Build a row cover

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A row cover can help extend your gardening season up to four months.

Row covers are easy to build, basically you create a curved or square frame running the length of your garden bed. The material I use is PVC pipe which I bend using a jig.; You simply measure; your curved distance; from one side of the bed to the other.; Mine are 18 inches wide and I want the top of the covers to be 18 inches.; So you multiply 18 times three and add an additional 8 inches so the PVC pipe can extend 4 inches into the ground each side.;


 


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You can build a row cover for darn near any garden plot

Row covers can be made for containers as well as garden plots. The wider the space the higher the cover will have to be to drain the water correctly. I stick with 18 inch wide beds, they can be 300 feet if you want them to be.

Containers simply put a piece of wood in each corner and the center of both sides and drape clear plastic over it. Place a few rocks or bricks on each edge of the plastic and you just gained 5-15 degrees in the night cold.

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Add even more heat with water bottles 

I use one gallon plastic containers

For my gardens with row covers I place a filled one gallon plastic jug about every five feet. During the day the water warms up and it adds another 3-7 degrees in the covered bed. This total 8-15 degrees difference might not sound like much but it is huge for extending your season. You can avoid "Light frosts" using Row covers and Plastic water jugs at night.

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Adding nutrients directly to your plants 

One added benefit of using the water jugs for heat.

What I do is add in 2 Tsp. Mittleider weekly feed into each 1 gallon water jug. This way each day I n water my plants with nutrient filled water. Also called the poor mans hydroponics the Mittleider method puts the 13 nutrients plants need to grow right into the soil. By adding the weekly feed to the water it is easier for the plants to absorb. The heating process also help to break the weekly feed dissolve.

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    BarbRad BarbRad Jul 2, 2009 @ 2:00 pm
    I have found row covers very useful. Thanks for writing this.
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    Aug 27, 2008 @ 2:46 am
    I have a small space in my backyard but I still do a lot of gardening esp. when I take in-between breaks from working on my main business, online business, a Disney Personal Checks site. This idea that you have shared here can be a big help for my darling plants and vegetation! thank you very much for sharing!
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