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Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 2:02
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Subject: Re: heating cables
(advantage)
Gus
I put my hoop house up last weekend its 16ft x
40ft on wensday afternoon about 4:30 (shade had hit the hoop house )
outside temp. was 83 inside was at 112.6 I wish I had checked it in full sun.
Good Luck all
Joe H.
Sunny N H Where the BIG ones grow
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Subject: Re: heating cables
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Subj:RE: heating cables
Date:4/19/02 7:21:14 AM
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From:P*@dnr.state.oh.us
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Perhaps a cheaper alternative is to build a
greenhouse over your planting
area. I built a 16'x12' (approx
10'x12' once erected) PVC arch and covered
it with green-house
plastic. The whole thing cost me about $15 in PVC and
$25 in
plastic.
If you erect it well before you plant, it wall
resolve multiple problems for
you. Mine covers two planting
sites, it has warmed the soil about 20
degrees above outside (haven't
measured it yet, ask John Maston) and it
protects the plants from a
late frost. An earlier version also helped me
dry out the patch
enough to till since my patch has been very wet this
spring.
Is
there some advantage to the heating cables that I am
missing?
-Gus
I've used them for about 15
years in combination with greenhouse type of protection. Their biggest
advantage is when you get an extended cloudy or rainy period during
germination. With the lack of sunshine there is little heat generation
for the seeds. (I direct start) They also help generate heat under the
blankets at night to prevent freezing. It is not uncommon for me to
see 20's in early May.
George Brooks
North Tewksbury, MA USA
Pumpkin Nuts
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Approximately 25 miles Northwest of Boston
in the Merrimack
River Valley
Zone 5N
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