market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Market Farming
List archive
- From: "Bill Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT inil.com>
- To: "market farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Re: Hoop house - how to anchor down
- Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 08:34:29 -0600
Hoop houses generally come with stand pipes.
These are placed into the ground and serve as the foundation for the hoophouse.
They are usually just large enough to allow you to slip the hoops into them. We
drove ours into the ground about 18", leaving about 6" above the soil
line. After slipping the hoops into them, we drilled a 3/8" hole through
the stand pipe and hoop, about 3" above the ground. We then put a 3/8"
hardened bolt through the hole and tightened it down. This locks the hoop and
stand pipe together.
After three years of storms and high winds (up
to fifty mph), I'm convinced it's sufficient to hold the hoophouse down. I think
the plastic would tear before the house collapsed.
Bill Shoemaker
Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops Univ of Illinois - St Charles Hort Research Center
|
-
Hoop house - how to anchor down,
nan and stewart, 02/04/2001
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: Hoop house - how to anchor down, wiediger, 02/04/2001
- Re: Hoop house - how to anchor down, Bill Shoemaker, 02/05/2001
Archive powered by MHonArc 2.6.24.