to shade, or not to shade?

[tonybloke]

can't make my mind up![attachment=1]

[tonybloke]

[cambourne7]

i would shade during the heat of the day and unshade from 4pm onwards ;)

[caroline7758]

That would be fun with shading paint, Cam!

[tonybloke]

wouldn't it just!LoL ;D

[cambourne7]

That would be fun with shading paint, Cam!

Yes it would be I though it was a matter of covering it with shading fabric not paint  ;D

[Old bird]

Tonybloke - Lovely greenhouse - but I would shade.  I use old net curtains just on the roof of mine (due to how the sun hits it) but yours looks like it gets sun all day every day (provided it is a sunny day !!!)  I don't like the spray on shading though!

Old Bird

;D

[tonybloke]

it's at the allotment, I'm at college most days....I tried this stripy effect a couple of years ago, seems to work! ;D

[moonbells]

I've the same dilemma but with a potting shed. I need light when dull as it's only partly-glazed, but it gets to 40+C when the sun's out, even with the opening vent!
Has anyone here used Nixol please? Looks rather good but I'd rather go by a recommendation...

moonbells

[GrannieAnnie]

Shade or no shade, I'm green with envy!

[Deb P]

I confess I've never shaded either of my greenhouse to any degree.......I wonder how thick that paint on shading stuff is....could you use it to paint something a bit more decorative than stripes or total block on the glass I wonder? Anyone ever tried that?

[shirlton]

I shade 2 of mine and the other 2 I leave because the one is made of rigid plastic that has gone misty so is just right and the other in the garden has an acer tree growing over it and lets dappled sun through. I use green net on the roof

[realfood]

Whatever you do, avoid using shade paint on plastic greenhouses. It seems to combine with the plastic and it is impossible to wash it off again.

[valmarg]

OH, in his wisdom, with the warm weather we have had of late, decided to use our fleece to shade the greenhouse (on the inside).

Frost warnings of the past few nights - where's the ruddy fleece ???

Hopefully everything will survive ;D

valmarg