Hoop house
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A hoop house (also called a hoop greenhouse or hoophouse) is a greenhouse with a plastic roof wrapped over flexible piping. The interior heats up because incoming solar radiation from the sun warms plants, soil, and other things inside the building faster than heat can escape the structure. Air warmed by the heat from hot interior surfaces is retained in the building by the roof and wall.
A US Department of Agriculture program is helping farmers install hoop houses. The program was announced at the US White House garden in December, 2009.[1]
Farmers in Iraq are building these in increasing number and adding drip irrigation to grow tomatoes.[2]
[edit] References
[edit] Video
- USDA Promotes Hoop Houses at White House Garden Event Intro - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14jE1T2Vd_Q
- "Quick Garden Hoop" The Martha Stewart Show (Feb 18, 2010) - http://www.marthastewart.com/article/quick-hoop
[edit] Notes
- ^ USDA TO LAUNCH HIGH TUNNEL PILOT STUDY TO INCREASE AVAILABILITY OF LOCALLY GROWN FOODS. Retrieved from http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?contentidonly=true&contentid=2009/12/0617.xml
- ^ Tharp, M. (2009, July 17). Once world's bread basket, Iraq now a farming basket case. McClatchy Newspapers. Retrieved from http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20090717/wl_mcclatchy/3274217
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