If you found this video helpful, please "Like" and share to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching 😀TIMESTAMPS for convenience: 0:00 Gardening In Heat Waves 1:03 How Strong Sun Damages Plants 3:35 My SECRET WEAPON! 6:19 How I Built My Shade Tunnel 7:56 Installing Shade Cloth In My Garden 9:37 Other Uses Of Shade Tarps 10:48 Adventures With Dale

@twodogs716

Жыл бұрын

thanks for the timestamps and tips my wife built a lean-to type structure, since her "garden" is in huge planters against the back wall of the house. um.. we already had this idea, but found it not so easy to find, where we live.

@theneatgardener

Жыл бұрын

I do the same Really kool

@trulylynn9941

Жыл бұрын

I live in N.E Florida Jax area. I have 2 high tunnels with plastic and shade cloth! I also keep a good fan for circulation.

@Goldenbudgetsavings2

Жыл бұрын

I wish I saw this video before my strawberries and all my plants died I live in Waco now I can’t even buy them again don’t have the money

@Goldenbudgetsavings2

Жыл бұрын

Can you help me I live on a Real strict budget because I only live on Social Security disability I am trying to do a garden this year and raise beds I’m not having any luck with them my tomatoes take forever to flower I put some Epson salt and that brought them to flower I never got tomatoes and the heat kill them I use trash bags to block tried to block it didn’t work now I’m pregnant 11 weeks how am I going to get a garden going again when I have to say pay for this baby

I need this shade cloth to cover my entire house.

@ContactsNfilters

26 күн бұрын

And the front and back yard. In fact one for the whole neighborhood would be great! 😂

@lascelleturner1088

23 күн бұрын

@jimmam and filters... You guys are sooo funny. Its really hot here in the Caribbean😊😊😊

@jenniferruth812

21 күн бұрын

Me too!

In Indonesia where I live, to deal with El Nina, I build a light metal structure that work as a frame above my raise beds. It serves a support when my plants gets too hot ( Paranet ) , or attacks by pest ( pest netting) or too much heavy tropical rains ( UV plastic ). So I will put either a paranet or pest netting or UV plastic accordingly.

@jjjackson5183

23 күн бұрын

Fantasticd. Humans are so smart!

After 34yrs in 100⁰+ dry heat, I finally realized best time to plant is fall/winter/spring, & to plant in the shade during the summer. Plants here just seem to need no more than hr total sun. As for daily, continuous watering, found wicking buckets require "less watering" or maintenance. Still need check every day, but less work. Still learning, so... Been wanting shade cloth, but need convince kid to do.

How do you let the good bugs in? Mainly bees

Hey don’t worry, Klaus Swab and his team plan to block out the sun. Hey, what could go wrong? Right!? 😐

@libertycowboy2495

Ай бұрын

Sounds like he wants to kick off an ice age. That will reduce the food supply by over half

@JJchildofYAH

20 күн бұрын

Oh that tickled my funny bone! Eat ze bugs not ze fruit n veggies! 😅

It's early June in Oklahoma and already almost 100F. Our excess humidity comes from the gulf of Mexico thru Houston and Dallas. Our problem with shade cloth hoop houses is those thunder storm winds which turn them into airplane wings! We see a lot of trampolines flying by sometimes! So my recommendation is to keep that in mind and be sure to anchor them down really well.

we dont get hot here, but the sun is mighty at 8,200ft in Colorado. good idea!

Lovely! First time gardening this year and my husband jokingly made a comment my plants are getting more care and attention than him, which is true" ! Appreciate all the infos fr m your channel, learned a lot and continue to do so!

@P2Zip

21 күн бұрын

He will appreciate the fruits of your labor.

A tip for shade cloth (as we call it in Australia), if you want to reduce the heat, have the cloth about 0.5 to 1 metre (2-3 feet) above what you want to keep cool. I have a stronger shade cloth canopy over my chicken run (chickens not being very heat tolerant) and it works quite well with side ventilation on three sides. On hot days, I tested it by being in there, with it being very hot directly under the cloth, and much cooler by 1m (3ft) below it. The chicken/ground level being about 1.8m or 6ft below the cloth. Relevant for plants, particularly in pots for moisture retention, the heat will help dry them out. Another tip, if you have just a shade roof, it protects from the mid-day sun, and depending on orientation, can allow the direct sun in the cooler hours.

