Greenhouse cover whats better?

[Cringer76]

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[doublejj]

I use this: http://www.farmtek.com/farm/supplie...vering_2-ft1_greenhouse_films_2;pg108654.html

Works great
Good luck

peace
doublejj

 

[doublejj]

I've used both. They both work well
Good luck

peace
doublejj

 

[Cringer76]

Thanks Doublejj

 

[doublejj]

Your mailbox ain't working

doublejj

 

[doublejj]

Just try to keep as much air as possible moving thru.
Any chance you can change the plastic to mesh?
You should be ok

good luck
doublejj

 

[Cringer76]

I have a fan in there but like today its 100f outside its around 110f inside. How much heat can they take before its to much?

 

[GP73LPC]

cool, i bought the 6 mil plastic from home depot and still have enough to recover my greenhouse., but since UV light is gonna kill what i bought, it's nice to start exploring some better options...


thanks jj

 

[supermanlives]

i second farmtek.

 

[SeaMaiden]

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I understand what you're trying to do, but you are not adding any content by posting like this. At the very least you can offer *something* to your own thread, no?

Thanks Doublejj

That's a little better.

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Not so much...

I have a fan in there but like today its 100f outside its around 110f inside. How much heat can they take before its to much?

Much better!

It needs as much ventilation as possible. Is the fan pulling air in or taking it out, or is it just moving air around inside? I have a small GH that's got two doorways and four windows, so simply opening it up to the ambient air flow is sufficient.

 

[ElPiloto]

When you have a clear cover, you have a solar collector or more accurately, a solar oven. The clear top lets the heat in and keeps adding heat unless you have a way to get rid of it as fast as it collects.

A big vent at the top works quite well if you can open the sides up. If you try to get rid of the heat with a fan on one end and a vent on the other, they both have to flow a lot of air to work.

In Southern Arizona, we use a big evaporative cooler on one end and big vents, or an open door on the other side. That works well here because the humidity is low. They don't work at all if the humidity is high.

Good luck.

 

[Amanita]

What's with all the 1s? Edited posts?

 

[calstar]

Other than the UV protection FarmTec has in it and its 4yr warrantee, how is FarmTec different than the Home Depot 6mil($100 for 20'x100')? Light transmission?

thanks,

B

 

[supermanlives]

that 6 mil shit didnt last me 6 months in the desert. i set up a friends gh using it as he was a cheapass. do it right the first time man

 

[doublejj]

The Home Depot plastic won't last 1 season. I'm on my second year with the same piece of farmtek plastic.
Good luck
doublejj

 

[supermanlives]

my old greenhouses with that material lasted 6 years. could of gone longer with patching i imagine. the woven poly stuff rocks. i also had shade cloths for each gh. along with roll up sides and back.

 

[GP73LPC]

my 6 mil HD plastic just got ripped by the wind last night. 10 months old...

 

[supermanlives]

dont be cheap on the gh covers it aint worth it

 

[doublejj]

You need a piece 12'x20' to cover a carport. $27.00 from Farmtek

doublejj