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Whitewash for greenhouse?

DoomsDave

By DoomsDave
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DoomsDave Grand Master

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I need to whitewash my greenhouse, because I want to use it to sprout seeds, and I'm afraid little plants will burn.

What would you-all use? White paint blacks it out.

Suggestions?

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Josh-O Grand Master

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Dave, You can buy a spray on liquid shade compound. I use this on my big greenhouse. Conley greenhouse and manufacturing sells it in 5 gal buckets. I also think american horticultural supply also sells it?

Carlsbad, California Zone 10 B on the hill (402 ft. elevation)

Sunset zone 24

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Pedro 65 Grand Master

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Clear plastic straight over the top of shade cloth will make your greenhouse become a hothouse. Sorry, never heard of a hothouse being called a whitehouse, is it a hothouse with "white plastic" ??

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MattyB Grand Master

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I've used primer diluted with water. It's messy. Why not look on CL or ebay for used scraps of shade cloth. They have lots of large leftover pieces from huge commercial projects.

Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

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I've used primer diluted with water. It's messy. Why not look on CL or ebay for used scraps of shade cloth. They have lots of large leftover pieces from huge commercial projects.

Great idea!

Glad I thought of it.

I happen to have a scrap of my own.

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Josh-O Grand Master

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Matt could be onto something big. That' the mess free way to do your project!! Liquid shade is generally used for 5,000 + sqft and up size greenhouses. Dave be sure to use 40% shade cloth so you don't rob your plants of to much sun light. poly plastic or bpolyarbonate usually have around 95% light transmit.

Carlsbad, California Zone 10 B on the hill (402 ft. elevation)

Sunset zone 24

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