<http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/market-farming/2005-December/021640.html> [Market-farming] bcs tractors and wood fired radiant heat for green houses Steve Diver steved at ncat.org Thu Dec 15 13:44:58 EST 2005 * Previous message: [Market-farming] Market-farming Digest, Busters * Next message: [Market-farming] bcs tractors and wood fired radiant heatforgreenhouses * Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] Keep in mind that you can also fashion hitch-attached implements to go with a BCS walking tracor. We clipped on an old horse-drawn cultivator. We made a finger tine weeder from wood, bolts, and tines. Both used the power of the walking tractor to drag teeth through the soil for cultivation between rows, to create a stale seedbed, etc. To echo John Wages' input, Earth Tools in Frankfurt, KY, is a premier source for BCS attachments, wheel modifications, and supplemental implements. http://www.earthtoolsbcs.com The other piece I envision as useful is a chisel plow type implement to break through sod as primary cultivation, followed by the roto-tiller for secondary harrowing and seedbed preparation. For root-zone heating, you should get the print version of the ATTRA publication, which has enclosed articles and bulletins that provide technical specifications in detail. Root Zone Heating for Greenhouse Crops http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/rootzone.html Fyi, depending on your geographical location and therefore lattitude and solar exposure, you may find that solar hot water collectors run through radiant floor tubing is a dynamic system. Of course, almost every solar radiant floor system also has a flash gas water heater as a supplemental heat source. Steve Diver Fayetteville, AR * Previous message: [Market-farming] Market-farming Digest, Busters * Next message: [Market-farming] bcs tractors and wood fired radiant heatforgreenhouses * Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] More information about the Market-farming mailing listTitle: [Market-farming] bcs tractors and wood fired radiant heat for green houses
[Market-farming] bcs tractors and wood fired radiant heat for green housesSteve Diver steved at ncat.orgThu Dec 15 13:44:58 EST 2005
Keep in mind that you can also fashion hitch-attached implements to go with a BCS walking tracor. We clipped on an old horse-drawn cultivator. We made a finger tine weeder from wood, bolts, and tines. Both used the power of the walking tractor to drag teeth through the soil for cultivation between rows, to create a stale seedbed, etc. To echo John Wages' input, Earth Tools in Frankfurt, KY, is a premier source for BCS attachments, wheel modifications, and supplemental implements. http://www.earthtoolsbcs.com The other piece I envision as useful is a chisel plow type implement to break through sod as primary cultivation, followed by the roto-tiller for secondary harrowing and seedbed preparation. For root-zone heating, you should get the print version of the ATTRA publication, which has enclosed articles and bulletins that provide technical specifications in detail. Root Zone Heating for Greenhouse Crops http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/rootzone.html Fyi, depending on your geographical location and therefore lattitude and solar exposure, you may find that solar hot water collectors run through radiant floor tubing is a dynamic system. Of course, almost every solar radiant floor system also has a flash gas water heater as a supplemental heat source. Steve Diver Fayetteville, AR
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