If you don't like foil, fabric nets or painting with shade paint, you can also protect your greenhouse against sunlight in a natural way. Climbing alternatives such as wine can be used to create excellent greenhouse shading that is also visually impressive.
How can I shade my greenhouse naturally?
Natural greenhouse shading is possible through strategic location selection, sized plants inside and the use of climbing plants such as vines, wax flowers or pipe vines. This protects against excessive sunlight and keeps indoor temperatures moderate.
If you have already planned ahead when building a greenhouse, you should consider a place in the garden when choosing a location that will provide the plants with sufficient shade if necessary. These can, for example, be slightly older, alreadylarge trees or the gable wall of an existing house is used to at least partially shield the sun's rays during the midday heat.
The shade of tall plants as sun protection
If that alone is not enough, there is also the option of shading the greenhouse by cleverly planting inside to mitigateexcessive sunlight The plants are already protected when they are inserted the greenhouse sorted by size. Seen from the window front, the small varieties must be placed towards the center of the house, i.e. in front of the larger plants. So: shade palm trees and potted plants right next to the window and the vegetables, orchids and alpine plants right in front of it.
Climbing alternatives for greenhouse shading
Greenhouse shades made from annual climbing plants are visually very impressive but not entirely without disadvantages. They grow extremely quickly on the greenhouse walls from the outside towards the roof and their dense leaf growth ensures a sufficient amount of shade indoors. At the same time, the indoor temperatures rise much more slowly in long-lasting summer heat than without the vegetation. Well suited for thisnatural outdoor shading of greenhouses are wax flowers and pipe vines or, as the best-known representative, the grape vine. Undesirable side effect of this shade: It is constantly effective, even if it is not actually needed due to a lack of sunlight and also requires a lot of care.
Plants' light requirements vary greatly
When choosing a really sensible shade that is adapted to nature, it must be assumed that the light requirements can be very different, especially for ornamental plants. In addition, there are long-day and short-day plants (poinsettias, chrysanthemums), where day and night length are essential for flower formation and growth. Depending on the crops being planted, it may therefore make sense for the greenhouse shading to be carried outdifferentiated to the respective segments of the greenhouse and not as a whole.
Tip
The fruit plants and most of the vegetables common in this country are extremely light-requiring plants. Therefore, they only need to be shaded in cases when the indoor temperature in the house rises too much.
