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  • From: Darren Young <darren AT thegardenspace.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Greenhouse vs hoophouse
  • Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2015 08:38:02 -0600

I ran a 12'x24' hoop house that I built out of chain link fence top rail for several years with fantastic results. I think 2 layers of good greenhouse quality plastic that are inflated will come very close to an R value of rigid polycarbonate. I think the Ball Redbook on structures has an R value chart in it that compares them, there might be something on the Internet as well. I opted to dump the kneewalls on it to keep it lower to the ground so there was less air mass inside to heat. Single fan for the inflation, smaller one. I ran a 32k BTU furnace in that and it was both cost effective and worked well for seed starting and I'm in northern Illinois outside Chicago. It had 1 rear exhaust fan and 2 front fresh air intakes on it.

When I first started I bought one of those little 4'x8' kit plastic greenhouses, it leaked like a sieve and even after trying to seal it I could never get it to hold heat well.

On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 8:01 PM, GarlicGrower <garlicgrower AT green-logic.com> wrote:

Hi, Folks!

 

Right now I’m doing seed starting in our spare bedroom, but I need more space.  Husband is looking at cost and wants to put in a kit hoophouse.  I’d like to convert space next to the barn to a small polycarbonate greenhouse.

 

Thoughts?

 

 

Dorene Pasekoff

Hill Creek Farm

75 Creamery Road

Pottstown, PA 19465

 

610-506-3372

http://www.hillcreekfarmpa.com/

 

 

 

 


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