Use Floating Row Cloth. The cloth will let in 50% to 90% light depending on the one you buy. This will help with the scorching sun. When you water it will stay on the cloth and ground longer keeping the plant/ground moist longer. If you do the method where you cover all sides of the cloth with dirt this keeps all bugs out.
Has anyone ever tried using some kind of partial sun filter (maby plastic sheeting) in the field to maby block some percentage of the light in situations where the sun is hot and evaporation is high due to that? I know some farmers use plastic at soil level to keep moisture in the soil.
Not a bad idea except for the problem with wind. By late afternoon of that day we had winds of 80km/h when a cool change moved through so you would need something that could withstand that. Some more sensitive high value crops are grown using shade cloth.
Ok, thanks for your reply, so I guess it's still something to think about. If the plastic sheet is held basically parallel to the grount or horizontal, it will receive alot less wind than if any part of it was vertical where the wind can push it much easier.
Of course there is another problem rain fall onto the crops then, unless the plastic is "reeled" back in or irrigation is used. I guess the idea seems very practical for small home plots or farms.
ohhh man... that sucks. i am a german farmer. i think about to start growing vegetables.cause sugarbeets, seeds and corn aren´t enough profitable anymore, hopefully this will never happen to me. u have cool videos, pls keep on doing this.
Here in Arizona, we grow cotton and melons when it gets that hot... I am amazed at how good your Romaine looks. This video was 2 monts ago, hopefully it did not get much uglier.
We lost mainly young parsnips and some endive and every other crop got set back but will recover.
Our losses on the farm amount to nothing compared with hundreds that lost lives and thousands that lost homes in the bushfires that occurred at the same time.
Use Floating Row Cloth. The cloth will let in 50% to 90% light depending on the one you buy. This will help with the scorching sun. When you water it will stay on the cloth and ground longer keeping the plant/ground moist longer. If you do the method where you cover all sides of the cloth with dirt this keeps all bugs out.
multisustainable 1 year ago
@multisustainable Interesting idea. Thank you.
Bestleeks 1 year ago
haha try living in san antonio texas its going to be 102 degrees F
LENNYlanes 1 year ago
@LENNYlanes um thats like 40degres cellcius
miniridgey2 3 months ago
Has anyone ever tried using some kind of partial sun filter (maby plastic sheeting) in the field to maby block some percentage of the light in situations where the sun is hot and evaporation is high due to that? I know some farmers use plastic at soil level to keep moisture in the soil.
trailkeeper 2 years ago
Not a bad idea except for the problem with wind. By late afternoon of that day we had winds of 80km/h when a cool change moved through so you would need something that could withstand that. Some more sensitive high value crops are grown using shade cloth.
Bestleeks 2 years ago
Ok, thanks for your reply, so I guess it's still something to think about. If the plastic sheet is held basically parallel to the grount or horizontal, it will receive alot less wind than if any part of it was vertical where the wind can push it much easier.
trailkeeper 2 years ago
Of course there is another problem rain fall onto the crops then, unless the plastic is "reeled" back in or irrigation is used. I guess the idea seems very practical for small home plots or farms.
trailkeeper 2 years ago
ohhh man... that sucks. i am a german farmer. i think about to start growing vegetables.cause sugarbeets, seeds and corn aren´t enough profitable anymore, hopefully this will never happen to me. u have cool videos, pls keep on doing this.
greetz
GermanTHR 2 years ago
Thanks. I'm sure in Germany you still have your own risks with snow and ice in the winter.
Bestleeks 2 years ago
Here in Arizona, we grow cotton and melons when it gets that hot... I am amazed at how good your Romaine looks. This video was 2 monts ago, hopefully it did not get much uglier.
sjwyuma 2 years ago
isn't good weather for the crops. you don't have mutch to do.
do you lost some crop?in portugal we had mutch rain and in the moment good weather 5 to 20 ºC. and very good prices 2.5 €/kg.
tourinha 3 years ago
We lost mainly young parsnips and some endive and every other crop got set back but will recover.
Our losses on the farm amount to nothing compared with hundreds that lost lives and thousands that lost homes in the bushfires that occurred at the same time.
Bestleeks 3 years ago