Georgia Southern Students Build Greenhouse From Plastic Bottles
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- Опубліковано 24 кві 2014
- Students at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro recently constructed a greenhouse for an after-school garden program for local school kids. The greenhouse is unique, being build from discarded plastic beverage bottles and repurposed wood. The Monitor's Kenny Burgamy explains.
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Nice idea but it's not sealed which means it'll fail as a green house in the winter.
add bubble wrap to insulate it. think larry think
What! Why did they put it in the shade?
My lovely alma mater, I also worked with the Center of Sustainability and Dr. Leege. I passed by this greenhouse on the way to class from 2014 -2015. I never knew there was a video associated with the structure.
I would like an update on how the greenhouse looks today. How have the bottles aged?
why the big gaps???
nice job Ashe! AMAZING IDEA
Do you think this would be too hot in a desert climate? Seeing the ventilation gaps created by the bottles, makes me wonder if it would work. And it offers a frame work for shade cloth if needed. Awesome idea!
you can do vertical greenhouse. utilizing your small space.
great design!!
GAPS SOLUTION; Many comments point to the gaps as an issue. However, in a plastic sheeting greenhouse, used as far north as Canada, double wall, plastic sheeted GHs are built with blowers connected to the inner wall to inflate the double walls. Using plastic bottles between layers seals the walls, while mitigating power used to run the fan. The bottles insulate the greenhouse, and help keep temps above 40f, which is fine for leafy greens, and preserves tubers until picked. I am saving atm to construct a GH about 40 x 20 using this method. I plan, however to string the bottles horizontally, not vertical, and full replacement of all plastic components at about 4 years, recurring. PVC at 1@1/2 in. framing, not wood.
I've been saving the 16.9oz bottles and now have 200+tubes made with 18 bottles and are approximately 7'high. The bottles are all the same and screw together nicely for a fairly strong tube. I'm going to be building the greenhouse next month. I'm starting small with an 8'x8'. I live in SW Virginia where the temperatures this week have been an unusual single digits. After reading your post, it would seem if I want this to work well in cold temps, I should use plastic sheeting on either sides of the bottles and let the bottles be insulators. I intend to run grow lights, build a watering system etc. And maybe add some vertical grow system. My husband says he has wood in his "material yard" I can use for framing. I consider this is in the "experiment form". I also have leftover solar pool cover plastic I was thinking of using on the roof but don't know if that's a good idea. Have you built your greenhouse? Are the vertical tubes a better way to go?
Wow, I think your onto something. Did you build one yet? Why would you string the bottles horizontally?
Thank you for the ideas. I was wondering about in the winter but you just helped. Positive thinking is always a plus.
Our grade school built one of these bottle greenhouses this year. It turned out wonderfully. They used smaller water bottles.. The 16.9 oz ones. So they fit together much tighter and no gaps. Also it's in the sun., not in the shade. It would be interesting to figure out a way to add water to the design. The water would heat up from the sun and help insulate it at night. clear plastic sheeting might help the one with the big gaps. At any rate, it was a good project to teach kids about recycling, teamwork, building and growing things...anything to get them away from electronics for a few hours. Who cares if the bottles break down after a few seasons...they will go to recycling.
Thinking: would there be a way to add a pipe in the bottles (not garden stake) to add solar heat to the greenhouse some how?
Ironic that the college built it, but that no municipality in any of the larger counties would let this stand.
you could add smaller bottles inside
I like the idea but there's two issues:
1.) It's under trees and not getting full sunlight, from what I can see.
2.) There are gaps between the bottles. Did they close those gaps with more plastic, or some other material?
Otherwise, it's a pretty good idea.
just use bubble wrap
Awesome
Why is it everyone is pointing out what they did wrong and calling it a fail instead of applauding them for at least trying. There is ton of criticizing when a lot of you throw your bottles away instead of repurposing(me included.) I applaud them for their efforts. Good job and I will most certainly try making one myself.
I have been told that there is a need for land
students can use to do their projects such as this. I live in Peach County Ga. and would like to know more. I have land and would love to use it for an aquaponics system, or hydroponics. This green house is awesome I think I will ask my church if they want to build a bigger one here.
if it gets very cold where you live that greenhouse won't help you.
