What percentage is everyone using for shade cloth?

[Guest]

--PS: I ordered a 55% shade. Hopefully it will bring Temps down. I'm in zone 6, se pa and my greenhouse was 114 the other day at 10:30am.

[Green]

What are you growing? I grow houseplants and used 70/80% before I replaced my greenhouses with a shade house.

[Danny]

Depends what you're growing and where you are, how much sun, etc. I'd say 40% is standard but I'm from the north east.

[Brenda]

Vancouver Island, Canada: zone 8b: 40% shade cloth and BIG exhaust fan for vegetables in the summer. No shade cloth used for starting babies. They need all the sun they can get in our spring.

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[Cory]

None. I only grow peppers and tomatoes in mine though.

[Beth]

6B and I think it's about 50%

[Renee]

No shade in the spring while my seedlings are growing. But as soon as they are outside we put up 70% shade cloth, turn on the exhaust fan and oscillating fan, and prop open the door so I can comfortably work in the greenhouse in the day time.

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[Sandy]

70 in western Kansas and our garden is looking beautiful this year.

[Sylvie]

I use 40% for vegetables . In central Texas zone 8.

[Chris]

If you live in the southern part of the USA- suggest 70% or 50-70%. Cooler climates might be able to do 30-40% .

[Bella]

After install 85%, light inside my greenhouse is 4000-4800Lux max which is very idea for my plant collection, it really depends on what you grow in it . If block heat is the main concern I highly recommend reflective cloth, works way better then black ones.

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[Robert]

I have a 55% cover on one and a 35% cover on the other. Really depends on what your growing.

[Kevin]

8a 50% shade cloth. but it only gets 6-8hrs a day of direct sunlight.