Maximum Yield USA July 2017 | Page 108

cycl tips & tricks CHILL OUT, Brah Affordable Ways to Keep Your Greenhouse Cool This Summer Don’t worry about having to give up greenhouse growing during the summer. Here are a few tips and tricks to help keep things cool when the sun starts blazing and your greenhouse gets smoking hot. T here are a variety of reasons as to why outdoor cultiva- tors use greenhouses to grow their favorite crops, most of which are related to privacy and climate control. In fact, with more options for climate control within greenhouses, many experienced growers feel that they produce higher-quality products than with traditional summer outdoor grows. Nonetheless, as anyone who has grown crops in these struc- tures knows, greenhouses greatly intensify the ambient temperature of the outdoors. Without proper cooling measures, the excessive heat in the summer months can greatly hinder the well-being of a healthy garden. Thankfully, there are a variety of options that green- house gardeners can use to help cool their operations during the scorching summer months. 106 grow cycle by Kent Gruetzmacher