Extending the Growing Season for Lettuce in Georgia Using Shade Cloth and High Tunnels

UGA Extension contacts:
Juan Carlos Diaz-Perez and Timothy Coolong

Georgia growers can reliably produce lettuce in shaded high tunnels to capitalize on summer markets. This publication is an overview of using shading to grow lettuce in a high tunnel during the summer season when it is too hot to grow in the field.


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