If you enjoyed this video, please “Like” and share to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching😊TIMESTAMPS here: 0:00 How To Grow A Shade Garden Intro 1:37 Benefits To Growing Vegetables In Shade 4:09 Metal Raised Garden Beds Benefits 4:26 Selecting A Part Shade Garden Location 5:49 Shade Gardening Tips And Tricks 7:22 Transplanting And Fertilizing Vegetables 8:43 Minimizing Heat Stress And Diseases 10:55 Adventures With Dale
I had a tomato plant that looked like it was going to die before transplanting. I felt bad about throwing it out, so it put it out to pasture by planting it in a shady spot. Well, one year later and this thing is a BEAST. Dark green leaves, tons of flowers, vigorous growth. I’ve never had a more healthy tomato plant. And I haven’t watered it or fertilized it or anything. And it overwintered without any pruning too! It’s far healthier than the one I put in full sun.
Yep! Tomatoes grow in forests in shady/dappled light situations. They're not a full sun species. Plant them under trees or simulated part-shade and watch them flourish!
I’m on the coast of Virginia and my gardening zone was changed this year from 8a to 8b. Our summers are very hot and humid. I am finally beginning to understand that full-sun on my tomatoes is just way too much here. Even with the best care, my tomatoes start to really struggle in July and August. Looking forward to seeing how your shadier crops grow this summer. Your channel is a wealth of information and I appreciate all that you share. Thank you!
Dappled light/part-shade will revolutionize your garden. It's not just tomatoes that love part shade and dappled light. Peppers, squash, cucumbers, potatoes...they all love it, let alone cooler season crops. Shade cloth is a must for your location in peak summer heat.
For weeks now I've been under the temptation to get a few containers set up on the shadier side of the house. You've just broken down my resistance. Shady side, here I come!
I had to grow all my vegetables in partial sun for years. I grew everything just fine except for melons. Tomatoes, peppers, zucchini, cucumbers, leeks, garlic, eggplant, herbs, and carrots did amazing. They only got 4 hours of direct sun.
Wow! You just made my summer! Here in Central Texas I face both the problems you mentioned...two months of 100 degree heat and a backyard with trees and limited sunshine. I just assumed any vegetable garden was impossible. I'm definitely gonna give it try where I've got some dappled sun. And I'll be anxiously watching your experiment!
Holy smokes! Thank you so much for your support and generosity! I really appreciate it ❤ I really recommend you watch my video on shade cloth. I cannot, cannot, *cannot* urge you to make a small investment in shade cloth enough. It's truly changed my gardening forever, and your heat is worse than mine, so I think it will do even more: th-cam.com/video/cO-U1wYGZ8Q/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Rdvh9uzZ1qR6evvr
I use full spectrum lights on my tomato plants at night to boost growth. I`m always experimenting. My Red Pepper powder experiment seems to have stopped the armadillo problem and has convinced the bunny that my garden plants are very dangerous to nibble on. Ha!
@@TheMillennialGardener Already have several shade cloths that I bought last summer for my fig trees (again, after watching one of your videos). May need more!
In my small yard here in sw Michigan, my tomatoes are planted in big, old recycle bins. They get all morning and midday sun, but then are in dappled shade all evening. They do great. 🍅👍🏻
Our peppers grow absolutely wonderfully on the north side of our house with 4-6 hours of sun. We get buckets upon buckets of peppers off each plant. We plant cubanelle, Anaheim, pepperoncini, and jalapeno.
I try and plant things that like cooler soil in the shady areas. Just came in from helping a friend rake up his father’s lawn ,one giant load of grass clippings for the compost pile. More truckload’s come,great birthday present!
UV index plays a big role, too. Most of these plants are understory plants that don't get full sun for hours a day, so the foliage just can't handle full sun when the UV index is high. They fall apart.
That was brilliant. I live in Tucson, Arizona, and now everything makes sense. No wonder why I am scared of our sun. Using shade cloth now for my peppers and tomatoes from your last year's instructions. Game changer. Thank you.
I do 40% here and it's perfect. In your location, I'd go 50-60%. It will *change* your garden forever. It's shocking what will grow under shade, even in southern AZ summers.
You're at a very high latitude, so in your location, you have no choice. You're growing tomatoes 25-30 degrees further north than they originate, so you have a different set of challenges to deal with.
"You are the most predictable person on Earth." Yes, they are PEOPLE. You cannot convince me otherwise. Great video! Even though I'm in Connecticut, I'll be throwing up some shade cloth for toms this year when it gets really hot, thanks to your advice. My area gets uninterrupted sunshine ALL. DAY. LONG. I think this year is going to be a game changer!
I took cuttings from my toughest tomato plants last year when freezes started happening and kept them just barely alive indoors in winter and put them back in the soil in early spring and they immediately began growing and blooming. They`re in my pole beans, carrots, and cucumber bed and partially shaded by those. Two very tiny dwarf plants are being grown indoors in a little hydro grower for cuttings. They`re fruiting though. They`ve been alive for over a year already and more are rooting outside in pots.
The best gardening info Channel on TH-cam. By the way, I can see your dog really loves you. Those that are kind to animals are almost always good folk. Keep up the intelligent vids and stay humble. Best wishes from another gardener from Ohio.
I have a raised bed garden under the trees and it's surrounded by Magnolia trees and Bottle Brush. It gets sun until about noon, then shade the rest of the day. I've already picked my first ripe tomatoes and cucumbers.
I strongly recommend you invest in shade cloth. It'll change your gardening routine forever. Things that would die in June will thrive. I use 40% shade cloth here. I can see 50-60% being useful your way, but at least try 40%.
We are also trying some garden experiments this year, including a dedicated shade garden, a partial shade garden & let's see what we can do with determinate tomatoes experiment that's ongoing for the entire year. We live in the southeast, zone 7B, and I can't wait to see what we can do!
For the last few years, I've grown plants on the east side of my garage and that has worked well for them. Right now in early June, they receive sunlight from early morning to around 1:30pm when the sun goes over the garage and there's afternoon shade. They don't even seem too fazed by the partial shade provided by my oak tree throughout the mornings. Only my sunflowers wished they had a tad bit more sun, as I learned from the one I planted out in the front yard.
