Foils and nonwovens give your vegetables a helping hand. With tunnels, Hoods and tarpaulins harvest starts weeks earlier.
Growing aids made of foil or fleece give early vegetables a real advantage as a source of heat and wind protection. However, only fiber fleece protects against frost (right photo); the light material is light- and air permeable, but usually only lasts one season. Grid fleece is more stable; it becomes as wind- and used insect repellent. You can also cover cultivation tunnels with fleece (bottom left), because the foils otherwise used for tunnels hardly protect against the cold. Perforated foils have a decisive advantage for this:
They let rainwater through.
elastic, so-called growing films are placed directly on the sowing or seedlings (bottom right). They are also available in polypropylene fleece, which provides light frost protection. Reusable hoods are ideal for targeted early forcing.
propagate plants themselves
When the ground is frost free, you can get to the roots of the perennials and get offspring, for example poppy seeds, cornflowers or cushion primroses. Strong roots are cut into finger-length pieces and planted in moist soil. You can also easily propagate boxwood now: Dip the shoots in rooting hormone immediately after cutting, pour in the soil and seal tightly with foil.