@justintime4466

23 күн бұрын

Yes I noticed the same that draping the clothe right over the plant may provide some protection from the sun but not the heat since the cloth itself will get hot. Also noticed that covering the plants too well meant they were hard for pollinators to get to them 😂

@davinasquirrel7672

23 күн бұрын

@@justintime4466 Oh good point, pollinators. Yes indeed. Speaking of the airborne critters, a shade cloth should throw off the birds from the crop (not 100%, but mostly)

I live in Arizona and I have built a shade house and so far it’s working great. I had to super reinforce everything as the one I bought off Amazon blew away with wind . I will get bigger pipe and bend my own hoop house next time . Great ideas and great information keep up the good work . Thanks for the video !

@mamajan99

20 күн бұрын

It sound like you built a huge kite! Next time use a stronger kite string and really scare your neighbors! LOL!

@williamdyer3999

20 күн бұрын

@@mamajan99 yes it kinda was I ordered a hoop kit off Amazon before I really knew it was tornado alley here. I thought it would be fast enough to build 1/2 in conduit Wasn’t strong enough for the wind obviously. Had just finished connecting and installed the shade material not lees than hour later . The hurricane winds blew it over bending it up. I reinforced it with rebars and wired to concrete blocks filled with rock the kite sting I used now is 1/2 nylon strapping and more wire everywhere. This is what the plans should call for is all this reinforcement. I also put on the outside half inch wire screen doors shelves Much better . Yeah my first attempt I should’ve left it but I needed a break from the initial setup . Yes the wind here can pick up Wood , sheet metal, and most things that aren’t extremely heavy. My neighbor has made some comments about stuff flying around but I haven’t scared them too much. Lol

@mamajan99

20 күн бұрын

@@williamdyer3999 Been there. Done that. But I still grow those $60ea. tomatoes! LOL!

@williamdyer3999

20 күн бұрын

Wow 60 lb what are you fertilizing with? After moving here from Oregon I still have a learning curve for this extreme climate. Where do get your shade cloth from? Amazon? Thanks 🙏

@williamdyer3999

20 күн бұрын

Now I see you said 60 dollar not pounds lol That’s still amazing!

Fantastic video, and very helpful. I live in Arkansas. Our average temp has been around 115-117° F, even after 7 pm. The humidity has been unbearable! My seeds didn’t germinate. The plants I bought and planted didn’t grow or didn’t bear fruit except for 1 tomato plant. It gave us 1 plum tomato. It was too hot for me also. I had to stop going outside. It’s been a heartbreaking summer for many.

@TheMillennialGardener

Жыл бұрын

It’s been wacky this year. While the center of the country has been roasting, we had 3 weeks of daily storms, overcast skies and below average temps. It flipped about 10 days ago, and now we have had numerous dry days around 96 degrees. The heat index has been in the 110-120 range consistently. The good news is things will be cooling off in a few weeks for good.

@andielliott7721

Жыл бұрын

Yep...Arkansas here too with the triple digits. I need to pull out my shade tarps.

@nothingbutthetruth3227

Жыл бұрын

@@TheMillennialGardener we had the same problem. Many plants have grown great from seed then after one of the rains, buds fell off the pepper plants and the tomatoes stopped flowering. Seven cucumber plants all diseased and starting more now. It’s been crazy. It all started great then it all went down the drain. Fifteen tomato plants and only five not diseased but again, no blooms. Four zucchini plants and only 2 zucchini’s so far. It’s like nothing I’ve ever seen.

@insanejane4255

Жыл бұрын

I was just thinking that I wish we had 92 degree temps here in Arkansas.

@feduppatriot7647

Жыл бұрын

Same here in Texas , the intense heat took out everything, blooms dropped and I’m gonna just try again for the fall .

Growing roses this year for the first time in Houston. We are already in the mid 90s. A few of my baby roses are getting scorched already. Agh!!! Found this very instructive. Thank you!

