I live in Central Florida Zone 9b and its reaching 98° with 75% Humidity already. I just bought a shade cloth for my succulents and I'm hoping it works out ok because I never had to use one before. Great information, I really appreciate you sharing what you've done!!🌻
We live an hour drive south of the U.S./Canada border in Washington ( zone 6) and have roughly a 90 day growing season. Lettuces tend to do well in early spring, but quickly bolt when we get into July with no protection. We solved this by erecting hoops and drape a 70% shade cloth over the rows. That extended the growing period for lettuce by three weeks or more and stopped the bolting.
I am in Michigan. I use it on my kitchen garden which faces West. So on hot days 90 or above, I drap it on poles and remove at night. Facing the west, the sun gets super hot on that side of the house. I use 50% shade cloth.
Here in southern Oklahoma shade cloth in the summer is a must for lettuce and greens, people put cloth on hoop houses of tomatoes and cucumbers also. I plan on covering any field lettuce with a 30 or 50 shade I'm still researching it. I also wonder if shade cloth can double as insect netting too?
Greetings from Croatia! I use 80 % at this time of year mainly protecting green beans plants, they burn so fast on direct sun in mediterranean. Thumbs up like always, Cheers!
Love your channel! I live in South Australia no snow but cold winters with HOT summers & use shade cloth mega much! 70 80& 90%. Also use misting systems & I thought it might be good for your situation their are a few types available & can be used intermittently. Uses for shade cloth are endless I have made a bag for my washing line, been out there 3 years no sun or weather damaged pegs. Have a good one & God bless your growing!
Hi Cheryl, I live in Qld, where did you get your shade cloth from? I am starting a green/nursery house and I still deciding the percentage.... I would like grow microgreens in a small scale, any recommendations?
I live in Las Vegas and I think a 60% cloth will be needed for my farm this summer. This past summer we saw weather in the triple digits for 60 days straight. Going with the 60% for 60 days. I am taking your advice a going small my first year. I live downtown and hope to capitalize on this niche market since no one is using your concept here that I know of. All the best to you Curtis.
Best of luck to you Roman! Nice to hear another Las Vegas local following Curtis. Not sure if our farm will be in full production this year but we're working on it. Hope to see you around. Tired of Californians dominating our farmers markets.
Yes, this year, 2018, I'm considering shade cloth and I live in Golden Valley, 90 miles from Vegas, so I know what you mean! I'm gathering ideas now. (This morning I went out to check my corn to see if it had come up, and lo and behold a SCORPION 4" long. I cover the corn seedlings with cloth to keep the BIRDS off until they are big enough to endure them, and the scorp was right atop the cloth; I folded the cloth over him and stepped and twisted to kill him, but he was still alive, so I cut him in two; my cats had been checking him out. I hate the desert: I'm from San Diego, the BEST WEATHER on EARTH! I'm 71.
Margaret Walker why did you kill him he didn’t harm u that’s bad mojo your plants will not grow to there highest potential with that being done around them.
Hi, I also live in Las Vegas and just built a greenhouse with a polycarbonate roof. It gets very hot. Just wondering if 60% shade worked for you, I was considering 70%. Anyway, if it worked where did you get it from? Thanks.
I'm just north of Atlanta here in Georgia which warrants the use the shade cloth but I'm lucky because my garden is protected by a perfect microclimate created by the trees around me.
In this area if a person has a home garden sheets, covers, both bed and table that are made from cloth are never thrown away. They are used as covers when needed in the garden. For both frost and heat.
Hey there!! Just found your channel and even though we're not farming in an urban setting, we still find your stuff useful. We are in central Louisiana have three 30 x 70 high tunnels with 55% shade cloth (thanks to the Natural Resources Conservation Service EQIP program). Shade cloths are a MUST for us here. We can still grow in them in the summer, but the plants tend to get a little bit leggy.
Air flow isn't a problem with our high tunnels, since both walls roll up about 4 ft and our rear door is 16 ft wide and also rolls up. Our plants aren't leggy to the point that they fall over, they just look a bit skinny :)
I think your plants are not getting as much as with that percentage cloth, use 30% and plants will not be skinny. tell us the result after dialing back the shade cloth?
