Do you think using this greenhouse and a oil type space heater would work for keeping my plants save from frost in FL freeze warnings?
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An oil radiator type heater should work, I would not use any open flame heater as all of the parts are plastic. The small size of the greenhouse should allow for a low setting on the heater.
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I used a small heater in mine - one that operated on a thermostat. It saved my plants when we had temperatures in the teens and twenties. Be careful where you place the heater of course, with all the plastic parts. I put mine on a concrete block in the center of the greenhouse and it did perfectly fine. If the oil type space heater is a radiator style, it should be fine. If it has open flame, I would not use it because of the exhaust produced. M Miller
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I am waiting til Spring to plant, I have no idea. If you have have high winds and very cold winters I would put in sheltered environment or greenhouse.
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If you can keep the soil damp I'd say it should be fine outdoors, but I keep mine inside at a window that gets partial sunlight and seems fine. The most important part is keeping it from drying up, then the heat. My understanding is the cold isnt terrible for them, but if you wanna keep them healthy it would be good to keep them from frost. I've seen post from people that keep them out during the winter and just covers them wen it gets cold, but personally I just keep mine indoors.
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I live in Minnesota, and I have found that even though the plants may not freeze their production is reduced because of the shorter days/cooler nights. You really need the whole growing season in this climate to make the hanging pepper planter worthwhile. I have found the planter lasts at least two or three years.
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I'm not sure if it would or not. This will be my first winter with it. What I plan on doing is putting in my garage with a space heater. I live in Florida and winters are nowhere as cold as your. Heating pads in the green house might help. There are company's out there that have heating pads for green houses like ours.
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I use mine year round, three years now. The univent is inside the greenhouse, so unless it's freezing in there you shouldn't have a problem.I'm in Colorado and it has been below -20 degrees F several times.
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I have used them for frost protection, and they have worked well. Except last year was an exceptionally heavy frost and they did not save the plants. Since i live in Southern California, that was probably a mild frost by MA standards!
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I'm using indoors. I'm sure heat would be ok, not sure about freezing temps.
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I didn't use a thermostat when I grew my tomato plants from seeds. They were fine. Just be sure the seeds don't get dry. Good luck.
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I think it would work fine in Florida during Spring/Summer. We live in New York State and I use it preventively in Mid June and continue to Frost
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I live in northern Ohio, it goes below freezing regular in the winter. That is supposed to damage the compressor because the oil is cold and stiff and starts hard. I went on ebay and got a Temp controlled outlet for 15 bucks and a little (the smallest they had) stick-on oil pan heater. I sanded the paint off a little spot on the compressor and put it on. It comes on at 35 degrees F and goes off at 45. If you are going to have a freezer out in the cold I think you have to do this to keep from ruining the compressor. So far it's working OK, this freezer goes down to almost 0 F, so it's running at 15 degrees.
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Hi, You would likely need a heater in the winter to keep the temperature regulated to the needs of your plants.
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Unfortunately I don't think this will work for you. I have had mine freeze up when it is only down to 0°F. so I think you'd have real problems at -40. There is not much insulation in there, so it might work if you sprayed more insulation inside and maybe put a gasket between the fixture and the ground and maybe another gasket on the access door on the side. I don't know if there are other waterers that would work any better. It is also critical that the waterline feeding the waterer does not freeze up below grade as it passes through the frost line. I had this occur to me one time and used halogen lamps to heat up the ground. Unfortunately I don't think this will work for you. I have had mine freeze up when it is only down to 0°F. so I think you'd have real problems at -40. There is not much insulation in there, so it might work if you sprayed more insulation inside and maybe put a gasket between the fixture and the ground and maybe another gasket on the access door on the side. I don't know if there are other waterers that would work any better. It is also critical that the waterline feeding the waterer does not freeze up below grade as it passes through the frost line. I had this occur to me one time and used... » Read More Unfortunately I don't think this will work for you. I have had mine freeze up when it is only down to 0°F. so I think you'd have real problems at -40. There is not much insulation in there, so it might work if you sprayed more insulation inside and maybe put a gasket between the fixture and the ground and maybe another gasket on the access door on the side. I don't know if there are other waterers that would work any better. It is also critical that the waterline feeding the waterer does not freeze up below grade as it passes through the frost line. I had this occur to me one time and used halogen lamps to heat up the ground. « Show Less
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depends,,,,is the porch insulated,,,i use mine to heat a greenhouse,,,works fine in cold weather,,warmer it is a bit much,,,fan comes on auto when too hot,,,sorry couldn't be more help
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Used in my greenhouse on Dahlias. Didn't seem to cause any problems. Test with caution on yours first.
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sorry, I cannot see a temperature scale on it. however, if you really only want to use enough electricity to prevent freezing, this unit is not appropriate because it will be on much more than the minimum to do what you need. Suggest you look at greenhouse thermostat, which will control a heater to come on at any temperature down to freezing, and costs about $35 on eBay. It will control up to 10 Amps, which will be a heater of about 1200 Watts, more than you will need to prevent freezing. What do you do when the power goes off, or does it not? My solution would be to use a heat pipe to bring heat up from the earth below. You can make one with a length of copper pipe. Ask a friendly physicist to help sorry, I cannot see a temperature scale on it. however, if you really only want to use enough electricity to prevent freezing, this unit is not appropriate because it will be on much more than the minimum to do what you need. Suggest you look at greenhouse thermostat, which will control a heater to come on at any temperature down to freezing, and costs about $35 on eBay. It will control up to 10 Amps, which will be a heater of about 1200 Watts, more than you will need to prevent freezing. What do you do when the power goes off, or does it not? My solution would be to use a heat pipe to... » Read More sorry, I cannot see a temperature scale on it. however, if you really only want to use enough electricity to prevent freezing, this unit is not appropriate because it will be on much more than the minimum to do what you need. Suggest you look at greenhouse thermostat, which will control a heater to come on at any temperature down to freezing, and costs about $35 on eBay. It will control up to 10 Amps, which will be a heater of about 1200 Watts, more than you will need to prevent freezing. What do you do when the power goes off, or does it not? My solution would be to use a heat pipe to bring heat up from the earth below. You can make one with a length of copper pipe. Ask a friendly physicist to help « Show Less
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It should work just fine. I've used one for the past two winters to measure just how long the furnace runs. I used one last summer to see how much the house AC ran. Mine sits on the vent. The key is to place the unit where it will measure the maximum temperate swings as the AC/heater cycles. Another unit sits in greenhouse and is placed away from the heater as I want to know the temperature that the plants are at. I can still tell when the heater is on - for the most part - but the temperature swings are small and hard to see precisely.