FROST PROTECTION

WHEN A SUDDEN FROST IS FORECAST, TAKE THESE STEPS TO PROTECT YOUR PLANTS

FEATURE ANDREA CHILDS

If you’re thinking about how to protect your plants from frost this winter, we don’t blame you as it can be devastating to lose tender shrubs or crops you’ve nurtured. ‘You can get a ground frost that affects lawns and roots, and an air frost that affects stems, leaves, flowers and fruit,’ warns Kate Turner, gardening expert at Miracle-Gro. ‘Water in the plant’s cells freezes, expands, then bursts, leaving the plant unable to take up water and nutrients.’ We asked gardening experts for quick and easy tips to protect your plants from frost… YOU WILL NEED ■ Verve white plastic fleece (L200x W100cm), £5 for a pack of three, B&Q■ McGregor two-tier mini greenhouse, £30, Argos■ Bubble wrap, £5.99 for L500xW30cm, Amazon 1 TRY MAKESHIFT CLOCHES You don’t have to…

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