In this video, I share my secret weapon for gardening in extreme heat and drought during heat waves and persistent hot weather! Hot weather and strong solar UV index can quickly damage plants and destroy your garden. This amazing garden tool can dramatically reduce or even eliminate garden heat stress and sun damage!
Climates with prolonged high heat and strong sunshine can quickly devastate gardens by burning foliage and killing flowers. Even brief heat waves 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 mulching and drip irrigation may not be enough. Shade cloths are the answer! Available in various sizes and shade percentages, using shade cloth can protect foliage and flowers from sun and dramatically reduce evaporation so you can water less. In addition, using shade tarp can also protect garden vegetables and fruits from bird damage, insect damage and rain damage, too!
I recommend using a woven shade tarp with grommeted edges. These shade tarps are strong, effective and will last many years.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Gardening In Heat Waves
0:39 How Sun Damages Plants
1:35 My Secret Weapon
4:18 Shade Cloth Results
5:54 Other Shade Cloth Uses And Benefits
8:22 How To Build A Shade Tunnel
11:59 Adventures With Dale
If you have any questions about how to use shade cloth in the 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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ABOUT MY GARDEN
Location: Southeastern NC, Brunswick County (Wilmington area)
34.1°N Latitude
Zone 8A
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6 авг 2024