Great info. Last year we had a disease on our tomatoes in our neighborhood. Protecting them from the rain sounds good . Yup dogs can tell time. Ours will start complaining that it wants to either walk, eat, drink at the exact same time every day.
This is perfectly timed! We just moved into a new place with a much bigger yard (1.37 acres) but the backyard is north facing and there are a couple 100+ year old pine trees that shade a part of it. The yard is large enough that the trees aren't so much an issue (I won't plant under them) but I was initially worried that the north-facing part would screw me over. Then, I remembered that I live in southeast VA and use shade cloth anyway, so growing in my new yard might negate the use of said cloth. We shall see.... AWESOME vid, as always.
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Full sun is way too much in North Carolina, so it definitely is way too much in Central, South and West Texas. Even if I still lived in New Jersey where I grew up, I would employ shade cloth in July.
@@TheMillennialGardener I moved my spot for tomatoes from full sun last year to against my house wall that starts being in the shade by early afternoon and it seems to work better.
😂 right! I had to move my garden around so that afternoon sun doesn’t scorch my tomatos or bell peppers, Swiss chard does just fine in our blazing heat and sun just needs daily watering, my fall garden does way better !
My garden is on the north side of my house in Atlanta. Can't plant too early, but by early May the sun's at just the right angle and I get pretty good production throughout the summer!
You just changed EVERYTHING for me.....I'm in central Florida, my yard is about 75% partially shaded ! I am currently using only the full sun areas for my garden, but that will change NOW!! Thank you!!!
You may be shocked to find out that planting your vegetables in shade perform better than things out in full sun, especially from April to October when your sun is strong. If I have great results here in NC, you'll have even better results.
It's funny that you're doing this! I, too, wanted to test this. I put my peppers in full sun, and they hated it. So I put them in a place where they get about 4 - 5 if that. They are loving it! I also put a few tomatoes in the same place just to see how they like it. The jury is still out on the tomatoes.
My garden area here gets a good 6+ hours a day of direct sunlight, but afternoon shade starts to creep over it by about 2-3pm. My tomatoes always do good there. They get early morning partial shade/dappled sun, then full sun, then shade in the evening hours with a very short period of late late evening sun for about 40 minutes before the sun goes down. Dale is just like my dog. I can try to sneak up on the door and he is already there with his supersonic ears.
I’m moving my Arrugula to a shady area tomorrow! We live in the southeast and it’s too hot for them to live and thrive in direct sun. Thank you for sharing this info! It confirmed my suspicions about direct sun for 6 plus hours!
Dale was so excited that you made him talk.😄 Howdy, MG. I grow my peppers in buckets...this way I'm able to move them into the shade for the summertime. They do great.💕
My first year here we did the same thing because we moved from one house to another. It was so easy. I got so many peppers off those plants too. I just had to make sure to feed them all the time. Now that we have all of our tarps up our peppers are under there. But yeah buckets were fantastic
I swear, we constantly think Dale is going to say words. It wouldn't even surprise us. He's become such a good communicator. That is a great function of smaller container gardens - mobility. What works in March doesn't work in June!
Sunshine in late afternoon under partial protection in your climate zone SOLUTIONS. So much easier than building structures with shade cloth. Good going to you and Dale
I'm so thankful to you for debunking this myth. I have a huge area I've never planted in that is mostly shaded. Im dealing with so. Tx heat and drought conditions, so I'm implementing using ac water on a drip irrigation to water my raised beds.
So yeah I live in Phoenix Arizona and it is scalding hot at the end of May and through the summer. I've gotten 5 or 6 lb of tomatoes off of my plants already and believe it or not they all are under tarps on the west side of my house which is the spot that has the hottest most intense sunlight prior to me putting up tarps. The tomatoes I have growing now we're planted in August and October last year. Besides this I grow a ton of green red orange yellow peppers and a multitude of hot peppers. These are all started last February. I already have buckets of large peppers. So I say Amen to exactly what you're saying. All my plants are grown under the shade and they get a lot of light from the sides and from even under the shade cloth. I am not having any issue with my plants fruiting and producing. Watch your channel every week
My tomato varieties roma, beefsteak, and then another variety that just popped up it looks sort of like an early girl. All of them seem to be indeterminate because they're continuing to grow and producing fruit. My roma tomato has produced 40 fruits already. Most accepted a few are a normal size.
After your video regarding the 40% shade cloth, I did try it on my tomatoes here in Las Vegas. 100 % agree the tomatoes like it. I've been growing successfully for over 10 years but my plants have never looked better. I do have one question. Plants in the shade are slowed down? Don't fruit as fast? Problem I have here is soon the overnight temperatures might not go below 80. It's my understanding I need several hours under 80° to set fruit. If the fruit and begins later than usual then the fruit setting might not occur before the temperature is overnight or above 80. Do you think I'm worrying about nothing or is this a problem? Really love all your videos and appreciate your science behind your advice.
@@TheSprinterVan my tomatoes have fruit on them because they they were carried over from last year. So I had flowers and fruit starting in february. I'm in a hot climate like you. Now that it's starting to get hotter my flowers are not setting. But I'm trying something different this year to work around that. I'm allowing the bottom growth on the plant, the new shoots to grow. I've chopped the tops off of them. So I'm just going to baby the new growth through the summer have flowers and fruit starting again in September. In the plants that have been the biggest producers I'm actually taking those tops and rooting them in water. I'll eventually pot those up in soil once the roots are nice and healthy. I'll bring him inside after that till the summer is over and then plant them when the worst of the heat has passed. That way I have a head start come the end of summer with well-developed transplants from my favorite plants.
