My SECRET WEAPON For Gardening In EXTREME Heat And Sun

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In this video, I share my secret weapon for gardening in extreme heat and sun! Hot weather and a strong solar UV index can destroy your garden and damage your plants. This amazing tool makes sun damage and garden heat stress a thing of the past!
Climates with prolonged high heat and strong sun can devastate a garden by burning foliage and killing flowers. Even a heat wave can cause irreversible damage to your plants. The extreme evaporation caused by hot, sunny weather can dry out soil quickly, causing high water demand. Even thick mulching and drip irrigation may not be enough. Shade cloth is the answer! Available in various sizes and percentages, using shade cloths can protect your foliage and flowers from burn and dramatically reduce evaporation, leading to less watering. I recommend using a woven shade tarp with grommeted edges. These shade tarps are extremely strong, effective and will last many years. These are especially effective in areas where drought is common.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Gardening In Heat Waves
1:03 How Strong Sun Damages Plants
3:35 My SECRET WEAPON!
6:19 How I Built My Shade Tunnel
7:56 Installing Shade Cloth In My Garden
9:37 Other Uses Of Shade Tarps
10:48 Adventures With Dale
If you want to know more about how to use shade cloth in your garden, need tips for gardening in hot weather or gardening in a heat wave, have questions about growing fruit trees or want to know about the things I grow in my raised bed vegetable garden and edible landscaping food forest, are looking for more gardening tips and tricks and garden hacks, have questions about vegetable gardening and organic gardening in general, or want to share some DIY and "how to" garden tips and gardening hacks of your own, please ask in the Comments below!
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@TheMillennialGardener Год назад

If you found this video helpful, please "Like" and share to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching 😀TIMESTAMPS for convenience: 0:00 Gardening In Heat Waves 1:03 How Strong Sun Damages Plants 3:35 My SECRET WEAPON! 6:19 How I Built My Shade Tunnel 7:56 Installing Shade Cloth In My Garden 9:37 Other Uses Of Shade Tarps 10:48 Adventures With Dale

@twodogs716 Год назад

thanks for the timestamps and tips my wife built a lean-to type structure, since her "garden" is in huge planters against the back wall of the house. um.. we already had this idea, but found it not so easy to find, where we live.

@theneatgardener Год назад

I do the same Really kool

@trulylynn9941 Год назад

I live in N.E Florida Jax area. I have 2 high tunnels with plastic and shade cloth! I also keep a good fan for circulation.

@Goldenbudgetsavings2 Год назад

I wish I saw this video before my strawberries and all my plants died I live in Waco now I can’t even buy them again don’t have the money

@Goldenbudgetsavings2 Год назад

Can you help me I live on a Real strict budget because I only live on Social Security disability I am trying to do a garden this year and raise beds I’m not having any luck with them my tomatoes take forever to flower I put some Epson salt and that brought them to flower I never got tomatoes and the heat kill them I use trash bags to block tried to block it didn’t work now I’m pregnant 11 weeks how am I going to get a garden going again when I have to say pay for this baby

@sherlockstu Год назад

Hey don’t worry, Klaus Swab and his team plan to block out the sun. Hey, what could go wrong? Right!? 😐

@libertycowboy2495 9 дней назад

Sounds like he wants to kick off an ice age. That will reduce the food supply by over half

@finehowareyou 7 дней назад

we dont get hot here, but the sun is mighty at 8,200ft in Colorado. good idea!

@fayprivate7975 Год назад

Fantastic video, and very helpful. I live in Arkansas. Our average temp has been around 115-117° F, even after 7 pm. The humidity has been unbearable! My seeds didn’t germinate. The plants I bought and planted didn’t grow or didn’t bear fruit except for 1 tomato plant. It gave us 1 plum tomato. It was too hot for me also. I had to stop going outside. It’s been a heartbreaking summer for many.

@TheMillennialGardener Год назад

It’s been wacky this year. While the center of the country has been roasting, we had 3 weeks of daily storms, overcast skies and below average temps. It flipped about 10 days ago, and now we have had numerous dry days around 96 degrees. The heat index has been in the 110-120 range consistently. The good news is things will be cooling off in a few weeks for good.

@andielliott7721 Год назад

Yep...Arkansas here too with the triple digits. I need to pull out my shade tarps.

