![This photo shows what a crop looks like when it's protected with row covers for four weeks (left) versus being left without row covers (right).](https://secure.caes.uga.edu/news/multimedia/images/4169/rowcoverforweb.jpg)
Row Covers
Row covers, material used to protect plants from the cold and wind, can also protect squash from disease-carrying squash bugs and other insect pests, according to University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Plant Pathologist Elizabeth Little.