notice the flowers, either – butterflies and bees love to visit them, too.