Taking off the shading

Suddenly realised that the shading was still on the greenhouse, could explain why I'm not getting many toms ripening. Its that white wash stuff, so rubbed most of it off today.

Has everyone else done the same?

 

Whoa! Hadn't realised that you should be taking this off at all!? I've got the netting up protecting the toms and they're ripening nicely; are you say that I'd get even better results from removing the netting now? Wouldn't the sunlight still scorch them?

 

I suppose the sun could scorch the leaves now, but that would not really matter that much in my experience as the plants aren't going to grow much more now.

Well taking off my shading has certainly improved the weather! Its been all nice & sunny since, but the suns not been strong enough to overheat my greenhouse. You don't have to remove the shading over the autumn/winter but I find it helps a bit. I also give the glass a bit of a clean to get rid of any green algea. I am growing some lettuces in there which will keep going even after the frosts have finished off my tomato plants, so maximising the sunlight is good for me.

I think I normally take off the shading in Oct/Nov time, so I'm earlier this year.

 

kristen - its all your fault its been an awful summer :wink:

I didn't take the shading off from last year (laziness again!) - when I moved my greenhouse into the new positions I took out the glass. Trouble is I put half of it the wrong way round so the shading is on the inside! Now I can't easily clean it off because all the plants are in the way . Next year I might invest in some of the green netting stuff that drapes on the outside, it should be much quicker.

 

Cheers for the fleece idea Capn Jon, it would need to be tied on or somehow fixed to stop it blowing away I would have thought - or did you mean fix it on the inside?