Ep. 192 Season extension: Ways we can expand the growing season | #GoodGrowing

Episode Number
228
When cold weather arrives, it brings the end of the vegetable gardening season for many of us. That doesn’t have to be the case though. On this week’s Good Growing Podcast, we discuss how we can expand our growing season beyond what's normal by using season extension. Learn about what season extension is, why we would want to use it, the different techniques you can use, and more! 
 
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Skip to what you want to know:  
  00:31 – Welcome, Ken. What are our vegetable gardens looking like?
  03:05 – What are our experiences with season extension?
  04:25 – What is season extension?
  06:20 – Effect of daylength on plant growth
  10:25 – What kind of crops are we talking about when it comes to season extension? 
  13:26 – Cloches
  16:27 – Temperature/heat management
  17:55 – Floating row cover
  22:00 – Low tunnels
  24:05 – High tunnels and caterpillar tunnels
  34:20 – Greenhouses (controlled environment)
  37:20 – Cold frames
  40:25 – Hot frame
  41:46 – Starting seeds indoors
  43:10 – Wrap-up, thank yous, what’s up next week, and goodbye!
  
 
 

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Chris Enroth: cenroth@illinois.edu
Ken Johnson: kjohnso@illinois.edu 
 
 
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