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  • From: Pat Meadows <pat AT meadows.pair.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Shade cloth for lettuce
  • Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 14:43:34 -0400

On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 07:48:43 -0500, you 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?
>

I don't know how much of it you would need, or if this would
help you...

I have been using 'landscaping fabric' bought (in error) at
the local garden center. This is a thin black fabric that
looks very much like non-woven interfacing (as used in
sewing clothing). I bought it by mistake, thinking it was
something else.

It doesn't ravel, and it seems to work nicely as shade
cloth.

Pat
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