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  • From: "Judy & Ernie Duckworth" <jeduck AT midwest.net>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] roll up sides on greenhouse
  • Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 20:36:53 -0500

Amy,
The greenhouse plastic will work and hold up. At least they are on our
tunnels. We roll them up about 3' on one tunnel and only 2' on the other. My
problem is finding a good cheap way of fastening them to the rod.
Ernie
----- Original Message -----
From: Amy K. Johnson <akjedj AT access4cheap.com>
To: <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 8:47 PM
Subject: [Market-farming] roll up sides on greenhouse


> No one responded to this question so I'll try again:
>
> Dear List,
>
> We are building a hoophouse from salvaged materials and we want to put
roll
> up sides on it. One of our salvage projects was a greenhouse-type
enclosure
> for a pool that had collapsed due to ice load. It had roll up curtains
made
> from a woven semi-transparent white material.
>
> My question is: Should we use the old curtains for the roll-up sides on
our
> hoophouse or can we use greenhouse plastic? Does greenhouse plastic stand
up
> to the stress of being rolled up and down? The curtains for our new
> hoophouse would be about 3ft high by 48ft long on a hoophouse 12x48ft.
>
> Thanks,
> Amy K. Johnson
> Johnson's Produce Patch
> Long Island VA
>
>
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