Introduction

With the United States government pushing to use our food for things other food, it has caused and will continue to cause our food prices to rise dramatically. For example, our government requires that our gasoline contain ethanol. We produce our ethanol by converting our corn to add to our gas.

By doing this, it removes corn from our table and corn from the feed we use for our cattle and poultry. We then seek other products to replace the higher priced corn and meat. This higher demand for other products causes their prices to go up also. Plus the emerging nations are demanding a better quality diet, causing more demand and higher prices.

To counter this people are reverting to vegetable gardens and greenhouses. Once you get a greenhouse, you will have to maintain it. Here is my experience with maintaining a greenhouse that I had in Alaska.

Soil

Being in a confined area, the dirt you use needs to be kept fertile. In Alaska, I could send a soil sample to the state government for analysis. They would send the results back with recommendations on how to make it more fertile.

This usually meant to add certain fertilizers to the soil to perk it back up. In some cases, I just replaced the soil with new, fresh soil.

Keeping your soil fresh was the hardest part of maintaining my greenhouse.

Building Maintenance

My greenhouse structure was made of wood and Plexiglas. The Plexiglas I kept clean by washing it down with the garden hose to keep the dirt off it. This allowed for more sunlight and better growing conditions.

The wood portion I painted about every three years, and of course I, painted it green.

Fan

I had electricity run to my greenhouse to allow for operation of an exhaust fan. Periodically I applied grease to the bearings to allow it to rotate freely.

Water Source

It is a good idea to have a convenient source of water for your greenhouse. I piped water to my greenhouse to help water the plants. At the end of the growing season, I would drain the water from the pipes to keep the pipes from freezing in the winter.

Conclusion

The hardest part in maintaining your greenhouse is the maintenance of the soil. Keeping your greenhouse painted makes it more acceptable to the neighborhood. Other maintenance includes cleaning of the Plexiglas, maintaining your exhaust fan and draining your water pipe at the end of the season before the winter sets in.

Here is an informal walk through of our gothic arch wood greenhouse, for your enjoyment. I made the greenhouse. I used plans from Virginia poly technical institute, yellow and red cedar, fir, double walled polycarbonate covering, designed 1962, modified by me.
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Tips for caring for your greenhouse plants including protecting plants in winter and looking after tomato plants. Award winning garden expert Steve Brookes shares great fun and informative gardening tips.
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Greenhouses have become important tools in plant cultivation. They provide much needed growing rooms for places which are not very conducive for the development of certain plants. They allow the cultivation of plants in places which could grow these plants normally.

There are many factors which can affect the development of plants inside a greenhouse. The proper balance of air circulation, ventilation, humidity, shading and heating will provide the plants with an optimum environment.

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Misting

Other factors will such as ventilation and shading, are important for prevention of overheating in the greenhouse. However, proper misting or the control of humidity is the main factor which maintains a comfortable environment for the cultivation of plants. Evaporation uses up heat when it turns water from liquid into a gas. When the venting process is done, much needed moisture is lost from the greenhouse because it escapes into the air. Misting is one of the ways to replace the lost moisture inside the greenhouse.

The amount of moisture which is needed to be maintained by the greenhouse is dependent on several factors such as the amount of shading and ventilation that is provided, the status of the local climate and the fluctuations in the daily weather. The rule of thumb is that for each 10 square-ft of area, there must be 1-2 gallons/hour of moisture. A misting system will effectively distribute moisture evenly to all the parts of the greenhouse. A good misting system can disperse water in a fine mist, this will prevent the plants from being soaked.

Misting systems reduce temperatures by as much as twenty-five degrees F which is about 14 degrees Celsius.

Here are some facts about misting systems

-Misting systems can be used to disperse water in an ultra fine mist or a very coarse spray. The size of the droplets can depend on the nozzle type, the spacing of the nozzle and the operating pressure.

-Misting systems are used for many different kinds of applications aside from its normal greenhouse chores. They can be used from dust suppression, controlling static electricity control and concrete curing.

-Misting systems utilize pumps which are designed for intermittent or continuous duty. Intermittent pumps are designed to sprinkle water for five minutes and rest for a minute in between misting.

-Misting systems now come with electronic timers which can be programmed to mist 1-14 times a day with each misting ranging from 1 minute to 24 minutes. Other systems can be programmed to mist in shorter durations but more often.

-Nozzles are made from brass or plastic materials. The brass nozzles can be easily affected by minerals that abound in the water supply. The plastic nozzles can tolerate these minerals and can actually repel lime and other deposits.

-The amount of water which is needed to maximize the efficiency of the misting system can be calculated by multiplying the rate of the nozzle flow per minute by the number of nozzles in the system and the result will then be multiplied again by the minutes that the misting system will be in operation each day. This result will be a good estimate of how much water is needed by the system.

