October 17, 2009 at 3:28 am · Filed under Greenhouse ·Tagged abbreviation, abiotic component, ample space, cold climate, cold frames, ecosystem, green house, Greenhouse, greenhouses, models, natural tendency, phrase, plants, plastics, population, power supply, shape memory alloys, sufficient space, universe
The scientific study has said that the universe expands day by day. Literally it may mean the abiotic component but the actual fact is that it is shrinking. Actually speaking the population of man in this universe is increasing greatly. Man being the one to create problem in every aspect of the ecosystem always tries to find an alternative to compensate the loss. Greenhouse is one such beautiful finding made by man to grow plants effectively. Greenhouse, by the name it suggests that it is a house for growing the green. Many would be familiar of the phrase, “Grow green or else we ruin”. Greenhouse has given each and every human being a wonderful platform to cultivate plants.
Basic forms:
A greenhouse has two basic forms. One is attached greenhouse and other is a standalone greenhouse. In attached greenhouse the power supply is supplied from the house itself where as in case of a standalone greenhouse the power supply and all the other accessories has to be supplied separately. These types of standalone greenhouses can be made where there is sufficient space to have an individual green house. Greenhouse can be built using either plastics or by means of glass. The photo chromatic technique that can be employed in glass makes it preferable over plastics. The basic concept behind the photochromatization is nothing but SMA. SMA is the abbreviation of shape memory alloys. Shape memory alloys are also known as super alloys. These substances have the natural tendency to adjust to the situations that prevail and act accordingly.
Basic models:
The two basic models of greenhouse are cold frames and rack. Cold frames are set out in situations were there is less amount of space where as in case of racks ample space for setting of greenhouse is a must. The greenhouse cold frames constitute to the simplest and cheapest forms of greenhouse. By the name it suggests that it is suitable for growing of plants that requires cold climate. Cold frames are normally used for early sprouting of the seeds, growth of herbs and so on. It is so important for certain plants that the temperature within in the house doesn’t go beyond a particular temperature. So for cultivating those kinds of plants cold frames are very important. The glass panels adjust so as to allow only a small amount of sunlight to enter the greenhouse thereby preventing the damage of plants. Hence greenhouse cold frames are more preferred ones amongst the farmers.
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October 16, 2009 at 1:19 pm · Filed under Greenhouse ·Tagged bricks, cement, decorative flowers, farmers, glass sheets, glasshouses, Greenhouse, greenhouses, growing plants, growth of plants, optimal parameters, plastic sheets, Polyethylene, right time, slogans, space constraint, transparent glass, transverse direction, vegetables, wake up call
In today’s world wherever you go the slogans depicted here and there is, go the green way, save tree save future and so on. The most popular phrase that everyone would have experienced is, “you aren’t the last human being to survive in this world”. This clearly sets out the message to save the future. So as an early wake up call, preparations for the future have to be made. Greenhouses have come at right time, which can be implemented in the future even if there is no space available to cultivate the plants.
Greenhouse concept:
What is this greenhouse concept? Greenhouse is nothing but kind of a house wherein plants can be cultivated. What makes it very special is that we can set a greenhouse in a place whichever is suitable for growing plants. Greenhouse is not a house, which is built by means of cement bricks etc. Greenhouse is a house, which is built using either by glass sheets or plastic sheets that are transparent. Glass sheets used are well-defined ones where as the plastic sheets are usually made of polyethylene or PMMR’S. Plastic sheets are strong and stiff longitudinally but not as strong as in transverse direction. So this paves the way for glass sheets as a common material to be employed in making of greenhouses. The small greenhouses uk made out of glass sheets are also known as glasshouses. Glasshouses can be interconnected to a computer and optimal parameters can be maintained so as to help the growth of plants. Greenhouses can be classified into two types: large greenhouse and small greenhouse. Small greenhouses are the common sight in United Kingdom. One can notice as many number of greenhouses if he turns out to a trip to United Kingdom. The very fact, which makes it most popular, is the space constraint, attracting as many no of people to own it. Greenhouses are used widely in UK for the cultivation of decorative flowers, vegetables and so on. Small greenhouses are employed by small farmers to gain more money from. Many ask what is the advantage of a greenhouse? The advantage of growing plants in a greenhouse is that crops can be cultivated in all climatic conditions thereby we can have an edge over the others who conventionally grow the plants. Based on the weather the conditions the greenhouse can be modified perfectly so as to help the plants to get the nutrients in a balanced proportion. Hence small greenhouse has attracted many in UK.
