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I started blogging again in July 2023 after some shifting of my job responsibilities, and my children growing up which gave me a lot more discretionary time. I do this for me, but I hope some others find my posts interesting or useful in some way.Protect Your Peppers From the Sun With a Sun Shade
8/6/2024 by Alan
When July and August hit Southern California, the days warm up an the intensity of the sun peaks for the summer. This unfortunately comes with a price - Suncald, Heat Stress, Heat Damage, or Sunburn - whatever you call it this is important to take care of and can be done with a sun shade.
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When July and August hit Southern California, the days warm up an the intensity of the sun peaks for the summer. This unfortunately comes with a price - Suncald, Heat Stress, Heat Damage, or Sunburn - whatever you call it this is important to take care of and can be done with a sun shade.
My Exposed Bell Peppers in Full Sun
Put in Screw Eyes in Each Post
Connect the Sun Shade to the Post With a Caribiner
Protect the Sides
I also come down the east and south edges of my sun shade to prevent sunburn from the exposure to the sun on the edges of my Bell Peppers.
This is the South Side - Almost Finished Installing!
Finished - Here is how it looks!
I Use a 55% Sunblock Sade Cloth
This is what I bought Last Year to deal with this problem and it lasted throughout the 2023 season and was in fine shape to use it again.
I Bought a Grommet Tool Kit
To fasten the sun shade to my four posts, I bought a lifetime supply of grommets with this Grommet Tool Kit, which worked out quite well, and will probably come in handy for the years to come.
Simple Screw Eyes in the Four Posts as Connection Points
Simple Caribiner (Spring Link) To Connect the Sun Shade to the Posts
Post Metadata
- Post Number: 271
- Year: 2024
- Slug: protect-your-peppers-from-the-sun-with-a-sun-shade
- Author: Alan
- Categories: Gardening
- Subcategories: Sun Shade
- Tags: bellpeppers, sunshade, gardening
- Keywords: Bell, Peppers, Sun, Shade
- Language Code: en
- Status: published
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- Date Created: 8/6/2024
- Last Edited: 8/6/2024
- Date To Show: 8/6/2024
- Last Updated: 7/1/2025
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