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Tue, Feb 21, 12 at 10:15
| We took out our pool and I want to use this space for a garden. It is about 20 x 50 and has a 15 foot pin oak at the north end and some maples on the east end quite a ways away provide shade in late afternoon, early evening starting at the south end of the "garden space". I know most everything requires 8 hours of sun a day, but on the end closest to the pin oak I am concerned there is too much shade in the early morning. What might I grow there? |
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| A lot of leafy vegetables do ok in partial shade. I've successfully grown lettuce and lots of chard in the partial shade of our enormous red oak. Mind you, I don't plant it directly under the tree canopy, but on the southern edges where they can get several hours of light a day, at least. |
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- Posted by missingtheobvious Blue Ridge 7a (My Page) on Tue, Feb 21, 12 at 10:51
| I have an old doc which lists lettuce, parsley, cabbage relatives, potatoes, spinach, onions, carrots, beets, and beans as doing well in partial shade. I have no idea how accurate that info is. For many years I had a 5' deep veggie garden along the east side of a house, which means the bed had no sun after noon or so. The tomatoes were right up against the house wall. No problems. There's "deep shade" and also what's known as "bright shade." For instance, daylilies are supposed to have full sun, but some of mine get only an hour or two of direct sunlight, and are in bright shade the rest of the day. They still bloom enthusiastically, which technically speaking they shouldn't, so I have to assume the bright shade provides enough light. |
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| You will be O.K. |
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| Agreed. Run your rows north-south and plant. Something will work, and next year you will have a better idea of the sun pattern, and what will thrive best in a particular spot. |
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