@nothingbutthetruth3227 Год назад

@@TheMillennialGardener we had the same problem. Many plants have grown great from seed then after one of the rains, buds fell off the pepper plants and the tomatoes stopped flowering. Seven cucumber plants all diseased and starting more now. It’s been crazy. It all started great then it all went down the drain. Fifteen tomato plants and only five not diseased but again, no blooms. Four zucchini plants and only 2 zucchini’s so far. It’s like nothing I’ve ever seen.

@insanejane4255 Год назад

I was just thinking that I wish we had 92 degree temps here in Arkansas.

@feduppatriot7647 Год назад

Same here in Texas , the intense heat took out everything, blooms dropped and I’m gonna just try again for the fall .

@minkademko2335 Год назад

I'm in east Texas, it's August and H O T as heck. Love my shade cloth I put up this year on long large bamboo poles, overhead so I can walk underneath to tend everything. Also, I turn on a sprinkler for an hour before sunup; the days have been so hot that the leaves dry up right away, so no mold problems have a chance to develop. Everything is growing well 😎

@jimjam36695 2 месяца назад

I need this shade cloth to cover my entire house.

@DawnaRo Год назад

You can use PVC pipe which in my area is less expensive than conduit. I have 4 X 4 raised boxes and I have 18" rebar that I drove into the corners. Then I criss cross my boxes with 2 PVC pipes. I've used these for plastic to grow in colder weather. We have temps in the upper 90s to lower 100s with very little humidity in the west. This is my first year using the shade cloth and I am amazed at how well it works! I shade my boxes by covering the western half so that the plants get morning sun, but afternoon shade. I'm using 70% shade cloth so figured the plans needed morning direct sun. My pplants look fantastic! Shade cloth is a gardens salvation. I also had no squash bugs because I kept my zucchini totally covered until they started to bloom at which time I uncovered half of the box so bees could get in. Love this method and IT WORKS!

@S.Kay.Steffy Год назад

I live in arid HOT Southern California and I have had those same shade cloths up for almost two months now. If I didn’t have these I would have NO plants left…they just cook on the vine. I actually enjoy sitting under the shade cloth when I am resting when gardening…which I need to do a lot since I am in my 70’s and the heat just does me in! Love your videos.

@JoeZyzyx Год назад

I have shade trees to east and west of my garden, removed those to the south, which only gets about 5 hours of full sunlight a day, and it helps a lot, the garden grows OK till late fall. Also have drip lines under plastic ground cover, being a lazy gardner, so I don't need to weed either. The plastic discourages digging critters too.

@susanravella6261 Год назад

Thank you for this video! This is my first year, and it has been nothing short of catastrophic in terms of protecting my plants from pests, diseases, and the dreaded uv spikes. I was so unprepared . Next year, I will have a plan, and hopefully better results. I have learned a lot from your channel! Thank you!

@avrevs Год назад

NC does get a lot of buglets. I mix bug carapices into my soil. You can buy it at the garden shops. It helps them build immunity. Then I just use diatamaceous earth dust and neem. But I have a small space. Don't give up gardening! This year has been too weird to base future experiences on. Shade cloth really works wonders with the UV issues. It is tough stuff too, so you invest in it and it lasts for years.

@whosedoingwhat Год назад

Well you sound like you heard me talking to my friend “ - “ God willing next yr we’ll be prepared! 🙂 this yr it was second rnd of sink hole repairs fired ev so my daughter & I took on the jobs. Crappy wrkrs are prevelent ev is a carpenter lol the frnt & bk yard restorations were last that done gardening season’s 1/2 way through 🥲 90 days maybe get some crops, hope so. Best wishes!

@nancy3662 Год назад

Thanks, so much, for this info. I am a brand new gardener in Houston, Texas and my plants are struggling, no matter what I do. I wanted to try container gardening to begin with and plan on doing raised beds next year. I have watered like the Dickens and it just seems like no matter what I do my poor plants are suffering. This is such helpful information and thank you for the link for the shade cloth. Even if I lose what I have planted so far, I will be ready come fall and next spring!

@mb129 Год назад

corpus christi gardener here…my garden is suffering immensely…we havent had any rain in 2 months and a total of 7 inches for the year☹️

@mochamommyATX Год назад

Austin here! Same problem. Some of my plants are just NOT FRUITING. Shade cloths have helped them NOT DIE....but no food.