-Most misting systems today offer pumps which are almost noise-free. They will not affect the plants and especially the people near the greenhouse.

-Misting systems can be supplemented by an evaporative cooler. They work very well in dry climates (where humidity is below 50%). The air is cooled by around 10-20 degrees by the water which is evaporated because they are drawn through the cooler and then into the greenhouse. Too much humidity can be a problem and this is why people should water the plant only when they need it.

-The use of tools which can measure humidity can also be very helpful for greenhouse enthusiasts.

There are other factors that need to be considered in greenhouse plant cultivation. Misting is just one of them. Misting provides the plants with much needed cooling for the plants.
There are many tools out there that are available for greenhouse plant cultivations which can immensely increase the quality of their greenhouses especially in terms of misting. A cultivator just needs to find out what kind of misting system should be employed for his plants.

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WHAT IS GREENHOUSE EFFECT

it is a natural process in which certain house,know as greenhouse gases trap heat that radiates from the earth surface,: in a fact ,a greenhouse in a contruction of transparent walls and roofs in cold countries to provide adequare hyeat to the sil and plants ,the solar energy/heat penetrates greenhouse but is prevented from escaping and thus heat remins within the greenhouse ,keeping it worm

IMPORTANCE OF GREENHOUSE

if there is no greenhouse  effect and the atmosphere was transparent to the outgoin long wavelength radiation emanating from the earth surface ,"" the main equilibrium temperature of the earth surface would have been considerabky lower abd probaly below freezinf point of water  { - 0 degrees celcius } ' THIS GREENHOUSE ACTS AS A THERMAL BLANKET SURROUNDING THE EARTH "

In the absence of the greenhouse effect and an atmosphere, the Earth's average surface temperature of 14 °C (57 °F) could be as low as ?18 °C (?0.4 °F), the black body temperature of the Earth
Basic mechanism

The Earth receives energy from the Sun mostly in the form of visible light. The bulk of this energy is not absorbed by the atmosphere since the atmosphere is transparent to visible light. 50% of the sun's energy reaches the Earth and is absorbed by the surface as heat. Because of its temperature, the Earth's surface radiates energy in infrared range. The Greenhouse gases are not transparent to infrared radiation so they absorb infrared radiation. Infrared radiation is absorbed from all directions and is passed as heat to all gases in the atmosphere. The atmosphere also radiates in the infrared range (because of its temperature, in the same way the Earth's surface does) and does so in all directions. The surface and lower atmosphere are warmed because of the greenhouse gases and makes our life on earth possible

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We cant afford to waste a drop and where better to have a water butt than right by the greenhouse door with a ready, free water supply on hand to nurture thirsty young growth. This purpose made filament will fit nearly all greenhouses and slots easily and neatly into the gutter end to channel rainwater into a water butt or other container. Grey in colour, with a 3.5cm diameter.

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Automatic Greenhouse Vent Opener

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is construction with a glasses or plastic roofs and normal glass or , it warms up because the received solar radiation. The solar radiations are from the sun. In the sun warms plants, soil, and other belongings inside the . In the air warmed by the sun heat from interior surfaces is retained in the by the conservatories roof and plastic wall. These structures are available in wide range in size from small to very large .

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This type of and was constructed by . The was basically from Ireland country. In market the , construct the variety of in Ireland and , Ireland. designer helps the Dublin county peoples in . company provide a wide range of project, project in Dublin Ireland.

The is a and and . designs are different from other company builders design. They construct the and in all over the parts in Ireland country. This unique and .

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Question by Perry: Does anybody else think this is a bit of a swiz?
I bought my nine year old brother an Easter egg, as you do, and it's one of those Smarties ones where you can "Grow your own cool plant!" It comes with seeds, a multitool, and even a little egg shaped "greenhouse". I started to help him plant these little seeds, going through the instructions, and it suddenly mentioned something about compost.
Compost?! Pffft! Was the compost provided? Ooooh, no, so now I have to go and buy a flipping bag of compost from B and Q or he'll be all disappointed.

I'm pretty cheesed off, actually. Has anybody else been conned into buying compost by nestle yet?

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Yes I do.

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Leveling the land and collecting the necessary resources to build the Greenhouse of Harmony.

www.HippyGourmet.com http www.ColeCanyonFarm.com http In this second part of three segments featuring the SpringHouse portable greenhouse by FlowerHouses.com, we learn how to do container planting! First we visit our local Farmer's Market to meet up with Steve Rehn of http to get some organic plantings and to learn how to transplant them for growing in our portable greenhouse. Then we take what we learned and using Ecoforms.com earth-friendly pots, we transplant the organic veggies, herbs and edible flowers into their new home!
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