Anyone else worried about the sudden cold snap? - Page 2

Cole_Robbie · March 22, 2016

Yep, me too, I've done the same thing. The previous few years, I have run a heater in a big plywood box built around pallets. I germinated seeds inside the box, and set plants on top of it. The lack of humidity was rough on the seedlings, though, plus they got leggy overnight from too much heat.

svalli · April 21, 2016

I'm not actually worried about a sudden cold snap, because it has not yet really warmed up here. Even the nights are still freezing, I have moved my tomato plants and some others to the greenhouse, because they were getting too leggy indoors. Every spring I build a small greenhouse with plastic cover inside the big greenhouse. This way I can keep the heated area smaller and it is still large enough for me to go and do watering etc. I have two 400W heaters with thermostat set to about 50F and it is enough to keep the small greenhouse warm, even has been at lower 20s.

March 22, 2016	#16
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	Yep, me too, I've done the same thing. The previous few years, I have run a heater in a big plywood box built around pallets. I germinated seeds inside the box, and set plants on top of it. The lack of humidity was rough on the seedlings, though, plus they got leggy overnight from too much heat.