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October 16, 2009 at 2:00 am · Filed under Greenhouse ·Tagged change weather, climatic change, climatic conditions, cold environment, conventional method, depletion of the ozone layer, expectation, glass house, greenhouse cultivation, greenhouse gases, high energy, incoming sunlight, ins, mother earth, natural heat, new approach, outer space, proper water, sudden change, Water supply
The climatic conditions of all the areas throughout the world are drastically changing. The reasons for this sudden change weather are many. Some of them are:
- Depletion of the ozone layer.
- Increased greenhouse gases.
- Over pollution.
- Intake of high energy from outer space.
Due to these reasons there has been a situation of irreversible climatic change that has occurred to our mother earth. The past procedures what we followed for many things are not possible on today’s date. So a new approach to the existing procedure must be followed in order to survive in this world. This case is also applicable to agriculture.
We all know that for every man living they have to depend upon food, which is got only through cultivation. The day old cultivation procedure followed by all the men are outdated and has many problems associated with it. They are:
- Too high utilization of water.
- The place required for cultivation has to be very large, which is not usually got.
- Proper water supply must be there, which is also not possible due to drying up of rivers.
Due to these reason the conventional method has failed to make up to the expectation of the humans. The remedy to the current crisis is to go in for greenhouse cultivation.
Greenhouse cultivation is the process of growing the plants in a closed atmosphere mostly a glass house. This method made its existence due to its capability to grow plants in cold environment. It traps the incoming sunlight and makes it warm for the plants to grow. But nowadays the greenhouse is used more extensively due to the following reason.
- Due to the availability of natural heat within the greenhouse.
- The advantage of closed environment is associated with the greenhouse.
- The timely watering should be done in this process.
- The unmanned cultivation is possible with the greenhouse.
- The growing up of plants one over the other can also be done.
These advantages go hand in hand with the development of the greenhouse. The temperature inside the greenhouse can be increased extensively by the use of small greenhouse heaters. By using them a temperature of 70 degree can be maintained when the outside temperature is 0 degrees. They are available with various specifications. One of the configuring methods is based upon the size and heating temperature. The price associated with the heater is too little and the method they work is simple so the works can be easily monitored.
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October 15, 2009 at 8:19 am · Filed under Greenhouse ·Tagged adequate space, civilization, conjunction, customer happiness, customer requirement, economical development, green house, greenhouse kit, habit, maintenance cost, marketing department, ome, ordinary people, prime factor, principle, proper maintenance, shapes and sizes, space availability, suitable location, using internet
Some of the people have the habit of safeguard the plants using creating the garden. Create a garden is not an easy task, because many factors are involved in it. The first prime factor for making a garden is adequate space. A small garden didn’t help that much compare to a huge garden. Selecting a suitable location is very important for gardening. In ancient days people have more land in their villages, so it is easy to make a garden in that huge place. Due to the economical development and matured civilization all people like to live a city life. City is always having of bunch of house in a small area. So there is always a conjunction in the city side. Due to this conjunction the ordinary people own only less amount of space. So ordinary people doesn’t have enough provision for keep the greenhouse in their home.
Lean greenhouse
A lean or vertical green house reduces space conjunction and gives a better result. Customer happiness is the prime factor in the marketing department. Many companies functioning to sell their greenhouse to ordinary people, but only some of the company may succeed. The other companies fail to understand the pulse of the people. A small lean to greenhouse leads to proper maintenance of plant with lesser investment cost and maintenance cost. The size of the greenhouse is very flexible, we can alter the size of the greenhouse according to the space availability. There are many types of small greenhouse are available in the market and also in various shapes and sizes. Usually the size of the greenhouse is specified in the unit called inches. There is wide range of greenhouse kit is available according to the customer requirement. Even the customer can book the lean small greenhouse kit using Internet also.
