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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 for salad beds?
  • Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 13:59:33 -0400

On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 12:02:32 -0400, you wrote:

>
>Hi All,
> I have some frames made for putting shading above lettuce / salad
>beds. Do any of you think that i can used one or more layer of row-cover
>stapled onto it or is official "shade cloth" necessary for success? We
>are trying to avoid purchasing another product for this.....trying to
>recycle all materials possible.

I've used black 'landscaping fabric' (this is some kind of
woven fabric, not plastic) for shading lettuce. (I use it,
basically, because I have it. I can't remember why we
bought it in the first place.) I've also used old sheets:
both have worked well for me.

Pat

-- northern Pennsylvania




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