I live in arid HOT Southern California and I have had those same shade cloths up for almost two months now. If I didn’t have these I would have NO plants left…they just cook on the vine. I actually enjoy sitting under the shade cloth when I am resting when gardening…which I need to do a lot since I am in my 70’s and the heat just does me in! Love your videos.

@JoeZyzyx

Жыл бұрын

I have shade trees to east and west of my garden, removed those to the south, which only gets about 5 hours of full sunlight a day, and it helps a lot, the garden grows OK till late fall. Also have drip lines under plastic ground cover, being a lazy gardner, so I don't need to weed either. The plastic discourages digging critters too.

Hi newbie gardener from hot, humid sw Florida. Shade cloth is the garden savior. I put mine up as soon as I got my containers planted. Now I'm learning how to battle pests of al kinds. Thanks for these videos. I'm saving everyone of them. 😊😊

@kricketkitty

22 күн бұрын

How are you battling pests? I'm in north fla first time gardener. My beautiful cantaloupe trellis has become a pickle worm farm, every single damn piece of fruit has holes in it. I tried neem, didn't help. Then I tried bug dust, still worms. What works?

You can use PVC pipe which in my area is less expensive than conduit. I have 4 X 4 raised boxes and I have 18" rebar that I drove into the corners. Then I criss cross my boxes with 2 PVC pipes. I've used these for plastic to grow in colder weather. We have temps in the upper 90s to lower 100s with very little humidity in the west. This is my first year using the shade cloth and I am amazed at how well it works! I shade my boxes by covering the western half so that the plants get morning sun, but afternoon shade. I'm using 70% shade cloth so figured the plans needed morning direct sun. My pplants look fantastic! Shade cloth is a gardens salvation. I also had no squash bugs because I kept my zucchini totally covered until they started to bloom at which time I uncovered half of the box so bees could get in. Love this method and IT WORKS!

@steveanimatrix3887

24 күн бұрын

Most PVC only lasts a few years before it becomes brittle and cracks with direct UV exposure though

Great video! I’m glad someone finally admits even our heat loving plants CANT take full summer sun at this intensity and heat level!!! My tomatoes are burning up. I’ve lost 18/20. Will definitely be doing this from now on ☺️ thank you for linking everything also! This video was so helpful and encouraging.

I'm in east Texas, it's August and H O T as heck. Love my shade cloth I put up this year on long large bamboo poles, overhead so I can walk underneath to tend everything. Also, I turn on a sprinkler for an hour before sunup; the days have been so hot that the leaves dry up right away, so no mold problems have a chance to develop. Everything is growing well 😎

@ContactsNfilters

26 күн бұрын

I'm in west Texas and recently got a metal roof. We went with a nice light off-white color even though it clashes with the siding on the house. 😂

This is my first time using shade cloth on my garden. What a difference. This week in Indiana, 7 days in a row 90 plus degrees. Thank you for sharing.

I live in E Texas and I have some opaque roofing in spots on my greenhouse. People don’t realize that summer can be as harsh as winter.

Temperature is also an issue for active growth, with 27°C optimum. Once temperature is over 30°C, plant transpiration ( and thus photosynthesis and growth) decline as leafy plants struggle to close pores and retain water. Partial or dappled shade helps, as does planting plants in big groups, so they create a cooler zone through evaporation.

Thank you for this video! This is my first year, and it has been nothing short of catastrophic in terms of protecting my plants from pests, diseases, and the dreaded uv spikes. I was so unprepared . Next year, I will have a plan, and hopefully better results. I have learned a lot from your channel! Thank you!

@avrevs

Жыл бұрын

NC does get a lot of buglets. I mix bug carapices into my soil. You can buy it at the garden shops. It helps them build immunity. Then I just use diatamaceous earth dust and neem. But I have a small space. Don't give up gardening! This year has been too weird to base future experiences on. Shade cloth really works wonders with the UV issues. It is tough stuff too, so you invest in it and it lasts for years.

