How to protect outdoor grow from heavy rain?
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dannyboy602
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Even landscape fabric would work...I would buy the cheapest thing I could find and just get busy building a lean-to. I'm not even that handy and I think I could do it.
jerryb73
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If it were raining for a long period of time wouldn't the ground be saturated anyway? So covering the top wouldn't help much? Correct me if I'm wrong this just sounds logical to me..
rob333
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why would u protect it from the rain thats one thing my plant looks forward to get that chem out of it and it makes it stronger
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Prince4118
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When I grew outside I used an old collapsible canopy off a boat with some thin shade cloth, let's light threw and when the rain hits it it turns into a most,
Bugeye
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It's called shade cloth. You can buy it in different weaves that have different levels of sun block. None of them will keep rain off your plant but they will sure help with hail.
Bugeye
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Your confusion is from the faulty premise that the only purpose for covering a plant is to prevent ground saturation.
jerryb73
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That would be correct..lol.. I didn't realize that rain falling on them would hurt them unless they were beat to death.. But I am a new grower so I'm trying to take in all the info I can.. I have plants inside and out.. Lost a couple outside due to rain.. But it was definitely from soggy ground..
UncleBuck
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the greenhouse or tarps also prevent rain from falling directly on the ground where your plants are. water disperses easily in the wide open ground.
jerryb73
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thank you!! That's what I was looking for..