@angelayounger2582 unfortunately I didn't get the Head Start that you did and mine went in the ground as starts beginning of February Got flowers now But worrying if the plants are slowed down by the shade Am I going to beat the high overnight Temps, and get fruit???😬 Nice healthy green plants this year, but what I really want is 🍅 🍅 🍅 🍅 🍅 🍅 🍅 🍅 🍅
You've sold me - I usually add shade cloth much later in SE Louisiana but it's going on this weekend! Tomato flowers won't set fruit when day temps are 90s and night temps are 80s - we're almost at that point now.
thanks for the info - i have a area that is part shade and been thinking of trying to use that space - every ounce of space i can grow i do so this is very helpful -
I absolutely love the celebrity variety tomato I live all the way down in South Florida my celebrity plant is 2 years old now it kept growing new shoots off the base and I just cut the old branches off
I live in zone 9b SW, Florida. I moved my volunteer tomato plants over into my shade garden for the summer months. I have 2 raised beds in my part shade garden area that I moved some of my tomato, peppers, egg plants, and some spinach greens and leaf lettuce plants into.
Last year in IOWA, my potted tomatoes that are in a shady area produced better than my full sun tomatoes in the garden. Each year is so different. Last year we had very hot and sunny summer. Some summers are wet and on the cooler side. I think it’s good practice to plant in different areas and in different ways for a back up plan.
You're brilliant One day, I hope to build a garden like yours Every year my garden grows just a bit more efficient thanks to learning from your videos Thank you so much
You can do it. I built my yard and garden one Saturday at a time over 5 years. It's amazing what a few hours every weekend can do if you're consistent about it. You won't recognize the place a year or two from now! I'm glad the videos are helpful.
Coincidentally I already planted Cilantro on the North side of my house. North side = secret weapon against heat, I begin the process of hardening off my seedlings over there too.
I can grow pretty much everything but root crops during summer here near Seattle. Even brassicas and lettuce do ok but I get smaller heads. Tomato's and peppers need full sun. Cucerbits are the most challenging with our cool nights. Funny how different our zone 8's are
Ha! I've been growing in the shade for years because I have too many trees on the edge of my yard. I managed to get a couple of pumpkins, cucumbers, peas, jalapenos, bell peppers, and tomatoes last year. I planted a rhubarb plant and it lived to this season, but it isn't growing much at all. My raspberry plants do fine in shade, but probably would producer more in better sun. Strawberries produce a little bit, but not much.
Wow! In Melbourne Australia I know herbs and leafy greens do better in part shade, but always thought Tomatoes and Peppers needed full sun. I've got lots of partly shaded spots I can get ready for next summer (the soil here is poor so need to add lots of organic matter) Next summer might be the best one ever. Cheers!
I am a first time gardener on an apartment balcony that only gets 3-4 hours of sun in the summer (also In NC) and unknowingly planted an indeterminate beefsteak tomato plant lol. Was pretty nervous it wouldn’t get enough sun but I’m already getting fruit!
I’m closer to North West NC and I’ve had luck with indeterminate tomatoes in my yard which sees maybe 6 hours of patchy sunlight a day because of the forest canopy
My grandparents used to grow cucumbers in Northern Germany in the shade , partly under trees. I always thought of them being shady plants. Even my western-faced balcony in Berlin is too hot in summer for tomatoes. It's tricky, partly too cold and shady, partly too hot and sunny.
I am also in TX. Houston. Put up a canopy frame with UV netting last summer. Still didn't help. Last summer was just too hot. Hope it works for you. Maybe change to El Nina will help.
Buy shade cloth. I've had mine for at least 3 years and they're a godsend. I may not be in zone 9 but it works. There's nothing more lovely than walking between the rows under the shade cloth. I was cheap so I bought the largest size and it's 60% or 50% I think. My tomatoes and eggplant and peppers grew fine in there. I think I spent about 20 dollars per shade cloth. Yeah.. after the year 1 success, I bought another one. I get a lot of sun. I'm thinking of buying another one this year for another part of my veg garden. Trellis (permanent structure). I've used twine to hold the cloth so it doesn't droop. Loops on the top of the trellis posts in a zig zag. That has been sort of successful so I'm going to fine tune it. Wind flapping sort of issues. I think you'll like it.
I strongly recommend you invest in shade cloth. I use 40% here, but I can see up to 50-60% being beneficial for you. It is, literally, the biggest game-changer you'll ever invest in. It's cheap, installs easily and will transform your garden forever.
I’m a newbie at gardening and I’ve noticed my tomato in the shade is much healthier than the one in the sun. I am in central Florida so I’m guessing the sun is too much for it, so thanks for confirming it lol my recently purchased property has tons of shade so I’ll be relocating my plants to that location within 2 weeks
Thank you! It's important to note that the sun in June/July in the Northeast is equal to Central Florida's average UV index. Even in January, Central Florida's UV is around 5/6.
I live in TX, I have one bed out front that gets all the morning light and is shaded in afternoon, then I got some beds in back that only get sun from aboout noon till 7 or 8.... they take off slow, but survive the summer and can usually get harvests all the way up till freeze
Absolutely. Full sun is great in April. Not so great in July. This is why my favorite tool is shade cloth. That way, you can plant them in full sun when it's cool out in spring to get them growing quickly, then put the shade cloth up in late May to give them relief.
Stone mulch? a while back wanted to make a fairy garden but with either glow in the dark rock / black light rocks or some sort of combination of the two. You know it would look awesome with a black light going at night!
Thanks for this video that focuses more on hot and humid climates. Encouraged by this video, I will try to extend my season with a shadier area, but I'm wondering if the constant humidity of summer will complicate the pollination process.
Yes, persistently humid conditions are not good for most of our annual vegetables, but there's nothing we can do about that when growing things outside. All we can do is do the best we can. Growing things in part-shade will reduce the problems, so you'll have a better chance at success, but nothing can be done to eliminate all problems sans building a climate controlled greenhouse.
New subscriber here. You rock! Your video presentation and demeanor makes attempting to garden stress-free and most importantly, FUN! I spent the last month plus prepping my garden (basically transforming and fixing up all of my landscaping areas) and growing seedlings, and I am glad to have rediscovered my green thumb that I thought was lost thanks to watching your videos. Thanks!