Function of greenhouse:
The function of the small greenhouse, advantages of the greenhouse and principle involved in maintaining the greenhouse are clearly stated in the website. A manual is provided to the customer if he buys any greenhouse kit. Proper maintenance leads to increase the durability of the product. These products is available all over the world, you can order the product using phone or through online for 24 hours. Many branded institution involved in manufacturing a perfect small greenhouse for the people. The institution gets some reputation from the people by providing the quality products for less cost. People should select their small greenhouse according to their environmental requirement otherwise greenhouse kit should not make much effect on plant growth.
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October 15, 2009 at 8:18 am · Filed under Greenhouse ·Tagged chill, climate, cold air, cold atmosphere, green house, Greenhouse, heat air, hot air, initial stage, low wind, middle stage, olden days, peak stage, plant growth, plants, principle, s curve, time period, wind speed
It is very easy to destroy the object, but creating the product is a tough process. In olden days we should not go for any growing process for plants. Basically most of the plants develop of grow very slowly. The growing nature of all parts resembles some curve. That curve is called S curve. In the initial stage of plant it grows very slowly compare to its life. At the middle stage the growth of the plant is constant. It should not deviate from the annual growth size during the middle stage. The final stage is considered as the peak stage. The growth of the plant is very rapid compare to the time period.
Need of Greenhouse
During its initial stage, it grows in very lesser rate. So to increase the growth rate in the initial stage, we are using the greenhouse. Usually all plants grows in a chill condition that’s why it grows very gradually. This gradual development of plant is healthy but not benefited to the owner. So the owners like to develop their plant rapidly. It should be achieved with the help of change in temperature principle. The cold atmosphere should be changed with the help of any other hot devices. The hot devices apply some heat air in the atmosphere and remove the cold air in the atmosphere. The principle of small greenhouse is very simple because, the hot air pushes the cold air out. So the environment turns in to warm. The warm condition is better suited for the plant. The warm condition enhances the plant growth cell and induces the cell to grow fast.
Price of small greenhouse
The cost of the small greenhouse lies in the range of $100 to $200. The space occupied by the small green house is also very little. So it is very easy to keep the greenhouse in the home. These are some of the advantages of small greenhouse. Before installing the greenhouse in your home you must know some of the important details about the small greenhouse. The principle is working only in certain conditions like low wind speed in the environment and hard climate. If the wind speed or velocity is too high then there is no meaning of implanting the greenhouse in your home. A normal wind velocity required for the greenhouse is 13 miles per hour. If the wind speed exceeds this limit then the quality of the greenhouse is drastically reduced. Likewise greenhouse depends on many minute factors, some guidance is required before buying the greenhouse trainer kit.
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October 15, 2009 at 8:16 am · Filed under Articles, Mother Nature, News ·Tagged atmosphere, carbon content, cloths, concentration, critical component, critical role, cue, different materials, earth, green house effect, green house gases, harmful gases, lastic, manufacturability, marvels, mixtures, plastic greenhouse, plastics, resin content
Plastic is the most critical component in our present scenario. Almost 1 thing will be plastics if you touch any three things in the present world. It has marked itself to be useful in many applications. There are many numerous applications there they are played a critical role. There are many applications where they have saved lives and other components. They are very famous for their easy manufacturability and that they have many other properties which make them unique. The easy to form different materials by combining the two mixtures have also led a very vital role so that they make their way to the most reliable thing in the world. There are many other useful things that the plastics are used for. Although they have many advantages to support their side there is also many disadvantages which make these marvels to scrap. Some of the disadvantages of using these materials are that they are the major sources of green house inducers which can increase the green house gases and hence they can increase the green house effect in the atmosphere. There are many such cases where they can be able to kill us all due to the harmful gases that come from their manufacturing. Some of the related fields which have been affected cue to this plastic entry are the clothing which has seen many new varieties of cloths which have many new varieties of the mixtures and portions of the resin content in them.
Influence of Carbon
This has increase the carbon content in the atmosphere which is the most significant green house inducers which has now been in a very high alarming concentration which has therefore increased the carbon content in the materials and in the atmosphere. Thus plastics is the main reason for the green house effect hence this green house effect is called as the plastic green house. This kind of plastic greenhouse has made the temperature of the earth to rise. The material is in such a way that it has more number of disadvantages than the number of advantages. They have there fore increased the pollution in the atmosphere. Also the production of plastics is going in a very high rate there by increasing the air pollution and hence increasing the carbon dioxide content in the atmosphere and hence reducing the oxygen content. Some other causes of the green house gases are the melting of ice caps and its consequence is rising in the sea level.
