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Old February 29, 2016   #21
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Everyone goes through the same learning curve. I have met multiple people who cooked all of their plants, because the county extension agent told them that roll-up sides were optional.

Unless you open up a similar portion of the end as in my scissor door pic, on a sunny day with no wind, you're going to be 30-40 degrees above the outside temperature, even with windows open. That's fine when it's 50. But when it's 80 or 90 outside, your greenhouse is going to be a solar oven. Small windows might work on a windy day, but you can't count on that wind to be there all the time.
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