How do you keep a Greenhouse cool in 100F heat?
Got Shade Cloth and Exhaust Fan.
400 sq.ft.
big rockpile
Got Shade Cloth and Exhaust Fan.
400 sq.ft.
big rockpile
Cooling?
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And you've got the door closed ?
No sign of side window openings ?
Or just above the ground air vents ?
I myself use a thing called cool glass, it' comes in a glass jar (but you can buy it in larger cans) and it is a paint on liquid that dries white and helps stop the sun light entering the green house,
The old way of making your own cool glass is very simple, it is a mixture of powdered Lime and cold water and then paint it on the "OUTSIDE" of the glass, it dries like white wash, and is resistant to rain, when you want to remove it use a "DRY cloth" And then wash the greenhouse glass with a hose pipe and long handle Brush,
these tips will help reduce the inside heat but you still need to watch what your trying to grow in such temperature as 100dg another thing i do when the green house is getting to hot is use the timer mist spray for short burst.
No sign of side window openings ?
Or just above the ground air vents ?
I myself use a thing called cool glass, it' comes in a glass jar (but you can buy it in larger cans) and it is a paint on liquid that dries white and helps stop the sun light entering the green house,
The old way of making your own cool glass is very simple, it is a mixture of powdered Lime and cold water and then paint it on the "OUTSIDE" of the glass, it dries like white wash, and is resistant to rain, when you want to remove it use a "DRY cloth" And then wash the greenhouse glass with a hose pipe and long handle Brush,
these tips will help reduce the inside heat but you still need to watch what your trying to grow in such temperature as 100dg another thing i do when the green house is getting to hot is use the timer mist spray for short burst.
I have the Screen open on the door and all the windows are open.
I don't know if I can paint anything on it because I'm renting it.
big rockpile
I don't know if I can paint anything on it because I'm renting it.
big rockpile
Your renting it for your use and after use just wash it off and the glass will be as good as when you started to rent,
A plus here i failed to say, if you make your own lime shade and the green house frame is wood ? Bugs will not go near the greenhouse wooded area,
You can also use the Lime wash in the early spring on your fruit trees to kill the climbing bugs that infect the fruit,
"But do this Lime Wash on the trees early rather than Late in the month,
TIP,
I spray the apple/Pear about 6 feet up from the ground and all around the tree's Bark and then spray around the soil base area about 3 feet, this kills any crawling/climbing bugs heading towards the tree,
I would have to have someone do it they won't let me on a ladder and I don't know if I could with one hand.
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My wife says I couldn't do it.
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I am thinking that a swamp cooler or chiller would be ok. Humid as LA though.You can buy plug in versions for cheap.
That is what I'm thinking