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  • From: "MAsteveINE" <MAsteveINE AT 207me.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Shading an overheated greenhouse
  • Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:07:37 -0400

Shade paints, available from greenhouse supply companies, are the old timey way
 
of keeping down temps inside. Depending on location and climate an application
 
or two per season is generally enough. The bigger the building the more serious the
 
equipment for spraying gets. On those old glass houses that were rough as a cob
 
with nails, glass clips, and broken glass it was much easier to spray than to try to drag
 
cloth over.
 
Shade cloth is cheaper over time, simple to pull over poly houses,  more uniform
 
in its result. Cloth over any vent opening will reduce the air flow, houses with vents
 
at the ridge will run cooler if the cloth is suspended on wires a few feet above ridge
 
height. 
 
MAsteveINE
 
 
 
 



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