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Finally Started: Greenhouse
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Wow, I had no idea you had so many plants growing inside!! I, too, am envious of the size of your greenhouse. I moved into my 18 x 24 greenhouse last Fall and yes, it is full to the brim. One of the best things is being able to water the heck out of everything and not have to worry about where the runoff is going to go!
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John Boy
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Just in case you should need confirmation Ross:
You seriously need a greenhouse mate!
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You seriously need a greenhouse mate!
:0))
Scooby5757
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DOUBLE Amen!
Candace
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I bet your wife will be so happy to have her rooms back:> What will you do with all the free space?
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Mrs. Paph
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WHOAH! Yeah, you won't have any trouble filling that greenhouse quickly....I think my husband would build a greenhouse and banish the plants And Me out there pretty quickly if I tried to set up anything like that in the house! And I'm not jealous of your winter, since I grew up in SD, but I'm jealous of a summer cool enough that you can run all those lights indoors and not overheat things! Judging by seedlings I've gotten from you though, you've been growing the heck out of your plants indoors, so you've definitely earned a GH! Looking forward to seeing the progress in pictures.
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Ernie
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Fill them back up with plants. :rollhappy:
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John Boy
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it's quite logical, when you think about it...
KyushuCalanthe
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HOLY COW! That's a busy basement!
Candace
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I was thinking the same thing;>
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I'm betting right now this happens. Kidding aside. Seedlings will be grown inside
Ross
When we built our green house, the main heat runs off of the oil furnace for the house. As a back up we put in a Suthern Burner heater that didn't require electricity to run. It's one of those that runs off of propane tanks or natural gas that has a pilot burning all the time. That was put in in case we lose the operation of our in house heater. We also purchased a portable back up generator. In the end we ended up getting rid of the portable generator and got one of those back up Guardian generators that come on 5 seconds after you lose your electric power. You know, the ones that run off natural gas or propane. Let me tell you, that is the only way to go. Maybe you can't do it now (just as we couldn't) but do it as soon as you can. Last year we had an ice storm and lost house power for over a day in the dead of winter. It was very conforting to know that we had heat both in the house and greenhouse. It even ran most of the light, the electric stove, well pump. About the only things we didn't have hooked to it was the air conditioning and cloths dryer. It's a must to have for peace of mind and to save both your sanity and your plants. You'll be glad you did.
When we built our green house, the main heat runs off of the oil furnace for the house. As a back up we put in a Suthern Burner heater that didn't require electricity to run. It's one of those that runs off of propane tanks or natural gas that has a pilot burning all the time. That was put in in case we lose the operation of our in house heater. We also purchased a portable back up generator. In the end we ended up getting rid of the portable generator and got one of those back up Guardian generators that come on 5 seconds after you lose your electric power. You know, the ones that run off natural gas or propane. Let me tell you, that is the only way to go. Maybe you can't do it now (just as we couldn't) but do it as soon as you can. Last year we had an ice storm and lost house power for over a day in the dead of winter. It was very conforting to know that we had heat both in the house and greenhouse. It even ran most of the light, the electric stove, well pump. About the only things we didn't have hooked to it was the air conditioning and cloths dryer. It's a must to have for peace of mind and to save both your sanity and your plants. You'll be glad you did.
SlipperFan
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I'm going to have to show your photos, Ross, to my husband. He thinks I'm bad...
:rollhappy::rollhappy::rollhappy: It's great to hear you guys are as crazy as I am.
Seriously, though while I can't predict exactly how much, I anticipate a substantial reduction in our electric light bill. It won't cover the heating expenses, but hopefully it will help.
I'm currently in negotiations to keep one light cart for newly deflasked seedlings. Unfortunately, the growing area humidity will be much lower when all the other plants are in the greenhouse, so there might not be an advantage to grow them indoors, anymore.
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I was looking at one of those generators, too, but could not afford it, now.
I will have a redundant heating system, hooked into a generator, which will also run the exhaust fan in the summer, should we have a power outage, then. I will go into more detail as these items get installed.
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likespaphs
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sorry if i didn't see this mentioned previously, but are you going to put in a temperature alarm too?
Absolutely! I haven't mentioned it as it hasn't occurred, yet. I'm kind of doing a "play by play" "as it happens" type of reporting, but keep the questions and comments coming.
Dot, I have the opposite problem. My wife, Julie, shares my passion for plants, and doesn't limit herself to orchids. She's already lobbying for her space in the greenhouse.
