Tytaylor77

We just finished the actual structure. We figured no rush on the cooling until next year. Especially since we have been racing winter to put it up! But here is the plan below. Some already purchased and some will be purchased after inspection and I get the rest of the funding.

I already have two big 4’ tall box exhaust fans ready to go in this spring. They will blow outside! On the other end will be 12-18 foot of evaporative cooling material. There will also be four 24”-36” circulating fans and one or two ridge exhaust fans for the trapped heat in the very top.

We plan to see how that works. I was hoping not to use shade cloth but I’m expecting it to be required. We have worked very closely with the USDA so it should do great in 8b.

Irrigation will be drip tape lines every 2’-3’. (Drip tape is the best stuff ever!) We have a well so the water is close to free. The little pump doesn’t use much power at all. Combined with the drip I plan to run 2 lines up top. Most likely the black coil pipe and use some sort of sprinklers. Either the spinners with weights or the normal down spray kind. I may also run a misting line. Who knows.

Also we did look into an inflator for the top part but our consultants told us the benefits are minimal in this area. It works much better in colder areas and without roll up sides. Since you couldn’t inflate the roll up sides. If I had a greenhouse without roll up sides or if I was in a colder area I would have the inflated poly 100%.

Thank you for all the support and feedback! It is all very welcomed! This is my first commercial size greenhouse so I need all the help I can get! I view this greenhouse/project not just for myself but for the entire sub-tropical Musa community! This could open a huge door for the southern US. Zones 8-9.

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