Most greenhouses are simply enclosures for potting beds, benches or shelves. Grow Domes, however create an entirely different experience of gardening in several levels in the space.
Five Reasons a Geodesic Grow Dome is better than a Greenhouse
Most greenhouses are simply enclosures for potting beds, benches or shelves.Grow Domes, however create an entirely different experience of gardening in several levels in the space.
Here are the top five reasons Geodesic Grow Domes are better than greenhouses.
1. Creates an enclosed indoor Garden Ecosystem: The fact that a grow dome is built with a foundation wall means that you can have raised beds and pathways. This creates a much more wholesome environment for plants, as they love to put their roots deep down into the soil, un-constrained by pots.
2. The dome shape creates extra height inside, meaning you can garden at 3 different levels. Small trees in the upper space, bushes in the middle space, as well as low growing root crops and small plants closer the ground.
3. Year round production of fruits, vegetables and flowers: Most greenhouses are simply season extenders, in that they give you an extra three or four weeks of growing time in both spring and the fall. If you wish to grow through the Summer or the Winter, you have to spend a lot on heating and cooling.
The combination of systems enclosed within the Growing Dome produce a four season gardening experience. Several dome owners, even in the challenging climate of Colorado have told us that never used any extra heating or cooling to create year-round growing for their plants.
4. Strength: The geodesic shape is one of the strongest shapes created by man. The fact that it is made of triangles: nature’s most rigid form, and that it is spherical, creates immense strength.The domes have been engineered to withstand up to 250 pounds per square foot of snow load. No other greenhouse kits that we’re aware of can withstand such extreme loading.
Even if you live in the area of heavy snow loads, snow will slide off the dome, enabling the plants to keep on growing regardless of weather.
5. Affordable and Long Lasting: A cost comparison with other greenhouses even though a Growing Dome was packed with extra features; it costs very little and was less expensive than other normal greenhouses of the same footprint.
Many Grow Domes in use globally are more than 20 years old, you can refurbish the polycarbonate and structural elements as needed to give another 20 years of life to this amazing product.
For more informaton on geodesic grow domes visit Food For Liberty to view size models and the ease of pre-fabricated assembly.