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Greenhouse heating
Kerry:
i have electric-the first year i had the greenhouse i had paraffin.
without a doubt i would plump for electric again.
i find the temperature control much easier-just set the required one on the heater and leave it to it. the paraffin requires a lot more attention and i couldn't stand the smell! - how do you manage to like it, EJ?! i could smell it as i went past the greenhouse=instant headache!
yes, initially the electric requires effort and time to set it up, we have a seperate circuit for outdoor and a buried special cable. it didn't take that long really.
also, when you have the electric out there, you can use it for lighting and propagation.
i suppose you pays your money and takes your choice!
Mrs Ava:
Ooooo Kerry, I love the smell of creosote, tar, petrol, almonds and chanel number 5! ;D
Garden Manager:
--- Quote from: Kerry on November 16, 2004, 11:17:55 ---also, when you have the electric out there, you can use it for lighting and propagation.
--- End quote ---
Ooh thats a good point. Shan't be able to use my heated propagator out there will I? B****R >:(
Have to put it in the conservatory then. ;D
They dont kick me out of the house that easily!
tim:
Heat? In a greenhouse? OK - we have a heated bench for propagation.
Chanel No5 - that was my mother's favourite!! = Tim
Garden Manager:
I have been doing a bit of thinking (dangerous i know!).
Our climate is pretty mild down here, temperatures dont go much below freezing even in the coldest spells. Also the plants i want to overwinter in the GH dont require heat to grow just to keep them alive. (fuschias etc)
Perhaps if i wellinsulate the greenhouse i could get away without much heating, having say a parafin heater as backup for the coldest nights, and when I am growing from seed?
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