Discussion forum for the various methods and structures used for getting an early start on your growing season, extending it for several weeks or even year 'round.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Greenville, South Carolina
Posts: 3,099
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Aluminet is def better, I just couldn't pull the trigger last year. This year I likely will.
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#17 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: New England
Posts: 661
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@BigVanVader--
is the 50% shade cloth covering the S side??? I don't see any trees or bulldings to block sunlight on the far side so me thinks perhaps your GH is like my house where I receive MORE sunlight (reflected) into my house on the N side than the S that is crowded with oaks/maples/beech/etc that block most of the sunlight May to October. |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Greenville, South Carolina
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It is facing west, so sun is shining on that side from about 10 am till dark. Sun rises right behind my GH so only a couple of hours shine on the east side.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: New England
Posts: 661
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Gotcha. Is it a regional thing how a GH is oriented?? Somehow I thought all GH ran E-W....
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#20 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Greenville, South Carolina
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Idk, I just put mine in the best spot on my property for all day sun. I could orient one perpendicular to the south and make it work, bur it's not ideal.
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#21 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: New England
Posts: 661
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Im sure terrain, slope and spacing plays a role.
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#22 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Pulaski County, Arkansas
Posts: 1,239
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the rats used my aluminet to make nests or something - ate it up. careful w/ winter storage. they didn't mess with my shadecloth stash, I don't know why they went for the aluminet.......
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#23 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: NC
Posts: 511
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I realize this is an older thread... has anyone tried or considered a "Swamp Cooler"?
Something I struggle with myself is heat build up. I need to purchase some shade cloth. Or do something. |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Den of Drunken Fools
Posts: 38,539
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In the summer time here when the humidity is really low I can spray the concrete drive down with a big fan on it. I get really cold air coming off the fan. Another place I like to do it is my golden goddess bamboo grove. Feels like a refrigerator door opened. Worth |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: NC
Posts: 511
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I forgot to post this UMASS study: https://ag.umass.edu/greenhouse-flor...ooling-systems They indicate, that even upwards of 70% humidity, you could have around 10 degrees of cooling. One thing I have learned in a few years of Greenhouse/High Tunnel growing, ANY cooling is still cooling.... Combined with a shade cloth, and this could be interesting. |
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#26 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Den of Drunken Fools
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60% humidity and below will dry peppers.
Where I live it can get up close to 100% sometimes. Depending on which way the wind is coming from. Worth |
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