@theneatgardener Год назад

I do the same Really kool

@angelika77st Год назад

I live north of Houston. I planted in grow bags and on the ground. The ones on the ground are doing a lot better without so much watering. Next year I am planting everything I can on the ground. I got more fruit and the leaves look more beautiful. The plants dig deeper for water and nutrients naturally.

@ll3174 Год назад

San Antonio here was having the same problem with my guavas,avocados,starfruit,blueberries,papayas schorching all my leaves I put a shade cloth over them and heavy mulch the mulch actually did a better job at retaining the moisture plus I added mycorrhizae,compose & worm castings the burned leaves fell of and new leaves came out almost immediately. I also white washed all my tree trunks 50% interior white paint 50% water gives gives protecting from the sun The only plants so far that I see that are not effected with our scorching sun and heat are basil and the Barbados cherry and much to my surprise my carries mango is doing very good without protection it’s actually growing pretty rapidly. Look into Brassinolide at Power Grown it protects plants from heat and freeze shock it’s suppose to protect strengthen roots, a lady from northern Florida uses this to protect her mango orchards from freezes. Hope this helps you good luck

@sydniemorley8760 11 месяцев назад

Great video! I’m glad someone finally admits even our heat loving plants CANT take full summer sun at this intensity and heat level!!! My tomatoes are burning up. I’ve lost 18/20. Will definitely be doing this from now on ☺️ thank you for linking everything also! This video was so helpful and encouraging.

@ahnaahna7278 9 дней назад

Wow! Now I have hope to protect my plants! I will look at Lowe’s but I may also buy some black netting at the fabric dept at Walmart or somewhere. I had a shor 10 foot piece last year and it protested my long long tomato vines when draped over the stakes. I put it on or took it off as weather changes. Ahna. Atlanta Ga.

@Adey360 Год назад

Last year here in the Houston area, a lot of the summer was constantly over 100 degrees. It was my first year with a garden. It was brutal. We ended up buying a shade cloth like yours and it prevented the plants from dying, but I think they were past the saving point. My tomatoes had bumps all over the stems, no fruit, and the leaves were curled. During the winter I potted them and brought them inside, a couple survived and gave me some fruit this year.

@livingfree4718 Год назад

I moved from an old sunscreen plastic covered system to a large open area on the side of my hill. I notice the sun is different now, like the sky has been altered. I also terraced about 100’x50’ of my hillside and have it planted. These are big areas to cover, but I see the need to do it. You do a good job. Luckily I live in CA in the mountains about 5 miles from the ocean so it’s generally not as hot as you consistently. It never ends the stuff to buy. Thanks

@scrapzwtf Год назад

I just ran outside before it got dark and moved the shade cloth from where my tomatoes were to my melon arch. This Houston heat is killing everything. Thanks for the tip!

@TheMillennialGardener Год назад

It seems like summers are either too hot or storming too hard. I wish we could get a few average days. Our “average” high is 89 here, but I quickly learned we get zero 89 degree days. What happens is it is 95 out with 78% humidity, then it triggers a huge storm and it drops to 76 while we are getting hammered…so the mean temp is 89 😂

@michellebarnhill5130 Год назад

I like how you did the drip irrigation on your containers. What was the cheapest source you found for the hose and drips

@2Mushy Год назад

Houston I'm feelin ya! West Texas day 50 somthing of over 100 degrees!

@minkademko2335 Год назад

I'm near Carthage, east Texas, and put up shade cloth using bamboo poles over half my small garden, 30x40. I can walk under it, no problem, but have to water and tend starting at the crack of dawn because of the heat. I water every morning for an hour, and everything is growing fine.

@SimEon-jt3sr 2 месяца назад

Great hoop house design way better than PVC tunnels

@jmajick4415 Год назад

I love how you strapped the rebar on the T post. I'm thinking up my own version of this and I was going to use bigger (more expensive) pvc to fit over the T post. Adding the rebar makes it so I can use smaller, more flexible and less expensive pvc!

