FIBERGLASS: Green Color as Cover

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by Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler)

Originally published in The Orchid Doctor in 1980 and 1988

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Clear should have been used, with white shading; green tends to give a hot temperature; they will pass enough orange-red for good growth; worth trying for a year. A74-1062

Emerald green shade in a sunny area did not seem to inhibit growing; paphiopedilums and other shade-loving plants seemed to thrive. A79-473

No comparable data available as to advantages or disadvantages as compared to white or clear glass. A62-220

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FIBERGLASS: Green Do not use it for greenhouses unless you want a green house; parts of the light spectrum used by green plants are the red and blue ends and when the pigments are mixed the resulting colour is the one absorbed by neither; refer to AU83-105; but pale green roofing fiberglass is reported to produce prize-winning dendrobiums, so some testing seems to be called for. AU83-275 0
FIBERGLASS: Polyester Type, Cleaning Clean with trisodium phosphate solution and a scrub brush; then . remove loose fibers with coarse steel wool; clean thoroughly with water; dry; recoat with acrylated refinisher by brush; treatment increases solar radiation by 16.8 percent; refinished section transmitted 98.5 percent as much as new acrylic; yellowish color disappeared. OD67-268 0
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