@whosedoingwhat

Жыл бұрын

Well you sound like you heard me talking to my friend “ - “ God willing next yr we’ll be prepared! 🙂 this yr it was second rnd of sink hole repairs fired ev so my daughter & I took on the jobs. Crappy wrkrs are prevelent ev is a carpenter lol the frnt & bk yard restorations were last that done gardening season’s 1/2 way through 🥲 90 days maybe get some crops, hope so. Best wishes!

Have this over my garden...its a huge sail in the wind. Presses up and down like you would not believe. Gets hooked onto everything. Without wind, works great

Very good! Plants with larger leaves are generally understory plants, so shading them really helps. Even blueberries enjoy a bit of bird netting to keep the intensity down.

I moved from an old sunscreen plastic covered system to a large open area on the side of my hill. I notice the sun is different now, like the sky has been altered. I also terraced about 100’x50’ of my hillside and have it planted. These are big areas to cover, but I see the need to do it. You do a good job. Luckily I live in CA in the mountains about 5 miles from the ocean so it’s generally not as hot as you consistently. It never ends the stuff to buy. Thanks

I’ve been thinking about doing this for my veggie garden, it’s been 105-114 here for weeks now and because we are on top of a hill the wind drys the soil out even more. Thank you for your great videos, they are always very helpful 💕

Solid vid bro No flim flam about sustainability or bleeding heart buzzword crap Just spittin’ heat and droppin knowledge bombs. Keep it up dude 🤙🤙🤙🤙

Hi from arizona! we love our shade cloth especially on our new plants. literally a life saver... so far we have lost only 2 berries from our brutal summers here in arizona. thanks for the tips and tricks. we defiantly want to build a shade structure in the future. yours is inspiring brother. cheers!

i've been successfully gardening since 1974 and u are my favorite garden channel. thank you for ur informative format, ur pleasant nature, and the joy of looking at all that green growing goodness.

I love how you strapped the rebar on the T post. I'm thinking up my own version of this and I was going to use bigger (more expensive) pvc to fit over the T post. Adding the rebar makes it so I can use smaller, more flexible and less expensive pvc!

@suckafreeskeet8134

11 ай бұрын

Me to lol

@ronallens6204

9 ай бұрын

U probably know by now but pvc is not uv resistant unless painted with uv resistant paint or wrap in cheap foil

Nice, dude. Zone 9b here and we had the same problem - shade cloth to the rescue!!!

This was my first garden ever this year. The heat really got to my plants. Thank you so much for this info bro!

Here near Atlanta early June heated up to the hundreds, which isn’t the norms . I added shade cloth to my garden on a whim and I’m still getting tomatoes! Shade cloth works! Great video, as usual.

West Central Florida here. Zone 9b. It's interesting to read everybody's comments from all over the country and that we're all experiencing the same heat. We've got super high humidity too. My raised bed is asleep for another month or so but I will definitely use the shade cloth. The heat just killed the garden in spring already.

Thanks so much for close ups and extreme detail on how you created the shade tunnel. You used a term I wasn't familiar with but your close up said it all. A brilliant and considerate teacher

@judymiller323

Жыл бұрын

I agree ! thanks so much for this ~ you're helping more folks than you know....

I am so happy you have reinforced my thoughts about using shade cloth over my plants. Last summer we also had intense sun and heat in Boise and I researched shade cloth but was unsure how I was going to drape it over my plants. Great hoop idea!! Thanks.

Thanks so much for showing the damaged plants. It’s exactly what happened to my cucumbers and melons here in Missouri. Love your videos. Super helpful! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

@TheMillennialGardener

Жыл бұрын

I thought it would be important to actually see how badly sun can bleach foliage. Thanks for watching!

Props to you bro. I’m in the Arizona high desert and I started using 30% blocker mesh this year for my greenhouse. What a difference!

I was just looking for something like this the other day. You always come through with what I’m looking for. I’ve come to look more at your videos now over others I’ve been watching

Thanks, so much, for this info. I am a brand new gardener in Houston, Texas and my plants are struggling, no matter what I do. I wanted to try container gardening to begin with and plan on doing raised beds next year. I have watered like the Dickens and it just seems like no matter what I do my poor plants are suffering. This is such helpful information and thank you for the link for the shade cloth. Even if I lose what I have planted so far, I will be ready come fall and next spring!

