Cloud Cover... not just for cut trees

Cloud Cover is very helpful in the coldest part of the year. It not only prolongs the life and freshness of cut trees, wreaths, living trees, and garland but it also protects tender plants. Cloud Cover helps keep the living trees that are brought indoors from drying out. The product may appear ‘milky’ when wet but will dry clear. The spray does not affect normal transpiration (passage of moisture through the leaves). Anti-dessicant sprays were originally developed in Israel for transplant shock of young tender seedlings. You can use the spray on newly planted shrubs, trees, and winter color to lessen transplant shock. Citrus trees can be sprayed to protect them from frosty nights. Plants should be well-watered before application.

After the rainy season begins there can be stretches of dry weather and when those stretches are windy and the temperatures drop, plants can really suffer. This can be deadly for container plantings, especially those under eaves and out of the rain. Evergreens and conifers do not really enter a dormant phase but continue to lose water through their needles and leaves.

Cold and dry plants are the most vulnerable. Water plants before the temperatures drop, mulch around plants, and use Cloud Cover or Harvest Guard Garden Cover, the reusable, easy-to-use frost blanket we carry.