@suckafreeskeet8134 10 месяцев назад

Me to lol

@ronallens6204 8 месяцев назад

U probably know by now but pvc is not uv resistant unless painted with uv resistant paint or wrap in cheap foil

@Ealves0525 Год назад

Wow exactly what I was looking for. Thank you ☺️

@fifthavenuegirl Год назад

104 degrees days on end in Nor Cal. My container fruit trees have had a very hard time between heat, wind and squirrels.

@juliehamel4518 Год назад

Thank You 😊 I love the shade tarp ! Dale is so sweet 💖

@TheMillennialGardener Год назад

Dale is such a good boy. We really lucked out! He's the best.

@diannenaworensky6698 Год назад

We bought some big A frames and made a shade house. Also added some shade cloth for my West facing back porch. The Harbor Freight shade cloth is thin. I had to use 2 together

@TheMillennialGardener Год назад

I didn't know Harbor Freight sold shade cloth. I was actually just there this weekend! This stuff from Amazon is very thick and heavy duty.

@diannenaworensky6698 Год назад

@@TheMillennialGardener They are over by the tarps. Sizes like 12x12 or maybe 12x20. They even have eyelets. Just a reminder that they are thin. I had to double mine. Good Luck 🌼🪴🌼

@Andy-md9cw Год назад

I was just looking for something like this the other day. You always come through with what I’m looking for. I’ve come to look more at your videos now over others I’ve been watching

@Noniinthebush 7 месяцев назад

What a good informative down to earth video, thank you so much, from Australia 🇦🇺

@TheRINOShow Год назад

Thanks. In north Florida, this will come in handy this summer.

@nickpierceall8059 10 месяцев назад

Awesome video(s)!! Very knowledgeable, grow on brother!!

@cameronalexander359 Год назад

Thanx for the metric temp conversions!

@TheMillennialGardener Год назад

You're welcome! I want everyone to be able to benefit from these vids 😎

@patriciamiller1916 27 дней назад

Arizona desert . Last year 60+ days 110! Dry dry dry we are … this method is what I will do for my redesigned beds, I can cover the smaller ones way easier this will work for the long beds I hope…bought the tarp now need long T-posts…

@cwhit2648 Год назад

Very clever, nice job!

@paulm283 11 месяцев назад

Nicely done!😊

@albennett9504 Год назад

Its going to start getting very hot here in about a month or so on the gold coast in Australia - so will be putting my hands to work to replicate your shade structure. Thanks for sharing.

@buzzwerd8093 Год назад

Hey.... a 2 pole tent only needs 2 poles and some zipline. Gromits are nice, wrap a small stone in the fabric and tie it closed and the fabric is anchored to the line. Early and late day UV comes through way more air than middle, only need to cover the top! There is more sunlight heat in infra red than maybe visible light but separating them would need large area single-axis diffraction grating, plants could get useful frequencies without IR you collect or reflect. UV is reflected by water, snow and ice, water traps IR.

@gohskull Год назад

Props to you bro. I’m in the Arizona high desert and I started using 30% blocker mesh this year for my greenhouse. What a difference!

@samanthak1449 Год назад

thanks from zone 9b!

@tjd8139 Месяц назад

What's growin' on bro :) I like these ideas :)

@emilybh6255 Год назад

I can vouch for your method. I have the same heat and humidity problems you are experiencing here ins SC zone 8a and using shade, I've even been able to grow cilantro and have prevented it from bolting by only allowing full sun in the AM. During mid-day and afternoon it only gets indirect sunlight from dappled sun. I probably should have used shade cloth over my grapes which are experiencing uneven ripening. Good video though. There can't be enough videos to show ways we can battle against the engineered weather we've been getting (between torrential rain and blistering extended droughts and unnatural uncharacteristic late freezes after uncharacteristic summer-like temperatures in early spring to confuse fruit trees - encouraging them to blossom early only to kill them later with a freeze to minimize food production. This has happened in my area like clockwork the past 3-4 years.

@tinakoernermashood6422 Год назад

Nice, dude. Zone 9b here and we had the same problem - shade cloth to the rescue!!!

@tmontero8492 Год назад

Well done, very helpful sir! Thank you!

@TheMillennialGardener Год назад

You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

@tonylo488977 Год назад

This was my first garden ever this year. The heat really got to my plants. Thank you so much for this info bro!