I live where our summers are 120 or more on a daily basis in AZ. There is not much you can grow. It is "spring", April 2022 and it is easily 90 - 100 on most days. The heat brings the pests, so even if the lettuce could last longer, the cabbage worms and other worms get the lettuce. Aphids attack things as well. Plants just get TOO STRESSED with this amount of heat. I have pulled the lettuce due to worms and it just looking terrible, before I lost it all. We had one panel of shade cloth on a side of the poly greenhouse we made for the winter. It was still getting to 90 at times in there. That was with a side open as well for ventilation. We have now taken the plastic off the top and put the shade cloth on the roof (three sides of plastic up to help keep critters out at night). It STILL is around 90 in there, because the days have gone up in the last couple weeks. I think for where we live, either not growing in the summer at all, OR you need a way to help cool, like a swamp cooler. But even they will only work for so long. Don't have an insulated true greenhouse or a true greenhouse to know if anything else would work.
Socal here and from mid June on into Oct sometimes I grow in a raised bed so I use shade cloth cool and clay stake irrigation and cedar mulch because the raised beds can dry out in our summers fast. I actually had to use the shade cloth on a new avocado tree last year, hoping now that it is established it will do better. Love your channel!
I also live in North GA. 30 miles south of Chatt. TN. I have a small green house 12x16. The temp in the summer with both exhaust fans going is 120, nothing grows at that temp. So I unplugged it. Now it warms up to a mere 188. I use it as a slow cooker to sterilize my propagation mediums. Next summer I plan to roll back the plastic and put up a 50% shade cloth so I can use it for my Muscadine Vine Cuttings. Then in the fall I will roll the shade cloth back and reconnect the plastic. We finally had a break in our heat wave, 30 days over 90, only 86 yesterday and today, but in the mid to upper 90s next week again.
I'm surprised I'm even still able to grow with the crazy heat and humidity we've been getting, the fall season sure will be nice though. I'm getting my fall seed starts going right now
I was just heading out to pick the last of my Half runner beans, and cucs. The heat and the drought finally got to them. I plan to cover the beds with black plastic to kill the weed seeds.
Hey, thanks! Great stuff! I actually uttered 'Urban Farmer' prior to stumbling across your page. I'm a decendent of the Platte family, mom's side, Circa. 1860 - Costa Mesa , CA. - Dirt Farmers, Love ya!
Beautiful! just the info I was looking for. was having some questions about growing lettuce in the heat of the summer. now I know what to do :) Thanks again. have a great day!
I've erected linked 16ftx52" cattle panels into a high tunnel, of sorts that is 7ft tall and about 5ft wide, by +/-8ft long. They are held in place by T-posts and wired together. Underneath I have two 2+ft beds on either side of a ~1ft pathway down the middle. The basic plan is to plant climbing plants like pole beans/sugar snap peas, cucumber/etc just under the wire, letting it all grow up and over the 16ft cattle panels, which will provide dappled shade and much cooler underneath for my leafy greens. I can grow multiple crops in the space, harvest from both inside and out... First trial season coming up next Spring, here in southern Alberta once the snows pass.....
We installed 55% on top back in May and 30% is draped through the truss work inside. In addition we have installed Maxijet misters throughout the high tunnel. And still all the lettuce bolted. Even the heat tolerant varieties. So we are done till it cools down. I wonder if the humidity is a bigger problem than the heat itself. Tip burn was a big problem too. I wonder how you are able to grow lettuce outside on the black landscape fabric as Soil temps are also a factor in lettuce production.
I just hate spending all this MONEY to grow a garden; seeds are an expected expense, but misters, shade cloth, drippers, etc., wear out my social security income in the 700s...ugh.
I think the new location will work better. I actually have an extra lot with my home. I have my pottery studio and my husbands hobby shop. The new area is attached to my pottery studio and not out in the open with no trees. I will cut a couple of branches to get a little more sun but it will save me and my plants a lot of stress.
