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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





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