@cottagefarmflowers Год назад

West Central Florida here. Zone 9b. It's interesting to read everybody's comments from all over the country and that we're all experiencing the same heat. We've got super high humidity too. My raised bed is asleep for another month or so but I will definitely use the shade cloth. The heat just killed the garden in spring already.

@TinaShinn Год назад

I’ve been thinking about doing this for my veggie garden, it’s been 105-114 here for weeks now and because we are on top of a hill the wind drys the soil out even more. Thank you for your great videos, they are always very helpful 💕

@maxl5657 Год назад

Awesome video with great advice, thanks!

@TheMillennialGardener Год назад

I appreciate it! Thanks for watching!

@czechgirl74 Год назад

Awesome information! Thank you so much for sharing!

@TheMillennialGardener Год назад

You’re welcome! Thank you so much for watching 😊

@patriciatsunoda5771 Год назад

I am so happy you have reinforced my thoughts about using shade cloth over my plants. Last summer we also had intense sun and heat in Boise and I researched shade cloth but was unsure how I was going to drape it over my plants. Great hoop idea!! Thanks.

@snugglebunny.jmosbrook Год назад

Sweet little Dale. Glad to see you and Dale take a nice walk.

@TheMillennialGardener Год назад

Dale would leap over a bowl full of steak for a walk. We take him for the same old loop every day, and every day, he has a meltdown when we ask if he’d like to go on a walk. You’d think he would be bored of the same walk, but the excitement has increased exponentially. This boy LOVES his walk.

@snugglebunny.jmosbrook Год назад

@@TheMillennialGardener that’s so sweet!! Wanna go for a walk Dale????

@jessoakley3746 Год назад

Most helpful tips. Thank you for sharing.

@TheMillennialGardener Год назад

You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

@CamNguyen-qg9dx Год назад

Your idea is very helpful, thank you

@TheMillennialGardener Год назад

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

@fishinforfun64 Год назад

GREAT! I love the way you used the tomato vine clips to hold up the shade cloth at 9:25! I use them a lot for odd jobs, as well! LOVE what you do. Especially fig tree advice! ;-)

@eyestothesky6331 Год назад

Glad I came across this channel! Explains a lot about my garden this year! Subscribed.

@TheMillennialGardener Год назад

Thanks for subscribing! I appreciate it! Glad the video was helpful.

@FBiTOPDOG Год назад

LOL, And I thought I was messing it up. My plants look just like yours. I used tree cover with filtered light in Florida.

@TheMillennialGardener Год назад

It was a very hot, sunny and dry June and much of July. That kind of weather really can beat things up.

@ginanunez1214 Год назад

Excellent video and perfect timing! The best has been brutal!

@TheMillennialGardener Год назад

Thank you!

@OurSoVaLife Год назад

New Sub from southern Va,,Love your channel. Thanks for the valuable content.

@micj62 Год назад

Thanks bro! My tomatoes were destroyed from the heat here in Oklahoma. It's been driving me crazy!

@teenagardner3623 Год назад

Current comments were not what I seen amongst the first few on this video. I appreciate all your info, thank you

@dimpletoadfoot8631 Год назад

I bought a 30% shade cloth last month to keep my veggies from boiling on the stalks in the 97 degree heat. It really helps!

@TheMillennialGardener Год назад

I'm happy to hear you're having success using it. It really is great stuff.

@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard Год назад

Hi from arizona! we love our shade cloth especially on our new plants. literally a life saver... so far we have lost only 2 berries from our brutal summers here in arizona. thanks for the tips and tricks. we defiantly want to build a shade structure in the future. yours is inspiring brother. cheers!

@patricecarter5096 10 месяцев назад

I live in Southern Utah and we have 110F. My corn is totally crispy now... so I bought a shade cover to safe the rest of the plants and others are in the shade against the house. Oh I forgot to mention that I have everything in containers due to a small backyard... anyways, that video was very helpful. thank u. Shalom

@brandywineblue Год назад

Thank you sooo much for this video!. I think you addressed the problems I have been having every summer. I had asked our local agricultural extension about what to do about what is happening to my plants, but all they did was basically parrot standard gardening advice like "water in the morning, don't get leaves wet," (duh, I had told them I was using soaker hoses!!) I even told them I have full southern sun from 12 to 4 each day! Never suggested it was too much sun, or to shade them. Then they touted their soil testing service for next spring. Typical government bureaucrats I guess 🙄

@jameszulu7120 Год назад

Fantastic idea for your shade structure I'm going to use it. Thank you!

