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Old January 14, 2011   #5
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Originally Posted by chalstonsc View Post
Like the double wall also,...it's like the pot in a pot approach I've heard nurseries use in hot climates. Have you been able to measure how much cooler the temps stay?
Not yet. But if you look at the "gaps" between the sidewalls, it should give fairly good isolation along a lot of the surface area. While some of this will compress near the top with the Grow Media installed, I believe even without an air gap, the double thickness will be a positive thing.



I am also of the view that air exchange under the Aeration Bench will be better with the gaps between the containers.

I really liked the idea of only having to throw a one inch wide strip into the Recycle Bin, rather than 2/3'rds of the second container, which was the case with the EarthTainer II design.

Well, I've already found 2 minor typos when re-reading it for the seventh time, (see if you can find them), so will be posting an updated version with these fixed in a few days (after I re-read it for the eighth time).

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