Interesting idea and I do applaud the effort. While this may slightly assist in extending the growing season slightly there are several problems. The plastic bottles will deteriorate and crack and crumble after one season in the weather and will need to be fully replaced and still facing the problem of what to do with the old bottles. The bottle columns will help slightly in raising temps and hold for a short time in the evening when seasons change but is not a viable solution due to the gaps. Glass bottles may well be a good option. As I said, good effort, but as a greenhouse it is a lot of wasted effort that will need to be repeated regularly and not provide the effect truly desired from a greenhouse. Finding a way to reuse the bottles and keep them out of landfills and off streets and oceans is most definitely desirable. This just isn't it.
You can use bubble wrap to insulate it. Replace the bottles if it's damaged by removing the columns. Also plastic is decently durable since it isn't biodegradable.
I was hope for plans on me doing this.
I see the questions have not been answered recently but going to ask anyway~ do you feel the gaps between the bottles are a problem temperature-wise? I am wondering if lining the inside with plastic, at least for very cold nights would not be a good added measure. Thanks, going to try this:))
Also wondering if there would be an engineering solution to watering using the existing bottles? Might be able to just run a couple rain gutters along the sides of the structure then channel the runoff to a reservoir inside the greenhouse/into some raised beds maybe?
Great but wait for the first freeze. Too much air escaping. And what light transmission are you getting? Any more than 20% shade and you will have problems finding desirable plants that will grow well.
What everybody else said, except one thing: Ultraviolet light. Have you ever bought the Home Depot plastic sheets and used them outside or seen what happens to a plastic milk bottle left outside for an extended period of time? It breaks down and shatters when touched and now you have an awful and difficult mess to clean up. It breaks down because the formula for this plastic does not include the ingredients to stabilize it against ultraviolet light. The plastic used to make a greenhouse a greenhouse is pretty much the single thing you are unable to skimp on unless you can get it used. And the obvious issues with that should be apparent. If not, then realize it all eventually breaks down with time. Years ago, I had obtained a large piece of used greenhouse plastic when I was first getting started. And it must have happened during the manufacturing process, but eventually there were patches that started breaking down and it loses PAR transmission by becoming milky. I did get a couple of seasons out of it, though. So I hope this helps someone.
Én már gondolkodtam ilyen projekten. Van is itthon rengeteg műanyag flakon, vagyis pet palack. A garázsom egyik fala már nagyon javításra szorul.lehet ilyenből építem meg. Vagy építek hozzá még egy melegházat is. Naaaa...nem olyan melegházat! :) Olyat, amiben a zöldségeket fogom termeszteni. :) Komolyan!
I would think that sunlight will breakdown the plastic. I hope it works though.
is that green house hot in the winter?
Students at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro recently constructed a greenhouse for an after-school garden program for local school kids. The greenhouse is unique, being build from discarded plastic beverage bottles and repurposed wood. The Monitor's Kenny Burgamy explains.
+Georgia Farm Monitor interesting points ,if anyone else needs to find out about build your own small greenhouse plans try Lomonting Easy Greenhouse Mentor (should be on google have a look ) ? Ive heard some great things about it and my cousin got excellent results with it.
100% of using old PET bootle might be great (whihout using any wood)...
(actually wood might be more expensive then hollow galvanis metal)...
keep up the good jobs
So a greenhouse in the shade with air holes in it.
I know what I will build my green house out of starting 09/01/2015
How's that going?
Kids greenhouse. That's cute!
College students greenhouse? Learn little more bros.
Great idea. However, GSU (Georgia State University)
is in Atlanta.
+Chuck Bohannon Georgia Southern University is in Statesboro. They just happen to have the same initials :(
theres holes all around it, don't mean to be rude, but I'm not sure you understand what greenhouse is :(
i dont get it there is no way this works. there are gaps between each row where the wind will whip through and the inside, in cool weather, will be just as cold as it is outside as soon as the sun sets if not before
What is the point of making it only white, when you don´t need transparent back side? None?
Back wall could be made colourful, so that you did not recycle transparent bottles only...
Woodglut is full of amazing tips. It helped me a lot.
How’s that even get to be called a greenhouse? It’s got like 30-40% of open surface on the walls and roof... that wouldn’t even work as a cold frame, or prevent frost damage. Just a joke. Sad joke
lol not a great greenhouse with those gaps lol not even watertight 1 rainfall and all your plants get waterlogged I can understand flattening the bottles and making a sheet from it but its a fail