Hello Friends! Today we will look into Shade House or Green-Net house, Its benefits in
gardening, Different colors of shadenets and some important points to remember in Its Planning,
Design Ideas and Construction of shade house at home gardening or terrace gardening level.
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bell icon and so that you wont miss any updates. What is a Shade House?, also called shadenet
house or net house, green net house, green house and so on.
A Shade house is a framed structure enclosed by nets or any other woven material of different
percentages of light filtering, to allow only the required amount of sunlight, moisture
and air to pass through the gaps. It creates an appropriate micro climate for proper plant
growth. The shade nets are made up of 100% Polyethylene
thread with specialised UV treatment and they have different shade percentages or Shade
factors i.e 15%, 35%, 40%, 50% 75% and 90% (for example 35% shade factor means - the
net will cut 35% of light intensity and would allow only 65% of light intensity to pass
through the net).
Each plant has its individual requirements for sunlight and shade and to create optimum
climatic conditions, selection of the correct percentage of shade factor is very important.
Colors of Shadenets:
Presently shadenets are available in different colours i.e. white, black, red, blue, yellow
and green and in combinations: like Green x Black - Black x Black - White x Black - Green
x Green . Whatever it is the darker shade generally filters more sunlight and Green
x Green shade - enhances the process of photosynthesis in plants resulting better foliage in ornamental
plants. Planning and Design of a Shade House:
The shade house structure should be planned taking into consideration the type of crop
to be grown, locally available materials and local climatic conditions. I will only discuss
some important points at home gardening or terrace gardening level, that�s is basics.
Site selection & Orientation: Single span structure may be oriented either in east-west
or north-south direction but multispan structure should be oriented in north-south direction
to ensure uniform light intensity. Structure: It mainly the FRAME and CLADDING
MATERIAL. 1. FRAME: best material to use for framing
is MS (Full form of MS is Mild steel). This can easily last for than 25 years depending
on the guage you use. Here am using 16 guage material � like 3 inch diameter MS pipes
for pillars, 2 inch pipes for top frame support. Plus you can plan and design decorative ideas
like hooks for hanging pots, Then two step or three step pots stands, then plan one area
for vertical garden using thick mesh support to hang vertical pots and also a provision
for garden swing and things like that depending on your budget.
2. Make sure you periodically perform anti-rust treatment by painting the MS material like
once in 2 � 3 years or so. 3. The Cheaper Alternative to MS is bamboo
sticks but the life of this type of shade house is not more than 5 years or so.
4. Now coming to the Shade Net Material, you can choose the Filter percentage depending
on your local climate. In my zone, am using 50 percent green-green shade net which is
the most commonly used everywhere. You need to tie the shade net cloth firmly at all ends
and at multiple places to keep it taut and give it�s a professional look. Also remember
to keep it open at atleast 2 sides to allow good air flow to your plants. And also giving
some gaps at the side walls at different places is a good idea to allow air circulation.
5. The Design and Decoration depends on your engineering skills as well as your budget
and ofcourse the dimensions of the shade house. 6. The cost of shadenet cloth differs from
place to place and also on the percentage of sunlight filtering � like 50 percent
shade net comes at the price of 1 to 2 dollar per square meter or even less than that. And
the cost of MS framing will be about 2 - 3 dollars per square feet including material
and labour. We will quickly look at the uses of shade
house in gardening and farming: � Helps in proper growth and development
of any type of plants like flower plants, ornamental plants, medicinal plants, vegetables
& fruits specially in summer and hot places. � Helps to enhance yield and prevent losses
due to excessive heat. � Protection against many pest attacks.
� Protects crops from natural weather disturbances such as wind, rain, hail stones, frost, bird
and insects. � Used in production of grafts and reducing
its failure rate during hot summer days. � Helps in creating favourable micro environment
for production of Vermicompost. � Other uses like Hardening of plants, terrace
gardening, fencing and so on..
So there we have it folks, that is the beginning of my terrace gardening in my shade house.
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