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Originally Posted by dounoharm
I don't know your climate so its hard to relate....but generally, heating is a trick, especially in a small space! for my greenhouse in winter, I put a solar pool cover on the outside roof and corners....it wasn't large enough to actually cover the whole thing, but it helped quite a bit conserving heat....in a small house, you will have to increase/adjust your fans to circulate the heat really well....it will seem like a lot of air, but you have to keep the heat moving or you will cook some plants, lol....using several of those thermostats that mark the hi/low temps will help you find the trouble spots....keeping the humidity up will help too....and that will be easier once you get some gravels on the floor, go at least 4" deep....good luck!
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The glasshouse was originally layered with bubble wrap internally, so I think I'll have to put that back up in winter unless I want insane electricity bills.
The actual heating is not so much my problem at the moment - my issue is my 100 year old house with its 100 year old wiring lol. I'm simply going to have to get a dedicated circuit or two for the glasshouse. Before winter comes around at least.
My air circulation is probably a little overkill, I come from a background of marine/reef aquariums where there was no such thing as "too much circulation" - and I've kinda carried that over to orchid keeping.
Thanks for the tip on gravel depth, I've been wondering if thicker or thinner was the way to go.
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