Best plant covers according to redditors
We found 21 Reddit comments discussing the best plant covers. We ranked the 16 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 21 Reddit comments discussing the best plant covers. We ranked the 16 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
Here you go friend!
Sure thing- it’s called Floating Row Cover
https://www.amazon.com/Agfabric-Floating-Protection-Resistance-Germination/dp/B00IAGIR24
We are using it to protect plants (that don’t need to be pollinated) from cabbage butterflies. Also good for providing some shade and frost protection. 😀🌱
https://www.amazon.com/share-10x20Black-Sunblock-Resistant-Greenhouse-can/dp/B074352FK7/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1522250094&sr=8-14&keywords=sunscreen+fabric
Something like this maybe? Nurseries use these often.
Polyethylene roll sheeting is your #1 cheapest thing.
You'd have to find a brand of ripstop nylon that specified that it was UV-resistant, because most nylon isn't. Nylon grommets and other types of outdoor plastic fasteners will yellow and become brittle in UV unless they've been UV-stabilized. Nylon ripstop fabric as purchased at Jo-Ann Fabrics ($7.99 a yard) is meant for garden banners, small homemade pup tents, and children's backpacks, not for row covers that will be out in the sun 24/7/365.
It is also opaque to light.
A 100 foot roll of clear 4 ml plastic sheeting is $29.
https://www.lowes.com/pd/10-ft-x-100-ft-x-4-mil-Clear-Consumer-Sheeting/50414230
Why aren't you using Reemay or similar? It's the reusable, breathable, light-transmitting row cover you're looking for.
https://www.amazon.com/Reemay-Garden-Blanket-67-100/dp/B001FA9SNE
http://www.gardeners.com/how-to/row-covers/5111.html
Use what the pro use to protect their plants Floating Row covers.
Light-weight FRCs (0.55 oz./sq. yard): Perfect for insect barrier, have 85% light transmission, recommend of freeze protection and season extension, and can be left on many crops (e.g., beets, snap beans, salad greens) from seeding to harvest
UV PROTECTION High quality spun polypropylene fabric is UV stabilized and reusable, and allows air and moisture to reach your plants,
EASY INSTALLATION Measured size as described, easy to cover it on the plant top personally
MULTI-APPLICATION Protect your vegetable such as tomato, pepper, pumpkin, strawberry rows, fruit trees, citrus and shrub, flowers as well as newly-sown grass
WEATHER PROTECTION Protect plants from snow, hail, frost in the winter and insects,birds during the growing season
Maybe a cloche like this one?
I've never tried clear greenhouse plastic, but I'm thinking you're better off with floating row covers. There's fabric specifically designed for it. I'm concerned that clear plastic would cook the herbs with intense heat. Here's an example of what I mean: https://www.amazon.com/Tierra-Garden-50-5010-Haxnicks-Fleece/dp/B004ZR1PQW/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1526617395&sr=8-5&keywords=floating+row+covers
I’ve found it’s just as easy to plant the seed directly in the soil or placing the jiffy pellet about halfway buried with a humidity dome like this over the pellet and then just buried it the rest of the way a few weeks in. Or what the other guy said will work just fine as well! Good luck!
I have a small citrus tree that survived last winter thanks to a "Frost Blanket". It helps if you plant some stakes that keep it from touching the leaves. Otherwise, anything touching the barrier will likely be damaged on the coldest nights.
Just make sure you wait out the last frosts. It's pretty common that it'll go from winter weather (low 30s/40s and rainy) to what feels like Spring (70s and sunny) seemingly overnight and you'll be tempted to uncover your plants... but inevitably, a few days later, it'll frost again. Have patience and in March/April-ish you'll start persistent sun and warmth until the winter hits again.
You have to use a Plant Cloche or make a homemade humidity dome out of the bottom half of a disposable water bottle with some holes poked in a ring around the base to bring in fresh air and in the top to let heat escape.
It traps the humidity and doesn't allow the plant and soil to dry out.
https://www.amazon.com/Agfabric-Plastic-Protective-Garden-Shading/dp/B01IB4DXUA/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1549854254&sr=8-5&keywords=medium+Garden+Cloche
I plan on getting some protective covers similar to these:
ANPHSIN Pack of 2 Drawstring Plant Covers- Large Size 47.2X 31.5 inch Frost Blanket for Frost Protection- Medium https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JVSJ158/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_-6ZXDb0QNDRSM
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Although this is my favorite stuff... punada Premium Plant Covers Freeze Protection 8Ft x 24Ft Reusable Plant Covers for Winter Frost Freeze Protection Covers Anti-UV for Snow Animal 27ºF Frost Protection -1.33 oz/yd² (Frame not Include) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07LCF59FF/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_.bwOCb5G8KP71
punada Premium Plant Covers Freeze Protection 8Ft x 24Ft Reusable Plant Covers for Winter Frost Freeze Protection Covers Anti-UV for Snow Animal 35ºF Frost Protection -0.74 oz/yd² (Frame not Include) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075DZFR41/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_HinJDbBNJ4FAJ