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20: 228: 53:. The edges may be secured with pegs, soil bags, or other weights if the site is small or not too exposed to winds, or buried in slit trenches. It will stretch slightly in use, which allows the plants to grow. For taller plants grown in rows or blocks, heavy-duty fleece can be used to fashion a form of " 37:
to protect both late and early crops and delicate plants from cold weather and frost, as well as insect pests during the normal growing season. It admits light, air, and rain but creates a
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Available in rolls of various widths, the fleece is laid across sown seedbeds or on the top of juvenile plants. If fleece covers rows, it is known as a kind of
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Extending the growing season for vegetables by allowing earlier sowings in spring and later cropping in autumn
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Protecting winter crops, allowing them to produce softer, more palatable growth than unprotected plants
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around the developing plants, allowing them to grow faster than the unprotected crops.
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butterflies, etc. flea beetles, cabbage loopers, and many other common garden pests.
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Fruit: protecting from frost / Royal Horticultural Society
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Winter protection for ornamental plants and fruit blossom
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Providing extra warmth for crops of borderline hardiness
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Horticultural fleece is a thin, nonwoven, polypropylene fabric which is used as a floating mulch to protect both late and early crops and delicate plants from cold weather and frost, as well as insect pests during the normal growing season. It admits
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