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Shade Cloth Questions
I don't think we've discussed this one....
I use shade cloth on my greenhouse. It is rated at 70% and rolls nicely up and down but once it's up for the season I generally don't mess with it until it's time to take it down. In the DC area I leave it up from about mid-March through late October. I try to take it off gradually so not to burn the plants (which I didn't do well last fall and a couple of plant got scorch marks...but that's another story). I'm thinking about replacing the fabric this year to drop the blocked light to 50%. Additionally, I use black shade cloth now and see it's available in green. What % are other people using? Does the color make a difference to the plants? Good Growing, Gene |
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Shade Cloth Questions
"Gene Schurg" wrote in message
news:EvrFf.35380$DV2.18267@trnddc07... I don't think we've discussed this one.... Now Gene, that sounded to me like an archive search challenge! Sorry, couldn't help it. :-) So here are the results of a groups.google search for "rec.gardens.orchids black green shade" and "rec.gardens.orchids shade cloth". I wonder why for 3 years this topic has been discussed in October? After all it would seem logical that by then this is not as burning an issue, at least not in the northern hemisphere. You had mentioned that you keep your shade cloth up until October. Joanna October 2005 http://groups.google.com/group/rec.g...a34a6f89a24fc3 October 2004 http://groups.google.com/group/rec.g...d3188533ac6da8 October 2003 http://groups.google.com/group/rec.g...34c97a949f06ea May 2002 http://groups.google.com/group/rec.g...d7e533e01cf00f April 2002 http://groups.google.com/group/rec.g...c278778b91db95 |
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Geesh.....why didn't I think of that. Oh...some of these go back to 2002, I
can't remember that far back! Thanks Joanna! "J Fortuna" wrote in message news:FisFf.6343$xs4.2370@trnddc01... "Gene Schurg" wrote in message news:EvrFf.35380$DV2.18267@trnddc07... I don't think we've discussed this one.... Now Gene, that sounded to me like an archive search challenge! Sorry, couldn't help it. :-) So here are the results of a groups.google search for "rec.gardens.orchids black green shade" and "rec.gardens.orchids shade cloth". I wonder why for 3 years this topic has been discussed in October? After all it would seem logical that by then this is not as burning an issue, at least not in the northern hemisphere. You had mentioned that you keep your shade cloth up until October. Joanna October 2005 http://groups.google.com/group/rec.g...a34a6f89a24fc3 October 2004 http://groups.google.com/group/rec.g...d3188533ac6da8 October 2003 http://groups.google.com/group/rec.g...34c97a949f06ea May 2002 http://groups.google.com/group/rec.g...d7e533e01cf00f April 2002 http://groups.google.com/group/rec.g...c278778b91db95 |
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Hi Gene,you say you scorched some of your plants after removing shade
cloth.Have you considered using paint on shading in conjunction with the shade cloth.Paint on the shading in march ,put the shade cloth up when the extra shade is needed .This also has the reverse effect in autumn,when the shade cloth is no longer required in autumn the paint on shading is still affective to give your plants time to acclimatize to the extra light without scorching.The paint on shading will then gradually wash off with the rain or you can wipe it off when full light is required. I find this works a treat and had no scorching last year. Cheers Keith Sorry if I am telling you how to suck eggs! wrote in message news:fmuFf.10859$H43.807@trnddc08... Geesh.....why didn't I think of that. Oh...some of these go back to 2002, I can't remember that far back! Thanks Joanna! "J Fortuna" wrote in message news:FisFf.6343$xs4.2370@trnddc01... "Gene Schurg" wrote in message news:EvrFf.35380$DV2.18267@trnddc07... I don't think we've discussed this one.... Now Gene, that sounded to me like an archive search challenge! Sorry, couldn't help it. :-) So here are the results of a groups.google search for "rec.gardens.orchids black green shade" and "rec.gardens.orchids shade cloth". I wonder why for 3 years this topic has been discussed in October? After all it would seem logical that by then this is not as burning an issue, at least not in the northern hemisphere. You had mentioned that you keep your shade cloth up until October. Joanna October 2005 http://groups.google.com/group/rec.g...a34a6f89a24fc3 October 2004 http://groups.google.com/group/rec.g...d3188533ac6da8 October 2003 http://groups.google.com/group/rec.g...34c97a949f06ea May 2002 http://groups.google.com/group/rec.g...d7e533e01cf00f April 2002 http://groups.google.com/group/rec.g...c278778b91db95 |
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Shade Cloth Questions
Hi everyone,
I'm trying to measure the foot candles in my shade house. I have 80% shade cloth but when I measure the radiance its still about 7,000 fc. Should I be reading the radiance of the illuminance? This is really bugging me. Thanks in advance for any suggestions. Eric |
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Eric,
I have never given it much thought, but as radiance is the light intensity emitted from the source, while illuminance is the light reaching the target, I would think the latter would be more appropriate, but is it that significant of a difference? In any case, there is simply no way you should be seeing 7000 fc through an 80% shade cloth, as that would imply an unshaded intensity of 35000 fc! If I remember correctly, noon on a midsummer day will give about 10000 fc, depending on your latitude, so through the 80% shade you'd be looking at no more than 2000. -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Artwork, Books and Lots of Free Info! "Eric" wrote in message oups.com... Hi everyone, I'm trying to measure the foot candles in my shade house. I have 80% shade cloth but when I measure the radiance its still about 7,000 fc. Should I be reading the radiance of the illuminance? This is really bugging me. Thanks in advance for any suggestions. Eric |
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For sure! Of course, that's akin to how I confirmed that our first light
meter was worthless -- it failed to go off the scale [which only went to 3500 fc] on a sunny summer afternoon in Florida, when I took it outside the shadehouse into full sun. Kenni "Ray" wrote in message ... Eric, In any case, there is simply no way you should be seeing 7000 fc through an 80% shade cloth, as that would imply an unshaded intensity of 35000 fc! |
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Thanks for the advice. I too live in Florida and my light meter only
reads about 7,000 fc in full sun. I think I need to get a better light meter. Thanks again. |
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