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At the same time, it’s important to protect young, tender transplants from pests and crazy weather patterns. In this video, we’re looking at 5 different products that help tremendously. You can also DIY these if you’re budget-conscious!
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→ Pop-Up Crop Protector: https://bit.ly/popupcrop
→ Sunny Forcing Cloches: https://bit.ly/sunnycloche
→ Cool Weather Row Cloches Set: https://bit.ly/rowcloche
→ Floating Row Covers: https://bit.ly/floatingrowcover
→ Super Hoops: https://bit.ly/gscsuperhoops
→ https://bit.ly/shadenetting
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Got a favorite plant protection method? Drop it in the comments. Here are the links to the products I talked about:
1. Pop-Up Crop Protector: https://bit.ly/popupcrop
2. Sunny Forcing Cloches: https://bit.ly/sunnycloche
3. Cool Weather Row Cloches Set: https://bit.ly/rowcloche
4. Floating Row Covers: https://bit.ly/floatingrowcover
4a. Super Hoops: https://bit.ly/gscsuperhoops
5. https://bit.ly/shadenetting
Slugs and pill bugs
The earwigs are my biggest problem besides the deer. If my plants aren't enclosed in bird netting, they will be eaten by the deer. Too bad the bird netting does nothing for the damn earwigs.
Do you ever get a rat problem? Or animals eating baby plants ???
If you use row cover or shade cloth, you block pollinators 🙁
White flies!!! I can not get rid of them! No matter what we try. They are back every morning!!
My catnip has been really helpful with aphids
Hey Kevin, How do you keep your plants from Gypsy moth caterpillars with homemade pesticides?
I really need help with white flies! I got some last year on my cannas and I hosed and neem oiled the crap out of them. They returned again this year and moved to my other Canna pot and now my hibiscus. I m currently just hosing them off every other day. And not I have a resident mantis so I dont want to neem oil with her there. What else can I do?
Alsi spider mites ruined my tomatoes. 8(
ok, so what is it that ONLY eats pepper plants, and will strip a healthy plant right down to the soil line, leaves, fruit and stem overnight?
First of all, I love your videos and I am learning so much! Thank you.
My current plant protection needs are for the soon to come cold windy Chicago winters! I could not find any of your videos discussing this super cold issue yet.
This is my first year attempting to keep a plant over the winter so for now I need to figure out what to do. I have done some research and so far I'm getting that for my new blueberry bushes (in fabric bags) one way to protect them is by wrapping the bags to a height 6 inches over the top of the plant with bubble wrap and then fill with straw. The same was suggested for my strawberries in a 3ft x 3ft fabric bag. How soon should that be done? Will they need water at all? Do you have any other suggestions? Thanks, Kevin
Spider mites?
SLUGS. I set traps and i pick them out of my shade vegetable garden every night and I get 50-100 per night and I have like 10 small planters.
I made a similar video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoCftLW096k
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how do you keep the Cloches from blowing away? up here where im at they would be in the next county in 5 minutes
Aphids & rodents are the big pest problems that I face in our OC backyard
The ones I fight the most are those big green fig eater (Japanese) beetle larvae in my soil. I sifted hundreds of them out of my bed a few years back. Luckily I had a friend with chickens.
Love your channel! What would you recommend for rain protection for a dragon fruit trellis up here in the Bay Area (northernmost zone 10b) with wetter/windier winters than SD? Should I just wrap the whole trellis with a water-resistant fabric?
I am in East County in San Diego and I am really struggling with rats and rabbits. They devour my kale and cabbage. Poor things never get a chance.
How about homemade pesticides? Like Salt spray, oil & soap sprays and onion & garlic spray…
Do they work? Are they harmful for the plants? How frequently can i apply them?
Is that row cover fabric OK for plants that need full sun?
So cool
Do u have link " how to make DIY pop up crop protector " Epic? That will be great
Tomato horn worms!