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shade Shade cloth for Pubescens

dustonj2008

dustonj2008

Hello everyone,
I wanted to see if anyone has any experience using shade cloths with Pubescens. I know they prefer cooler temps. Does anyone have any suggestions on what color and/or percentage would be good for Central Ohio (Zone 6a)?
 
Tell ya the truth I've never put that much thought on it. I just use an old thin cheep white sheet. We're pretty much low tech and all natural here.
 
I used 40% Aluminet shade cloth last year for most of my peppers, including my one pubescens (Giant Mexican Rocoto).
 
All of my peppers did much better under the Aluminet. Not only does it shade but it lowers temps a bit more than regular shade cloth.
 
My Giant Mexican Rocoto only produced one pod last grow season. However, it not only survived the winter outside without issue... it started putting out new growth in the middle of winter and had flowers before spring started! My thought is they need much cooler temps for optimal growth and fruiting. So my suggestion would be to give aluminet shade cloth a try for your pubescens as well, possibly an even higher percent than 40. If it's like my plant then aim to overwinter it because they are a bit slower growing than others.
 
Good luck! That one GMR pod I tasted was delicious.
 
Spicy Mushroom said:
I used 40% Aluminet shade cloth last year for most of my peppers, including my one pubescens (Giant Mexican Rocoto).
 
All of my peppers did much better under the Aluminet. Not only does it shade but it lowers temps a bit more than regular shade cloth.
 
My Giant Mexican Rocoto only produced one pod last grow season. However, it not only survived the winter outside without issue... it started putting out new growth in the middle of winter and had flowers before spring started! My thought is they need much cooler temps for optimal growth and fruiting. So my suggestion would be to give aluminet shade cloth a try for your pubescens as well, possibly an even higher percent than 40. If it's like my plant then aim to overwinter it because they are a bit slower growing than others.
 
Good luck! That one GMR pod I tasted was delicious.
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where did you get your shade cloth at ?
 
I've been looking at them on greenhousemegastore.com but I haven't purchased yet. Interested to see where Spicy got his.
 
My father got one from Harbor Freight and it worked well last year. Not entirely sure if it was intended as a shade cloth for plants but it worked really well. Going to see if I can pick one up this year. Its only 70ish degrees here and my plants are already taking a beating. soon it will be 80, 90, 100!
 
SavinaRed said:
where did you get your shade cloth at ?
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I couldn't find Aluminet, or any growing shade cloth for that matter, at Home Depot, Lowes, or nurseries. Home Depot/Lowes had shade cloth at 80% but it's not meant for growing. I ended up ordering the Aluminet online. They had a few different sizes and percentages. I'll look through my email for order information and post the site here in a bit.
 
Looks like you can use it for just about anything!
 
 
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random google pic
 
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