@TheMillennialGardener Год назад

You're welcome!

@p7estates 3 дня назад

Here we go again not even summer and so fl has had 10 day of 96/106 my poor pepper plants are taking a beating. Moved some onto the patio but like your idea better will be looking into it.

@thebigksmoosey Месяц назад

Great stuff. Sadly in Kansas, stuff like that is just a kite. 15-25mph winds most days

@shk2564 11 месяцев назад

I have thought it was just me and I was just contemplating a way to cover my garden so I could shade and maybe extend my season! 👍

@DyesubDave Год назад

YES - I was thinking that shade cloth was the only thing I knew of that would help. Unfortunately I only get afternoon sun so often my balcony and ground plants suffer. I have 40% shade cloth running pretty much the length of my balcony and not only do my plants benefit from it but I do as well on hot summer afternoons. I also have several large frost covers which I pin up to poles/trellis for the ground plants when the weather gets a bit too much. Not as great as shade cloth but still helps on those days. I always thought that if I was fortunate enough to have a greenhouse I would definitely cover the side that gets afternoon sun with shade cloth. I only wish I got morning sun as it seems to benefit most vegetable plants so much more. Thanks for passing along this excellent tip. 👍😎

@mitchcohn1800 Год назад

If you think it’s hot there come here to Tx, everyday over 104* for the month of July. I have to water my vegetables every evening!

@TheMillennialGardener Год назад

Dewpoints mean a lot. 104 with a dewpoint in the 50’s means at least the shade is tolerable. There is no escape here. It is like a wet blanket. My apparent temperature was 117.

@sylvia10101 Год назад

Great video and info. Thank you 😊👍

@TheMillennialGardener Год назад

You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

@gloriatriana2580 Год назад

Thank you for this great video, very helpful! I live in the great state of Texas. It has been very hot (triple digit) and dry and we don't see any relief any time soon. My tomato plant is growing but have not produce anything due the heat. My zucchini, bell peppers and jalapeno bear some fruit but it all stop producing now. I have shaded my garden with some sun shade that I have laying around but it's not cutting it. It's just too hot.

@livingfree4718 Год назад

Great use of buckets. I’ve been using mine for aquaponics system with large netting pots just sitting in a long 2’x30’ wooden fish tank with a liner. It just pumps up and drops straight back down. Very efficient systems you are doing.

@cathyf.1234 Год назад

You tried shade cloth! I'm in the SE corner of Virginia & have similar climate. I've used the reflective Aluminet shade cloth for 3 years now. It makes a huge difference. Cucumbers and peppers in particular would not survive here without it. The Aluminet shade net...I left it out last winter (lazy) and it was a little threadbare this year, so I got a very long, wide white fleecy frost blanket and tossed it up on top of the aluminet. The plants do even better with this. I am still getting brandywines setting on, this late in the season. Leaves still look very good on every plant that is under the shade cloth. Mine are all in containers too, like yours, with drip irrigation that runs 3 times a day. I've never had better success with tomatoes than I have this year with the double shade cover (the white fleecy frost cover gives a heavenly feel to the garden ... like you're in the clouds. :) I think anyone trying to grow in the hot, humid southeast would find shade cloths to be very, very helpful in increasing productivity, stretching the season, and it's just a lot more comfortable to garden under a little bit of shade protection. Thumbs up on your shade engineering.

@heatherwenthiking 5 месяцев назад

Finally someone who gets full sun isn’t created equal. I’m in North Queensland in Australia and we have extremely harsh sun. Our temps sound similar to yours & the humidity is disgusting - you have a cold shower to wash away the sweat & before you’ve even dried yourself you’re sweating again. We have had 30+ degrees c for a few weeks, now and my seedlings are suffering. My tomatoes I’ve got part sun beside the house are so healthy. My tomato plants that are in full sun are barely growing & look sunburnt. Same as my poor cucumbers. So I got some supplies yesterday and will shadecloth my beds today

@LuckyFigFarm Год назад

Great idea. I need to work on this for my coming summer.

