Comments on: Geodesic Dome Greenhouse – Part 1 – Overview

By: PauliesCustoms

PauliesCustoms — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:52:08 +0000

My grow dome is doing well. We still have veggies growing and its Jan!! I didnt expect to have such good results here in West Central Illinois.

By: MasterVeggie

MasterVeggie — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 23:57:24 +0000

so what are you going to grow, since you dislike fish? tell me your going to grow something edible in the water: maybe waterchestnuts or cress or something. maybe a different type of seafood? I was a bit dissappointed that you were growing fresh water goldfish. LOL

By: krfoerster

krfoerster — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 23:15:26 +0000

Cool idea on the dome. I look forward to watching. Go man.

By: dmacosta1

dmacosta1 — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 23:09:13 +0000

I look forward to watching

By: Whippetfest

Whippetfest — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 23:04:05 +0000

Wow! That’s very cool. I love the heating and cooling solution. I look very forward to seeing updates.

By: SinnNorth

SinnNorth — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 22:25:56 +0000

Woo exciting!

By: web4deb

web4deb — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 22:04:33 +0000

@MasterVeggie I’ll probably grow some trout for some of my friends. Also some koi. A full-grown koi with good color = $ It has to be something that can be on cold water.

By: web4deb

web4deb — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:34:33 +0000

@ARTnSKIN My kids can’t wait for me to start building….they think it’s going to be a big jungle-gym!

By: Mooja12

Mooja12 — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:25:16 +0000

Good luck to you. What an interesting project. I’d expect costs in the neighborhood of $20K? Do you have any estimates yet? Have you thought of constructing sub-surface so grow beds are roughly ground level to take advantage of earth insulation, etc? Hope you incorporate some custom monitoring and controls as you’ve done in your current GH. Is the 4′ frost barrier a local regulation? Why geodesic vs latitude optimally sloped roof design type structure?

By: web4deb

web4deb — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:19:39 +0000

@Mooja12 Around $15K. If it was sub surface, there is extra cost with digging deeper for the heating/cooling system and it would also be down in the water table. Plus the concrete would have to be reinforced more since there isn’t an equal load on both sides. CT regulations require 42″ plus footings for anything with a foundation. Entire thing will be automated. Using Geodesic for the “coolness” factor Plus they can be an open span without extra supports = less material costs.