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43 Comments
Question: how is your home 🏠 heated?
whats the power draw for 125k btu?
Heat & Light (lamps) ❤🥗
20 dollars every night that its below freezing out? plus the effort of daily tank changes sounds laborious
Very nice giod stuff😂❤
Man, I'm glad I don't live where you live. XD WAY too many rules.
For a small green house use propane and a small gas stove. $25 a week on my 24ft by 16 ft green house.
The tank you are using is a 20# – there is a mid size available known as a 100# tank that may be legal for you – if you can use this larger size you will probably only need to change it about once a week
Amazon basic space heater has kept an 8 by 12 at a lowest of 39 degrees with outside temps in the single digits. On average at night it will keep it 30 degrees warmer than outside. Two 10 gallon buckets of water with four two gallon watering cans for added water mass. Empty grow bags packed in as well.
im expecting a higher cost per month bcs its gonna run at night more than you think. i tried to heat my little greenhouse one winter. one winter.
There's many videos on compost heating but you think you can do a VERY detailed in depth instructional video how to heat a greenhouse thatll last all winter? Specifically how "much" or how big a pile per so many square feet? Thanks luke great channel
Could also use barrels/buckets of water to help keep the heat in. Amish use them on their greenhouses.
I've heard that other growers have had problems heating with propane because the exhaust hurt the plants. Maybe it was because they were heating a much smaller space, but I'm curious if that is a concern. I assume you get decent ventilation in such a large greenhouse.
ahhhhh montreal canada is very similar… not even allowed chicken so imagine a wood stove… but we got -30 celsius this week… lost electricity… no heat for some people ….
I'm more than a little confused. How do you plug an electric heater into a propane tank?!!
ohh i never thot off useing propain to warm my green house, and it is small like 1×2 meters, i start all my seedling there, heck i try too grow tomatos there but for some reson this year we got freezing tems way way earler 😅so when the started floweing the die from the frost if i had some propain heating i will still have tomatos
What about running some "in ground" floor heating? That looks like bare land. Treat it like a home, get the boards and tubing, mainly run it under any and all tables then add crushed rock on it? Actually scratch that. I was doing the maths quickly and your way seems way cheaper!
Do you have a link to purchase the MaxHeat w/ thermostat?
A suggestion, buy another one as a backup and set it a little bit lower. I have used them, and at times, the igniter does not light. I would hate to see you lose everything because of it. Just a suggestion.
Get a couple of 100 pound tanks
I filled the bottom of my greenhouse with pea stone, works great.
Water barrels heat during the day, can hold heat but at a minimum 😊
I want a temporary greenhouse. We get sooo hot in the summer. I need to be able to fully open it in the summer. Or I'll melt some plants.
Can you use a 100 lb tank? It would give much longer run time.
When I bought my farm last year, I was fortunate to have a friend I worked with who also had gone into farming. I spoke to him briefly about my goal to own a market garden and he was adamant not to buy land in several counties near me due to the regulations they had. I was skeptical it was that big a deal. I was wrong and I am so glad I had that conversation. I bought in a county with zero regulations. That can come with some hassles too depending on who your neighbors are and how they live but I can set up my farm how I want and dont have to worry about the county. and their rules.
https://youtu.be/h2eWn13V5cQ?si=Y33gjc5QYHSH6izS
Would this be good to keep the chill off in my 3 car garage?
I was talking with a gentleman who operates greenhouses in Texas and he always saying they were using 1500lbs a day to keep the green houses warm
I was thinking about the large black tank of water, but putting a heading element in there to help? Or a large fish tank heater
Liberals have a way of restricting common sense.
I don’t see $20 a night in propane being a financially strong decision to heat the green house. The natural gas may cost a lot to run but if you’re fixing to stay there, you’re going to save money in the long run.
I use 55 gal water barrels and hot compost piles(try to keep it around 160° by the 3rd flip) in my high tunnel in zone 5
Watch where you point that thing!
This must not be at the farm then….
I think your going to need a vented propane heater setup. The fumes from propane may damage seedlings and plants. Wish you luck.
Good luck! Hoping the fans will help you not having all the heat rise to the ceiling. 🧐
They can be very loud…..
When you are filling the propane tank, check out your local welding supply stores. Mine does grill propane refills and validates the tanks. I had to bring them a tank with a current valid test stamped into the collar. Took me a couple of trips to the big box hardware to get a good tank they would take.
I’m looking into geothermal heat for my future greenhouse. I have the DVD of the technique used by the retired postal worker from Nebraska called “greenhouse in the snow”
The plants will also absorb the carbon dioxide and turn it into oxygen!
"Land of the free" huh?
Good idea. When you mentioned the rocks, I thought: place some rocks (maybe concrete blocks?) in close proximity to the heater , to extend the Heat-sink effect.
i thought you couldnt have propane