Float Row Covers

Floating Row Covers protect plants from frost, while letting in water, air and 85% of the sunlight. Floating row covers are a standard necessity for organic gardens as they offer protection against crop damage from Mexican bean beetles, cabbageworms, cabbage maggots, carrot weevils, Colorado potato beetles, cucumber beetles, fleabeetles, leafhoppers, leafminers, squash bugs, squash vine borers and other pests. It is necessary to remove the floating row covers at bloom time for crops that need insect pollination.

Heavyweight Floating Row Covers give gardeners a head start on the gardening season by protecting young seedlings from frost damage. Heavyweight row covers are also useful for extending late harvests of fall crops like lettuce, spinach and chard and also delay freezing of soil so that you can leave carrots, turnips and other root crops in the ground longer.

Super-Light Insect Barrier is a very light-weight floating row cover that provides an excellent all-season insect shield. Translucent polypropylene fabric transmits 95% of sunlight but causes almost no heat buildup, so you can leave covers on all summer, without harming heat-sensitive plants.

You can also find expandable floating row covers that extend up to 18 feet and fold closed like an accordion for convenient storage. These floating row covers are made of double-layers of polyethylene and steel wires and protect against frost, freezing and pests.

U-Shaped Pins made of heavy-duty, non-galvanized wire, are used to hold down your floating row covers. Hold better in soil than plastic or galvanized pins do; they "bond" to the soil as they rust. Re-use year after year.