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  • From: Christian Skiba <c.skiba@gmx.de>
  • To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Walipini and earth cellar
  • Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2018 08:52:50 +0100

Thanks Lawrence and Jeremy,

yes, the root cellar is used for food storage only in winter.
Potatoes, apples, cabbage and celery for example need a humidity of about 90 % at a temperature of 35-32°F.
So dry air is not really needed.
It will be build in the highlands, 750 m above sealevel, USDA plant hardiness zone 6a.
My priority is to raise up the temperature in the greenhouse in winter.

I give it a try and will inform you about the results.


Am 04.12.2018 um 17:48 schrieb jeremy baker via permaculture:
This is Jeremy in Skagit Valley, WA. Living intimately with the climactic
variations of the year appeals to me. The concept of “season extenders” is
fun to play around with. Diving into the ground like a tortoise or badger
makes a lot of sense. I would hope a root cellar would be about empty by the
time it starts to warm up. Then the space might be used for other things
temporarily.
 Perhaps dig a test hole and experiment with it. A friend showed me a deep
hole covered with tempered glass.  Inside he had several overwintering house
plants. I have several cans and buckets of paint that say “do not freeze” on
them. I’m thinking of digging a hole for them while I go to Baja lol.   Jeremy


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On Monday, December 3, 2018, 12:54 AM, Christian Skiba <c.skiba@gmx.de> wrote:

Hello,

I'm planning to build an underground greenhouse with an earth cellar.

As benefits I see
- more (earth-) heat radiating wall surface in winter
- one instead of two construction sites (one big hole instead of two
small ones)
- possibly the use of CO2 from the storage crops for the greenhouse
plants (during the day)

I think in the summertime there must be a closed door between them to
prevent the cellar to be heated by the greenhouse.

Would you say that there are other advantages when combining this two
elements?

Are there any disadvantages?

Greetings from Germany
Christian
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