Greenhouse: Solar heating with 55 gallon drums of water

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Solace
Monte Vista, CO (Zone 4a)

September 6, 2012 3:04 PM

Here's information for how many gallons of water in a greenhouse that it takes for partial or full-season heating. http://aes.missouri.edu/bradford/education/solar-greenhouse/...

Keep in mind this is a university in Missouri's findings, and places such as where I live get much more sunshine/heat from the sun, so it might not take as many barrels where you are. Dry climates get more solar radiation, due to there being little 'water/humidity' in between the sun and the plants. That's why here in the San Luis Valley the sun seems so intense.

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