Shadehouse

 Hi there,
I have been having problems with most of my vegetables flowering even
before they reach a mature stage. Was wondering if that is due to the fact
that the weather has been so hot lately and the extended period of no
rain. Therefore, I decided to install a shadehouse to protect the plants.

a) Does anyone have any ideas on why the plants are all bolting?
b) Do you think the shade house will solve the problem?
c) How would you go about a home-made shadehouse?
d) What is the best material cover to use for the shade, what colour and
why?

TIA

Niki

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 Gooday Niki,
Just a guess, you live in Melbourne?
I have had the same thing here. Caulies and Cabbages all ended up being
recycled due to bolting. I even had a Black Russian tomato plant which
was able to fruit after overwintering this year. I think that is amazing.
The hot days we had recently led to this I reckon.
The shade house could solve the problem if you can keep things watered
and allow some adequate light, what ever that is. I would make sure on
really hot days the sun is completely removed from plants, or only have
it in the early morning, keeping everything watered.
Here are some ideas on how to build it at home


Niki wrote:

 This is great idea A lot of advertising flyers for camping acessories
feature those portable carports.They can be converted to shade houses.
See here>>>
If you want to get something out of the box that doesn't require a good
deal of planning or effort, try one of those portable carport
structures. I got mine for about 100 bucks, it's a good sturdy steel
structure...there's a photo in the "growing area" thread on page 2...I
replaced the canvas topcloth with some shadecloth I bought online, ready
to go and grommeted for about another 40 bucks...The structure is about
10 X 20, but since I didn't have the space, we only used enough pieces
from the kit to do a 10 X 15, you could also do a 10 X 10...
We did not cement it into the ground, but into some CBS blocks and it
hasn't moved an inch or sustained any structural damage with all the
storms we've had. The only damage I had with Wilma was some tears in the
shadecloth from fallen branches and flying shingles.



Niki wrote:

 This is great idea A lot of advertising flyers for camping acessories
feature those portable carports.They can be converted to shade houses.
See here>>>
If you want to get something out of the box that doesn't require a good
deal of planning or effort, try one of those portable carport
structures. I got mine for about 100 bucks, it's a good sturdy steel
structure......I replaced the canvas topcloth with some shadecloth I
bought online, ready to go and grommeted for about another 40
bucks...The structure is about 10 X 20, but since I didn't have the
space, we only used enough pieces from the kit to do a 10 X 15, you
could also do a 10 X 10...
We did not cement it into the ground, but into some CBS blocks and it
hasn't moved an inch or sustained any structural damage with all the
storms we've had. The only damage I had with Wilma was some tears in the
shadecloth from fallen branches and flying shingles.

Niki wrote:

 Try supercheap car parts...

Jonno wrote: