Keep Plants Growing With A Green House Heater
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Keeping your plants at the proper growing temperature is why you built a green house in the first place, but cold winters may demand the use of a green house heater. Temperatures can vary in a green house greatly, even if insulated, and to ensure your plants don’t freeze to death you can use a green house heater.
There are numerous sizes and types of electric heaters available and depending on the size of your green house and the expected cold temperature will determine the size of the green house heater you need. Whether you use a baseboard style heater, an overhead heater or a wall mounted one isn’t as important as just using a green house heater.
Proper Ventilation Helps Keep Constant Temperature
Use of ventilation in conjunction with a green house heater will also help reduce condensation build up and will reduce the likelihood of frost building up on the covering. Of course the efficiency of the heater will be determined by the insulating qualities of the outer walls.
Many growers are against using a ceiling mounted green house heater since heat rises and would probably be lost going out the top of the green house. The common recommendation is to use baseboard green house heater as it starts the heat out at the base of the green house and allows it to rise, warming the interior from bottom to top.
Another consideration for a green house heater and its placement is how many trays will be in the center and how many will be along the walls of the green house. There seems to be agreement, however, that if a blower is used on the heater, it doesn’t blow the warm air directly onto the plants.
Oil and gas fired units are also shied away from as those types of green house heater have to be properly vented to avoid damaging the plants by exposing them to hazardous exhaust. On a bright sunny day the natural sun can be used as a green house heater, but a thermostat on a mechanical heat source can help maintain constant temperature inside the green house.
Adequate ventilation is also required to keep the heat flowing through the green house. It won’t help to have the best green house heater if the air isn’t circulating properly and reaching all the plant areas evenly.
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