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Posted by nanumi 5-6 Ontario (My Page) on Tue, Oct 23, 07 at 21:10
We've just enclosed a back porch with glass panels and moved in all tropicals from the backyard: bananas, heliconias, brugmansias etc. etc. It's a bit crowded in here ! Anyhow we've spent a day driving from Walmart to Home Depot to Canadian Tire to Rona trying to figure out the most appropriate heater. Well, all of them have a written message - "do not use in laundry or moist environment". So I've spent several hours on the net trying to figure out the difference between heaters and did not find any except for prices AND - a curious notion - all greenhouse heaters deemed appropriate are in the UK. Anyhow I need your help to let me figure out what to buy. I've established that it is a must to have a heater with a fan - or is it? Somehow it seems the safest to have an oil filled heater - but what about distribution of warm air? We have removed the doors from our laundry room to move them as an entry door in the porch therefore there're no doors from home to the greenhouse.
Another question - my bananas had a happy time outside and now they're too tall for their own good - would I inflict a terrible damage to them if I cut them down a bit? Same about bird of paradise...
I wish there was a "safe home" to overwinterize my plants..My ceiling is THE limit and they don't understand it :)
All the best to the garden web community - the best source of info in the web !
Katherine |
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RE: heater
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| "Somehow it seems the safest to have an oil filled heater" I would be very worried about letting combustible liquids burn unattended. Probably the simplest solution is a few 100W incandescent light bulbs, jusdiciously placed, so as not to overheat any nearby spots. |
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| Have a look at these stores they might have a heater suitable. I know the XS cargo store did have an outdoor electric patio heater (rain proof), but it didn't have a thermostat control. It would need an external thermostat switch. Those tropicals will need to be kept around or above 10C, which is difficult. http://www.tscstores.com/pages/locations/allhome/storelocation-home.php http://www.princessauto.com/PAcountry.cfm?CTRY=CAN&INF=loc&SPC=1 http://www.shopxscargo.com/store_locator/default.asp |
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- Posted by jak1 4 Ontario Can (My Page) on
Fri, Oct 26, 07 at 20:48
| When I had my attached greenhouse (alas, we moved), I had an old farm milkhouse electric heater in it. You could set the thermostat to come on at a certain termperature, and the thing had a built in fan. I bought it at a yard sale for $5.00. We still have it - it is in the garage now. It isn't a pretty thing, however, orange and ugly. |
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Reference oil filled heater: "I would be very worried about letting combustible liquids burn unattended." unquote.
Oil filled heaters do not burn oil. They are electric heaters but oil is used in the enclosure for uniform heat distribution only. There is no oil consumption or refills of oil. |
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- Posted by wmc1 s/w Ontario (My Page) on
Thu, Jan 3, 08 at 14:16
| If you type in (heaters greenhouse) on the web you will find all kinds of heater suppliers in Canada. |
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