{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Good Growing","title":"Ep. 192 Season extension: Ways we can expand the growing season | #GoodGrowing","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2682,"description":"When cold weather arrives, it brings the end of the vegetable gardening season for many of us. That doesn’t have to be the case though. On this week’s Good Growing Podcast, we discuss how we can expand our growing season beyond what's normal by using season extension. Learn about what season extension is, why we would want to use it, the different techniques you can use, and more! \n \nWatch us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/B2REiv1lFYc \n\nSkip to what you want to know:  \n  00:31 – Welcome, Ken. What are our vegetable gardens looking like?\n  03:05 – What are our experiences with season extension?\n  04:25 – What is season extension?\n  06:20 – Effect of daylength on plant growth\n  10:25 – What kind of crops are we talking about when it comes to season extension? \n  13:26 – Cloches\n  16:27 – Temperature/heat management\n  17:55 – Floating row cover\n  22:00 – Low tunnels\n  24:05 – High tunnels and caterpillar tunnels\n  34:20 – Greenhouses (controlled environment)\n  37:20 – Cold frames\n  40:25 – Hot frame\n  41:46 – Starting seeds indoors\n  43:10 – Wrap-up, thank yous, what’s up next week, and goodbye!\n  \n \nDuration of Daylight/Darkness Table\nHow to Build a Low Tunnel Part 1 - Bending low tunnel frames\nHow to Build a Low Tunnel Part 2 - Installing greenhouse poly plastic\n \nContact us! \nChris Enroth: cenroth@illinois.edu\nKen Johnson: kjohnso@illinois.edu \n \n \nCheck out the Good Growing Blog: https://go.illinois.edu/goodgrowing\nSubscribe to the weekly Good Growing email: https://go.illinois.edu/goodgrowingsubscribe\n \nAny products or companies mentioned during the podcast are in no way a promotion or endorsement of these products or companies.\n \nBarnyard Bash: freesfx.co.uk \n \n--\nYou can find us on most podcast platforms.  \niTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-growing/id1446630377     \nTunein - https://tunein.com/podcasts/Gardening/Good-Growing-p1187964/  \nSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/202u3siWExE1tTqrVgtmCR    \nVurbl -...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/R8M4jy-2EktViSJpDBxEJL2IulcAlRJg8ktxlDJM3UA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQzNDE1LzE2ODk3/OTA0NTktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}