Visited a community garden rooftop and noticed their balcony setup blew mine away

I went to a community garden open day in Chicago last weekend. One guy had a whole balcony setup using just 5 gallon buckets and some old pallets. His cherry tomatoes were way bigger than mine even though I use fancy pots from the store. How do you keep your balcony plants from getting scorched by direct afternoon sun without building a whole shade structure?

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sandra_black13d ago

Check if your pots are dark colored. Dark plastic absorbs heat like crazy. Those fancy pots you bought are probably cooking the roots. Swap to light colored or terracotta pots. Or wrap your current pots in light fabric. Makes a huge difference for sun scorch.

rivershah13d agoMost Upvoted

@sandra_black I see your point but some of my light pots still got scorched.