Using ground cover material to extend growing season

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Also thinking of using ground cover material to extend growing season a few weeks in zone 3a/b in the Laurentians, Quebec, Canada - this agricultural grade textile-like cover is light and can be easily removed in the morning or replaced in the evening. Has anyone used this or similar?

Hi George! Greetings from 3a/b a wee bit west. Can you take a moment to give us the details and context of what you're doing? Methods for extending the season are always of great interest. Lord knows we can use every trick we can get. Thanks!

George said, "this agricultural grade textile-like cover is light and can be easily removed in the morning or replaced in the evening.

I have not used that product though it is a common practice to cover plants to prevent damage from frost.

I use old sheets and others just use what is handy. I am too frugal to buy products.

This concept is similar to how row covers and cold frames are used.

I tried other methods, including textile growing bags, and consider using smudge fires I first heard about used in California in previous centuries to protect fruit orchards from frosty nights.  A June frost two years ago killed the apple blossoms in my area; it lasted two whole nights.

There are large nets available that protect fruit tree crops from birds that I found while looking for protection from frost.

To protect from burrowing animals (groundhogs and larger squirrels) I use recycled car shelters, chicken wire and discarded metal roofing sheets placed around the perimeter of the structure. Field mice can still get in, but they don't do the damage (so far) that an earwig can do to the cabbage,

Thank you for explaining that you are talking about fruit trees.

That might work for small fruit trees.

For large fruit trees, I would suggest looking into "microclimates".

This book would be helpful:

https://permies.com/t/138107/Permaculture-Ideal-Microclimate-Aleksandar-Stevanovic

Some threads you or others might find of interest:

https://permies.com/t/103202/Brush-pile-tree-hastened-blooming

https://permies.com/t/12752/grow-food-microclimate-desert-forest