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Lettuce beds growing under shade cloth stretched above the plants

Shade cloth for vegetables: which percentage, and how to rig it

Protection
Which shade cloth percentage suits fruiting crops, which suits leafy greens, why heavy shade-house cloth is too dense for most food crops, and how to rig cloth above the plants.
Black shade cloth stretched over a vegetable bed in full sun

Sowing seed in a heatwave: evening sowing and a shaded row

Quick guide
Decide whether to sow through a hot spell or wait, and if you sow, do it in the evening into a watered drill under shade cloth, with a fridge trick for sown lettuce punnets.