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Gowacky said:Here it is nearly the 1st of June and I'm way behind! I've had to plant new plants and they are just 2 weeks in the ground now. As June forward gets so hot I felt using a shade cloth was the only chance I have for making anything or maybe just getting them through the heat and ready for a fall crop. I'm thinking of covering my plants w a 40% shade cloth.

Any comments are welcome.

We are fixing to do the same. I think it is 50% and it will be set up to block the afternoon sun. I'm experimenting with taller plants on the west side of my raised beds, like okra shading peppers for the hottest part of the afternoon.




This is an older picture where we took the shade cloth out to see of it was long enough. It is draped on the fence for now but we will extended it out in a few more weeks.



Plants are a lot taller now!