ISHS Acta Horticulturae 109: III International Symposium on Flower Bulbs
DUAL PURPOSE BUILDING FOR STORING AND FORCING BULBS |
| Author: | R.M. Millar |
| Abstract:
Separate stores and forcing houses currently used for flower bulbs are expensive to construct and the forcing houses are inefficient users of energy. There is a need for alternative buildings which should be more economical to construct, maintain and operate. The requirements of such a building would combine the functions of i) storage, conditioning and treatment of bulbs for forcing, replanting or sale with ii) bulb forcing. To achieve this the building should be highly insulated to maintain the range of temperatures required in i) and ii) most economically, combined with the availability of natural light for forcing. A polythene clad structure combining these requirements is being developed at Kirton Experimental Horticulture Station. | |
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