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Ice Blocks in the Air Tunnels! Will this cool the potatoes? 

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Hold on to your hats, because today we're taking farm innovation to a whole new level! We're on a mission to keep our potato cellar cool by filling the air tunnels with massive blocks of ice. Will this crazy experiment work? Join us and find out! Plus, when our irrigation system hits a snag with a broken pivot wire, it's all hands on deck to dig it up and get things back on track. Expect unexpected twists, hands-on action, and a whole lot of fun. Don't miss this epic episode-like, subscribe, and hit that notification bell for more wild farming adventures!

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@terrafarms7370
@terrafarms7370 Месяц назад
Hi from Australia, I'm a spud grower with storage like you guys.I hate to give you bad news but the amount of ice you are using just won't be enough. I know what you are trying to do, but truly you need to up the ice rate to at least 4 to 6 times the amount to at least get the spuds down to 8 or 10 D Celsius which is about 50 F. Don't worry you are not alone in the world of potato growing when things don't go your way.
@RockyMountainFarmer
@RockyMountainFarmer Месяц назад
Well, I’m glad you’re here. It did lower the temperature about 3°F but it was mainly just to prove the concept. We will probably be putting more ice in this week.
@cornbread4961
@cornbread4961 Месяц назад
Props for posting this!!! Some People don't realize desperate times call for desperate measures. What do you do?!
@RockyMountainFarmer
@RockyMountainFarmer Месяц назад
I tried to show the good bad and the ugly of farming. Glad you enjoyed it.
@johnwarren-649
@johnwarren-649 Месяц назад
Need couple reefer units to blow cool air into them
@RockyMountainFarmer
@RockyMountainFarmer Месяц назад
That’s not a bad idea I might have to look into that
@Ed_in_Md
@Ed_in_Md Месяц назад
Never seen blocks of ice that small. When you said blocks of ice I remembered the 25 pound blocks we used to put in the refrigerator on our boat.
@RockyMountainFarmer
@RockyMountainFarmer Месяц назад
These were the biggest ones we could get
@patrickc8190
@patrickc8190 Месяц назад
Good luck guys, hope you can get that storage emptied soon. I was going to suggest a portable refrigeration, but i see some other have made the suggestion and where you said you did rent one.
@roddraper9921
@roddraper9921 Месяц назад
You might want to do the math on cooling with Ice. An equal amount of ice versus potatoes will drop the temperature about half way between the hot versus cold. 100 tons of potatoes is going to take about 100 tons of ice.
@TheRadon32
@TheRadon32 13 дней назад
There are companies like mobile air and power rentals that have temporary cooling solutions to remove heat for your potatoes
@RockyMountainFarmer
@RockyMountainFarmer 12 дней назад
Yeah we rented one
@jsmith5272
@jsmith5272 Месяц назад
There are portable refrigerated air units you can rent. Usually used on buildings loose their HVAC. Some come on a semi trailer with a generator, smaller units can use use on site power....you will need to do a internet search. Ice will not do much, expensive. These other units can be expensive. Depends on the value of crop and if the potato purchase people are willing to help with cost.
@RockyMountainFarmer
@RockyMountainFarmer Месяц назад
We rented one, but we were not able to find any more available
@craigwyatt32
@craigwyatt32 Месяц назад
@@RockyMountainFarmer what size unit are you looking for?
@ryanc8188
@ryanc8188 Месяц назад
if you're already running humidifiers why not try a port-a-cool, then you get cool and humidity. I tried ice blocks in water going through a radiator with a fan once, I'd go through a block in an hour or 2 with little to no affect on temperature but that was in a 800 sqft shop that was 80+ degrees.
@jeremygourde9880
@jeremygourde9880 Месяц назад
What about spraying water on the top of the cellars. Evaporation will cool that space a lot faster than the few ice blocks. Ice blocks will work but you’d have to fill the cellar from Floor to ceiling
@RockyMountainFarmer
@RockyMountainFarmer Месяц назад
Problem is there is 6 inches of insulation so spraying the outside of the cellar wouldn’t do much
@seanhill8543
@seanhill8543 25 дней назад
Nice videos, when we grew spuds (Rexburg area) and had to keep them into june we would run small sprinklers on the roof of the cellars during the day to keep the tin cooler.
@RockyMountainFarmer
@RockyMountainFarmer 25 дней назад
That’s not a bad idea. Glad you love the videos
@user-ej8dc7rs7k
@user-ej8dc7rs7k Месяц назад
I don’t know if I would have taken them out of the bags
@OOpSjm
@OOpSjm Месяц назад
Need the commercial sized block cuts.
