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Shade Material Success

Hi Everyone.

I thought I would share my success story with anyone having problems
getting peas to bloom in the summer heat.

I have 4 snap pea plants that I have vining up strings attached to
electrical conduit frames that I planted June 16th, from seed.  These
plants are now about 4 feet tall and looking quite healthy, but were not
producing any flowers.  I decided to try and cover them with a shade
material to protect them from the direct, hot (only in low 80's so far)
southern exposure sun that they are planted in.

I used regular fiberglass screen (that I recycled from a torn screen
door) in a three layer thickness.  I attached it to a 12in x 6ft long
piece of welded wire fence (which I use for both my plant braces and
fence around the garden) with clothes pins.  I just bent the top 6
inches of fencing over the top support of conduit and put a small
support (used paint stirring sticks-can get these free at Home Depot and
they are handy) at the bottom to keep the shade screen from flapping
against the plants in the wind.

It has only been 4 days, and suddenly, I have flowers.  It may be a
little too early to celebrate, but I am encouraged by this development.
I use this same kind of shade system for my spinach and lettuce (that I
also planted in June) and they are also doing well, and haven't bolted
on me yet.

Tristan
Renton, WA

mailto: Tristan@i405.com

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