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Rainy weather with zero sunshine, today.
The temperature went from 36°f to 42° with the greenhouse temperatures from 41°to 48°, the best it could do with no sunshine. I am planning to have the heat on in there as late and as little as possible. I don't even know what the heat source will be since it has now been a couple of years since the furnace guy said that the natural gas furnace should be replaced. Then. The thing ran without fail, or nearly so! However, it wasn't much fun setting the back-up electric heaters "just in case" and monitoring the temperature in the greenhouse, night after night.
I think that I may prefer moving plants to the utility room and/or the garage rather than mess many days with a feeble furnace (or, spend the money on electric heat). We will see .
If one thinks just go with solar, well, that is what I will try to do for awhile. First it will continue with the South Window until growing plants demand more room!
The 6° +/- difference between greenhouse and outdoor temperatures is standard with no sun. Here's a thread from some years ago beginning when we were having some rooms in the house remodeled (including the South Room and Window) with a need to move seedlings into the greenhouse tooooo early.
Steve
The temperature went from 36°f to 42° with the greenhouse temperatures from 41°to 48°, the best it could do with no sunshine. I am planning to have the heat on in there as late and as little as possible. I don't even know what the heat source will be since it has now been a couple of years since the furnace guy said that the natural gas furnace should be replaced. Then. The thing ran without fail, or nearly so! However, it wasn't much fun setting the back-up electric heaters "just in case" and monitoring the temperature in the greenhouse, night after night.
I think that I may prefer moving plants to the utility room and/or the garage rather than mess many days with a feeble furnace (or, spend the money on electric heat). We will see .
If one thinks just go with solar, well, that is what I will try to do for awhile. First it will continue with the South Window until growing plants demand more room!
The 6° +/- difference between greenhouse and outdoor temperatures is standard with no sun. Here's a thread from some years ago beginning when we were having some rooms in the house remodeled (including the South Room and Window) with a need to move seedlings into the greenhouse tooooo early.
There are plants in there now but that's just too chilly for seedlings other than onions and bok choy .It was 30 outdoors at 7:30am with a lovely blue sky. With no furnace on, it was 36 inside the greenhouse
Steve