NOUN
- protective covering consisting of a wooden frame with a glass top in which small plants are protected from the cold
How To Use cold frame In A Sentence
- Other hardy annuals like nasturtium and nigella can be started off in the cold frame if there is room.
- Scatter a shallow layer of horticultural grit over the top and leave the pots in a cold frame or cold greenhouse. Times, Sunday Times
- This second layer can take the shape of a cold frame, cloche, or even just another sheet of plastic, suspended above the plants using wires for support.
- The so-called shrubby calceolarias used for bedding are increased from cuttings, planted in autumn in cold frames, where they can be wintered, protected from frost by the use of mats and a good layer of litter placed over the glass and round the sides. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
- A gardening neighbor had a small cold frame in which she grew hardy flowers for early and late blooms.
- Resourceful gardeners can combine a few discarded window sashes and bales of straw to create a simple makeshift cold frame.
- Species are propagated by seed collected fresh and sown immediately in trays placed in a cold frame.
- Under cloches, cold frames and cold greenhouses, sow appropriate varieties of cauliflower, calabrese, carrot, lettuce and salad leaves. The Sun
- Scatter a shallow layer of horticultural grit over the top and leave the pots in a cold frame or cold greenhouse. Times, Sunday Times
- It is much safer to start them in boxes or pots in unheated greenhouses, in a cold frame or even a sunny windowsill in the garage.