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HOT WATER BOTTLES
« on: February 28, 2008, 10:51:34 »
Heard a tip on the radio yesterday.Use hot water bottles against your pots and trays in the cold greenhouse at night.It sounds like a good idea ,never tried it myself :)

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Re: HOT WATER BOTTLES
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2008, 13:57:40 »
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Heard a tip on the radio yesterday.Use hot water bottles against your pots and trays in the cold greenhouse at night.It sounds like a good idea ,never tried it myself

Not for me I'm afraid!

Might be OK for a few pots but when you have hundreds of pots like me on the go the water bottles would take up more space than the pots I am growing in  :)

I prefer to start later in the season i.e. get January & February out of the way then heat and light to a certain degree is not a problem as such, as I see it my way is prevention rather than cure!!


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Re: HOT WATER BOTTLES
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2008, 17:39:19 »
Tried and tested by Bob Flowerdew of Radio 4's Gardeners Question Time fame. I think you need quite a few plastic bottles ful of hot water to have enough heat maintaining mass.

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Re: HOT WATER BOTTLES
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2008, 11:23:43 »
surely not very 'green' either, all that kettle use!!

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Re: HOT WATER BOTTLES
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2008, 16:21:46 »
surely not very 'green' either, all that kettle use!!
What,,, you dont have a hot water tap on the allatment.
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