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How useful is garden fleece or is just to make you feel like you are doing something to protect tender plants
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I rarely use it, I'm not very good at fixing it down, but I'm sure it can be useful.DottyR -
I'd say it varies with the quality of it.
I've used it in the past as a deterrent to pests rather than to keep things warm........because you're thinking of putting the kettle on and making a pot of tea perhaps, you old weirdo. (Veggie Chicken - 25/01/18)
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Being a tight ar@e I was looking at some in a pound shop, it reminded me of tissue paper and looked as useful! As Kevin said it depends on the quality. I have some heavyweight stuff which is far better. However the only time I haved used it was over carrots to keep the pesky flys at bay.
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I was going to use it in the greenhouse for tender plantsComment
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I tried that in our porch on my new seedlings and found that I had to fold it into at least 4 layers to have any warming affect. However, it then proceeded to squash the baby plants under its weight.
Since then I only use it a a bug defender.I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. Thomas A. Edison
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It's really useful to have,I planted some runner beans a bit early,teepee style,had to make a fleece tent using pegs & it saved them,a few leaves were damaged but the wind & cold would have destroyed them. Only ever used it as a wind block. Good quality fleece will last years,same as copper tape. The pound shop copper tape isn't good in the rain,it shrivelled & came unstuck in a lot of places,but the stuff I got from the garden centre years ago is still firmly stuck around my raised bed.Location : EssexComment
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You normally get what you pay for - buy cheap can mean buy twice - but we all like bargains.Comment
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I use the decent stuff outdoors if we get a very late frost after the early, early potatoes have poked their foliage above the mounds. In the greenhouse I use the pound shop fleece draped round and round and over babies on cold nights with air gaps between the layers, seems to work and looks really weird but I use bubble wrap around the grape vine.Comment
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I bought some from poundland today. If it's ins't any good its' not great loss.@thecluelessgardenerComment
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I use fleece to keep the frost off the soil for early onions and to deter the birds from pulling the onions out of the soil. It also stops the cat from using my newly dug beds as a litter tray, and I find it useful for keeping light frosts off vulnerable foliage. I wouldnt be without it.A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard NimoyComment
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as I don`t earth up my tatties, I use a medium grade fleece to cover my earlys and it works as it keeps the frost off themit may be a struggle to reach the top, but once your over the hill your problems start.
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I also intend to try using some cheap fleece to keep cats off. I have a sprinkler cat deterant but can't use in winter as the water might freeze in it and break it. A cat has started pooing there again, so I need to stop it somehow. What a pain.
Also plan to use some with bubble wrap to protect early spuds if needed.Last edited by Snow; 26-02-2015, 04:02 AM.Comment
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I've bought the cheap stuff at the end of the year when they are selling it off. I wouldn't use it outside as it just disintegrates but if you have some tender plants in the greenhouse and the temps maybe a little chilly it comes in handy to wrap up your plants....though I've often gently laid newspaper over the tops of my toms to keep the chill off too, just remember to take them off at first light the next morning.Originally posted by TrysHard View PostComment
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I use fleece early in the season around my courgettes, runner beans and GH Toms I bought it from Aldi in 2010 its still looks the same no rips just a bit grubby now.Location....East Midlands.Comment
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