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October 15, 2009 at 8:14 am · Filed under Greenhouse, Seeds ·Tagged abnormal weather, applause, arithmetic progression, cultivation method, extreme cold weather, geometric progression, greenhouse cultivation, greenhouse effect, growing plants, mare, morphology, new comer, ozone depletion, plant specimens, rainfall, revolutionary method, trapping, turmoil, weather condition, working principle
The cultivation field has found turmoil due to the fewer amounts of rainfall and abnormal weather condition prevailing throughout the world. The rate of death due to no intake of food has increased rapidly. The reasons for these things are:
- The climate is changing rapidly due to many factors like ozone depletion and greenhouse effect.
- The other thing that retards the growth is the over pollution. This has changed the morphology of many plant specimens.
- The rainfall level did not to the expected level. This has also resulted in the drying up of many plants.
- The other most important reason is the over population which has left the growing demand of food in geometric progression while the demand satisfactory rate is in arithmetic progression.
These things have left us with a forced improvement in the field of cultivation. The revolutionary method that got its applause from all the people around the globe is the greenhouse cultivation method.
What is this method?
This method is a new comer to the field of cultivation. The idea about this is not known to many of the people. This is nothing but growing the plant in a closed atmosphere. The origin of this method dates back to 17 the century. This method was developed only to make the plants grow in extreme cold weather. The working principle of this is very simple as this works by making the trapping of sunlight and there by increasing the temperature inside the greenhouse and makes it suited for the plants. But the greenhouse has made considerable amount of improvement in recent years. The process that they have additionally added is due to the advancement in the field of science. The various add-ons to the greenhouse are growing plants one over the other. Automatic watering of the plants is also possible with this process. The plants can be made pest free and protective growing makes them mare yielded than their competitors on the normal ground. The plants that are grown on the greenhouse are different as they use different greenhouse seeds. The greenhouse seeds are made genetically adaptable to the closed environment and yield higher than their counterparts. For this reason alone people prefer the greenhouses rather than the normal conventional way. The seeds are made only after special treatment and prolonged research. The reason for this is that they have to serve the purpose of making. The seeds are far more better and pest resistive than the normal seeds. Going in for these is intelligent.
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October 15, 2009 at 1:38 am · Filed under Greenhouse ·Tagged acts, alarming increase, atmospheric air, carbon content, earth, green house effect, greenhouse effect, greenhouse materials, living organisms, olden days, outer atmosphere, phenomenon, plasticity, plastics, remarkable features, resins, sunlight, temper, temperature of the atmosphere, upper atmosphere
Greenhouse effect is the phenomenon where the temperature of the earth keeps on increasing in such a way that hit is not controllable now days. The temperature is increasing in a very high rate that it cannot be stopped whereas the increase in temperature can be reduced to some small amount. There are many causes for these effects. This effect is named as greenhouse effect as this effect is similar to that of the effects happening in the green house. Greenhouse is nothing but a place where plantlets are grown. This house is covered by glass such that the temperature is maintained. What happens in this effect is that the sunlight comes inside the glass and hence it heats the air inside the room. Whereas when it reflects from the surface and when it tries to go to the outer atmosphere, the glass traps the sunlight’s heat hence making the temperature of the room to rise in a very fast rate. This is called as the greenhouse effect. This is what is happening in the earth’s surface. The atmospheric air which is present in the upper atmosphere is denser than that of the lower atmosphere such that these acts like a glass in the green house. This lets the heat to come in whereas the heat is not let outside. This is one of the remarkable features that have helped the earth and its living organisms to strive in this condition. In the olden days, this effect is very essential to maintain the temperature of the atmosphere so that we can live in that. But in the present world the increase in the use of plastics and other greenhouse inducers things has increases this effects reaction. For example the increase in plastics in this world has drastically increased. Also the clothing has also changed.
Greenhouse materials:
The clothing has now developed in many ways that it uses many kinds of materials and resins such that the plasticity of the materials has increased and hence they increase the carbon content of the materials. By seeing the alarming increase in the green house effect and the temperature raise in the earth’s atmosphere the scientist have marked a clear note. The note says that we need to use greenhouse cloths such as the clothes made of cotton and pure animal products and hence reducing the plastic content in the cloths. Therefore, this reduces the carbon content in the atmosphere.