@mb129

Жыл бұрын

corpus christi gardener here…my garden is suffering immensely…we havent had any rain in 2 months and a total of 7 inches for the year☹️

@mochamommyATX

Жыл бұрын

Austin here! Same problem. Some of my plants are just NOT FRUITING. Shade cloths have helped them NOT DIE....but no food.

@theneatgardener

Жыл бұрын

I do the same Really kool

@angelika77st

Жыл бұрын

I live north of Houston. I planted in grow bags and on the ground. The ones on the ground are doing a lot better without so much watering. Next year I am planting everything I can on the ground. I got more fruit and the leaves look more beautiful. The plants dig deeper for water and nutrients naturally.

@ll3174

Жыл бұрын

San Antonio here was having the same problem with my guavas,avocados,starfruit,blueberries,papayas schorching all my leaves I put a shade cloth over them and heavy mulch the mulch actually did a better job at retaining the moisture plus I added mycorrhizae,compose & worm castings the burned leaves fell of and new leaves came out almost immediately. I also white washed all my tree trunks 50% interior white paint 50% water gives gives protecting from the sun The only plants so far that I see that are not effected with our scorching sun and heat are basil and the Barbados cherry and much to my surprise my carries mango is doing very good without protection it’s actually growing pretty rapidly. Look into Brassinolide at Power Grown it protects plants from heat and freeze shock it’s suppose to protect strengthen roots, a lady from northern Florida uses this to protect her mango orchards from freezes. Hope this helps you good luck

Thanks from middle Georgia. I tried my first garden months ago and the heat and humidity has given my squash and pumpkins a beating

I just ran outside before it got dark and moved the shade cloth from where my tomatoes were to my melon arch. This Houston heat is killing everything. Thanks for the tip!

@TheMillennialGardener

Жыл бұрын

It seems like summers are either too hot or storming too hard. I wish we could get a few average days. Our “average” high is 89 here, but I quickly learned we get zero 89 degree days. What happens is it is 95 out with 78% humidity, then it triggers a huge storm and it drops to 76 while we are getting hammered…so the mean temp is 89 😂

@michellebarnhill5130

Жыл бұрын

I like how you did the drip irrigation on your containers. What was the cheapest source you found for the hose and drips

@2Mushy

Жыл бұрын

Houston I'm feelin ya! West Texas day 50 somthing of over 100 degrees!

@minkademko2335

Жыл бұрын

I'm near Carthage, east Texas, and put up shade cloth using bamboo poles over half my small garden, 30x40. I can walk under it, no problem, but have to water and tend starting at the crack of dawn because of the heat. I water every morning for an hour, and everything is growing fine.

Last year here in the Houston area, a lot of the summer was constantly over 100 degrees. It was my first year with a garden. It was brutal. We ended up buying a shade cloth like yours and it prevented the plants from dying, but I think they were past the saving point. My tomatoes had bumps all over the stems, no fruit, and the leaves were curled. During the winter I potted them and brought them inside, a couple survived and gave me some fruit this year.

I bought a shade cloth. Great for the bugs! Ravaged my plants. Turned the ground green as well

Much love and gratitude from Scotland 💜 💛 💚

@TheMillennialGardener

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I really enjoy your videos. They are straightforward, and without a lot of time-wasting chitchat. My absolute favorite part of your videos is that you make it VERY clear what part of the US you live in, and what your climate is like - which is very similar to my own.

@TheMillennialGardener

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. All the tips are relative. If you live much further north, you may not need these measures.

Thank you. This is very helpful. I ordered a shade cloth and when it came it was much bigger than I expected and I have been trying to figure out how I will hang it over my small lettuce patch without it interfering with anything else. I hadn't thought of just allowing it to drape over some PVC hoops. Perfect solution and even think I have some leftover PVC that will work!

I bought a 30% shade cloth last month to keep my veggies from boiling on the stalks in the 97 degree heat. It really helps!

@TheMillennialGardener

Жыл бұрын

I'm happy to hear you're having success using it. It really is great stuff.

