Summer greenhouse planting

[resonanteye]

my greenhouse with fans and vents open can get up to 120F midsummer. it’s right by the rain barrels and I can irrigate easily though.

I’ve got corners to plant in ground if I want- I was thinking to put fig there but am worried about that heat. what in ground trees do you all think would do well in there? I have olives, a brugmansia, figs, avocado- among others- but am considering that high heat, it can last a month some years at that day time temp in there.

in winter it’s just above frost in those corners so maybe a small tropical or subtropical?

anyone running greenhouse with in ground plants, I would love to hear what you’re doing there- if you get heat like I do.

[Phlogopite]

I think you would need to do evaporative cooling in the summers if it gets that hot. (Which is easy enough in your arid climate)

Unless you grow corn or other C4 plants nothing LIKES it above 90° (though some tolerate higher temps)

[resonanteye]

I run heat sources in winter and was really hoping to find heat loving plants for summer so I don’t need to run an appliance beyond the fans in summer. electric bill

[Phlogopite]

Fans and water are all you need

What I've learned in 20 years of greenhouse fruit growing

I was asked to summarize what I’ve learned about growing the best possible fruit in a greenhouse. I’ve been at it 20 years in Alpine Texas at 4500 ft elevation. It’s sunny here year around, ~75% sunshine all year long. 60/30F in winter, 90/65 in summer. Humidity is generally low especially in winter but can be higher than desired. Growing fruit in a greenhouse is pretty challenging even here in a good environment for greenhouse growing. What’s a good environment: warm, sunny, and dry. The same …

[resonanteye]

ooh good catch. I’ll have to go read thank you

lol I’m already posted in that thread and still didn’t figure it out. I messaged fruitnut they may have good answers for me.