I didn't think anything about the increased heat when I started converting my shed/shop to a greenhouse/nursery. When I replaced half the walls with transparent paneling the only thing I noticed was the increased light. But when (or as) I replaced the tin roof with transparent panels I noticed the increased heat. The heat pegs the temperature gauge at 120F and cooked three trays of lettuce.
In Florida, I am currently using a black shade 50 and then move starts to a 30. I just received my new shade cloth for my high tunnel and Im going with a new ludvig svennson product 'harmony' (39%) which a is a white shade for better light dispersal and less heat. I am excited to try it out this fall and hope to leave it up year round. Where are you getting your low-tunnel hoops or are you bending with a hoop bender? I wanna try doing more shade out in the field. Thanks
A shade net greenhouse is way better than a plastic greenhouse. Some of the advantages of a shade house include being cheaper, being more durable, being more effective in summer, being safer to farm workers as it has great ventilation. Its also easier to build or repair.
Curtis, I noticed you said the shade cloth prevents your lettuce from becoming bitter and bolting. I thought the bitterness came from bolting. Can it become bitter just from intense heat before it looks like it's bolting?
Actually I lost all my crop to heat this year. I have torn down my gardens and I am moving them to a little bit more shaded area. I am also building a new greenhouse to help with some of these issues. If you have any advice on this it would be appreciated. I am in the San Antonio Texas area. Heat is horrible here.
I am in central texas and i know what you mean, this year i put the garden on the side of the carport and it only gets sun until about 4pm, then the carport shades it, my garden is surviving great and i am getting speghetti squash,cucumbers,beans,malabar spinach,gynura procumbens(longevity spinach),zuchinni,tomatos,kale(bug eaten some),chard and more. Its currently still hitting 100f here daily and only 1 day of rain so far.
i know this question is nothing to do with shade cloth. Curtis i am wondering what kind of wire you use to support the tomatoes in your greenhouse? i know that you use a balers twine for the strings that come down from the main wire you have strung across ... what is that main wire made of Curtis? ?
after using the shade cloth how much decrease in temperature did you get inside the nursery ? mentioning it was 35 C outside and almost 50 C inside and you used 60% shade cloth, Thanks and hope to get an answer
I don't have like veggies or fruits but I do have succulents and although they enjoy the sun, too much of it can kill them and I'm hoping that the shade cloth can help them grow/photosynthesize rather than burn and die
Using Knittex SpectraNet here in my Csa climate (no rainfall in summer, days of 40+ C often). There really is no other way to protect stuff. Still having massive seed dry outs though :(
Some of tasks require 2 or more people (like putting the shade cloth on). Would you rec to start a commercial growing business to a sole person? -Thanks.
I'm in SW Pa and in zone 6a winter hardiness zone and my GH is on the South side of my house since that is the ONLY place it could go. I had a potted tree get baked last fall from my GH getting too much sun and heat (over 100F) I have JUST got my GH last summer about August 2019. Maybe I could use just SOME shade cloth? OR maybe I should only bring some plants in the GH when it gets REALLY cold. My GH has reached 100F THIS WINTER also, a few times. I have some Desert plants that NEED full sun in there also though. It has only 2 venting systems in it. One is in the back and 1 is in the door, I must manually lower the window and have it so that the screen is opened just like a storm door is. The back vent doesn't open like it should either. This video is old BUT, I am thinking part shade cloth and part full sun, anyone have any ideas? My GH has NO roof vents at all.
What percentage shade cloth do you use? I have a 18' x 18' poly-carbonate greenhouse and it gets hot in there. Right now I am using a 50% Aluminet but think I should have gone to 70%. What are your thoughts on that? I live in Wisconsin, USA.
Not really about this video which was great as always, but: I tried to contact you via your website but the message failed to be delivered. How else can I reach you other than commenting here?
What kind and where do you get your shade cloth?? I bought some off Amazon, it came from China! It is plastic and holey. I wanted it to shade my chicken coop/run, as we are getting 100 degree weather here too.
Thanks for the video Curtis! Our farm, @microledonfarm , is in South Carolina. I’m currently looking at shade cloth for our lettuce production. In your expert opinion, should I go with a 30 or 50% SCloth? Thanks again for all the awesome content.
