With early patch or also muck patch one describes a flat, culture surface covered with glass, which was usually used for Anzuchten by young plants. It is bent at its highest side not more highly than 1m and to a side. So that this surface can be worked on or ventilated, the particulars made of wood or metal framed early patch windows (ca.1, 6 x 1,0m) must be raised and/or removed completely.

The name muck patch comes along that this surface, when there was still no hot water heating for such a plant with the waste heat of muck festgetretenen brought in in a Spatentiefe and was heated. In this very nutrient-rich earth for example cucumbers and tomatoes prospered outstanding.

The early patch, with its serious work-technical lack and the small air volume, with which the temperature was not to be regulated nearly, was replaced by differently large Folientunnel as favorable alternative to the glass greenhouse.

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