Shading ??

Ok .. recently put up my Greenhouse ... growing well underway.
Been told I need to think about shading.

If I buy material, is it normal to apply on the 'inside' with clips into the frame, or draped over outside and tied down ?

Also any views on product ....... plenty of people selling green shading mesh, but also seen a white material:
green house shading 15m x 2.1m | eBay UK

Welcome advice.

 

Shading fitted on the outside is better if you can manage it. It tends to work as a solar air heater if its mounted inside the glazing.

 

A few years ago I came up with a novel way to apply greenhouse shading.
The soil in my garden is fairly acidic, so I apply garden lime (chalk) from time to time to combat this.
Many years ago, in my days as a groundsman, powdered chalk mixed with water was used to mark the white lines on grass sports pitches.

Simply mix a little garden lime with water (to the consistency of, say, pouring batter for puddings or pancakes) in a bucket.
Paint it all over the inside of the glass using a large decorating brush and you have a cheap, effective and easy to apply greenhouse shading. It dries on in a matter of minutes.
At the end of the summer it is easily removed by simply hosing down the glass.
In my case there is the added benefit of improving the soil pH in my greenhouse too. The actual amount of chalk powder used is very small, so even for those whose soil is chalky already I wouldn't think there was any problem in doing this.

 

I don't want to paint the glass ......... want to use a material of some sort.

 

I've got an aluminium greenhouse and I'm just waiting for someone to come up with summat I can fix (somehow) to the apex on the outside in order to have shading which works roller-blind fashion.

It should be relatively simple, but for the life of me I can't work it out .... yet.

 

if you come up with something let me know ....

a roll of bamboo / reed wind break may be an option .... but anything outside will be an issue around windows.

 

In the absence of my longed for invention, I too use cool-glass.

 

That is one reason I don't want to go the paint route ...... if it can be washed/wiped off at end of year, how can it cope with rain ?
Also it would look visually poor.

 

I bought cool-glass the other day. It's inexpensive and effective and even after us getting loads of rain over the last few days it has stayed completely put. Plus one little sachet goes a long way.
Well worth it

 

As this is my first greenhouse, I'm a bit baffled as to the necessity of shading the glass. Is it just used when the greenhouse is in full sun all day? (Mine isn't as it's partially shaded by surrounding trees).

I'd be interested to hear what thoughts and experience members have had.

Chris

 

I made decision to go for green shading mesh, it is simply clipped to roof and one vertical wall on the inside.
Used the nylon twist clips to fix ... so can be taken down easily at any time.


Looks very neat .. from outside, appears simply as tinted glass.