Easy way to toggle greenhouse effect on and off

[Professor Dragon]

REQUEST:

I'd like to be able to "open a vent" in my "greenhouse" and be able to switch it from the greenhouse effect, to not.

For example, to have a vertical trapdoor in a wall, if opened, turn the effect off. And closed, on.
(I don't mind about the four hour checking delay. That's fine.)

 

Similar to how in a real greenhouse there are vents that you open in hot weather, and close at night.

 

I see that a lot of people have trouble in activating a greenhouse. My issue is the opposite! I can't "break" my greenhouse.

I have tried:

• Changing a full block roof glass block to a closed trapdoor.
  (I don't want it open, to avoid drifters falling through.)
• Replacing some of the full block glass wall windows with half block glass windows.

However even after many in-game hours/days, these have not removed the "greenhouse" flag from the farmland.

Which is a bit of an issue in a warm climate. Although the primary purpose of a greenhouse is useful to extend the season, I have also very much appreciated been able to work on crops without worrying about drifters.

And no, I don't want to manually remove walls or ceilings, although I could if that would be reliable. Hmmm. I haven't tried some fences instead of glass yet . . .

 

If anyone has any existing solutions to this conundrum, let me know.

Thank you!

 

Edited May 9, 2022 by TheDancingFox

[Maelstrom]

knocking out just one block should do the trick.

[Professor Dragon]

On 5/10/2022 at 7:44 AM, Maelstrom said:

knocking out just one block should do the trick.

Yes, it did.  I took a wall block right out and that worked.

 

It would be nice though to have a block in its place. It's a bit unnerving having drifters all around, even if they haven't figured out yet a way to get me through a 1x1 hole.

 

I haven't tried the fence . . . should get onto that.

[Professor Dragon]

Oh my goodness.

Three years later, and I had exactly the same question .  . . after coming back to this same base in summertime.

I searched the Forum and found this. "What a great Q&A" I thought - "I'll upvote that for answering my question."

. . . only then did I realise that I was the original poster. 

[lying_dice]

using a wrench on a slab or stair block somewhere in the structure is what i do. It is nearly instant and leaves a very small gap. of course this requires that the walls or ceiling are already made of slabs or stairs.

[Professor Dragon]

14 hours ago, lying_dice said:

using a wrench on a slab or stair block somewhere in the structure is what i do. It is nearly instant and leaves a very small gap. of course this requires that the walls or ceiling are already made of slabs or stairs.

That's a great suggestion - thanks! 

[GermanicusGoosicus]

Honestly great suggestion give us greenhouse shutters

[Broccoli Clock]

* bumpity-bump *

[MattyK]

What if a block like the Sticks Layer insulated in autumn/winter but not in spring/summer?