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  • From: robert schuler <sunnfarm AT bellatlantic.net>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] keroscene heaters
  • Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 10:02:08 -0500

You did not say how small a house you want to heat.  When I started out I had three 14x48' double plastic houses heated with 55 gallon barrel wood stoves they worked well but needed all night filling.   I switched to K1 20000 btu heaters each house needed two heaters actually three  per house would have been just right. Hauling K1 and spilling it on myself and the soil is a loosing proposition.
I never had a problem with pollution damaging plants because hoop houses are drafty. Today I have large greenhouses that can only be heated with proper commercial greenhouse heaters and I can sleep easier at night.
I still have one heated hoop house a 14x130 that is heated with a 200000 btu Sunderman oil furnace, I use this house just in the spring for cool season plants.

If you have just a small house of 100-300 sq. feet you should have no problem heating with K1. always remember to clean the wick with the heater outdoors... Bob.
Sunny Meadow Farm
Bridgeton, NJ.

Old Timin' wrote:

I need to put a heat source in my greenhouse. I have a small wood stove but it would require getting up in the middle of the night. How are keroscene heaters. Do the fumes cause problems. The other source I wondered about was chicken brooding bulbs. I love the idea for using an incubator for germinating seed. I have a big,600 egg sears model I use for eggs but will also use for plants this year.God Bless,
Kevin Miller (NW Ohio, Zone 5)

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