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“Greenhouse Components” Lecture Series

Feb 15 . “Greenhouse Components” Lecture Series. Greenhouse Management & Floriculture Agriculture Technology Department Plymouth High School. Identify the bulb flowering on the instructor’s bench. TARGETS. To recognize and explain three kinds of equipment that can ventilate a greenhouse

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“Greenhouse Components” Lecture Series

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  1. Feb 15 “Greenhouse Components”Lecture Series Greenhouse Management & Floriculture Agriculture Technology Department Plymouth High School

  2. Identify the bulb flowering on the instructor’s bench.

  3. TARGETS To recognize and explain three kinds of equipment that can ventilate a greenhouse To recognize and explain two kinds of equipment that can heat a greenhouse To distinguish between the four types of greenhouse covering materials (glass, polycarbonate, polyvinyl chloride and polyethylene

  4. Structural Components IMAGE FROM : MyCaert Lesson

  5. GH Orientation Greenhouse Orientation • Single • Above 40oN (ridge E-W) • Below 40oN (ridge N-S) • % Transmission • Gutter Connect/Ridge and Furrow • (All ridges N-S) *N-S is best for snow removal Wisconsin is between 44O and 45O Latitude

  6. Frame Materials • Wood • treated or untreated • Iron—Steel—Aluminum • Galvanization • Zn coating • reacts with O2 = ZnO • ZnO reacts with CO2 to make ZnCO3 (zinc carbonate)

  7. Groups of 2 ONLY!You have 3 minutes to list as many components as you can! What else is in a GH?

  8. What else is in a Greenhouse? • Heating Systems • Cooling Systems • Irrigation Systems • Bench Systems • CO2 emitters • Shade Clothes

  9. Do your Easter Lilies need water today?

  10. Covering (Glazing) • Glass • Acrylic • Polycorbonates • Vinyl (polyvinyl cholride • Polyethylene (#1 used)

  11. END OF TODAY • Wednesday • Early Release

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