Get Super Garden Results With Perforated Gro-Therm Over Hoops

[@mmccrownus2406]

Hey, Herrick. I just ordered Thomas Doyle's growing on plastic booklet, apparently successfully.

[@artfulcoyote]

Great video! Seems health and time are constraints. Looking forward to tire cloche video! Thank you!

[@leightonfarms4962]

love all you do.My supply of notebooks (Planet Whizbang) is dwindling. Time to reorder! Thank u Sir!

[@cynthiafisher9907]

Very cool! I love your organization ideas as well.

[@mmccrownus2406]

I suggest coating those 2x4s with a deisel/used motor oil combination, same as done for fence posts.

[@jeffmeyers3837]

@Herrick Kimball Great video, lots of good information for us gardeners. I need to make the tire sidewalls, I have a ton of tires left on my property by the previous owner that I was going to just throw out. At 5:22 you mention plans to do a video on cutting the tire sidewalls. Did you end up making it? I could really use it. If not what tool do you use, just a sharp blade, or special grinder disc? Thanks again.

[@herrickkimball]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHXHoKeIeMaEpNk

[@CBFlowerKingdom]

I bought some of this last year (did not have a chance to use it) and your review is still the only one I've found on this film! I want to use it to accelerate the growth of peppers, melons and eggplants I've sown too late in my NY zone 6 garden. Have you tried using it on any vegetables in the Solanum family? Thank you!

[@herrickkimball]

Yes. I’ve used it on just about everything.

[@zekezeke3484]

Do you remove the plastic when rain is predicted, to allow the minibed to get water, or do you irrigate the covered minibeds manually?

[@herrickkimball]

I don't remove the plastic at all until the plants have grown up aways, or if the weather gets too hot. Watering is not an issue at all. the compressed soil where the seeds are planted allows subsoil moisture to feed the seeds by capillary action. You can see the seed spots in the video are moist, while the surrounding soil is mostly dry on the surface. Capillary subsoil moisture is sufficient to water all my Minibeds here in the Northeastern USA.

[@Hawkfalco]

Thanks for the many tips, Herrick. Question: since this product is not solid have you noticed an issue with pest intrusion? I'm thinking of the problem of squash bugs on my zucchini.

[@herrickkimball]

The Gro-Therm is mostly a cloche cover for getting plants off to a good start early in the spring. The bugs are not usually a problem at that time. They could certainly get through the perforations if they wanted to. The ideal product for keeping bugs out is Micromesh. I use that a lot over cucumbers and squashes until they grow to fill the enclosure. Then I remove it and let the healthy plants fend for themselves, which they usually do pretty well. I have a video (or videos) about the Micromesh. It even excludes flea beetles.

[@cutthecord1]

Does this need to be removed when the temperature reaches say 90F?

[@edcniranj]

It says it keeps things ten degrees warmer than outside. So I would remove them well before that. Personally, I think keeping them on til 80 would be pushing it. Maybe put them back on at night if you live in a place with cooler nights.

[@cutthecord1]

@@edcniranj thank you.

[@Tehcarp]

Is it done after one year or what

[@kamhyde40]

What Growing zone are u? What's ur last frost date? I'm trying to understand where u are?

[@herrickkimball]

Zone 5b. Central New York State.