Season Extension Basics
This is the practice of helping crops grow before or after the normal growing season.
What is season extension?
A structure made mostly of glass or plastic that traps heat.
What is a greenhouse?
Lightweight fabric used to cover plants.
What is a row cover?
A frost is expected tonight. Choose the best protection method.
What is a row cover?
What is frost?Farmers use season extension to protect crops from this cold weather event.
What is frost?
This structure looks like a greenhouse but is usually simpler and unheated.
What is a high tunnel?
This protects plants during unexpected frosts.
What is a row cover?
You want to start growing vegetables before spring temperatures warm up.
What is a greenhouse?
Season extension allows crops to be grown for a longer period of time.
What is an extended growing season?
This small structure is placed directly over plants.
What is a cold frame?
Material placed around plants to conserve moisture and regulate temperature.
What is mulch?
You want to harvest lettuce later in the fall.
What is a high tunnel?
What is increaThis is one major benefit of season extension.sed crop production?
What is increased crop production?
Greenhouses work by trapping this.
What is heat?
Mulch helps keep the soil at a more stable ______.
What is temperature?
You want to keep soil warmer and hold moisture.
What is mulch?
Season extension can help farmers earn more of this.
What is income/profit?
Farmers often use these structures to start plants early in spring.
What are greenhouses or high tunnels?
Row covers help protect plants from frost, insects, and this weather condition.
What is wind?
You need a small, inexpensive structure to protect a few plants.
What is a cold frame?