whats the most cost effective way to heat a greenhouse,8'x6'?
I was worried that my preferred choice, an electric heat/fan would cost too much to run.
But today having seen the cost of paraffin and guesstimating it will cost a fiver a week to run a paraffin heater I'm wondering if any fellow greenhouse owners could share their experiance.
thanks
2007-02-26 09:37:53 · 12 answers · asked by shaneread2004 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
I'm interested in solar tech and was wondering if you know of any companies sell say a solar panel for a greenhouse that feeds a plug socket?
2007-02-26 09:39:43 · update #1
just so understande the question i want to heat it in the winter months for growing salad, if I left the greenhouse unheated they would not grow as temperature can go below zero
2007-02-26 09:50:00 · update #2
Insulate it well in the Winter with bubble wrap
2007-02-26 09:52:52 · answer #1 · answered by Professor 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Cheapest Way To Heat Greenhouse
2017-01-12 15:43:10 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I saw something similar to this on a show about it being ' not easy being green' with Dick Strawbridge. He managed to get his green house to not fall below 30 degrees i think, even in winter. THey had a book for the show which dealt with some of the projects he had on his small holding, including how he heated his Greenhouse. The principle being; Digging a hole in the floor, maybe 3 ft by 3 ft by 3 ft, insulating the walls of your hole with board and polystyrene, then filling the void with crushed glass ( he used a specialist company for this who could crush it to pea sized pieces ). Run a peice of drain pipe into the now filled hole and the attach a computer fan into the pipe, a cheap £1.49 one, ( to suck in air the hot day air) and power that fan with a solar panel which do cost about 50 quid. In the night all that hot air will escape back up through the pipe and allow you to have all year round tomatoes etc.
I would check out the book to the series as I am not sure I rememberd everything totally correctly. He must have copied the idea of someone also so search green solution sites and books in your library.
Good luck
EP
2007-02-27 02:15:36 · answer #3 · answered by exploding_pants 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My greenhouse is just a tad bigger than yours. I have 1(one) electric ceramic heat set at 75 degrees and 1(one) electric oil heater. When our weather dipped down to 18 degrees my greenhouse maintained 75 degrees. During our normal night weather the greenhouse maintains 40 degrees higher. I have found that I need to watch the weather for the night time lows and adjust as needed. During the day if the weather is nice (above 60's) I turn off the heaters. Good luck to you and happy growing.
2007-02-26 10:02:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A 2kW fan heater, with electricity costing 30p per kWh costs 60p per hour to run. In the depths of winter you will have to run this for 14 hours per night, £8.40 per night, nearly £60 per week.
This is expensive salad and makes a fiver a week for paraffin look good value.
2007-02-26 10:09:48 · answer #5 · answered by Alan C 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Parafin greenhouse heaters.
2007-02-26 09:43:23 · answer #6 · answered by R.E.M.E. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about solar panels, I always used an oil heater in mine.
2007-02-26 09:44:13 · answer #7 · answered by jet-set 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you're growing plants in this green house you very likely won't have to heat it. plants consume oxygen, and release CO2, which is designed to retain the heat that comes in from sunlight. the plants, if enclosed will probably produce enough heat on their own.
2007-02-26 09:43:45 · answer #8 · answered by `•.¸¸.•´´¯`••._.•Herb 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
ok in tennessee we use smudge pots kerosene
2007-02-27 04:22:42 · answer #9 · answered by mountainchowpurple 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Natural sunlight...works wonders for all plants!
2007-02-26 09:49:51 · answer #10 · answered by reader19492003 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