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  • From: Bill Shoemaker <wshoemak AT illinois.edu>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] winter damage to greenhouses?
  • Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:05:06 -0500 (CDT)

I agree with Bob. All greenhouses have a stress failure point with snowload.
In upstate NY, I wouldn't trust it much. You might get lucky, but.....

I wonder if it would be possible to reinforce the structure from the inside?
You should contact local greenhouse owners to see if they have a useful
strategy for that.

Bill



---- Original message ----
>Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:19:09 -0400
>From: Erin Bullock <erin.dandelion AT gmail.com>
>Subject: [Market-farming] winter damage to greenhouses?
>To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
>
>I have a 28'x48' gothic-roofed greenhouse in the Rochester, NY area...
>and this is its first winter. I am planning on going away for a few
>months, and I remember some horror stories about greenhouse collapses,
>etc. -- do you all recommend taking the plastic off (it's pretty old
>& needs to be replaced anyway) so there's no possibility of collapse
>under snow load? I do have quite a bit stored in the greenhouse
>currently (I have no barn)... so I was wondering, if the gothic roof
>did indeed shed snow pretty well, I might as well leave up the plastic
>& keep some tools, bins, etc. inside. Any thoughts or experiences to
>share? Thanks!
>Erin
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William H Shoemaker, UI-Crop Sciences
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St Charles Horticulture Research Center
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