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  • From: Dieter Brand <diebrand@yahoo.com>
  • To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] more on greenhouse and season extension
  • Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 01:36:04 -0800 (PST)

Zack,
 
I wasn’t talking about using glass for the greenhouse;
you can use any material that suites your purpose.
What I meant was the glass panel installed in front of the
trombe wall used to heat the greenhouse. It may be possible
to use some kind of plastic material for this purpose too,
but I think that the inferior transparency of most plastic
materials is likely to have a negative impact on the amount
of heat absorbed.
 
The type of passive heating you use in the end will depend
very much on your requirements and on local conditions. In
my case, I just need to keep temperatures a few degrees above
the surrounding air to keep my plants from freezing during
the few nights we have night frost. To achieve this, I want
the simplest method possible, preferably without any mechanical
parts or electronic gadgets which can break or deteriorate
in adverse conditions (e.g., humidity, etc.).
 
Do let us know your views on irrigation.
 
Regards,
Dieter Brand, Portugal

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On 2/24/2007 at 7:38 PM Zachary Domikez wrote:

... snip
 
>As a corollary, Dieter mentioned glass, which is very
>expensive, breakable and heavy, so I have used vinyl
>(not green in it's fabrication, no, but useful in
>construction.) By Vinyl, I mean the flexible roll, UV
>resistant, usually sold for tent or truck windows. I
>have found this to be twice as long-lasting as
>polyethylene.
>
>Next critical subject is 'irrigation,' for another
>day.
>
>Best,
>Zack


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