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

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!  Watch us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/B2REiv1lFYc 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!   Duration of Daylight/Darkness TableHow to Build a Low Tunnel Part 1 - Bending low tunnel frames How to Build a Low Tunnel Part 2 - Installing greenhouse poly plastic Contact us! Chris Enroth: [email protected] Johnson: [email protected]   Check out the Good Growing Blog: https://go.illinois.edu/goodgrowingSubscribe to the weekly Good Growing email: https://go.illinois.edu/goodgrowingsubscribe Any products or companies mentioned during the podcast are in no way a promotion or endorsement of these products or companies. Barnyard Bash: freesfx.co.uk  --You can find us on most podcast platforms.  iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-growing/id1446630377     Tunein - https://tunein.com/podcasts/Gardening/Good-Growing-p1187964/  Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/202u3siWExE1tTqrVgtmCR    Vurbl - https://vurbl.com/station/good-growing-4pljnNlUtyG/    Listen notes - https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/good-growing-chris-enroth-cHLPMWpvEOG/    Ivy - https://ivy.fm/podcast/good-growing-167902    Castbox - https://castbox.fm/channel/Good-Growing-id4302614?country=us