Ep. 192 Season extension: Ways we can expand the growing season | #GoodGrowing
Good Growing · Chris Enroth
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When cold weather arrives, it brings the end of the vegetable gardening season for many of us. That doesn’t have to be the case though. On this week’s Good Growing Podcast, we discuss how we can expand our growing season beyond what's normal by using season extension. Learn about what season extension is, why we would want to use it, the different techniques you can use, and more!
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00:31 – Welcome, Ken. What are our vegetable gardens looking like?
03:05 – What are our experiences with season extension?
04:25 – What is season extension?
06:20 – Effect of daylength on plant growth
10:25 – What kind of crops are we talking about when it comes to season extension?
13:26 – Cloches
16:27 – Temperature/heat management
17:55 – Floating row cover
22:00 – Low tunnels
24:05 – High tunnels and caterpillar tunnels
34:20 – Greenhouses (controlled environment)
37:20 – Cold frames
40:25 – Hot frame
41:46 – Starting seeds indoors
43:10 – Wrap-up, thank yous, what’s up next week, and goodbye!
Duration of Daylight/Darkness Table
How to Build a Low Tunnel Part 1 - Bending low tunnel frames
How to Build a Low Tunnel Part 2 - Installing greenhouse poly plastic
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