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- From: Matt Cheselka <cheselka AT theriver.com>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Shade cloth for lettuce
- Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 08:02:36 -0700 (MST)
On Sun, 18 Jul 2004, Joan Vibert wrote:
> I noticed in the Farmtek catalog that they have a knitted shade cloth in
> either black or white that can be cut without raveling. I was wondering
> about trying it over hoops covering lettuce beds for summer growing. I have
> recently seeded more lettuce and kept the soil cool(er) during germination
> with rolls of burlap - but now that the lettuce is up I'd like to keep it
> out of the heat as much as possible. And I hate the regular shade cloth
> because of the raveling it does. Is there such as thing as a remay-type
> shade?
Joan, I use a fairly thick row cover for my lettuce (and most of my other
veggies), which I grow year-round here in southeast Arizona. It's called
'N-Sulate' and I belive it's about 70% transmissive. Awesome stuff. Very
tough, too. Keeps the heat and bright light off in the summer, keeps the
frost off in the winter (where it gets into the single digits for a couple
weeks every year).
Here's an example of what I'm doing:
http://personal.riverusers.com/~cheselka/cosmic_lettuce/images/wg_jun04_002.jpg
Matt
-
[Market-farming] whiteflies on tomatoes,
bob111higgins, 07/15/2004
- Re: [Market-farming] whiteflies on tomatoes, robert schuler, 07/16/2004
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
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Re: [Market-farming] whiteflies on tomatoes,
Allan Balliett, 07/16/2004
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[Market-farming] Shade cloth for lettuce,
Joan Vibert, 07/18/2004
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Re: [Market-farming] Shade cloth for lettuce,
Matt Cheselka, 07/18/2004
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Re: [Market-farming] Shade cloth for lettuce,
Allan Balliett, 07/18/2004
- Re: [Market-farming] Shade cloth for lettuce, robert schuler, 07/18/2004
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Re: [Market-farming] Shade cloth for lettuce,
Joan Vibert, 07/18/2004
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Re: [Market-farming] Shade cloth for lettuce,
Allan Balliett, 07/19/2004
- Re: [Market-farming] Shade cloth for lettuce, Joan Vibert, 07/19/2004
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Re: [Market-farming] Shade cloth for lettuce,
Allan Balliett, 07/19/2004
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Re: [Market-farming] Shade cloth for lettuce,
Allan Balliett, 07/18/2004
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Re: [Market-farming] Shade cloth for lettuce,
Pat Meadows, 07/18/2004
- Re: [Market-farming] Shade cloth for lettuce(Thanks), Sandra Beerman, 07/19/2004
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Re: [Market-farming] Shade cloth for lettuce,
Matt Cheselka, 07/18/2004
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[Market-farming] Shade cloth for lettuce,
Joan Vibert, 07/18/2004
- Re: [Market-farming] whiteflies on tomatoes, bob111higgins, 07/16/2004
- [Market-farming] whiteflies on tomatoes, , 07/22/2004
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