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  • From: "Shoemaker, William H" <wshoemak AT illinois.edu>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Coolbot done...
  • Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2012 01:48:05 +0000

Good deal Richard. I visited a grape grower one time who used a coolbot and a single wall-mounted ac unit in a walled-off room in his metal shed. It had to be 16'x25' with a 12' ceiling. He insulated of course, but it was doing a great job. If I ever graduate (retire) and become a grower, that'll be one of my first investments.

 

Bill

William H. Shoemaker

University of Illinois, Crop Sciences

St Charles Horticulture Research Center

535 Randall Road, St Charles, IL  60174

630-584-7254, wshoemak AT illinois.edu


From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] on behalf of Richard Stewart [rstewart AT zoomtown.com]
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 8:44 PM
To: Market Farming
Subject: [Market-farming] Coolbot done...

The Coolbot is finally finished.  I had everything ready to go early this week and chanced upon a 24000 BTU LG window unit (Craigslist)  that was less than a year old and saved me 300.00.  We now have a nice 12x12 walk-in.  I put in an additional layer of 1/2" foam with reflective coating.  Holly cow.  72 to 38F in 12 minutes.

I'm in love.  With what I have seen so far I cannot recommend one enough.  Even used a walk-in cooler this size would have been well out of my price range.

We were doing a small harvest of about 20# of Kale and 20# of salad greens and its amazing just how different things are.  Can't wait to push it to the extreme next week.  This should be a game changer in many ways.

Richard Stewart
Carriage House Farm
North Bend, Ohio

An Ohio Century Farm Est. 1855

(513) 967-1106




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