The shading has cut the sun scald by 80% or more and the plants in the shade are actually making larger peppers and just as many as the ones in full sun.
Although I'm trying to keep heat in rather than out, that has been my experience also. When saving seed, I grow peppers in PVC cages covered with Agribon. Those plants set more peppers than those grown in the open, and there are almost no losses due to sunscald or insect damage. I have to watch for aphid infestation though; protected from predators, their numbers inside the cage can explode. If that happens, I open the cage, mark all peppers set, and predators (usually wasps) wipe out the aphids within a week or so.
August 12, 2017
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