Category Archives: Tentgardening

Tentgardening and the EZ Button

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Well, today we accomplished a major breakthrough in our LARGE tentgardens.

We were successful in designing and creating a one piece tent covering made of Tunnet
netting to slide right down over the top of the 6′x10′ or 10′x10′ galvanized steel frames.
This cuts installation time tremendously and gets rid of most all of the pipe clamps.

We are really proud of this product improvement and the folks at Pegs Canopy for
making it happen!

Our new tent covering will be shipped with every order starting today! Get yours in time to
extend the fall growing season! Large tentgardens can be purchased at both of our online stores. Go to http://www.sfgsupply.com or http://tentgardens.com

Red Flag Warning

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I heard on the news this evening that all of Florida is under a Red Flag Warning. What that means is we have the “perfect storm” conditions for wild fires. We had them bad in 1998 and conditions now are worse then back then. Rain would be nice, lots of rain.

Funny thing our weather. It was like 50 degrees today, what’s up with that? Tonight will drop into the forty’s for some of our area.

These fluctuations in the weather can make gardeners a little nervous. Our tentgardens and netting products create a micro-climate your plants will love. The netting is really amazing. It protects from the hot sun by providing about 16% shade, and it gives 2-6 degrees of protection from frost. It calms the high winds and heavy rains and acts as a shield to hail. On top of all this, it protects from insects and garden pests like rabbits, squirrels, and deer. The benefits go on an on. I suppose you could say I just get caught up in this netting thing…

Tomato Suckers and Moths

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Yesterday, I opened up my tentgarden to cut the suckers off my tomatoes. This is a practice that every gardener should do. The object is to cut out those tomato branches or stems that grow in the “V” of other branches coming off the main vine. These stems usually don’t produce much but will grow hugh if you let them, taking energy away from the main vine and other branches that are fruiting.

While I was doing this, I noticed two moths that seemingly came out of nowhere. They were heading towards the now unprotected tomato plants. Though I was successful at thwarting their flight plan, the experience got me to thinking about how those moths were looking for places to lay their eggs. If I hadn’t stopped them, then I could be picking off green-horned tomato worms about the time my tomatoes start ripening.

Our netting products are great for keeping these insects out of the garden. In fact, make yourself a tentgarden and enjoy clean and healthy tomatoes, greens, cucs, zuccs, and whatever else you want to grow! Not to mention you’ll save money and time that would have been spent trying to keep the bugs off your plants the whole growing season.

Tentgardens…the beginning

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Tentgardens came about when I just had season after season of failure trying to grow cucumbers, squash, and the like. Seems like the plants started out great and about the time I’d get two cucumbers or squash, the plant would start dying. The leaves would turn yellow and crispy and the vine would dry up.

After closer inspection, I noticed these bugs at the base of the plant literally sucking the juice from the vines. Determined to be victorious, I tried pepper sprays, oils, dusts, and  a lot of hand picking these bugs off my vines – daily.  No matter what I tried nothing worked.

Turned out these bugs were actually Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs (BMSB).  It appears that the USA has been invaded by an insect from China.

I began searching for a way to overcome them and what I found was what I call a tentgarden. A simple barrier between my garden and the outside world. I actually grow my garden inside a special net tent. The netting holds up well in our Florida sun, and prevents these and other bugs from getting to my crops. The netting also allows air and moisture to penetrate the barrier.  This is the perfect solution; no toxins, no energy, and no more frustrations.