Using covers in spring for an increase in growth

Spring can challenge us with low temperatures which prevent new growth. Winter root vegetables are running out, and May is the ’hungry gap’, between old and new harvests. *Subtitles and translations by 3rd May 💚 Spring offers good light levels in its longer days, yet often lacks warmth. New plantings in cold weather may stay small, even struggle to survive. Covers square the circle converting spare light to the warmth that plants are lacking. Covers I recommend include horticultural fleece of 25 to 30gsm/1 oz per yard approximately, and cotton muslin or toile if you have some of that. A cover directly on or suspended over plants increases growth in three ways: by sheltering plants from wind by increasing warmth when there is sunshine by protection from pests. A fleece cover does not actually keep out all frost, as I notice regularly here. For example three days after making this video, I removed a frozen cover of 30gsm “frost fleece” which was