Episode 151: 5 Ways To Help Your Plants Through the Frost
Today, I thought I would talk about something all of us in Tennessee have been doing for a few weeks and that many of you will soon need to do: helping your plants through morning frosts that happen in the spring as the earth embraces spring, gets warm, then spikes down below the freezing point at night. I’ve got 5 things you can do without spending a ton of cash - and these are especially important if you are playing early spring plant roulette as I am.
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Main topic of the Show: 5 ways to save your plants from frost
- Prepare the ground: Mulch
- Water them well
- Heat their feet
- Cover them
- Heat under the cover
Bring plants inside...
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