@paulhammond7489
@paulhammond7489 Месяц назад
Nice save on the pivot electrics, also making hay while the sun shines :) Any feedback on the airless tires / wheels on the pivots since the last episode? Are they holding up with time regarding not digging deep furrows
@RockyMountainFarmer
@RockyMountainFarmer Месяц назад
They are still doing awesome very little pivot tracks
@paulhammond7489
@paulhammond7489 Месяц назад
@@RockyMountainFarmer Good to hear that :)
@gregeconomeier1476
@gregeconomeier1476 Месяц назад
Cooling yes. Also significantly increasing the humidity.
@RockyMountainFarmer
@RockyMountainFarmer Месяц назад
If we turn our humidity off, it shouldn’t be any different than normal
@raymondtarbox
@raymondtarbox Месяц назад
In the winter time before snow melts fill your walk ways with snow.you will be amazed how it works
@RockyMountainFarmer
@RockyMountainFarmer Месяц назад
They keep cool great in the winter
@kinlika
@kinlika Месяц назад
The only thing to save these sheds of potatoes is to move the potatoes... Preferably off the farm.. Sold.. Done and gone... Long term vegetable crop storage is a hugely complicated,complex, very expensive business... Using hugely complicated,complex, very expensive buildings with a 'Controlled environment'' That process starts with people who know what they are doing... No bags of ice are involved...
@RockyMountainFarmer
@RockyMountainFarmer Месяц назад
Yeah, unfortunately there are no refrigeration units for rent around us, but we may have a solution in an upcoming video
@feelinggroovy913
@feelinggroovy913 Месяц назад
I’d be contacting IVI to get those storages refrigerated before next season!
@RockyMountainFarmer
@RockyMountainFarmer Месяц назад
This is the first time ever that this has happened to us. The cellars that we do have refrigeraton we haven’t used it in 15 years
@MG-ge5xq
@MG-ge5xq Месяц назад
How is the water situation? Did you find a solution?
@charlesperry6093
@charlesperry6093 Месяц назад
You should leave the ice in the bag and stack them up into a rectangular formation then you should wrap them in burlap then with foil-backed insulation!
@RobertHull
@RobertHull Месяц назад
What's the point of using ice if you insulate it? The ice needs to evaporate to cool the air.
@billwang4086
@billwang4086 Месяц назад
Hope Idaho does not come take your solid water.
@RockyMountainFarmer
@RockyMountainFarmer Месяц назад
Right
@Arham7cheema
@Arham7cheema Месяц назад
Great work
@RockyMountainFarmer
@RockyMountainFarmer Месяц назад
Glad you liked it
@tuhin35737
@tuhin35737 Месяц назад
❤❤😊😊Good video💛💛🌹🌹🌹✔️
@RockyMountainFarmer
@RockyMountainFarmer Месяц назад
Glad you enjoyed it
@PgP736
@PgP736 Месяц назад
❤ from Norway
@RockyMountainFarmer
@RockyMountainFarmer Месяц назад
Glad you’re here
@1981FlyingV
@1981FlyingV Месяц назад
So using the ice. Do you recirculate the air to keep the air cooler?
@RockyMountainFarmer
@RockyMountainFarmer Месяц назад
Yes we do
@Thegrim326
@Thegrim326 Месяц назад
Would you mind sending that heat to Wisconsin kinda need it here rarely getting a 75 plus degree day here this year
@RockyMountainFarmer
@RockyMountainFarmer Месяц назад
Wish I could
@cmc7106
@cmc7106 Месяц назад
All that ice and no beer!! Hahaha
@RockyMountainFarmer
@RockyMountainFarmer Месяц назад
Nope haha
@michaelgriggs-lr9gh
@michaelgriggs-lr9gh Месяц назад
Great video. How's the water situation?
@RockyMountainFarmer
@RockyMountainFarmer Месяц назад
I’m glad you enjoyed the video. They postponed the water stuff until October but they still don’t have a solution.
@charlesperry6093
@charlesperry6093 Месяц назад
You would have better results if you do not open the ice and stack it up
@LynnKorte-ve4qf
@LynnKorte-ve4qf Месяц назад
If you have access to cold well water ,look into those 4 ft or higher fan forced radiant swamp coolers that use a flowing cold water coil in front of the large fans that the well water is pump thru the coils and it uses its water circulation thru the coils and air is blowed thru as it would work perfect placing those directional in you cellar airways,,you then can reuse them for many years to come and they are easy to move around and they are on roller wheels
@vfromid2186
@vfromid2186 Месяц назад
Absolutely agreed.
@RockyMountainFarmer
@RockyMountainFarmer Месяц назад
There’s essentially a giant swamp cooler inside the cellar already
@johnbucklerfarms
@johnbucklerfarms Месяц назад
What about a Swamp Cooler Fan that Uses Water and a Fan Drape?