I planted a couple cherry tomatoes last year in a bed that only gets a couple hours sun a day and has a large trellis over top of it. Eventually, these Jasper tomatoes climbed up onto the trellis and ran the length of it (over 12 feet) and gave me hundreds of cherry tomatoes long after all the other plants had died. They were the only tomatoes to survive past spring, through the heat dome, through the first few frosts, and finally succumbed to our first hard freeze.
I absolutely love your videos, you provide some much great information!! I hope this works, I live a few hours from you and I would love to grow cilantro like this so it doesn't bolt so quickly. Gonna get some of those metal beds soon!
I won't lie - cilantro is probably going to bolt even in the shade. Cilantro is, by far, the toughest thing to grow in warm weather. It bolts here in late March! I think if you want to grow cilantro, you may have to grow it indoors, but it's worth a shot! I do think parsley and dill will do well in the shade, tough.
My tomatoes that were under my deck also outlasted the tomatoes that were out in the open. I'm planting all but 4 under the deck and planting them tighter than normal to see what happens.
I have a woodline on three sides of my back yard, with a little strategy Ive got my stuff located so as to get full sun from 10am till 5pm, I just pollinated a couple hundred tomato pepper and squash flowers with my trusty electic toothbrush,not seeing a lot of bees around...
Ah, I forgot about the toothbrush. I'd better get out there tomorrow and help mine along too. Lots of bees, but they all seem to be drilling into my window sashes rather than polinating.
Eggplant are one of the few plants that can take the heat and sun. So can sweet potatoes, okra, and corn to some degree. The rest really like part-shade, tomatoes especially. Peppers appreciate a little shade, but they're more resilient than tomatoes.
I have grown a lot of food in full sun in south central Texas but i use a lot of mulch and on the worst days a shade cloth. I find that full morning sun is fine but full afternoon Texas sun can melt your flip flops to the asphalt.
I'm going to try this and I just want to let you know that I saw your video talking about and playing with the Nerf dog football. I have bought two and my dog absolutely loves them, can't believe how long they squeak too!
I am in Fayetteville and it's pouring now. Already have habanero fruits. Have cherry tomatoes half dime sized. This is where you should be. I wish I could show pictures. And I agree! In the Sandhills you must know your North, South East and West at your homes layout. Sometimes to get rid of root knot neemotodes can simply be broken beach shells. Bring a sifter to the beach and keep larger pieces eh 1/16 or simply soft sift out the sand at a quarter inch. Reintroduce sea shell compounds . Sea shell pieces like this destroys root knot neemotodes yet increases acidity over time and will peak multiple times. So how to fix? Air 😊
I picked up one of those 2’x4’ metal raised beds on sale last week and put it together today. They are very nice, sturdy, well engineered. Thanks for the links to the product!
Hi Anthony! I saw you on The Texas Garden Guy. I live in the town you grew up in. Pork Roll, Jersey 😂 You mentioned; not to grow Brown Turkey Figs. I was wondering your reasons why.
I sure wish I had seen this before I bought a bunch of grow pots because I felt like my tomatoes had to have full sun. I’m in Southern California and I’m already worried that they’re going to get fried come those big heat wave days that we get.
If you enjoyed this video, please “Like” and share to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching😊TIMESTAMPS here:
0:00 How To Grow A Shade Garden Intro
1:37 Benefits To Growing Vegetables In Shade
4:09 Metal Raised Garden Beds Benefits
4:26 Selecting A Part Shade Garden Location
5:49 Shade Gardening Tips And Tricks
7:22 Transplanting And Fertilizing Vegetables
8:43 Minimizing Heat Stress And Diseases
10:55 Adventures With Dale
I had a tomato plant that looked like it was going to die before transplanting. I felt bad about throwing it out, so it put it out to pasture by planting it in a shady spot. Well, one year later and this thing is a BEAST. Dark green leaves, tons of flowers, vigorous growth. I’ve never had a more healthy tomato plant. And I haven’t watered it or fertilized it or anything. And it overwintered without any pruning too! It’s far healthier than the one I put in full sun.
That's so awesome! What is your climate like?
Where do you live
Yep! Tomatoes grow in forests in shady/dappled light situations. They're not a full sun species. Plant them under trees or simulated part-shade and watch them flourish!
I’m on the coast of Virginia and my gardening zone was changed this year from 8a to 8b. Our summers are very hot and humid. I am finally beginning to understand that full-sun on my tomatoes is just way too much here. Even with the best care, my tomatoes start to really struggle in July and August. Looking forward to seeing how your shadier crops grow this summer. Your channel is a wealth of information and I appreciate all that you share. Thank you!
Dappled light/part-shade will revolutionize your garden. It's not just tomatoes that love part shade and dappled light. Peppers, squash, cucumbers, potatoes...they all love it, let alone cooler season crops. Shade cloth is a must for your location in peak summer heat.
May 16 ,temp.92* in s.west ala.wey
For weeks now I've been under the temptation to get a few containers set up on the shadier side of the house. You've just broken down my resistance. Shady side, here I come!
Basil does well in limited sun.
Do it! You have nothing to lose and everything to gain! The longer I garden, the more I value shade.
I had to grow all my vegetables in partial sun for years. I grew everything just fine except for melons.
Tomatoes, peppers, zucchini, cucumbers, leeks, garlic, eggplant, herbs, and carrots did amazing.
They only got 4 hours of direct sun.
Wow! You just made my summer! Here in Central Texas I face both the problems you mentioned...two months of 100 degree heat and a backyard with trees and limited sunshine. I just assumed any vegetable garden was impossible. I'm definitely gonna give it try where I've got some dappled sun. And I'll be anxiously watching your experiment!
Holy smokes! Thank you so much for your support and generosity! I really appreciate it ❤ I really recommend you watch my video on shade cloth. I cannot, cannot, *cannot* urge you to make a small investment in shade cloth enough. It's truly changed my gardening forever, and your heat is worse than mine, so I think it will do even more: th-cam.com/video/cO-U1wYGZ8Q/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Rdvh9uzZ1qR6evvr
I use full spectrum lights on my tomato plants at night to boost growth. I`m always experimenting. My Red Pepper powder experiment seems to have stopped the armadillo problem and has convinced the bunny that my garden plants are very dangerous to nibble on. Ha!