Yeah that's what I wonder. I imagine that maybe the white works better to block both heat and light???? I just bought 50% white shade cloth on amazon because I want to block some sun and heat for new transplants when it's very hot & sunny out. All the gardening channels tell you to plant your garden in spring which of course makes sense, but no one tells you what to do when you are still putting out transplants in August!
+tonkatoytruck watering takes minutes a day and it's a good opportunity to look and inspect at the same time. Plus, irrigating makes too much humidity. I've tried it, doesn't work or isn't needed on our scale.
Thank you for your response. Living in Houston, the temp in the greenhouse is much like you experienced and watering three or four times a day just is not feasible.
I live in the Caribbean where it's always very hot and I wanted to use shade cloth for chives but was advice not to what is your advice on this I was thinking 25-50% shade cloth
@@azimabdool9403 50%shade cloth works perfect or uv protected polythene and shade cloth for the sides but will advice to use the polythene works perfect for a different or all varieties of crops
Hello there!!! I am here in Nepal and I want to plant carrots... Well the air temperature is around 24 C and my plots get dry. Are these shade cloths suitable for the use of trapping moisture in the soil? And are these shade cloths effective for fast germination of crops?
Wait Lard. will definitely let you know. I did find some used ones on Graiglist and I got quite a number and am still looking for more. am looking for the commercial size ttoe to cover a big area. it's very hot out here and shade cloth will surely help.
African Sisters Produce since green house supply company's are hard to find in urban areas You would have to drive to pick it up in person I would look into ordering some and having it delivered I am out on SW Riverside CO and We have lots of farming around Us but it's hard to find a store deacated to green house supplys let Me know if you find one
www.shadeclothstore.com/products/burningmanshadecloth__aluminetshadecloth.html Curtis the shade cloth that I use is called aluminet shade coth drops the temp by 20 degrees . I am a microgreens grower in Calif .
I was under that misconception too because "I heard it say" and it made sense. Now I did some research which I found very interesting and would like to share: I just called a shade cloth manufacturer here in South Africa who is in the business for a long time already. Here some of the insight I gained: Black shade cloth outlives the white by about 10 times! Black is more UV resistant. 40% black lets through about as much light as 20% white which is a major issue when growing plants....
Beautiful! just the info I was looking for. was having some questions about growing lettuce in the heat of the summer. now I know what to do :) Thanks again. have a great day!
I live in Central Florida Zone 9b and its reaching 98° with 75% Humidity already. I just bought a shade cloth for my succulents and I'm hoping it works out ok because I never had to use one before. Great information, I really appreciate you sharing what you've done!!🌻
We live an hour drive south of the U.S./Canada border in Washington ( zone 6) and have roughly a 90 day growing season. Lettuces tend to do well in early spring, but quickly bolt when we get into July with no protection. We solved this by erecting hoops and drape a 70% shade cloth over the rows. That extended the growing period for lettuce by three weeks or more and stopped the bolting.
I am in Michigan. I use it on my kitchen garden which faces West. So on hot days 90 or above, I drap it on poles and remove at night. Facing the west, the sun gets super hot on that side of the house. I use 50% shade cloth.
Here in southern Oklahoma shade cloth in the summer is a must for lettuce and greens, people put cloth on hoop houses of tomatoes and cucumbers also. I plan on covering any field lettuce with a 30 or 50 shade I'm still researching it. I also wonder if shade cloth can double as insect netting too?
Did you ever find out, asked 3 years ago, if shade cloth can double as insect netting? I’m trying to screen a porch against mosquitos
Greetings from Croatia! I use 80 % at this time of year mainly protecting green beans plants, they burn so fast on direct sun in mediterranean. Thumbs up like always, Cheers!
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Love your channel! I live in South Australia no snow but cold winters with HOT summers & use shade cloth mega much! 70 80& 90%.
Also use misting systems & I thought it might be good for your situation their are a few types available & can be used intermittently.
Uses for shade cloth are endless I have made a bag for my washing line, been out there 3 years no sun or weather damaged pegs.
