3 Ways To Enhance Your Greenhouse

As the world around us shifts towards sustainability in an effort to combat global warming, greenhouses are becoming increasingly popular for both personal and commercial use. Whether you’re using your greenhouse for growing vegetables or raising ornamental plants, several strategies can help you enhance your greenhouse’s productivity. Let's explore three ways to improve your greenhouse environment.

Thermal Curtains

Thermal curtains have become a popular solution for keeping greenhouses from getting too hot or too cold. By installing thermal curtains, you can maintain consistent temperatures within the greenhouse by allowing you to keep the heat in when it’s cold outside and keep it out when it’s hot outside. Thermal curtains also help protect the plants inside from damaging winds and storms. If you don’t want to install thermal curtains outright, you can always opt for roll-up side walls that provide similar benefits as thermal curtains.

Reflective Coatings and Films

Greenhouses rely heavily on sunlight in order to be productive, so maximizing the amount of natural light available and how it’s used is key. Applying reflective coatings on the interior surfaces of your greenhouse helps increase the amount of light available by reflecting sunlight back into the greenhouse, which in turn will increase photosynthesis rates in your plants. You can also take advantage of films that filter the sunlight, such as the products found at Ubigro, or other materials designed to diffuse direct sunlight while allowing some light to pass through, maximizing the sunlight allowed to enter and putting it to the best use possible.

Fans

Having proper airflow is essential for greenhouses since stagnant air can lead to increased humidity levels, which can cause mold and mildew build-up and put your plants at risk for disease. Installing fans helps prevent this by promoting air circulation throughout the greenhouse, which helps keep temperatures even and prevents pockets of stagnant air from forming. You should also ensure that vents or windows are open during peak times, for example, during about mid-day, so fresh air circulates through the space regularly.

Enhancing your personal or commercial greenhouse is important to maintaining a productive environment where plants can thrive year-round regardless of external weather conditions. Installing thermal curtains, applying reflective coatings on interior surfaces, and improving airflow with fans are just a few examples of ways to improve your existing setup and create an ideal environment for plant growth. With these strategies in place, you can enjoy all the benefits that come with having a successful indoor garden.