Greenhouse Shade Cloth

Greenhouse shade cloth is probably one of the least expensive and effective ways to help control the amount of heat gain in a greenhouse. Most shade cloths are attached to the outside of the greenhouse. They are typically placed over the roof and held down on each side by homeowner supplied ropes or bungee cords placed through the grommets in the sides of the shade cloth and fastened to the side of your greenhouse or ground stakes. A major concern is what to do about roof vents. There are two ways to handle this. The first one is to use a knitted shade cloth and cut around the roof vent openings. The knitted will not ravel. If you do this with the reflective shade cloth or woven shade cloth you will need to do something to the cut edges so they will not fray. The easiest way we have found is to tighten the shade cloth down in the areas where there are no roof vents and leave your attachment loose in the areas where there are roof vents. We have found that we will need to readjust for a couple of days after we put the greenhouse shade cloth on initially. You do not want any extra pressure on the roof vents with automatic openers where the shade cloth is holding them partially closed. This will potentially damage your automatic roof vent openers. Once it is adjusted properly you typically do not need to readjust. The second option is to place the shade cloth inside the greenhouse. The reflective shade is the material of choice for this option. You will need to look at your greenhouse when considering this option. Depending on the make and model there may be trusses or braces in the way. Usually there is a way to overcome these obstacles. Just take a look first before ordering your greenhouse shade cloth.

Black color naturally resists the sun’s harmful UV radiation for many years of satisfactory performance. We offer the black greenhouse shade cloth in two options. The first is the polypropylene woven shade cloth, this must be taped as it will fray. The second option is the polyethylene knit shade cloth. This will not fray. The third shade cloth we offer is white reflective. It is white on both sides. It will give you diffused light in the greenhouse, reaching all parts of the plant. It limits light and heat transmission for more efficient greenhouse shading during the day.  It reduces heat stress on the plants and increases the efficiency of your greenhouse ventilation system.

All of the shade cloths we offer are taped on all four sides with a 2 3/4″ polypropylene binder and have grommets every 2′ on all four sides.These are custom made for you as ordered. Please allow 2 weeks for delivery. In the peak season of late spring through summer, please allow 3 weeks.

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