A greenhouse exponentially expands your growth capacity by providing control over growing conditions. Whether you are working with a climate with wild temperature fluctuations or you’re simply wanting to grow non-native varieties, the right greenhouse design will bring efficiency and profitability while producing happier plants.

When you’re investing in a greenhouse, you need to consider the environmental conditions and choose a customizable greenhouse design to fit your specifications. Here are a few factors you need to consider in the design phase:

General Climate Conditions: Your greenhouse should be tailored to your environment, with the design phase assessing your humidity, sun and wind exposure, temperature fluctuations and seasonal changes. It will also look at the specific site, determining how other nearby structures affect light and wind.

Thermal Efficiency: Your environment will play a big role in determining the thermal needs of your greenhouse. You might need shade cloth or curtains to better control the temperature of the structure, retaining warmth in cold environments and keeping it cool in hotter locales.

Some environments may require additional elements, such as heaters, humidifiers or evaporative cooling solutions to optimize the growing conditions of your greenhouse design. You may also need to choose between a film or a rigid roof covering to meet your thermal efficiency requirements.

Stuppy offers a unique solution called Heat₂O Hydronic Heat, which allows your plants to be kept at the right temperature at the root level. Choose from under-bench fin heat or bench heat options.

Ventilation: The greenhouse you build should include roof vents that allow you to adjust the humidity and airflow inside of your structure. Consider the wind in your location and how best to position your greenhouse to make the most of natural wind flow. Then customize your greenhouse to make adjustments based on your growing needs.

Water Access: Your greenhouse design should account for the water management needs of your growing environment. Stuppy offers gutter connected greenhouses, allowing you to maximize water collection and reduce costs. Stuppy can also work with you on coordinating irrigation to your greenhouse for efficient water management.

Control: You’re designing a greenhouse to address environmental challenges, so it’s a non-negotiable that you have control over the conditions of your greenhouse. Plan to prioritize a cloud-based solution that gives you complete control over humidity, temperature and other conditions from an app on your phone.

While Stuppy offers several greenhouse design options, every greenhouse is customized to meet the growing specifications of the grower. Contact us to learn more about Stuppy Greenhouse.