Thanks for the helpful information. Great video! I have to same issue growing cucumbers. My farm gets 10 hours of full Sun. Some of my cucumber plants got scorched. Watching this video and seeing some of your cucumber plants, now I know the Sun did the damage and not a disease

Current comments were not what I seen amongst the first few on this video. I appreciate all your info, thank you

Thanks. In north Florida, this will come in handy this summer.

Great use of buckets. I’ve been using mine for aquaponics system with large netting pots just sitting in a long 2’x30’ wooden fish tank with a liner. It just pumps up and drops straight back down. Very efficient systems you are doing.

Thank you for this vid. Very very helpful. It has been so hot here. It is almost impossible to get garden projects done. I have a lot I’m working on and everything has slowed way down for me. Also, I think using the weed fabric amplifies the heat just because its black, which would make the shade cloth invaluable. Something to consider. And we have at least one more month of extreme heat. I’m looking forward to the weather breaking. Thanks for your channel. NC Zone 7B, clay rocky soil.

Thank you sooo much for this video!. I think you addressed the problems I have been having every summer. I had asked our local agricultural extension about what to do about what is happening to my plants, but all they did was basically parrot standard gardening advice like "water in the morning, don't get leaves wet," (duh, I had told them I was using soaker hoses!!) I even told them I have full southern sun from 12 to 4 each day! Never suggested it was too much sun, or to shade them. Then they touted their soil testing service for next spring. Typical government bureaucrats I guess 🙄

New gardener here. Learning so much the hard way. I was reading that my container plants needed full sun, so put them in a sunny spot on my deck which unfortunately doesn’t get morning sun, only 12-4. I found my pollinator plants cooked by the end of the day…pepper plants drooping and dropping flowers, so just got shade cloth. They are much happier now…pollinator plants still toast though, some of the cone flowers And salvia, I’ve placed in partial shade and they are doing ok.

@renel7303

Жыл бұрын

I'm experienced. This year I went with containers. I've been crying ever since. Disaster doesn't begin to describe it. We learn with each attempt.

Shade cloth is awesome!! It saved my tomatoes and melons. Love it! Glad you got some. We've had over 100 degree temps everyday for two months now. We're finally having a much needed break where the temps are "only" in the mid - high 90's.

Wow exactly what I was looking for. Thank you ☺️

YES - I was thinking that shade cloth was the only thing I knew of that would help. Unfortunately I only get afternoon sun so often my balcony and ground plants suffer. I have 40% shade cloth running pretty much the length of my balcony and not only do my plants benefit from it but I do as well on hot summer afternoons. I also have several large frost covers which I pin up to poles/trellis for the ground plants when the weather gets a bit too much. Not as great as shade cloth but still helps on those days. I always thought that if I was fortunate enough to have a greenhouse I would definitely cover the side that gets afternoon sun with shade cloth. I only wish I got morning sun as it seems to benefit most vegetable plants so much more. Thanks for passing along this excellent tip. 👍😎

thanks from zone 9b!

Thanx for the metric temp conversions!

@TheMillennialGardener

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome! I want everyone to be able to benefit from these vids 😎

I have thought it was just me and I was just contemplating a way to cover my garden so I could shade and maybe extend my season! 👍

Thanks bro! My tomatoes were destroyed from the heat here in Oklahoma. It's been driving me crazy!

This is GREAT. I drape this cloth all across my garden to protect it from the blazing heat that scorches everything. Thanks for sharing all your great ideas with us and for the links.

@TheMillennialGardener

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome! I'm glad it was helpful!