Keep it well watered
@@TheMillennialGardener Already have several shade cloths that I bought last summer for my fig trees (again, after watching one of your videos). May need more!
Tomato hooks on the rainspout! Brilliant. Brittany, give Anthony a big hug and kiss for me. You lucky woman.🍅
In my small yard here in sw Michigan, my tomatoes are planted in big, old recycle bins. They get all morning and midday sun, but then are in dappled shade all evening. They do great. 🍅👍🏻
Our peppers grow absolutely wonderfully on the north side of our house with 4-6 hours of sun. We get buckets upon buckets of peppers off each plant. We plant cubanelle, Anaheim, pepperoncini, and jalapeno.
I’m a fairly new gardener and have large trees that limit the time of direct sun. Thanks for making me realize I have unrecognized possibilities!
I try and plant things that like cooler soil in the shady areas. Just came in from helping a friend rake up his father’s lawn ,one giant load of grass clippings for the compost pile. More truckload’s come,great birthday present!
UV index plays a big role, too. Most of these plants are understory plants that don't get full sun for hours a day, so the foliage just can't handle full sun when the UV index is high. They fall apart.
That was brilliant. I live in Tucson, Arizona, and now everything makes sense. No wonder why I am scared of our sun. Using shade cloth now for my peppers and tomatoes from your last year's instructions. Game changer. Thank you.
I do 40% here and it's perfect. In your location, I'd go 50-60%. It will *change* your garden forever. It's shocking what will grow under shade, even in southern AZ summers.
I live in VT, on the side of a mountain foothill, so the growing season here is pretty short, and full sun is a must for gardening.
You're at a very high latitude, so in your location, you have no choice. You're growing tomatoes 25-30 degrees further north than they originate, so you have a different set of challenges to deal with.
What a great dog! You gardening TH-camrs that show your dogs in the video really make me want to watch til the end! Nice video
Dale's a very good boy. He's so smart and sweet.
"You are the most predictable person on Earth." Yes, they are PEOPLE. You cannot convince me otherwise.
Great video! Even though I'm in Connecticut, I'll be throwing up some shade cloth for toms this year when it gets really hot, thanks to your advice. My area gets uninterrupted sunshine ALL. DAY. LONG. I think this year is going to be a game changer!
Great video 😊Awe Dale I love how verbal he was about his walk...😊
He gets so excited. It's the same loop we've been doing for 4+ years now, and he is more obsessed with it than ever.
The set up does look beautiful! Thank you for sharing this MG! Dale is the cutest! 😊👍👍
You're welcome! Dale is such a good boy and such a good communicator
I took cuttings from my toughest tomato plants last year when freezes started happening and kept them just barely alive indoors in winter and put them back in the soil in early spring and they immediately began growing and blooming. They`re in my pole beans, carrots, and cucumber bed and partially shaded by those. Two very tiny dwarf plants are being grown indoors in a little hydro grower for cuttings. They`re fruiting though. They`ve been alive for over a year already and more are rooting outside in pots.
The best gardening info Channel on TH-cam. By the way, I can see your dog really loves you. Those that are kind to animals are almost always good folk. Keep up the intelligent vids and stay humble. Best wishes from another gardener from Ohio.
Preach it my friend. I grow so many veggies in the shade here in 9b central east coast of Florida.
These "full-sun" tags are ruining gardens! It's just not true in most climates.
I moved my brassicas to a shaded area to stop the bolting. So far it's working.
They'll eventually still bolt, but it will delay the process and improve your chances of a good harvest.
oh my gosh, your dog....❤❤
Dale is a character 🐶
I have a raised bed garden under the trees and it's surrounded by Magnolia trees and Bottle Brush. It gets sun until about noon, then shade the rest of the day. I've already picked my first ripe tomatoes and cucumbers.
Thank you! We’re in Dallas, Texas and almost nothing (except our okra) enjoys full sun here in July and August
I strongly recommend you invest in shade cloth. It'll change your gardening routine forever. Things that would die in June will thrive. I use 40% shade cloth here. I can see 50-60% being useful your way, but at least try 40%.
My relatives In southern Moravia grow pickling cucumbers and watermelons in their orchard, under the fruit trees, like plums, peaches and apricots.
Yep! I just planted parsley and sage under my fruit trees, and I will soon be growing a bunch of strawberries under them. Grow fruit under fruit!
We are also trying some garden experiments this year, including a dedicated shade garden, a partial shade garden & let's see what we can do with determinate tomatoes experiment that's ongoing for the entire year. We live in the southeast, zone 7B, and I can't wait to see what we can do!
I just got my shade cloth and I'm going to use it here in Georgia and see what happens! Thanks for your wonderful videos. 💕
I can tell you what'll happen: you'll be in utter awe at how much it's helping and wondering why you haven't done it sooner 😆It's just incredible!
I cannot wait for an update on this in a couple months! ❤
For the last few years, I've grown plants on the east side of my garage and that has worked well for them. Right now in early June, they receive sunlight from early morning to around 1:30pm when the sun goes over the garage and there's afternoon shade. They don't even seem too fazed by the partial shade provided by my oak tree throughout the mornings. Only my sunflowers wished they had a tad bit more sun, as I learned from the one I planted out in the front yard.
Dale reminds me of my daughter’s red heeler. So lovable!!🐾
He's such a good boy. I don't know what we'd do without him.
Great info. Last year we had a disease on our tomatoes in our neighborhood. Protecting them from the rain sounds good . Yup dogs can tell time. Ours will start complaining that it wants to either walk, eat, drink at the exact same time every day.
This is perfectly timed! We just moved into a new place with a much bigger yard (1.37 acres) but the backyard is north facing and there are a couple 100+ year old pine trees that shade a part of it. The yard is large enough that the trees aren't so much an issue (I won't plant under them) but I was initially worried that the north-facing part would screw me over. Then, I remembered that I live in southeast VA and use shade cloth anyway, so growing in my new yard might negate the use of said cloth. We shall see....
AWESOME vid, as always.