Have a good one & God bless your growing!
Hi Cheryl, I live in Qld, where did you get your shade cloth from? I am starting a green/nursery house and I still deciding the percentage.... I would like grow microgreens in a small scale, any recommendations?
I live in Las Vegas and I think a 60% cloth will be needed for my farm this summer. This past summer we saw weather in the triple digits for 60 days straight. Going with the 60% for 60 days.
I am taking your advice a going small my first year. I live downtown and hope to capitalize on this niche market since no one is using your concept here that I know of.
All the best to you Curtis.
Best of luck to you Roman! Nice to hear another Las Vegas local following Curtis. Not sure if our farm will be in full production this year but we're working on it. Hope to see you around. Tired of Californians dominating our farmers markets.
Yes, this year, 2018, I'm considering shade cloth and I live in Golden Valley, 90 miles from Vegas, so I know what you mean! I'm gathering ideas now. (This morning I went out to check my corn to see if it had come up, and lo and behold a SCORPION 4" long. I cover the corn seedlings with cloth to keep the BIRDS off until they are big enough to endure them, and the scorp was right atop the cloth; I folded the cloth over him and stepped and twisted to kill him, but he was still alive, so I cut him in two; my cats had been checking him out. I hate the desert: I'm from San Diego, the BEST WEATHER on EARTH! I'm 71.
Margaret Walker why did you kill him he didn’t harm u that’s bad mojo your plants will not grow to there highest potential with that being done around them.
please let us know how it went with the shade cloth. Are you already noticing a difference in yeild and plant health?
Hi, I also live in Las Vegas and just built a greenhouse with a polycarbonate roof. It gets very hot. Just wondering if 60% shade worked for you, I was considering 70%. Anyway, if it worked where did you get it from? Thanks.
I'm just north of Atlanta here in Georgia which warrants the use the shade cloth but I'm lucky because my garden is protected by a perfect microclimate created by the trees around me.
In this area if a person has a home garden sheets, covers, both bed and table that are made from cloth are never thrown away. They are used as covers when needed in the garden. For both frost and heat.
Hey there!! Just found your channel and even though we're not farming in an urban setting, we still find your stuff useful. We are in central Louisiana have three 30 x 70 high tunnels with 55% shade cloth (thanks to the Natural Resources Conservation Service EQIP program). Shade cloths are a MUST for us here. We can still grow in them in the summer, but the plants tend to get a little bit leggy.
+waylon breaux yes that's the challenge with it. In my experience, if you can reduce the heat, maybe with better airflow, they'll be less leggy.
Air flow isn't a problem with our high tunnels, since both walls roll up about 4 ft and our rear door is 16 ft wide and also rolls up. Our plants aren't leggy to the point that they fall over, they just look a bit skinny :)
+waylon breaux you might have to dial back the shade cloth then. Maybe a 20-40%.
thanks for the tip! :)
I think your plants are not getting as much as with that percentage cloth, use 30% and plants will not be skinny.
tell us the result after dialing back the shade cloth?
I live where our summers are 120 or more on a daily basis in AZ. There is not much you can grow. It is "spring", April 2022 and it is easily 90 - 100 on most days. The heat brings the pests, so even if the lettuce could last longer, the cabbage worms and other worms get the lettuce. Aphids attack things as well. Plants just get TOO STRESSED with this amount of heat. I have pulled the lettuce due to worms and it just looking terrible, before I lost it all. We had one panel of shade cloth on a side of the poly greenhouse we made for the winter. It was still getting to 90 at times in there. That was with a side open as well for ventilation. We have now taken the plastic off the top and put the shade cloth on the roof (three sides of plastic up to help keep critters out at night). It STILL is around 90 in there, because the days have gone up in the last couple weeks. I think for where we live, either not growing in the summer at all, OR you need a way to help cool, like a swamp cooler. But even they will only work for so long. Don't have an insulated true greenhouse or a true greenhouse to know if anything else would work.
Socal here and from mid June on into Oct sometimes I grow in a raised bed so I use shade cloth cool and clay stake irrigation and cedar mulch because the raised beds can dry out in our summers fast. I actually had to use the shade cloth on a new avocado tree last year, hoping now that it is established it will do better. Love your channel!
