Timeline for Practicality of Heated Crop Fields
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| Mar 14, 2018 at 22:59 | comment | added | Fattie | for sure - was just mentioning. (You can imagine it being mentioned in the novel .. "like our plastic greenhouses on Earth ......") | |
| Mar 14, 2018 at 22:40 | comment | added | jamesqf | @Fattie: Not really the same, since the greenhouses primarily keep the air warm, which is what you need to avoid frost damage. | |
| Mar 14, 2018 at 19:44 | comment | added | Fattie | note that the plastic greenhouses you see everywhere, are the same sort of thing. | |
| Mar 14, 2018 at 18:20 | comment | added | jamesqf | It depends very much on the crop. The problem with most things is that your crop will start to grow, then the below-freezing air at night will kill the top growth. Or indeed, just the buds on fruit trees. I live near mountains where the spring weather can be highly variable (e.g. snow in June), and get fruit from my trees maybe 2 or 3 years out of 5. | |
| Mar 14, 2018 at 17:46 | answer | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | timeline score: 4 | |
| Mar 14, 2018 at 13:44 | answer | added | pluckedkiwi | timeline score: 8 | |
| Mar 14, 2018 at 9:52 | answer | added | steloe | timeline score: 17 | |
| Mar 14, 2018 at 9:16 | comment | added | SJuan76 |
Note: The rocks could also create light at the expense of heat produced. Since we do not have any measure of how much energy rocks produce or how abundant rocks are, the tradeoff is really rather dull. Do you need light and heat? Just say that the rocks are twice as powerful, or double the number of rocks.
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| Mar 14, 2018 at 8:17 | comment | added | Secespitus | Welcome to WorldBuilding HerbertSnick! Interesting question. If you have a moment please take the tour and visit the help center to learn more about the site. Have fun! | |
| Mar 14, 2018 at 8:17 | history | edited | Secespitus | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 14, 2018 at 6:59 | answer | added | RonJohn | timeline score: 28 | |
| Mar 14, 2018 at 6:50 | comment | added | Ville Niemi | I agree with @JoeBloggs . Hydroponics will spread the heat evenly and prevent issues from the soil drying out. | |
| Mar 14, 2018 at 6:45 | history | edited | HerbertSnick | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 14, 2018 at 6:36 | comment | added | Joe Bloggs | I’d have a look at hydroponics or aquaponics. If magic is cheap and useful then you can manufacture hot rocks for temperature control, glowing rocks for light control, and feed the plants via a running water source. Year round growing coverage. | |
| Mar 14, 2018 at 6:33 | answer | added | TCAT117 | timeline score: 10 | |
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| Mar 14, 2018 at 6:24 | history | asked | HerbertSnick | CC BY-SA 3.0 |