First time gardener here too, and I am grateful for all these gardening videos on here. I wouldn't know most of what I've learned this past few months. I started with a tomato plant that I am actually still growing! & carrots - but those carrots, we tried to replant 'em three times & well they were starting to work out, but the chickens & the cat kept digging up the container... Anyway the chickens are in the process of getting their fence mended so they can't get out and into the garden... So we are doing gardening AND chickens all at once. BECAUSE this shite is going to be BAD. Not to mention having like 80lbs of flour, at least 100lbs of lentils, at least 100lbs of rice, and 100lbs of beans... I mean we've got that food, and spices etc... Lots of sugar and salt put up. I PROBABLY should be putting up some more water. Looks like I'm going to have a lot of tomatoes when these ripen up, my tomato plants are doing great and they WERE doing terrible for such a long time, but then as soon as I gave them bigger pots they just exploded! Anyway so that's going to be a bunch of tomatoes & then the cherry tomatoes (the one I grew from seed) and that one's doing fine. I grew some corn from seed & my corn stalks are really cool. Only one is having one ear of corn on it, but that is my first ear of corn EVER and the plant is taller than my husband!! It's really awesome when you grow something SO big from something so small! We've harvested two rounds of small red potatoes, & already planted another two containers full and they are roughly 2 weeks apart & growing well.

One word BRILLIANT best wishes from Scotland 🤗🙂

@TheMillennialGardener

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I appreciate you watching!

Spot on video! I live deep south Texas, zone 10A. I already lost a few fig trees and a couple pear trees to the extreme heat. This is the solution.

@TheMillennialGardener

Жыл бұрын

A common misconception about fig trees if they're drought tolerant. In their native climates, they tend to grow on top of limestone pockets that hold water all summer long, so even though the weather is dry, they're growing on top of lime-rich underground streams of sorts. 3 back-to-back dry, hot days will harm my fig trees in my sandy soil. Drip irrigation and mulching is good for them.

You're right buddy you're exactly right this is Fred and El Monte California and I like what you say and I believe in it thank you so much for sharing this with us God bless you and your family

This is fantastic. I’ve done gardening all my adult life. I wish I had this then. I am definitely getting some and I am going to share your video with the rest of the my family who have urban gardens.

@TheMillennialGardener

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! It's a big deal during the heat of the summer. It's invaluable from late June to early August when the sun is really brutal. I took mine down over a week ago since the sun is losing its brutality here, but during July when everything's getting scorched, it's a lifesaver!

Thank You 😊 I love the shade tarp ! Dale is so sweet 💖

@TheMillennialGardener

Жыл бұрын

Dale is such a good boy. We really lucked out! He's the best.

Thank you Millennial gardener for the video of the shade netting in your vegetable garden. Here in Yecla, Murcia, Spain we are having almost 2 months of extreme heat, 40ºC (104ºF) and no rain. I have made a cover similar to yours, with rectangles of shade netting of 2mx1m tied to 6mm irons nailed to the ground. They look like horizontal sails in the wind, and the flexibility of the 2m irons makes the system stay in spite of the wind. Best regards. ClaudioSerraBrun

Yes! Living in the Phoenix area, shade cloth has to go up by May. You did a great job with your shade structure being tall and enclosed. I like my shade cloth at least 6 feet above the ground and open on the north side. Some of the plants are are also somewhat shielded from the east. Most of the plants get morning sun but not afternoon.

@TheMillennialGardener

Жыл бұрын

Installing the tarp overhead is definitely the way to go. It works fantastic as a sun shade. However, if you can't for whatever reason, even tossing it draped over the plants is better than nothing. I am waiting for another 300ft reel of SS cable to finish supporting the tarp in my garden.

Awesome. I was about to give up on my garden right now in Texas.

Well done, very helpful sir! Thank you!

@TheMillennialGardener

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You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

Its going to start getting very hot here in about a month or so on the gold coast in Australia - so will be putting my hands to work to replicate your shade structure. Thanks for sharing.

I’m in Utah and while we have low humidity, the temperatures have been crazy the last two years. Regularly triple digits or close to it. I think I’ll invest in shade cloth next year to stop my cucumbers from frying.

Great video! I'm in the Atlanta area. This time of year my tomatoes stop producing. In fact, almost all my plants suffer from the extreme heat. (The only exception is okra which seems to love heat.) I'm going to use your ideas. Thank you.

Awesome information! Thank you so much for sharing!

@TheMillennialGardener

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You’re welcome! Thank you so much for watching 😊

I do appreciate your videos! I am a newer gardener/KZreadr and have learned so much from what you share. Thank you!