@TheMillennialGardener Год назад

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

@AM-lz2jr Год назад

Really amazing video. Very helpful. Thank you

@TheMillennialGardener Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@swtnskye5151 Год назад

Amazing How To video. Thank You!

@TheMillennialGardener Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching!

@evec.1933 Год назад

Here near Atlanta early June heated up to the hundreds, which isn’t the norms . I added shade cloth to my garden on a whim and I’m still getting tomatoes! Shade cloth works! Great video, as usual.

@swdw973 Год назад

I live at 6300 ft in Colorado. We get 90+ summer degree days. Just had several 95+ days in a row. Our UV index is 20% higher than where you are due to the altitude +6-8% per 2,000 ft change), and our days are14-15 hours long in the summer. I use 30% shade cloth the entire growing season because of the UV and day length. Mine are permanently installed om my raised beds, but can be rolled up. People are shocked at how well my plants do out here in the dry arid heat and intense sunshine. BTW, hail is very common were I live. The shade cloth companies make "hail cloth", which is white 30% shade cloth. You can also get it in rolls w/o the grommets.

@joydavis4087 Год назад

Oh my goodness. Thanks for the tip. I will look for white hail cloth. If you’d post a link, I’d be very appreciative. How does the white differ? Are you using the white now?

@swdw973 Год назад

@@joydavis4087 This is weird, my reply this morning is gone. I use the black shade cloth. As I mentioned, the white is just a different color 30% shade cloth (I contacted one of the suppliers and asked if there was a difference and basically, it's the color. Why black? Because I don't want a stark white shade cloth. As long as it's the knitted, and not the woven, you can use any color you want. The knitted will not unravel due to a tear or hole. Depending on where you live, you can use either the 30% or 40% as a full time shade / hail cloth.

@richardkut3976 Год назад

Excellent! Thanks,

@TheMillennialGardener Год назад

You’re welcome!

@nolagirlhomestead Год назад

Love your shade cloth design! Having same issue here in New Orleans . Enjoying your fig vlogs. Learning plenty.

@TheMillennialGardener Год назад

Thank you! It makes a really big difference. I'm glad the videos are helpful.

@ChillingwithMalc Год назад

Awesome. I was about to give up on my garden right now in Texas.

@fredortiz8196 Год назад

You're right buddy you're exactly right this is Fred and El Monte California and I like what you say and I believe in it thank you so much for sharing this with us God bless you and your family

@Ret2Play Год назад

New gardener here. Learning so much the hard way. I was reading that my container plants needed full sun, so put them in a sunny spot on my deck which unfortunately doesn’t get morning sun, only 12-4. I found my pollinator plants cooked by the end of the day…pepper plants drooping and dropping flowers, so just got shade cloth. They are much happier now…pollinator plants still toast though, some of the cone flowers And salvia, I’ve placed in partial shade and they are doing ok.

@renel7303 Год назад

I'm experienced. This year I went with containers. I've been crying ever since. Disaster doesn't begin to describe it. We learn with each attempt.

@jeffreydiaz6602 Год назад

Thanks from middle Georgia. I tried my first garden months ago and the heat and humidity has given my squash and pumpkins a beating

@palmsandboars Год назад

Great video! I'm in the Atlanta area. This time of year my tomatoes stop producing. In fact, almost all my plants suffer from the extreme heat. (The only exception is okra which seems to love heat.) I'm going to use your ideas. Thank you.

@randyjones4044 Год назад

i'm in davidson co. nc, heat humidity, thunderstorms ugh. lost my ash tree couple year back, provided shade for the 20x32 deck. i put a 50 percent shade cloth over parts of the deck and wow what a change. that's where i have my container figs and new starts.

@birdnird Год назад

At one time, here in Central Texas, we could Spring plant in the dappled shade of a Live Oak. In March, all the Live Oaks shed their leaves and flower, so full sun can reach the ground for spring-planted gardens. By the time the heat and sun would get savage around May, the Live Oaks would be fully leafed out and providing protective dappled shade. Direct sun count be had at a steep angle in the morning and late afternoon. At least that’s how it used to work, before the Live Oaks started declining and dying. It’s too hot even for them now

@rosem6604 Год назад

Yep. I live in a hot country, May-Octoberish. July-August are brutal. I grow flowers but they, too, suffer a lot. Even cacti prefer the shade at this time of year! I was going to build a wooden frame to accommodate young/vulnerable plants in the winter and cover it with plastic, interchangeable with shading for the summer months. Been putting it off due to laziness but yep, fall is coming and planting is due so I better start now before I regret it in winter. Out winters are mild compared to the US but we do get some near-freezing nights. Thanks for the reminder!

