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Joe's Tomato Greenhouse Pictures and Design
Part of the original pile of lumber needed to create the structure. This all fit
in a 1990 Honda Civic SI Hatchback. I will never do that again.
The 2x6 pieces were used for the NFT chambers.
Click on the following links to learn more about the Greenhouse
Greenhouse Structure
Greenhouse Changes
June Pictures
August Pictures 1
August Pictures 2
Greenhouse 7-28 Pt 1
Greenhouse 7-28 Pt 2
Specifications:
- 20 feet long, 9 feet high not including the roof, and 7 feet wide.
- Build over a long period of time
- 240 gallon tank was constructed
- 75 lbs of Fertilizer was consumed over the course of the summer
- At the peak, 80 gallons of water a day was used by the plants
Growing Facts:
- Over 500 pounds of tomatoes were harvested of which 50 pounds were green
at the end
- 20-40 pounds of peppers were harvested
- Over 75 pounds of tomatoes were lost due to bad design, wind, improper
storage, or birds
- EC was kept at 1300-1500 ppm
- PH was kept at 5.8-6.5
- Tank was dumped every 2 weeks in August when BER was discovered
- Before September the tank was dumped only once a month
- Fertilizer was the HydroGro
mix and Calcium
Nitrate from CropKing
- System was turned off and all tomatoes removed on 10/7/2001 due to frost.
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