sun How to change 50% sunshade into 30%?

grahamsprodigy · May 20, 2017

Ok, so I bought this 12 foot by 8 foot 50% vinyl shade with the intention to hang it up so that half the day my peppers aren't broiling in the AZ sun, and now I have read the suggestion that 30% shade increases yields. Can I just, I dunno, cut some holes in various places and assume that will work?

karoo · May 20, 2017

I would keep it at 50%.

From what I can read , we are in the same climate +/- . Hot , dry , fierce sun.
You will do well with 50% shade.

lek · May 20, 2017

i don't shade my pepper at all and they're doing great!!!

this is jay's peach ghost scorpion on clay soil. temperature ~ 90F, light ~ 100,000 lux

moruga welder · May 20, 2017

return it ? or set it up to keep 2 to 4 sun off . :party:

hogleg · May 20, 2017

lek said:
i don't shade my pepper at all and they're doing great!!!

this is jay's peach ghost scorpion on clay soil. temperature ~ 90F, light ~ 100,000 lux

Can I get a humidity reading next time?

lek · May 20, 2017

hogleg said:
Can I get a humidity reading next time?

the meter shows ~29 RH%. but if you would like to know my soil humidity level it will be in this range 32% - 58%.

Chewi · May 22, 2017

Keep it. Big difference between 90 degrees and 110 degrees.

grahamsprodigy · May 23, 2017

karoo said:
I would keep it at 50%.

From what I can read , we are in the same climate +/- . Hot , dry , fierce sun.
You will do well with 50% shade.

I think you're on to something here. The way I've got it set up is that one half of my planter is covered. Because the uncovered side is near a wall, I don't get full sun all day, but maybe from around 9am-12pm I do. The remainder of the day there is only the sun shade to cover them. There was a marked difference in the way my smaller plants were looking this afternoon. The larger ones I'm not sure yet.