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Source: married to one. A+, would recommend.
A smart man once said: "Full sun" doesn't mean "Full Texas sun"
Full sun is way too much in North Carolina, so it definitely is way too much in Central, South and West Texas. Even if I still lived in New Jersey where I grew up, I would employ shade cloth in July.
@@TheMillennialGardener I moved my spot for tomatoes from full sun last year to against my house wall that starts being in the shade by early afternoon and it seems to work better.
Or Georgia!
😂 right! I had to move my garden around so that afternoon sun doesn’t scorch my tomatos or bell peppers, Swiss chard does just fine in our blazing heat and sun just needs daily watering, my fall garden does way better !
Nw Nevada high desert here 🤣💥🌝 I have to use shade cloth. I think your new planting area will look great when in full swing 👵🏻👩🌾❣️
My garden is on the north side of my house in Atlanta. Can't plant too early, but by early May the sun's at just the right angle and I get pretty good production throughout the summer!
I'm sure your shade garden will do well. Dale was definitely saying it's time for a walk 🐕❤
You just changed EVERYTHING for me.....I'm in central Florida, my yard is about 75% partially shaded ! I am currently using only the full sun areas for my garden, but that will change NOW!! Thank you!!!
You may be shocked to find out that planting your vegetables in shade perform better than things out in full sun, especially from April to October when your sun is strong. If I have great results here in NC, you'll have even better results.
It's funny that you're doing this! I, too, wanted to test this. I put my peppers in full sun, and they hated it. So I put them in a place where they get about 4 - 5 if that. They are loving it! I also put a few tomatoes in the same place just to see how they like it. The jury is still out on the tomatoes.
My garden area here gets a good 6+ hours a day of direct sunlight, but afternoon shade starts to creep over it by about 2-3pm. My tomatoes always do good there. They get early morning partial shade/dappled sun, then full sun, then shade in the evening hours with a very short period of late late evening sun for about 40 minutes before the sun goes down.
Dale is just like my dog. I can try to sneak up on the door and he is already there with his supersonic ears.
I’m moving my Arrugula to a shady area tomorrow! We live in the southeast and it’s too hot for them to live and thrive in direct sun. Thank you for sharing this info! It confirmed my suspicions about direct sun for 6 plus hours!
Dale was so excited that you made him talk.😄
Howdy, MG. I grow my peppers in buckets...this way I'm able to move them into the shade for the summertime. They do great.💕
I do the same here in central Florida. I have a pepper plant over 2 years old.
@@fishingpinky3165I am in south TX and was surprised that my pepper plants survived. They love the heat!
My first year here we did the same thing because we moved from one house to another. It was so easy. I got so many peppers off those plants too. I just had to make sure to feed them all the time. Now that we have all of our tarps up our peppers are under there. But yeah buckets were fantastic
I swear, we constantly think Dale is going to say words. It wouldn't even surprise us. He's become such a good communicator. That is a great function of smaller container gardens - mobility. What works in March doesn't work in June!
Sunshine in late afternoon under partial protection in your climate zone SOLUTIONS. So much easier than building structures with shade cloth. Good going to you and Dale
I'm so thankful to you for debunking this myth. I have a huge area I've never planted in that is mostly shaded. Im dealing with so. Tx heat and drought conditions, so I'm implementing using ac water on a drip irrigation to water my raised beds.
Zone 7b, SW VA and I have grown some of my best and best producing plants in part shade. They last longer, less disease, etc.
So yeah I live in Phoenix Arizona and it is scalding hot at the end of May and through the summer. I've gotten 5 or 6 lb of tomatoes off of my plants already and believe it or not they all are under tarps on the west side of my house which is the spot that has the hottest most intense sunlight prior to me putting up tarps. The tomatoes I have growing now we're planted in August and October last year. Besides this I grow a ton of green red orange yellow peppers and a multitude of hot peppers. These are all started last February. I already have buckets of large peppers. So I say Amen to exactly what you're saying. All my plants are grown under the shade and they get a lot of light from the sides and from even under the shade cloth. I am not having any issue with my plants fruiting and producing. Watch your channel every week
My tomato varieties roma, beefsteak, and then another variety that just popped up it looks sort of like an early girl. All of them seem to be indeterminate because they're continuing to grow and producing fruit. My roma tomato has produced 40 fruits already. Most accepted a few are a normal size.
After your video regarding the 40% shade cloth, I did try it on my tomatoes here in Las Vegas.
100 % agree the tomatoes like it.
I've been growing successfully for over 10 years but my plants have never looked better.
I do have one question.
Plants in the shade are slowed down?
Don't fruit as fast?
Problem I have here is soon the overnight temperatures might not go below 80.
It's my understanding I need several hours under 80° to set fruit.
If the fruit and begins later than usual then the fruit setting might not occur before the temperature is overnight or above 80.
Do you think I'm worrying about nothing or is this a problem?
Really love all your videos and appreciate your science behind your advice.
@@TheSprinterVan my tomatoes have fruit on them because they they were carried over from last year. So I had flowers and fruit starting in february. I'm in a hot climate like you. Now that it's starting to get hotter my flowers are not setting. But I'm trying something different this year to work around that. I'm allowing the bottom growth on the plant, the new shoots to grow. I've chopped the tops off of them. So I'm just going to baby the new growth through the summer have flowers and fruit starting again in September. In the plants that have been the biggest producers I'm actually taking those tops and rooting them in water. I'll eventually pot those up in soil once the roots are nice and healthy. I'll bring him inside after that till the summer is over and then plant them when the worst of the heat has passed. That way I have a head start come the end of summer with well-developed transplants from my favorite plants.
@angelayounger2582 unfortunately I didn't get the Head Start that you did and mine went in the ground as starts beginning of February
Got flowers now
But worrying if the plants are slowed down by the shade
Am I going to beat the high overnight Temps, and get fruit???😬
Nice healthy green plants this year, but what I really want is 🍅 🍅 🍅 🍅 🍅 🍅 🍅 🍅 🍅
You've sold me - I usually add shade cloth much later in SE Louisiana but it's going on this weekend! Tomato flowers won't set fruit when day temps are 90s and night temps are 80s - we're almost at that point now.
thanks for the info - i have a area that is part shade and been thinking of trying to use that space - every ounce of space i can grow i do so this is very helpful -
I have the most success with Amish Paste for a plum style tomato here in the SE.
