Beat the Heat: Greenhouse Cooling Tips

[@JamCamel]

Sorry to hear some of the responses to your Instagram post were doom and gloom. Seems to be a trend these days, even moreso on social media, to destruct and tear down. Your channel, with all the constructing and creating, is a great antidote. It's so easy to criticise and tear apart; making and remaking is so much harder (but is really where all the fun happens!)

[@-RONNIE]

Thank you for the video and too bad about the losses of the food. It seems like the idea you had will work out with the fan and the shade.

[@cynthiafisher9907]

I love the mister idea, but where will the moisture evaporate to? I have a poly tunnel and live in a very hot dry climate. This year we had temps over 100F for several weeks! I have tried pretty much everything else to be able to grow tomatoes and peppers in the poly tunnel. I have it covered with a shade cloth, roll the sides up and have a vent and door in one end and a big fan in the other. It still gets up to 120F in the daytime.

[@BalticHomesteaders]

If the humidity level is low (which it will be in your case) it will simply be taken into the air to increase the humidity level. What % is your shade cloth?

[@cynthiafisher9907]

@@BalticHomesteaders I’m not sure, we got it from a friend that used to be a nurseryman. It is woven and black, it looks to be maybe 60-70%?

[@joelrodriguez5115]

Hello!! Maybe you can use a water evaporative air cooler.

[@BalticHomesteaders]

@@joelrodriguez5115 that’s the third thing that I was eluding to at the start :)

[@joelrodriguez5115]

Hello! I know that it is unlikely that you are thinking of designing a system to use geothermal energy for greenhouse air conditioning, but it would be very interesting if you could discuss the subject, please.

[@BalticHomesteaders]

I kind of am, that was what I was hinting at at the start :) I did some tests with a thermometer in the found this year but haven’t got round to doing anything about it.