
Through the summertime, your greenhouse’s internal temperature rises to an uncomfortable amount; sensitive plants can wilt and suffer with excessive heat. To combat this issue, gardeners typically use tactical ventilation fans and vents to cool the interior climate. However, venting cannot cool the region completely without the aid of calculated shading. Employing specific shading materials inside your greenhouse saves on ventilation costs and protects your plants from injury.
Whitewashing
An easy and inexpensive shading plan is painting the greenhouse’s exterior with shading compound. Also called whitewashing, you apply this thin paint round the outside structure surface to stop incoming sunlight from striking the interior plants. Implement one or more whitewash layers on the greenhouse based on the degree of shading needed; heat cannot build up in the greenhouse using this protective shading. 1 major drawback to painting compounds is that their permanency. Unless your region receives periodic rainfall, whitewash remains as a permanent shading fixture until you clean it away.
Blinds and Netting
Much like shading your home’s windows, blinds installed on the inside or outside of the greenhouse provide a more flexible shading option. You open and shut the blinds as needed throughout the warmer seasons. Another shading choice is conventional netting. Typically hanging above the plants in the greenhouse beams, Soul is a lightweight and inexpensive option that is easily moved when not needed. It is important to note that both internal blinds and netting stop sunlight from striking the plants directly, but they don’t combat heat buildup in the greenhouse. As a way, install blinds on the greenhouse exterior to prevent heat from collecting inside the structure.
Natural Alternative
Strategically putting a deciduous tree in the side of the greenhouse creates a natural shading substitute. Through the spring and summertime, bushy tree foliage prevents powerful afternoon sunlight from penetrating your greenhouse; the cooling costs fall as a result. As the sun wanes in the autumn and winter, the tree loses its leaves to allow as much sunlight to the greenhouse as possible. This shading, based on the different seasons, just takes you to care for the tree, like regular fertilizing and watering.
Newer Solar Technology
Typical solar panel cells halt light entirely; you commonly find these assemblies attached to home roofs. However, newer experimental solar technology use a system of glass tubes which reflect light when allowing some beams to enter the region below. Not only do you achieve a shaded area inside the greenhouse, these solar panels set up on the greenhouse roof include another energy option for heating and cooling purposes. Although expensive to install originally, solar panels can eventually pay for themselves in energy savings and by guarding your greenhouse plants.