3 Ways To Use SHADE CLOTH To Protect Plants From Heat And Sun

For today's 2 minute garden tip, I show you 3 ways to use shade cloth to protect plants from heat and sun in your garden. Gardening in hot weather with a strong UV index can destroy your garden and damage plants. These three techniques protect plants from sun damage and garden heat stress.

These shade cloths and shade tarps are my secret weapon to gardening in extreme heat, drought and strong sun. Even if you live in a climate with generally moderate summers, a single heat wave can cause irreversible damage to your plants. These shade tarps make gardening in a heat wave easy, and it pays to have a few on hand just in case.

If you have questions about how to use shade cloth to protect your garden, fruit trees and heat sensitive landscaping, growing a vegetable garden or growing fruit trees, want to know about the things I grow in my garden, are looking for more gardening tips and tricks and "garden hacks" like this, 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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[MinuteGardenTips]

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[janking]

I really like the “ short and sweet and to the point “ format of these two minute tips.

[frankparsley]

I can’t wait to try this. Our Texas summers are a beating. Thanks for sharing.

[darrelldunman]

Living in the South shade cloth is a must. I started that about 7 years ago and it saves many things that used to get fried by August.

[mrfiskars]

All your videos are super formative and quick and to-the-point! This one carries on that great tradition

[Doorkicker]

Zone 10b here in South FL. Next season I’m expanding the shade cloth area and upping it from 25% to a 40-50% shade cloth strength. It’s brutal this year. Your garden looks great!

[ardevenuta]

I'm building the tunnel on Sunday, precisely as you did.

I have just under $300⁰⁰ in it. I didn't have the angle grinder for the rebar, as mine grew feet apparently, and so I bought another cheapo.

But, I was able to find 100-ft of the electrical conduit for about $70⁰⁰ on Amazon, a huge bag of ½" clips for $19⁰⁰, adjustible clamps for $13⁹⁹ (You're a bit high in your store on everything) but your idea, is a winner. I got the 7ft T-posts for 7.⁶⁷ each, I got 6 of them. The REBAR, I got 5 of the 10-foot sections to cut down, so I'll have 10. Finally, the 40% cloth is 12x36ft, and I got that for $59⁹⁹ . I think it is or will be sturdy. We lost about everything last year in South Texas. It was blazing hot, and despite our best efforts, a lot of water, it just didn't work out. You'd think "full sun" means just that. It doesn't say, full "South Texas Sun", which is as hot as Haites.. It aint' Missouri, we learned that too, amongst the many other, often expensive lessons down here.

[commonlaw]

You're brilliant! The constructing part-and what gizmos to buy to accomplish the goal-are always a stumbling block for me. Thank you so much for teaching me ANOTHER great build!

[Angie-cilp]

Thank you! Right to the point of subject! Thanks for sharing Very informative 🙏🏽❤️🙏🏽

[valoriegriego]

You're got my mind going...where to put the shade tunnel next year!👍Thanks!😃

[TearDrop]

Thank you!
You speak nice and clear 😊

[jhh]

Brother, i had everything but was stuck on the “clips”. Thank you so much for linking that product. Liked and subscribed

[darlene]

You are so creative. Thank you so much.

[melanieallen]

great! thankyou..ooohhh I like your shade hoophouse!

[MichaelRei]

That’s some pretty shady information!!!

[MegaBpop]

I live in south central Texas. 60’days of triple digits. Could I use this on my lawn to protect it from the sun. Right now my Zoyia Grass looks like hay - we are in a strict water usages do you recommend me putting the shade cloth on top of my grass or on poles like you did? Thank You ! I gave a thumbs up!

[terrim.]

Why didn't you put cable on top, under, on top pattern to make the sail stable instead of billowing up?

[sweetpea]

Excellent idea - what’s the width of the TPost/conduit set up? Thinking of trying this over 2 raised beds I have & possibly make one hoop system. Thanks

[talapeanutbutter]

I’m in the panhandle of Florida. It’s June 15, 2024 and was 100 today! I’m new to gardening and my 10 tomato plants had been doing pretty well until a week ago. They started looking wilted, so I started the drip irrigation early morning then around 5:50pm. Today, I pulled one out and disposed of it unsure if it’s stress or a wilt disease. I sprayed all of my garden w/aspirin a few days ago, ( 1 tablet to a gallon of water) my cucumbers, zucchini, yellow squash and peppers aren’t being affected. Do u leave the shade cloth on when it’s this hot?

[DaLucaciShow]

Myman, i never use stainless steel cables anymore, it heats up and burns the plastic, fabric or anything it comes in touch with