Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["E. E. Mitchamore Jr" <emitch@att.net>]

Size wouldn't be the critical question.  Most of the passive solar heating rules would apply, for example:

 

East-West orientation.

Insulated north wall and roof.

Roof pitch to allow max sun.

Lots of thermal mass.

And so forth...

 

E. E. "Mitch" Mitchamore
www.hillcountrynatives.biz

----- Original Message -----

From: Phil Bunch

To: 'Healthy soil and sustainable growing'

Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 8:02 PM

Subject: [Livingontheland] Cool Climate Tomato Growing

I'm thinking about how to raise night temperature from 50F to 55F for
tomatoes. Anyone think a double walled hoop house with black plastic mulch
would do it? I'm thinking that if one warmed the soil during the day the
radiation at night may be capable of 5 degree rise in air temperature. I'm
pretty sure that the dimensions of the hoop house would be critical but I
don't know how large it would have to be.

Any ideas?

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