@TheMillennialGardener

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I appreciate that so much! I'm glad the videos are helpful, and I'm glad to hear you're embarking on a garden journey. Thanks for watching!

What a good informative down to earth video, thank you so much, from Australia 🇦🇺

Oh my gosh, how perfect!!! Here in Alabama we had over 100 straight days over 90° with many many days at 90% humidity. Sheer misery

Excellent! I'm from South Africa and now in our summer we've had two heatwaves with 33C in the shade and 37-40 in the sun. So I built a frame of 3m long and 2m high, 1,5m wide, and covered it with shadecloth. The difference was immediate and remarkable,. Use of compost (selfmade)and mulch, plus watering are necessary in our harsh climate. During our next winter I'll rebuild the steel framework and extend it considerably, to cover an area of about 30m2.

i'm in davidson co. nc, heat humidity, thunderstorms ugh. lost my ash tree couple year back, provided shade for the 20x32 deck. i put a 50 percent shade cloth over parts of the deck and wow what a change. that's where i have my container figs and new starts.

I ordered one of the shade cloths too, as my fig trees were also getting scorched. Thanks for a great tip.

@hillbillyhomestead1966

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I use thouse shde cloths

New sub here from Spokane Valley Wa 😊may you all have a totally blessed day 😊

Great hoop house design way better than PVC tunnels

GREAT! I love the way you used the tomato vine clips to hold up the shade cloth at 9:25! I use them a lot for odd jobs, as well! LOVE what you do. Especially fig tree advice! ;-)

Arizona desert . Last year 60+ days 110! Dry dry dry we are … this method is what I will do for my redesigned beds, I can cover the smaller ones way easier this will work for the long beds I hope…bought the tarp now need long T-posts…

I purchased shade cloth for the first time this year and I’ve been really happy w it. Game changer!

@TheMillennialGardener

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100%! It makes a huge difference. If you don't believe it, try it, and you'll be a believer!

Great video! I have planted a garden two years in a row. I am in southern MS. Everything was going great two years in a row. Then come July it all burned up. I had 5-6 foot corn and then they just burned and died. Same with my tomato and pepper plants.

Most helpful tips. Thank you for sharing.

@TheMillennialGardener

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You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

Amazing. The plants turn sunshine and greenhouse gases into food.

Thank you for this great video, very helpful! I live in the great state of Texas. It has been very hot (triple digit) and dry and we don't see any relief any time soon. My tomato plant is growing but have not produce anything due the heat. My zucchini, bell peppers and jalapeno bear some fruit but it all stop producing now. I have shaded my garden with some sun shade that I have laying around but it's not cutting it. It's just too hot.

Glad I came across this channel! Explains a lot about my garden this year! Subscribed.

@TheMillennialGardener

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Thanks for subscribing! I appreciate it! Glad the video was helpful.

Your idea is very helpful, thank you

@TheMillennialGardener

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Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

Great stuff. Sadly in Kansas, stuff like that is just a kite. 15-25mph winds most days

Once again a very helpful knowledge drop!😃 I use shade cloth...a large percentage of my garden is under shade with the record heat we are having in Central Texas; however, I hadn't thought about keeping it up to keep my fall crops happy. Gonna do it! Thanks!👍 Hey to sweet Dale!🐕

@mochamommyATX

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Hello for ATX

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Very clever, nice job!

I've been thinking about adding a 30% shade cloth to cover my entire raised bed garden area. Seems we hit the mid 90's in May this year and it's been non-stop. The garden is a mess due to the extreme high heat this year (zone 8A south of Atlanta). Thanks for posting this video!

@thomasmorano17

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I did n growing great

@davidward1259

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@@thomasmorano17 What area are you in? I'm in 8A, south of Atlanta, GA. 90-100 degree summers and super high humidity are the norm, but this year it started in May instead of July.

@judymiller323

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@@davidward1259 zone 9A here- brutal

@davidward1259

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@@judymiller323 We are in a mini-drought. No rain for 3 weeks and 90* plus temps. Here we go again..... (thankfully we have drip irrigation, but it costs money to use)

Fantastic idea for your shade structure I'm going to use it. Thank you!

@TheMillennialGardener

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You're welcome!