Kitchen Garden Forum

Greenhouse Shading

My new (but 2nd hand) greenhouse is getting hot as the weather warms up, it has remnants of the liquid shading stuff on the glass, which also looks a bit tatty, what do people prefer, any good mail order sites for the fabric stuff and what do people recommend.

Cheers

Compo

Last year I used an old duvet cover, that was destined for rags. I cut the seams open and tied a guide rope to each corner, popped the cotton cover over the green house and pegged down the ropes. Cost £0.

At the end of the year it was looking a bit mildewy, so I put it in the washing machine and have it ready for this year.

Hi Compo,
I don't think you need shading this time of year. Just ventilating is a better bet. The auto vent openers are very good, but quit expensive. Or it's two or three visits to the greenhouse a day. If I do shade the greenhouse I use green netting it looks a bit like onion sacking. But I only use it from about mid July till the end of September.