Cloudcover product
I took the shade cloth off my pawpaws. Got June gloom now but It's suppose to get 90's to 100s by the end of the week.
The following thread was started by Tom on May 12, 2008 at 2:06 pm PST
If you took off the shade cloth this spring before they leafed, the temps should not bother them.
If the plants are 2 to 3 feet tall, and well rooted rooted in for a year or two or more, and you removed the shade cloth before they leafed out this spring, it should not bother them. Assuming you also make sure you keep the soil damp and have mulch on the soil.
Do they get shade at all during the day, if yes, that will help too. You could provide some form of shade to block too much over head direct light, or late afternoon direct light.
Keeping the soil damp is most vital.
If you are worried, can you place up the shade cloth again, or create shade just over head, leaving the sides open.
My first trees, i kept shade cloth on for a few years. But now my pecan tree is shading the area in the mornings, and other trees in the parking lot shade from afternoon sun, so a new one planted last spring is doing just fine, so far with no shade cloth this year and putting on growth like champ.
David
The above followup was added by DavidLJ48, Waterford CA, zone14 on May 12, 2008 at 6:50 pm PST.
This is my last year trial with pawpaws anyway.
The problem is June gloom down here. Overcast cool days for a while and then BAM, full sunlight 90's to 100's. Happens every year. There is no acclimation period.
The above followup was added by Tom on May 13, 2008 at 11:51 am PST.
Here we bounce up and down in temps,so things are sort of conditioned for the heat, but not last year and this year so much. Yes, but not totally yes.
Cloudcover could give you that edge. They do have a better commercial/home back yard product called Anti stress 550. Here is the whole google search link, you can find data and and product on more then one site. Also great stuff for freeze protection.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=anti+stress+550
But the cloudcover may do just what you need and not cost you so much.
David
The above followup was added by DavidLJ48, Waterford CA, zone14 on May 13, 2008 at 1:03 pm PST.