Gilda
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Anyone use this type of shade cloth ? If so, is there a drastic temperature drop or so so ? Being reflective ,you would think its cooler than black shade cloth.
Outside the structure!? Doesn't that require some sort of mechanical system to move/remove the cloth?Ray said:I agree with Blake.
No matter which you use, the best thing to do is suspend the cloth above the greenhouse so there is an air space between the two.
I have lattice in between my glass and the shade cloth(roof is very slightly pitched)...Ray said:I agree with Blake.
If you think about it, shade cloth cuts down on light in two ways, reflection and absorption. The Aluminet does so almost entirely by reflection, and black stuff does so almost exclusively by absorption, converting the light into heat.
No matter which you use, the best thing to do is suspend the cloth above the greenhouse so there is an air space between the two.
Yes, it's called arm power. Pull. Pull. I just put my second layer on this weekend. I use white 52%, not aluminet. I don't have it suspended like Ray said. It's better to do that as you get much better shading. That's why I need two layers in the Spring and Summer. I can do it by myself after so many years. I just use a rope throw it over the greenhouse and then drag it up.Outside the structure!? Doesn't that require some sort of mechanical system to move/remove the cloth?
Once you put the shading on in spring, you don't take it off until fall. After that you can go to clear glass. Just throw it over the structure and tie it down. Of course it's a bit more involved as the greenhouse size changes.NYEric said:Outside the structure!? Doesn't that require some sort of mechanical system to move/remove the cloth?
What do you fertilize your greenhouse with to get to to grow and change size?slippertalker said:Of course it's a bit more involved as the greenhouse size changes.
money.........gonewild said:What do you fertilize your greenhouse with to get to to grow and change size?