I also live in North GA. 30 miles south of Chatt. TN. I have a small green house 12x16. The temp in the summer with both exhaust fans going is 120, nothing grows at that temp. So I unplugged it. Now it warms up to a mere 188. I use it as a slow cooker to sterilize my propagation mediums. Next summer I plan to roll back the plastic and put up a 50% shade cloth so I can use it for my Muscadine Vine Cuttings. Then in the fall I will roll the shade cloth back and reconnect the plastic. We finally had a break in our heat wave, 30 days over 90, only 86 yesterday and today, but in the mid to upper 90s next week again.
I'm surprised I'm even still able to grow with the crazy heat and humidity we've been getting, the fall season sure will be nice though. I'm getting my fall seed starts going right now
I was just heading out to pick the last of my Half runner beans, and cucs. The heat and the drought finally got to them. I plan to cover the beds with black plastic to kill the weed seeds.
Hey, thanks! Great stuff! I actually uttered 'Urban Farmer' prior to stumbling across your page. I'm a decendent of the Platte family, mom's side, Circa. 1860 - Costa Mesa , CA. - Dirt Farmers, Love ya!
Beautiful! just the info I was looking for. was having some questions about growing lettuce in the heat of the summer. now I know what to do :) Thanks again. have a great day!
I've erected linked 16ftx52" cattle panels into a high tunnel, of sorts that is 7ft tall and about 5ft wide, by +/-8ft long. They are held in place by T-posts and wired together. Underneath I have two 2+ft beds on either side of a ~1ft pathway down the middle. The basic plan is to plant climbing plants like pole beans/sugar snap peas, cucumber/etc just under the wire, letting it all grow up and over the 16ft cattle panels, which will provide dappled shade and much cooler underneath for my leafy greens. I can grow multiple crops in the space, harvest from both inside and out... First trial season coming up next Spring, here in southern Alberta once the snows pass.....
I would really like to know what other veggies profit from shade cloth in the summer. I feel it has been two hot over the last month in my greenhouse.
We installed 55% on top back in May and 30% is draped through the truss work inside. In addition we have installed Maxijet misters throughout the high tunnel. And still all the lettuce bolted. Even the heat tolerant varieties. So we are done till it cools down. I wonder if the humidity is a bigger problem than the heat itself. Tip burn was a big problem too.
I wonder how you are able to grow lettuce outside on the black landscape fabric as Soil temps are also a factor in lettuce production.
I just hate spending all this MONEY to grow a garden; seeds are an expected expense, but misters, shade cloth, drippers, etc., wear out my social security income in the 700s...ugh.
I think the new location will work better. I actually have an extra lot with my home. I have my pottery studio and my husbands hobby shop. The new area is attached to my pottery studio and not out in the open with no trees. I will cut a couple of branches to get a little more sun but it will save me and my plants a lot of stress.
I didn't think anything about the increased heat when I started converting my shed/shop to a greenhouse/nursery. When I replaced half the walls with transparent paneling the only thing I noticed was the increased light. But when (or as) I replaced the tin roof with transparent panels I noticed the increased heat. The heat pegs the temperature gauge at 120F and cooked three trays of lettuce.
Good for bacon eggs too
In Florida, I am currently using a black shade 50 and then move starts to a 30. I just received my new shade cloth for my high tunnel and Im going with a new ludvig svennson product 'harmony' (39%) which a is a white shade for better light dispersal and less heat. I am excited to try it out this fall and hope to leave it up year round.
Where are you getting your low-tunnel hoops or are you bending with a hoop bender? I wanna try doing more shade out in the field. Thanks
Jordan Cooper how's that new shade cloth working out I'm also in Florida if it's working good for you can I have a link thanks much...
BC is really hot??? It's so far north
A shade net greenhouse is way better than a plastic greenhouse. Some of the advantages of a shade house include being cheaper, being more durable, being more effective in summer, being safer to farm workers as it has great ventilation. Its also easier to build or repair.
