Plant fleece winter frost protection Garden Horticultural Landscape Southport, Lancashire, UK 19th March, 2015. Protected newly planted seedlings in Tarleton covered with fleece. In spring sparrows can be a problem as they find young lettuce plants irresistible. Besides warming the soil and offering some protection from late frosts horticultural fleece helps keep off certain pests, such as birds and rabbits, and protects plants from wind, hail and excessive rain. It is easily blown away and needs holding down at the edges but it has the advantage that it can be left in position over some seas
Agricultural frost fleece protects crops from sudden temperature fluctuations all to familiar in the British Spring period. It also protects year round from rain, frost and wind in fact applied correctly creates a microclimate for plants to flourish and creates and increase in crop temperature due to the combination of thermal and wind reduction effects. Solar radiation causes warming of the soil, plant and surrounding atmosphere. At night, terrestrial radiation cools the whole system insuring good transmission of solar radiation to the plant and then reduces the heat loss, significantly improving the thermal balance around the plant.
Size: 3600px × 2400px
Location: Southport, Lancashire, UK
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