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Just 10 a.m here,,and its already hot...76 ,,angle of sun sure makes it feel 80+....Has burnt the #%^& out of my tips of plants in full sun...I just havent had time to do anything..Heres a question,,found some shade cloth,,white or black..Which clolor,,and why? Not sure of the %,,its being given to me so I cant complain..It comes from a major nursey,,they use for similiar stuff such as covering plants.So it will let some light in...Everyones thoughts please.... Jeff

5/1/2003 10:17:07 AM

Key West, FL

I was thinking white when i read this, you know when you wear a white shirt, they seem to be pretty cool. White reflects light pretty good? Black asborbs the heat?

5/1/2003 3:58:01 PM

syracuse, ny

seems to me that if you're gonna shade something, use dark material-- and thick! if it were white, it would have to be thicker, or not much sun will be shaded from...i see that all the time--"here's my shade structure" and it's just a sheet on posts--whatever works for you, but shade means SHADE---if you use the black material, i would just hafta say to keep a little further away from the actual fruit a few more inches! although labor intensive, i've used 1/4-inch plywood 4X4 mounted atop
4 garden stakes about 4 feet high, with hinges on two of the posts--i will progress to using cloth around it also this year--on the AGGC, look at the shade mechanism for the
656 Bhaskaran, 723 Bhaskaran---veddy nice! 'pal

5/1/2003 8:31:15 PM