This was my first year growing in this location. I grew many before
over in the heights where we had mostly shade except for a few hours
in the late afternoon. They seemed to do very well there. Now, I'm
over on the west side and it's pretty barren, hence no shade. I
watered pretty regularly (drip system) and my chile's did great but
the tomatoes just shriveled up. The earth isn't the best but I was
hoping for a bit better out of them. I hadn't thought of the
fiberglass panel. May have to look into that. I looked at shade
cloth earlier today and the stuff HD and Lowe's sells is rated 75%.
Didn't know if that was going to be too restrictive or not. In any
case, I'm gonna try the shade idea this year and if it doesn't work,
well I'll just plant more chile plants instead
Cheers,
cc