My reasoning went like this: plants like CO2 Fermenting yeast gives off CO2. What if I fermented some yeast in the greenhouse?
If it works, I can't believe it hasn't been tried. Any thoughts anybody?
Geoff.
You'd probably have to make several gallons of wine to make a significant difference. It would get awfully hot too; slow and steady is the best way if you want anything decent to drink!
Funnily enough, I was thinking about this too - have a dj of wine on the windowsill next to some plant trays!
Found this site, which gives a fair bit of detail and tells you how much sugar you need etc:
http://www.hydrofarm.com/content/articles/co2.html
Good luck!
Would I be right in thinking placing my compost bins inside my polytunnel (25 ft long x 12 ft wide and about 7.5 feet high [blagged by my Dad from a farmer friend ;D]) would help?
The extra warmth wouldn't hurt the compost heap either I'd guess. We are just making the doors now and will be covering it in plastic in the next couple of weeks. So it would be a good time to move the heaps if this is going to help.
Any thoughts anyone?
Noddy.
Robert, the wine would be a bonus. I was just thinking of fermenting sugar and yeast, and brewing my potential vintage stuff at home. ;D
Jenny, good link, thanks. Looks kind of promising doesn't it? I'll look into it a bit more I think.
Noddy, sounds logical doesn't it? If you have the room and can stand the niff, I can't see any reason why you shouldn't give it a go. A similar thought xed my mind too, but I'm short of room and my best bet would be to vent a compost bin into the top of the greenhouse. I hope if you do try it, you'll let us know how you got on.
I'm guessing, but I reckon getting the concentration somehere near right would be the biggest problem. This is mentioned in jenny's link. But then I get to thinking how random and haphazard nature's processes are. :-\
Geoff.