@RockyMountainFarmer
@RockyMountainFarmer Месяц назад
The cellar has that installed already but it needs more cooling
@charlesperry6093
@charlesperry6093 Месяц назад
You're making a mistake open in the bags you need to keep the ice in the bags to keep the
@garyl6375
@garyl6375 Месяц назад
Your pissing in the wind. You'll never get the potato pulp temp back down with just a few bags of ice. You needed to start this LONG before now. As far as the storage that has the rot - you guy's really screwed up by not looking at the storage every couple days at least. You just cost yourselves a ton of money!
@RockyMountainFarmer
@RockyMountainFarmer Месяц назад
It actually brought the temp down a few degrees. And we do check the cellars every couple days. But there wasn’t much we could do to cool them down without refrigeration.
@charlesperry6093
@charlesperry6093 Месяц назад
The ice is going to melt too rapidly
@Chiedl
@Chiedl Месяц назад
How many times are you going to comment the same thing in a different way?
@robleask1449
@robleask1449 Месяц назад
Was dry ice not an option. It lasts longer, than just normal water ice
@RockyMountainFarmer
@RockyMountainFarmer Месяц назад
We couldn’t get enough
@dougk5456
@dougk5456 Месяц назад
Dry ice may have been a better choice. Don't know about availability in your area.
@RockyMountainFarmer
@RockyMountainFarmer Месяц назад
We couldn’t get much of that. It was actually hard to find block ice.
@310Fire11
@310Fire11 Месяц назад
Any updates on the state water rights issues?
@RockyMountainFarmer
@RockyMountainFarmer Месяц назад
They postponed the issue till October so they’re going to let people water this year but they still don’t have a solution
@310Fire11
@310Fire11 Месяц назад
@@RockyMountainFarmer Thanks. Maybe an update video in the near future would be appreciated. Farmers in Southern Alberta may also have the same fight over water rights in the future.
@JetIgniter2k2
@JetIgniter2k2 Месяц назад
The amount of ice you put in there is equivalent to running a small window air conditioner for a few hours. That's not going to make any sort of dent in a full cellar.
@RockyMountainFarmer
@RockyMountainFarmer Месяц назад
It dropped it about 3°. We were mainly seeing if it would do anything.
@charlesperry6093
@charlesperry6093 Месяц назад
Big mistake taking the ice out of the bag you should leave it in the bag and stack it that way then wrap it in foil-backed insulation. Use the 4X sheep type insulation to make a little surrounding like a dog house!
@RobertHull
@RobertHull Месяц назад
What's the point of using ice if you insulate it? You need the ice to evaporate to cool the air.
@charlesperry6093
@charlesperry6093 Месяц назад
@@RobertHull your wrong. If you were to shrink wrap all of that ice together in one big block on a pallet then the ice would melt much slower in the cooling would be much more effective when you run a fan over it.
@RobertHull
@RobertHull Месяц назад
@charlesperry6093 The way I understand it is, the ice will absorb the same amount of BTUs no matter how you stack or wrap it. The only thing that changes when you insulate the ice is the amount of time it takes to do it.
@shanebell9589
@shanebell9589 Месяц назад
Thermoking off a beater reefer trailer? We did that once…..
@RockyMountainFarmer
@RockyMountainFarmer Месяц назад
That’s a good idea
@ileenmcminn2062
@ileenmcminn2062 Месяц назад
I assume you have only been running your fans at night.
@RockyMountainFarmer
@RockyMountainFarmer Месяц назад
Yeah, pretty much
@jayfarmer3911
@jayfarmer3911 Месяц назад
When cattle guys raise spuds.
@RockyMountainFarmer
@RockyMountainFarmer Месяц назад
We don’t have cows
@kinlika
@kinlika Месяц назад
@@RockyMountainFarmer No cows.... You make 'Hay' ? You haul Manure... ?
@jbones9333
@jbones9333 Месяц назад
Man i thought i was dumb until i saw this idea
@RockyMountainFarmer
@RockyMountainFarmer Месяц назад
Hey, it worked hit lower the temperature 3°
@bapstalbert439
@bapstalbert439 Месяц назад
en alberta ca il lave les pomme de terre avec une machine (laveuse a pomme de terre ) !!!
@RockyMountainFarmer
@RockyMountainFarmer Месяц назад
Yeah, we have one and I made a video on it. It will be coming out soon.
@seangivens2770
@seangivens2770 Месяц назад
why not rent a commercial portable ac unit..
@RockyMountainFarmer
@RockyMountainFarmer Месяц назад
There are none available
@seangivens2770
@seangivens2770 Месяц назад
@@RockyMountainFarmer shit tons of ice it is. sorry to hear . Kwikool 270,000 BTU 25 Ton something like this with a portable 3 phase generator might be worth the while if the over heating keeps happening and lose of potatoes.
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