The Things We Do For Love

bigboerboel

bigboerboel

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The things we do for love. Record breaking heat here through next Thursday. Temps 101-103 with almost no wind. One plant has been OK, but the other is showing signs of heat stress. The question...

Is a 50% sunscreen and airflow the right thing to do? Or, just water the S#!T out the them in the morning and afternoon and let them have the full sun?

Thanks again.

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Beautiful plants and awesome dog. English Bull Terrier crossed with???
 
bigboerboel said:
Is a 50% sunscreen and airflow the right thing to do? Or, just water the S#!T out the them in the morning and afternoon and let them have the full sun?
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I have heard of lettuce farmers using a sunscreen of one type or another. Most lettuce varieties do not do well once it gets blazing hot for more than a day or two in a row.

Watering helps to cool the ground. There is going to be evaporation so some cooling. Do not know how much help the fan will be.
 
SmokingWings said:
I have heard of lettuce farmers using a sunscreen of one type or another. Most lettuce varieties do not do well once it gets blazing hot for more than a day or two in a row.

Watering helps to cool the ground. There is going to be evaporation so some cooling. Do not know how much help the fan will be.
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I have the fan running because I was worried the 50% shade net would hold in some of the heat. I know 50% has decent ventilation, but without wind, there isn't much circulation in the low area of the yard.

I'm watering 4 gal each in the early morning, but I think I'll do a light 1 gal water around 3pm. Nothing on the leaves of course.

EDIT: It's 103 now, at 11:30am.
 
Stay cool! I battled that heat wave all summer. Yesterday was the first below 95°. Fall is coming yay!
 
I like your setup! I bet they would like some mist as well... nice cool water, pump sprayer.
 
cbdhemp808 said:
I bet they would like some mist as well... nice cool water, pump sprayer.
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They make these type of cooling spray gizmos for patios or decks. Have to be able to plug them in and need to be able to run a hose to them. Turn them on and the water is pushed out as a mist and a small fan directs it at the area where the people would be seated. The people who were seated in the area said it was a lot cooler than just a fan. I have no idea how efficient they actually are for something like plants.
 
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