Shade Cloth. What Is The Difference

category Shades, posted July 22, 2011

Where can shade cloth be used? The most common areas are gardens, backyards, pools, greenhouses, gazebos and decks. In fact, shade cloth use depends on a few factors. They are color, material and percentage.

According to recent researches, color of the shade cloth affects the plants. For example, roses growing under the red shade are taller and have more blossoms and foliage, as well as tomatoes. In turn, blue color helps to make plants more compact. Growing under the blue shade cloth plants have deeper color of foliage and there are more plants per sq. ft.

As for the percentage or a so-called UV-filtration factor of the shade cloth it refers to amount of UV rays blocked by it. For example, 30% cloth helps to keep large leaves out of pools. As for plants, it is an ideal protection for the crane’s-bill. 40$ shade cloth protects vegetable from burning. 65% cloth is mostly used for gazebos, backyards, pergolas and decks. Taking into account the color of the shade cloth, green (60%), black (80%) and white (50%) are the most popular. In hot climates and areas with big wind, 87% gray shade cloth is preferred. By the way, 60% green shade cloth has a good effect on orchids.

Some farmers use white 50% shade cloth to protect their tomatoes, chard and watermelons. They say they take the better crop when protect their plants with this shade cloth. And at last, 90% shade cloth is a great choice to shade livestock. Low density shade cloth with the percentage about 30% has a red edge while the high density cloth has the edge of the lime-green color.

As for the types of the shade cloth, woven and knitted are the most popular. However, woven cloth is heavier than knitted one and available only in black color. In turn, useful life of the knitted cloth is shorter, but this shade cloth is available in various colors.

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