Agree
shade cloth low tunnels make a handy season extension for cool season crops
Curtis, I noticed you said the shade cloth prevents your lettuce from becoming bitter and bolting. I thought the bitterness came from bolting. Can it become bitter just from intense heat before it looks like it's bolting?
It gets hot and then it gets bitter then it bolts. Basically a all in one thing but its gets bitter first right before it bolt
Actually I lost all my crop to heat this year. I have torn down my gardens and I am moving them to a little bit more shaded area. I am also building a new greenhouse to help with some of these issues. If you have any advice on this it would be appreciated. I am in the San Antonio Texas area. Heat is horrible here.
I am in central texas and i know what you mean, this year i put the garden on the side of the carport and it only gets sun until about 4pm, then the carport shades it, my garden is surviving great and i am getting speghetti squash,cucumbers,beans,malabar spinach,gynura procumbens(longevity spinach),zuchinni,tomatos,kale(bug eaten some),chard and more. Its currently still hitting 100f here daily and only 1 day of rain so far.
I have a small garden and have experimented with old bedding sheets. I live in the Southeast US so shade cloth is necessary.
i know this question is nothing to do with shade cloth. Curtis i am wondering what kind of wire you use to support the tomatoes in your greenhouse? i know that you use a balers twine for the strings that come down from the main wire you have strung across ... what is that main wire made of Curtis? ?
I want to built green house on my house terrace for indoor plants , how much percent shade cloth should i use ?
after using the shade cloth how much decrease in temperature did you get inside the nursery ? mentioning it was 35 C outside and almost 50 C inside and you used 60% shade cloth, Thanks and hope to get an answer
if having to remove for a 2 month period should u fold it or something else
I don't have like veggies or fruits but I do have succulents and although they enjoy the sun, too much of it can kill them and I'm hoping that the shade cloth can help them grow/photosynthesize rather than burn and die
It will help as will more water
How much?
Thanks for sharing!🌸 Great info
Where did you buy your shade cloth as your link is not working
We supply shade cloth at factory price, if you have interest in the shade cloth, you can email us info@bettermicn.com, we will fast quote
Using Knittex SpectraNet here in my Csa climate (no rainfall in summer, days of 40+ C often). There really is no other way to protect stuff. Still having massive seed dry outs though :(
Some of tasks require 2 or more people (like putting the shade cloth on). Would you rec to start a commercial growing business to a sole person? -Thanks.
Yes, but every person needs a little help every now and then.
hello urban farmer. i often seen shade cloth inside the greenhouse in big commercial ones. is it good to put shade cloth inside or outside?
I'm in SW Pa and in zone 6a winter hardiness zone and my GH is on the South side of my house since that is the ONLY place it could go. I had a potted tree get baked last fall from my GH getting too much sun and heat (over 100F) I have JUST got my GH last summer about August 2019. Maybe I could use just SOME shade cloth? OR maybe I should only bring some plants in the GH when it gets REALLY cold. My GH has reached 100F THIS WINTER also, a few times. I have some Desert plants that NEED full sun in there also though. It has only 2 venting systems in it. One is in the back and 1 is in the door, I must manually lower the window and have it so that the screen is opened just like a storm door is. The back vent doesn't open like it should either.
This video is old BUT, I am thinking part shade cloth and part full sun, anyone have any ideas? My GH has NO roof vents at all.
What percentage shade cloth do you use? I have a 18' x 18' poly-carbonate greenhouse and it gets hot in there. Right now I am using a 50% Aluminet but think I should have gone to 70%. What are your thoughts on that? I live in Wisconsin, USA.
Where are you buying your shade cloth?
The local farm supply houses sell it but it's coming in whatever length by 4ft or by 6ft.
Just bought it locally.
Arizona Bag company, Phoenix or GreenHouse Mega Store
Is it shade is sufficient to use for park my car
please tell me where you pay your shade cloth? if they do international that would be brilliant!
Do you grow your Owen lettuce plugs or buy them and plant them?thanks I'll get you book this week
+bruce don I start everything from seed.
Not really about this video which was great as always, but: I tried to contact you via your website but the message failed to be delivered. How else can I reach you other than commenting here?
