On Mon, 15 Jun 2015 11:21:50 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>sf wrote:
>>
>> I'm not much of a gardener so I'm only familiar with shade fabric and
>> haven't known about anything red before this. Is the mulch cloth
>> secured between plants in any way? How do you get water to the
>> plants, is it porous?
>
>Best way I've found to shade the soil for long growing plants is to
>spread radish seeds all around. They grow quickly, the roots stay
>shallow and provide a lot of shade on the soil for the bigger plants
>(like tomatoes). That soil shade keeps it from drying out so quickly
>in hot sunny places. You can even harvest some radishes early on. :-D
>
>G.
This mulch is not intended to shade the soil.
Janet US