What Is Garden Fleece And How Do I Use It?

What is Garden Fleece?
Garden fleece is a crop protection fleece or plant fleece cover which will provide frost protection for tender plants and shrubs as well as protect early potatoes. Frost protection fleece is a UV stabilized, spun-bonded garden fleece fabric designed to protect plants from frost and to bring on early crops.

what is garden fleece made of from Rayson company?

Garden fleece fabrics and floating row cover fabric from Rayson are mainly spunbond nonwoven fabrics. Spunbond nonwoven fleece and agricultural non woven fleece is ideal for protecting a wide range of plants during the winter. It retains heat to protect crops, from the effects of frost.

What is the Difference Between 17g and 30g Garden Fleece Cover?
This is the weight of the fleece row cover, the higher the number the better the protection. 17g will protect down to minus 2/3 and 30g minus 5/6 degrees Celcius. Technical information on garden fleece Water, light, and air can all pass through the material.

Can I wash the garden fleece?
Yes, plant protection fleece is machine washable on a "wool" cycle

How to Use Plant Fleece Covers?
Individual Shrub Protection
Wrap around the shrub and secure with string at the base of the plant.

Greenhouse Insulation
In winter, 30g frost fleece for plants may be fixed inside the glass to give a ‘double glazing’ effect. It is easy to secure, simple to remove, and is re-usable. In Aluminium greenhouses it may be fixed to glazing bars using clips or double-sided sticky pads. In wooden greenhouses, agricultural crop fleece may be fixed to the glazing bars using drawing pins or double-sided sticky pads.

Bedding Plants
Horticultural fleece roll may be used for overnight protection of bedding and other plants which are being ‘hardened off’.

Garden Fleece Plant Protection
Certain vegetable crops may be damaged by winter frosts, in particular cauliflower. Using fleece to protect plants during periods of cold weather. It should however be removed during spells of mild wet weather. Secure with pegs and clips. Early Potatoes Early potatoes should be covered from planting, and the cover kept in place until there is no longer any risk of frost.

Re-use of biodegradable horticultural fleece
If used with care, the biodegradable frost row covers may be re-used several times.

Can I cut garden fleece?
It may be easily cut with sharp scissors. Storing garden fleece When not in use, store out of direct sunlight and in a vermin-proof environment.