Avoid Overheating!

Sunday, March 16 2003 @ 08:54 AM

Contributed by: Admin

AVOID OVERHEATING!
Your greenhouse is designed to collect and store solar heat.
If the temperature inside your greenhouse gets too hot, your plants will wilt and die. Try to develop a daily routine that maintains an optimum temperature. It takes but one hot hour to destroy all your work. It is better to leave your greenhouse open, and have it be a little cool, than to kill your plants with heat.

To monitor the temperature of your greenhouse, set up a thermometer inside, in the shade, and a the level of your plants (a minimum-maximum thermometer is preferred). The usually excepted optimum temperature for most plants is 80' F. At higher temperatures your plant's growth will decrease and the may die if they get too hot, too long. Use your thermometer to record the daily extremes of temperature, and try by careful ventilation and heating adjustments, to even out the differences as much as possible.



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