Cloche

Cloches can be expensive. Homemade versions can be made using turned over mason jars or other thick-walled glass items.

When you place the cloches over young plants in the garden, keep the bottle caps off during the day. This will prevent heat build up from damaging the plants. In the evening, replace the caps to trap heat and keep the plants warm and comfortable.

Cloches Up Close Cloche (pronounced kl-osh) is the French word for "bell." The original cloches were large bell-shaped jars that 19th-century French market gardeners placed over plants in spring and fall to act as portable miniature greenhouses.

Cloches are devices used to get seedlings off to a fast start or to protect plants standing in the open garden from the cold. Cloches are available made from glass or terra cotta, and may have a removable top for easy ventilation.

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Cloche - a transparent plant cover used to protect plants from cold temperatures. Cold composting - composting under conditions where the temperatures do not rise to 140o F.

CLOCHE - This is a cover for protecting plants from the cold. In the early 19th century it was more popular, being bell shaped. Now, more conventional models are in all the catalogs.

Garden cloches have been used for more than 400 years to protect plants from frost and wind. Recently they've come back in fashion. Though price prohibits their use to cover mass quantitites of plants, they would be an aid for small groups.

Protect this with a cloche or an upturned plastic bottle with the bottom cut off. The outdoor varieties can be started off in a greenhouse or a heated propagator (21-24 degrees Centigrade) and then planted out when all threat of frosts has gone.

In the spring, new shoots can be protected with a loose layer of straw or a bell-cloche. Evergreen plants will benefit from a thick layer of mulch around their bases to keep the soil frost-free.

Tender cannas need more warmth in the winter than a cloche provides, so for them, it's time to come in from the cold. After the first frost, when the tops have been knocked to the ground, Hedgepeth digs up his cannas.

Save plastic milk and soda pop containers to make cloches. Cloches are individual transparent containers with the bottom cut out, which fit nicely over single plants in the garden. Alternately, you can purchase ready-made cloches (see Resources).

Plastic tunnels (mini-greenhouses), hotcaps, cones, and cloches are but a few. These allow the heat to pass through them, but prevent some of it passing back out. As a result, the heat is trapped near the soil, which becomes warmer.

Finally, even smaller yet, are the most temporary structures of all: cloches. Place these over annuals and vegetables when planting them before the last frost date.

Definition as written by winter_unfazed: Physical plant growth supports such as pole or trellis, not thermal supports such as cloches and Wall-o-Water. Add a definition to this term Return to the Gardenology homepage ...

Just because a frost is predicted that doesn't mean you have to say good bye to your lettuce, peas, and other fall crops. You can extend the growing season with the use of cloches (individual plant coverings), cold frames, ...

Get the plants into the ground early and protect them with Wall-O-Waters or cloches. Hold off on mulching until the ground warms up and the plants begin to flower.

Put in propagating sand in a shady position at any time from late December through to April and it will grow very easily. Put a mini-cloche around the cutting for success. Flowering should occur about 18 months later.

See also: Plant, Water, Soil, Frost, Gardening