island cassie

Hey filmorer - to cool the area and increase humidity - have you thought of hanging sacking/fabric on the wall with a very slow trickle of water running down it? Combined with your shade cover it might make a big difference until the plant is established. In the middle east (baking hot and bone dry - sound familiar?) they did it all the time - not the prettiest thing but really works. You can adjust the trickle to control the amount of water that reaches the soil and is a lot easier than spraying and avoids leaf burn in the sun.