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  • From: "Shawnee Flowerfarmer" <farmingflowers AT hotmail.com>
  • To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] best greenhouse temp
  • Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:55:04 -0600

Beth,

Did you notice any exhaust smoke damage when using the salamander for heat?  I have tried that during February and I think have seen some damage, or, maybe I'm being paranoid.  My salamander was burning diesel fuel in a 24x96 greenhouse.

Shawnee, zone 5 some years


From:  "Beth Spaugh" <lists AT rhomestead.com>
Reply-To:  lists AT rhomestead.com,Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
To:  <1corey AT bellsouth.net>,"'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject:  Re: [Market-farming] best greenhouse temp
Date:  Fri, 17 Mar 2006 19:40:07 -0500
>Reading these responses with interest. This is our 3rd year with heated
>greenhouse. We keep our thermostat at 40, which is as low as it goes, and it
>seems to kick on at about 50. Our purpose has been to keep things from
>frosting, but I wonder if it would pay to start plants later, wait later to
>turn the heat on, and then keep it warmer to accelerate growth. We have not
>turned it on yet, but I will run out of inside light space within a few days
>(depending on how quickly stuff germinates). We have not done bedding
>plants, just starts for our market garden. This year I am doing some hanging
>baskets and deck containers, and will probably have some extras as bedding
>plants. Our main farmers market doesn't start until mid-June. I am going to
>another market this year which opens mid-May, but they already have several
>folks doing begging plants. The plants for our own use have always been
>plenty big, or too big, even kept just above freezing at night.
>
>First year was in a small 14 x 20 hoophouse with a salamander on a
>thermostat. Then we built the 27 x 96 hoophouse. Last spring we draped
>plastic about 1/4 of the way down and just heated the one end. This year we
>are heating the whole thing, with salad greens in most of it. DH doesn't
>think we saved much by partitioning it (though we only used about 125
>gallons of oil) and I have cool season crops in the ground in most of it so
>I hope keeping it warmer will accelerate that growth enough to pay for the
>fuel.
>
>What I want is an insulated chamber with bottom heat for starting plants -
>it would save a lot of fuel and give good light. It would also reduce house
>mess from watering and rotating flats of seeds and seedlings among the 16
>flourescent lights. By the way, anyone have any experience using the compact
>fluorescents instead of long tubes?
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>Beth Spaugh
>Rehoboth Homestead
>Peru NY
>http://rhomestead.com
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