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Re: New Green house getting hot

>Don't hesitate on the shade cloth.  The sun is so much higher and the
light so much more direct this time of year that you can get by with 60 or
75% shade without having your plants suffer.  If fact, they will suffer
much less that way than they would if they were constantly having to deal
with the oven effect that an unshaded greenhouse will have.
>
>This is why I planted a nice red maple south of my greenhouse.  Every year
it gets a little bigger, and offers a little more sun protection during the
hot months.  But it drops all its leaves in winter and lets me get all the
sun I can when I need it most.
>
>Mary,
>from the land of the tornadoes...
>
>>> Our warm days and mildly cool nights have been great for gardening, but my
>>> hoophouse greenhouse is getting pretty warm during the day. We open the
>>> door at one end and the large window at the opposite, but still get's hot.
>>> The dimensions are 9 X 12, covered with corregated plastic material.
>>>
>>> I hose down the gravel floor, in the afternoon to cool it off.  Guess it's
>>> time to put up shade cloth.  If anyone has some suggestions for a newbie
>>> greenhouser, they would be appreciated.  Would prefer not to have to use
>>> shade cloth.
>
>
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