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Shelters for young plants are farce, molds forming (4,6)

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I believe the answer is:

cold frames

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'shelters for young plants' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'farce molds forming' is the wordplay.
'forming' indicates anagramming the letters.
'farce'+'molds'='farcemolds'
'farcemolds' with letters rearranged gives 'COLD FRAMES'.

'are' acts as a link.

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