I absolutely love the celebrity variety tomato I live all the way down in South Florida my celebrity plant is 2 years old now it kept growing new shoots off the base and I just cut the old branches off
I live in zone 9b SW, Florida. I moved my volunteer tomato plants over into my shade garden for the summer months. I have 2 raised beds in my part shade garden area that I moved some of my tomato, peppers, egg plants, and some spinach greens and leaf lettuce plants into.
Last year in IOWA, my potted tomatoes that are in a shady area produced better than my full sun tomatoes in the garden. Each year is so different. Last year we had very hot and sunny summer. Some summers are wet and on the cooler side. I think it’s good practice to plant in different areas and in different ways for a back up plan.
You're brilliant
One day, I hope to build a garden like yours
Every year my garden grows just a bit more efficient thanks to learning from your videos
Thank you so much
You can do it. I built my yard and garden one Saturday at a time over 5 years. It's amazing what a few hours every weekend can do if you're consistent about it. You won't recognize the place a year or two from now! I'm glad the videos are helpful.
Coincidentally I already planted Cilantro on the North side of my house. North side = secret weapon against heat, I begin the process of hardening off my seedlings over there too.
Not Dale giving you the business! 😂 Thank you for this video, I have just the spot to try some shady tomatoes
Thank you! I live in Houston and this is so helpful!
I can grow pretty much everything but root crops during summer here near Seattle. Even brassicas and lettuce do ok but I get smaller heads. Tomato's and peppers need full sun. Cucerbits are the most challenging with our cool nights. Funny how different our zone 8's are
Shoulders looking huge, big dawg!
Camera angles 😆
Excited to see how this goes. I have a section of my yard that only gets around 4hrs a day of sun as well.
I don't wanna sound like a total nerd but thsi is super exciting! I can't wait to follow along to see how this works out!
Ha! I've been growing in the shade for years because I have too many trees on the edge of my yard.
I managed to get a couple of pumpkins, cucumbers, peas, jalapenos, bell peppers, and tomatoes last year. I planted a rhubarb plant and it lived to this season, but it isn't growing much at all. My raspberry plants do fine in shade, but probably would producer more in better sun. Strawberries produce a little bit, but not much.
I'm in gainesville fl. It seems like you get less fruit in the shade but it is usually plenty for the family.
Good point about determinant tomatoes, never thought about it before. I love your experiments, thank you
I've fallen in love with determinate tomatoes. In many ways, I prefer them.
Wow! In Melbourne Australia I know herbs and leafy greens do better in part shade, but always thought Tomatoes and Peppers needed full sun.
I've got lots of partly shaded spots I can get ready for next summer (the soil here is poor so need to add lots of organic matter)
Next summer might be the best one ever. Cheers!
I am a first time gardener on an apartment balcony that only gets 3-4 hours of sun in the summer (also In NC) and unknowingly planted an indeterminate beefsteak tomato plant lol. Was pretty nervous it wouldn’t get enough sun but I’m already getting fruit!
I’m closer to North West NC and I’ve had luck with indeterminate tomatoes in my yard which sees maybe 6 hours of patchy sunlight a day because of the forest canopy
My grandparents used to grow cucumbers in Northern Germany in the shade , partly under trees. I always thought of them being shady plants. Even my western-faced balcony in Berlin is too hot in summer for tomatoes. It's tricky, partly too cold and shady, partly too hot and sunny.
Live in Texas, zone 9, no shade, We erect a foldable tent after 8 hours over the plants that still in the sun. Keeping my fingers crossed
I am also in TX. Houston. Put up a canopy frame with UV netting last summer. Still didn't help. Last summer was just too hot. Hope it works for you. Maybe change to El Nina will help.
Buy shade cloth. I've had mine for at least 3 years and they're a godsend. I may not be in zone 9 but it works. There's nothing more lovely than walking between the rows under the shade cloth. I was cheap so I bought the largest size and it's 60% or 50% I think. My tomatoes and eggplant and peppers grew fine in there. I think I spent about 20 dollars per shade cloth.
Yeah.. after the year 1 success, I bought another one. I get a lot of sun. I'm thinking of buying another one this year for another part of my veg garden.
Trellis (permanent structure). I've used twine to hold the cloth so it doesn't droop. Loops on the top of the trellis posts in a zig zag. That has been sort of successful so I'm going to fine tune it. Wind flapping sort of issues.
I think you'll like it.
If there is one thing I'm dead-set on doing, it's getting as many people to invest in shade cloth as possible. It's the best.
Thank you for the video and channel. From the S.W. US, the sun is not the entire challenge. Often heat alone can stop plant production.
I strongly recommend you invest in shade cloth. I use 40% here, but I can see up to 50-60% being beneficial for you. It is, literally, the biggest game-changer you'll ever invest in. It's cheap, installs easily and will transform your garden forever.
I’m a newbie at gardening and I’ve noticed my tomato in the shade is much healthier than the one in the sun. I am in central Florida so I’m guessing the sun is too much for it, so thanks for confirming it lol my recently purchased property has tons of shade so I’ll be relocating my plants to that location within 2 weeks
Great stuff Anthony. You convinced me to get a huge shade cloth.
this well be fun to watch I look forward to seeing your harvest
Did you leave the weed barrier under the raise bed or did you make a cut so roots can tap to the bottom? I’m not sure what to do.
Amazing video as usual. I think about four hours of West Central Florida Sun is equal to six to eight hours of northern sun.
Thank you! It's important to note that the sun in June/July in the Northeast is equal to Central Florida's average UV index. Even in January, Central Florida's UV is around 5/6.
I’m here for the gardening I didn’t know it would also be a gun show 😉
I live in TX, I have one bed out front that gets all the morning light and is shaded in afternoon, then I got some beds in back that only get sun from aboout noon till 7 or 8.... they take off slow, but survive the summer and can usually get harvests all the way up till freeze
Nice garden, I love seeing more growing space added.
