Shade cloth?

Shade cloth?#383975

By MaxVft -  Mon Jun 28, 2021 11:30 pm
Location:  Silverton, Oregon - Zone 8a/8b
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- Mon Jun 28, 2021 11:30 pm #383975

Hello all,
I have been looking for a shade cloth so that my CPs can survive the 100 degree Oregon summer. I've looked on Amazon, but the ones on there are either too big for my taste(I keep them in a 4 foot tall mini greenhouse), or the reviews are bad. Where do you guys buy your shade cloths? Any replies are highly appreciated

Thanks,
Max

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Re: Shade cloth?#383979

By elaineo -  Tue Jun 29, 2021 12:07 am
Location:  zone 9
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- Tue Jun 29, 2021 12:07 am #383979

I use this plastic fence stuff as "shade cloth". It's cheep and easy to cut into smaller pieces. I zip-tie it to the greenhouse frame.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-1- ... /206478200

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Re: Shade cloth?#383984

By optique -  Tue Jun 29, 2021 12:49 am
Location:  Greenville SC
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- Tue Jun 29, 2021 12:49 am #383984

Before you buy that go to the garden center and look around the large stepping stones. They wrap them in pretty much the same stuff and at least at my lowes it piles up beside the pallet and i just take it home. I use it to keep birds from messing up my tiny pitcher plants.

Re: Shade cloth?#383987

By MikeB -  Tue Jun 29, 2021 1:39 am
Location:  Clayton, NC, USA - Zone 8a
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- Tue Jun 29, 2021 1:39 am #383987

You can use the plastic mesh from windows screens. You might have to do a double layer, depending on how much light you want to block.

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