Billy said:


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Pat Kiewicz wrote:

I will say that morning shade followed by sun is much less desirable
than
morning sun followed by afternoon shade

Can you explain why that is, Pat? The afternoon sun gives more heat.
Not being testy, just curious.

It is more stressfull for the plants to go into sun during the hottest part
of the day than to go into shade.

I have several clumps of Japanese forest grass. The lushest one gets
morning sun. The next best gets a bit of sun in mid-day. The clump
that gets afternoon sun struggles.

In my vegetable garden (now that those weed trees have grown up on
the fence line), part of it gets shaded until mid-day. What's planted
there shows signs of stress when the sun blasts on them. The hotter
the day, the more they wilt. I end up misting them on those days to
help them recover.

(Plants that get full sun all day don't wilt every single afternoon.)

On the other hand, since the start of my veggie garden, I've had a section
which gets some afternoon shade. Any edible that can tolerate a bit of
shade does well there.

--
Pat in Plymouth MI

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