@Lolloblondo Год назад

Much love and gratitude from Scotland 💜 💛 💚

@TheMillennialGardener Год назад

Thank you! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@debscamera2572 2 дня назад

In Florida the black shade cloth got really hot. I wish they made it in white

@got2kittys Год назад

I live at high altitude, it might be over 100°, BUT.... you learn about what Ultraviolet Light can do here. Plants of all types will sunburn, or stop growing. Few plants can take this at 7000 feet. Shade of all kinds are a must for half of everything you'll plant. A tree shade all afternoon, an East side garden are gold here. Be glad you dont live on mountains. It's fierce, and everything in this video is factual. It's great someone is addressing this!

@ShirleiBarnes Год назад

Very helpful, thank you

@TheMillennialGardener Год назад

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

@venkataalapati9284 9 месяцев назад

100% helpful thank you 🙏

@TheMillennialGardener 9 месяцев назад

You're welcome!

@citylotgardening6171 Год назад

Great video thanks for sharing

@TheMillennialGardener Год назад

You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

@joydavis4087 Год назад

Thank you for this vid. Very very helpful. It has been so hot here. It is almost impossible to get garden projects done. I have a lot I’m working on and everything has slowed way down for me. Also, I think using the weed fabric amplifies the heat just because its black, which would make the shade cloth invaluable. Something to consider. And we have at least one more month of extreme heat. I’m looking forward to the weather breaking. Thanks for your channel. NC Zone 7B, clay rocky soil.

@jennamakesbugs 11 месяцев назад

Thank you. This is very helpful. I ordered a shade cloth and when it came it was much bigger than I expected and I have been trying to figure out how I will hang it over my small lettuce patch without it interfering with anything else. I hadn't thought of just allowing it to drape over some PVC hoops. Perfect solution and even think I have some leftover PVC that will work!

@gosia3032 Год назад

Awesome ideas !!! Thank you 👍😊

@TheMillennialGardener Год назад

You’re welcome!

@luckypenny312 Год назад

Brilliant video!

@TheMillennialGardener Год назад

Thank you! I'm glad it was helpful.

@nancypingreehoover Год назад

Shade cloth is awesome!! It saved my tomatoes and melons. Love it! Glad you got some. We've had over 100 degree temps everyday for two months now. We're finally having a much needed break where the temps are "only" in the mid - high 90's.

@marilynwhite2155 Год назад

Thanks so much for close ups and extreme detail on how you created the shade tunnel. You used a term I wasn't familiar with but your close up said it all. A brilliant and considerate teacher

@judymiller323 Год назад

I agree ! thanks so much for this ~ you're helping more folks than you know....

@TheRuckFarm Год назад

I do appreciate your videos! I am a newer gardener/RU-vidr and have learned so much from what you share. Thank you!

@TheMillennialGardener Год назад

I appreciate that so much! I'm glad the videos are helpful, and I'm glad to hear you're embarking on a garden journey. Thanks for watching!

@vickigonya9432 Год назад

Oh my gosh, how perfect!!! Here in Alabama we had over 100 straight days over 90° with many many days at 90% humidity. Sheer misery

@gardenofseeden Год назад

Same here in South Jersey. We hit 100 like 6 days in a row with barely any rain at all in 2 months. All my grass is brown and ponds around here are drying up.

@mikedoingmikethings702 Год назад

I live in Vegas and this is why I plant my temperature sensitive plants in pots so I can move them around...

@jt-gm6ji Год назад

Some 9b in Florida here, 40% shade cloth has allowed me to grow cherry toms and muncher cucumbers all summer, still producing to date

@TheMillennialGardener Год назад

Excellent! It is a game changer for vegetables, no doubt!

@nolagirlhomestead Год назад

Seems to help re-boost my cherry tomatoes as well, although not directly covered by shade cloth. Hasn't affected cushaw squash so far. Instant high tunnel!