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October 11, 2009 at 12:45 pm · Filed under Drip irrigation ·Tagged agriculture field, crops, Drip irrigation, drops of water, farming, food items, griculture, hoses, inch diameter, new invention, resource utilization, soaker hose, wastage of water, water intake, water leakage, water loss, water scarcity, water usage, wear and tear, working principle
Agriculture is a vast field. Every human has to consume food in order to live. These food items are got only from the hardship of a farmer. As the technology improves many modern methods have evolved to sophisticate all including the farmers . Most of these focused only on reduction of burden on the farmer and not on the improvement of farming. One step was taken to provide optimized resource utilization in the agriculture field. The new invention and the one which takes care of this optimizing step is the drip irrigation process. Many are not aware of the drip irrigation process. Some of them are stubborn and are not ready to go in for another process. They feel safe and secure with the conventional process.
Why we have to go in for Drip irrigation?
As we all no water scarcity is the most faced problem around the globe. Not sufficient amount of water is present with many villages and their crops get spoiled due to it. So saving of water is a must for all of us. This can be easily achieved by the use of drip irrigation process instead of the conventional process. The wastage of water can be drastically reduced when drip irrigation is followed. The working principle of drip irrigation process is very simple and uses small openings in the hose to water the plant. The holes are so small that only drops of water emerge from these holes. So the water usage rate is so minimum and this is even smaller than the water intake rate of the plants. So the wastage of water is minimal and the utilization of water is optimum. The type of hoses used for this process is the soaker hose. This hose has minute holes of 1/6 to 1/4 inch diameter. And this is also has unique capability to work both on the surface and under the surface. The most important thing that is to be mentioned here is about the fittings.
Fittings in the drip irrigation process:
Water leakage and water loss in the fitting is the major loss in the case of any hose usage. The wear and tear is mostly felt at the fitting region. This can be reduced drastically if the special fittings are provided. The fittings used in the drip irrigation process is one of its kind. The fittings are more precisely manufactured and they form a tight fit. The clearance in between the threads are so minimum. The material these fittings are made up of is the brass. In addition to it hoses also posses this capability to fit perfectly with any pipes.
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October 11, 2009 at 12:41 pm · Filed under Drip irrigation ·Tagged actuation, brass fittings, capillary, Drip irrigation, holes, irrigation timing, mankind, pipes, plants, saving water, soaker hose, soaker hoses, soil conditions, source of water, specific place, sprinkling, Water supply, working principle
Some of us would have come across the word drip irrigation. We all know irrigation is a process of providing water to the plants, but we don’t know what is drip irrigation. Drip irrigation is nothing but, providing water to the specific plant at specific place at specific time. The conventional process of irrigation satisfies these thing, then why is that we should go in for a new process of irrigation. The answer to this question is very simple.
Why drip irrigation is needed ?
The need for drip irrigation is due to the difference or advantage it has over the conventional process. The drip irrigation saves water while the others waste them. Water is a big problem faced by many of the countries. So saving water is very essential to all of mankind. The process of drip irrigation is very simple and its application is also very easy. The working principle involved is that the plants are provided water with minute holes in the hoses. These hoses are known as soaker hoses. The soaker hose works by the principle of capillary outlets. There are very small holes in the range of 1/6 to 1/4 of an inch. These holes form the outlet or source of water supply to the plants. The other great advantage in these hoses are that, it can fit with any type of fittings and pipes. This advantage is got by the hose due to the fact that it poses brass fittings at the ends. The higher end hoses even poses greater advantages than the lower end hoses. They are manufactured precisely to meet the standards. The hose can be placed above the soil or as in some cases buried in the soil. This is how people grow plants in dry places. They are highly advantageous and capable of providing plants in any soil conditions. The other thing is that, it saves water by reducing the sprinkling and showering.
Drip irrigation timing :
The other important thing that is so far not mentioned about the drip irrigation is that it can be integrated with mechatronics system. The water is provided to the plants based upon the actuation of valves. The valve opening and closing time can be automated using mechatronics system. So the water is provided to the plants at proper intervals and proper amount of water can be given to the plants. The advantage of the drip irrigation is doubled on application of the timing system in the process.
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Agricultural Biodiversity 