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- From: "MAsteveINE" <MAsteveINE AT 207me.com>
- To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] snow.
- Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 18:54:54 -0500
Re posted from Dec, 09:
It;s mostly a matter of how well you can sleep with how
many dollars on the line outside; some guys will keep every possible snowflake
off their house while the neighbor goes to sleep for the night planning to order
a replacement house in the morning if necessary. Most of us are somewhere in the
middle of that!
"Not-designed-for-heavy-snow" houses are generally of the
half round shape (rather than gothic shape)
and have a rather flat area at the top
that holds snow which can cause failure with moderate amounts of
snow; so step one would be to have a snow rake and keep the top
unloaded.
It is advisable between storms to keep the area beside the
house free of snow build-up so that you can shovel/plow when a biggie comes along.
Many growers have 2 x 4 or 2 x 6 pieces enough so that
they can be placed under the arch centers
and act as props, many turn the heat to max during snow
storms to melt some of the load, lots spend their time out there shoveling. When
all else seems to be not enough the poly gets slashed between
the arches allowing the snow to fall in but saving the
frame.
In 10 years with a company that sold several hundred
greenhouses, mostly north of PA, the largest
single snowfall I was aware of was at the Luray/Elkton VA
area, so dont be thinking you are alone.
MAsteveINE
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[Market-farming] snow.,
Gary Brever, 02/09/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] snow.,
Robin Follette, 02/09/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] snow., MAsteveINE, 02/09/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] snow.,
Robin Follette, 02/09/2010
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