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cold hardy citrus in full soil in greenhouse
incubator01:
--- Quote from: Zitrusgaertner on May 18, 2021, 09:17:02 AM ---If I'd set up a new greenhouse I would prefer a foilhouse. Modern foil greenhouses offer better isolation than glass houses and you can easily remove the walls.
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I had those for 3 years, first the green foil which rippled apart when the sun got too hot, then I bought thicker white foil, but the problem is proper ventilation, I'd need to cut holes for air etc in it and then a colleague at work told me to just get a proper new greenhouse, with thick safety glass (4mm, it can resist minor hail and when it breaks it breaks like your car window) and so I also had the option to choose 4 windows in the roof, filtered roof glass to filter a small bit of the sun out for at noon, and a double door for proper air passage and passing large pots :)
I never looked back since, the foil they sell here is crap, just good enough to grow strawberries when the weather is not too hot yet.
Zitrusgaertner:
I was talking about a professional greenhouse with at least 1000mē better 3000mē No hommade version. The more volume cou can enclose the better will get the climate in your greenhouse. With a professional foil greenhouse you can widely open the sidewalls. ;)
incubator01:
--- Quote from: Zitrusgaertner on May 20, 2021, 06:04:47 AM ---I was talking about a professional greenhouse with at least 1000mē better 3000mē No hommade version. The more volume cou can enclose the better will get the climate in your greenhouse. With a professional foil greenhouse you can widely open the sidewalls. ;)
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That is true, however I lack the space for that, and they're pretty pricey here too, for that price I had a proper glass greenhouse. However I really wished mine was a bit higer, temperature management is difficult at times because the greenhouse's roof height is 2.5m ( = 98.4 inch or so) and it really should be 20% higher at least. But then I'd have to choose a much bigger greenhouse which is wider and longer and again I was not allowed that much space in my garden :(
I am well aware that the large industrial size greenhouses are heaven in terms of temperature management, even without special equipment to regulate it automatically. But that's something I can only dream of.
Zitrusgaertner:
That is true, however I lack the space for that, and they're pretty pricey here too, for that price I had a proper glass greenhouse. However I really wished mine was a bit higer, temperature management is difficult at times because the greenhouse's roof height is 2.5m ( = 98.4 inch or so) and it really should be 20% higher at least. But then I'd have to choose a much bigger greenhouse which is wider and longer and again I was not allowed that much space in my garden :(
I am well aware that the large industrial size greenhouses are heaven in terms of temperature management, even without special equipment to regulate it automatically. But that's something I can only dream of.
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I dream of going professional with my citrus production ;)
lebmung:
I have a plastic foil for 6 years no problem with it. Here is very hot in summer with temperatures outside at 35C+ for a month or two, and I have like 40-45C in greenhouse everyday, not a problem for more tropical citrus as long as it's humid. Key limes and fingerlimes like it.
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