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Greenhouses in China

franktank232
13 years ago

Posted this over on the fruit forum. You guys may get a kick out of how the Chinese do it. They fruit peaches 8 weeks earlier then outdoor crops and sell sweet cherries early in the season for $50/lb at the airport in Beijing.

growing under plastic in China

"On Day 3, we visited a village of 1500 residents with 1500 greenhouses, equivalent of 1 per person. These ranged from the very simple, earthen passive solar greenhouse to others with brick walls, and some that were more akin to a hoop house in the U.S. The passive solar earthen houses provide the greatest advantage in terms of advancing ripening date. They face south and with the solid earthen back and side walls, plus being somewhat excavated in the ground, they can absorb much solar energy. The large straw mats are rolled down over the house to keep the heat in. In some cases, these are rolled up and down using ropes. In other cases, a motorized system is used. We visited houses with white fleshed peaches, white and yellow flesh nectarines, plums, and apricots. The focus of the photos is on the earthen houses where white flesh peaches were grown."

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