Thank you! I love finding new space I didn't consider before.
Planted peppers in full sun. Quickly changed them to afternoon shade.
Absolutely. Full sun is great in April. Not so great in July. This is why my favorite tool is shade cloth. That way, you can plant them in full sun when it's cool out in spring to get them growing quickly, then put the shade cloth up in late May to give them relief.
Stone mulch? a while back wanted to make a fairy garden but with either glow in the dark rock / black light rocks or some sort of combination of the two. You know it would look awesome with a black light going at night!
Thanks for this video that focuses more on hot and humid climates. Encouraged by this video, I will try to extend my season with a shadier area, but I'm wondering if the constant humidity of summer will complicate the pollination process.
Yes, persistently humid conditions are not good for most of our annual vegetables, but there's nothing we can do about that when growing things outside. All we can do is do the best we can. Growing things in part-shade will reduce the problems, so you'll have a better chance at success, but nothing can be done to eliminate all problems sans building a climate controlled greenhouse.
Look forward to seeing your results! Will be trying something similar!
Im in Texas i already harvests my tomatoes peppers and squash guavas strawberries blackberry radish
Brag, brag, brag. You make those of us in PA very jealous.
New subscriber here. You rock! Your video presentation and demeanor makes attempting to garden stress-free and most importantly, FUN! I spent the last month plus prepping my garden (basically transforming and fixing up all of my landscaping areas) and growing seedlings, and I am glad to have rediscovered my green thumb that I thought was lost thanks to watching your videos. Thanks!
Looking forward to your results
Me, too! So far, so good! The indeterminates are flowering and almost 2 feet tall already.
I planted a couple cherry tomatoes last year in a bed that only gets a couple hours sun a day and has a large trellis over top of it. Eventually, these Jasper tomatoes climbed up onto the trellis and ran the length of it (over 12 feet) and gave me hundreds of cherry tomatoes long after all the other plants had died. They were the only tomatoes to survive past spring, through the heat dome, through the first few frosts, and finally succumbed to our first hard freeze.
I love this info. Thanks again.
In the summer it's over 90°F in the shade. During heat waves we have to water out cactus otherwise they dry out
I absolutely love your videos, you provide some much great information!! I hope this works, I live a few hours from you and I would love to grow cilantro like this so it doesn't bolt so quickly. Gonna get some of those metal beds soon!
I won't lie - cilantro is probably going to bolt even in the shade. Cilantro is, by far, the toughest thing to grow in warm weather. It bolts here in late March! I think if you want to grow cilantro, you may have to grow it indoors, but it's worth a shot! I do think parsley and dill will do well in the shade, tough.
@TheMillennialGardener Yea..I'll try the parsley and dill!! Thanks again, great stuff!!
I’m looking forward to seeing your results!
I would also add alyssum, dwarf zinnias, and basil to that bed. I love how alyssum creates a ground cover.
Will alyssum stay alive through the heat for you? Mine usually folds, even in shade.
My tomatoes that were under my deck also outlasted the tomatoes that were out in the open. I'm planting all but 4 under the deck and planting them tighter than normal to see what happens.
I have a woodline on three sides of my back yard, with a little strategy Ive got my stuff located so as to get full sun from 10am till 5pm, I just pollinated a couple hundred tomato pepper and squash flowers with my trusty electic toothbrush,not seeing a lot of bees around...
Ah, I forgot about the toothbrush. I'd better get out there tomorrow and help mine along too. Lots of bees, but they all seem to be drilling into my window sashes rather than polinating.
I have very little sun. Peppers and eggplant are in the sunniest spot. I'll see what happens this year. Great video, as always.
Eggplant are one of the few plants that can take the heat and sun. So can sweet potatoes, okra, and corn to some degree. The rest really like part-shade, tomatoes especially. Peppers appreciate a little shade, but they're more resilient than tomatoes.
I have grown a lot of food in full sun in south central Texas but i use a lot of mulch and on the worst days a shade cloth. I find that full morning sun is fine but full afternoon Texas sun can melt your flip flops to the asphalt.
I'm going to try this and I just want to let you know that I saw your video talking about and playing with the Nerf dog football. I have bought two and my dog absolutely loves them, can't believe how long they squeak too!
I am in Fayetteville and it's pouring now. Already have habanero fruits. Have cherry tomatoes half dime sized. This is where you should be. I wish I could show pictures. And I agree! In the Sandhills you must know your North, South East and West at your homes layout.
Sometimes to get rid of root knot neemotodes can simply be broken beach shells.
Bring a sifter to the beach and keep larger pieces eh 1/16 or simply soft sift out the sand at a quarter inch. Reintroduce sea shell compounds . Sea shell pieces like this destroys root knot neemotodes yet increases acidity over time and will peak multiple times. So how to fix? Air 😊
This is also how I started my jersey blueberries here. Reintroducing sea shell into my soil .
Thanks, very helpful. Curious about outdoor grow lights? Never see anyone talking about them or reviewing them and I know they are used. Any info?
Not veggies but i got peony and hortensia under a fence that gets direct sunlight only from June. They are thriving there. I'm in 6b.
Do you have a mic in my yard? I was just saying how I wish I could grow more in shade. Perfect timing, sir
Glad to be on-time!
Hey need question saw alot not to put just loam in raised beds van I it was a super loam organic matter etc
I picked up one of those 2’x4’ metal raised beds on sale last week and put it together today. They are very nice, sturdy, well engineered. Thanks for the links to the product!
I'm impressed with the quality.
We are trying tiger nuts and sunchokes for the first time.
Hi Anthony! I saw you on The Texas Garden Guy. I live in the town you grew up in. Pork Roll, Jersey 😂
You mentioned; not to grow Brown Turkey Figs. I was wondering your reasons why.
I sure wish I had seen this before I bought a bunch of grow pots because I felt like my tomatoes had to have full sun. I’m in Southern California and I’m already worried that they’re going to get fried come those big heat wave days that we get.