{"id":2716,"date":"2022-05-28T12:16:51","date_gmt":"2022-05-28T12:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/?p=2716"},"modified":"2022-10-15T15:05:38","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T15:05:38","slug":"protecting-seedlings-from-harsh-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/?p=2716","title":{"rendered":"Protecting Seedlings from Harsh Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Seedlings from cucurbitaceae family (cucumbers,zucchini, pumpkins),  peppers, some flowers and herbs need protection from direct sun until they establish.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An easy way to create some shade for them is to place plastic vegetable crates over them. These crates are readily available from vegetable markets and they&#8217;re free!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC05245-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC05245-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC05245-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC05245-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC05245-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC05245-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC05245-2048x1361.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC05245-1140x758.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Another way of shading seedlings is to use the plants that are around them. I&#8217;m using arugula stalk to shade a zucchini seedling during the day. At night I move it to another place so that slugs and snails don&#8217;t come around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC05251-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC05251-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC05251-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC05251-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC05251-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC05251-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC05251-2048x1361.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC05251-1140x758.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seedlings from cucurbitaceae family (cucumbers,zucchini, pumpkins), peppers, some flowers and herbs need protection from direct sun until they establish. An easy way to create some shade for them is to place plastic vegetable crates over them. These crates are readily available from vegetable markets and they&#8217;re free! Another way of shading seedlings is to use the plants that are around them. I&#8217;m using arugula stalk to shade a zucchini seedling during the day. At night I move it to another place so that slugs and snails don&#8217;t come around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[417,1607],"tags":[123,113],"class_list":["post-2716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-growing","category-uncategorized-en","tag-growing-vegetables","tag-seedlings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2716"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2775,"href":"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2716\/revisions\/2775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}