Using Garden Fabric on Squashes, Melons, and Pumpkins

For cucurbits (squashes and melons):

• First plant the seeds.
• Secure garden fabric over seeds and seedlings. You can often just thread sticks through the fabric to attach it to the ground.
• Be sure to allot enough extra fabric so the plants have room to grow.
• Leave fabric in place until they have flowered, then remove.
• This will inhibit cucumber beetles long enough so that even if they infect the plant with wilt, the plant won't die until after it's had a nice, long, productive season.
• This must be removed in order to allow for pollination!

Garden Fabric Details:

• One location that has sold it in the past is Johannsen's.
• It is a thin white fabric that is slightly porous and shear, allowing in water and light.
• It is sometimes called row cover.