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Hello, Gary,
I’m sharing your channel with my friend, Robert, who lives in Japan. He’s a wonderful gardener also.
Thank you so much. We’re already starting to heat up in zone 8 so I’m glad to learn about shade cloth. I’m planting several of the vegetables you mentioned. This will help me save the crops I started inside several weeks ago. I’m a new gardener so I appreciate you sharing your knowledge.
Our lettuce is finally growing about 3" now.
Kale, Brussel sprouts, carrots, spinach & broccoli are taking off in Zone 6.
I wonder if a lighter shade of mulch would also help keep the soil cool, like cypress mulch?
I keep dragging my feet on getting some shade cloth and if I had some I could possibly have a better success rate with spring crops like broccoli 🥦 and cauliflower. I've had such bad luck I didn't start any seeds this spring. We also had 3 days in the upper 80's 2 were 89° in Pennsylvania already.
I haven’t seen shade cloth for sale at either Home Depot or Lowe’s or anywhere else. I ended up buying burlap that’s sold in 36” wide rolls. The wind rips it up pretty soon though.
We are expecting a high of 96 today on the Gulf Coast so cool season crops are only for fall. I can grow lettuce in my AeroGarden in the summer inside.
Another great video Mark. Thanks.