1st year gardener. wondering why seed packets say full sun which usually means 8-12 hours a day.
such plants like sun all day
What kind and where do you get your shade cloth?? I bought some off Amazon, it came from China! It is plastic and holey. I wanted it to shade my chicken coop/run, as we are getting 100 degree weather here too.
Thanks for the video Curtis! Our farm, @microledonfarm , is in South Carolina. I’m currently looking at shade cloth for our lettuce production. In your expert opinion, should I go with a 30 or 50% SCloth?
Thanks again for all the awesome content.
I’d like to know what % I should use as well
Would not the black shade cloth create heat vs white
Yeah that's what I wonder. I imagine that maybe the white works better to block both heat and light???? I just bought 50% white shade cloth on amazon because I want to block some sun and heat for new transplants when it's very hot & sunny out. All the gardening channels tell you to plant your garden in spring which of course makes sense, but no one tells you what to do when you are still putting out transplants in August!
Just wondering why you do not have an automated system for watering in the greenhouse?
search irrigation on my channel.
+tonkatoytruck watering takes minutes a day and it's a good opportunity to look and inspect at the same time. Plus, irrigating makes too much humidity. I've tried it, doesn't work or isn't needed on our scale.
Thank you for your response. Living in Houston, the temp in the greenhouse is much like you experienced and watering three or four times a day just is not feasible.
I live in the Caribbean where it's always very hot and I wanted to use shade cloth for chives but was advice not to what is your advice on this I was thinking 25-50% shade cloth
Try some!
Also in the Caribbean and having this same thought process! You had a try at this yet?
@@azimabdool9403 50%shade cloth works perfect or uv protected polythene and shade cloth for the sides but will advice to use the polythene works perfect for a different or all varieties of crops
Hello there!!! I am here in Nepal and I want to plant carrots... Well the air temperature is around 24 C and my plots get dry. Are these shade cloths suitable for the use of trapping moisture in the soil? And are these shade cloths effective for fast germination of crops?
By reducing temperature, suspended shade cloth will reduce water loss
Wait Lard. will definitely let you know. I did find some used ones on Graiglist and I got quite a number and am still looking for more. am looking for the commercial size ttoe to cover a big area. it's very hot out here and shade cloth will surely help.
thank you BD I appreciate it.
Would ventalation and fans and misters not work? Is shade clot a mandatory?
Yes. No
Just put up a greenhouse. Oven thermometer reads 122... yeah. Need shade cloth. 😊🤷♀️
Are there other ways?
1:20 So-CAL looking for solutions!
Which company sales shade cloth in roles at a wholesale prize California is too hot right now. I need to buy in bulk.
African Sisters Produce since green house supply company's are hard to find in urban areas You would have to drive to pick it up in person I would look into ordering some and having it delivered I am out on SW Riverside CO and We have lots of farming around Us but it's hard to find a store deacated to green house supplys let Me know if you find one
www.shadeclothstore.com/products/burningmanshadecloth__aluminetshadecloth.html
Curtis the shade cloth that I use is called aluminet shade coth drops the temp by 20 degrees . I am a microgreens grower in Calif .
What percent are you using and do you worry it may be blocking out too wide of a spectrum of sunlight for proper plant growth and nutrition
Hehehe where i live its 50c outside . That mean 90c in greenhouse or hellhouse
wrong colour mate
I was under that misconception too because "I heard it say" and it made sense. Now I did some research which I found very interesting and would like to share: I just called a shade cloth manufacturer here in South Africa who is in the business for a long time already. Here some of the insight I gained: Black shade cloth outlives the white by about 10 times! Black is more UV resistant. 40% black lets through about as much light as 20% white which is a major issue when growing plants....
I feel like you almost said something other than "big black cloth" lol!
perforated mesh...
BBC
that's why my lettuce was bitter
Lettuce also gets bitter with age,young lettuce taste the best
Also variety matters...record in book each variety and try others..compare.
:)
How much?
Beautiful! just the info I was looking for. was having some questions about growing lettuce in the heat of the summer. now I know what to do :) Thanks again. have a great day!