Howdy everybody, I just got my new greenhouse done. Its 32 feet long by 12 feet wide and I cannot get the barrel stove to work right. Everytime I try to use it, creosote water runs down the new pipes. I think it has to do with the pipes cooling off too fast. Sooooo I have no heat in my greenhouse lol. So far the greenhouse stays 10 degrees warmer than outside with no heating, and I have kept things inside alive by laying down the tall stuff, and covering with a foot of leaves, then plastic. It got down to 15F outdoors and the stuff under the plastic and leaves in the greenhouse was not harmed. I am ordering frost cloth that is rated to keep things under it 10 degrees warmer or so. I am going to double or triple it, and put strings of small christmas lights under it, and on the coolest nights plastic, and then a pile of leaves over that lol. We can get down to zero here. What do you think, do they have a chance at survival? I was shocked that just a layer of leaves and plastic kept them alive when it was 15F outside, but if it drops another 15....phew lol. Of course, when it was 15 outside, it was 25 inside. It wont be like this all the time, on nights with lows of 25 or higher, I can just leave things uncovered, since it is ten degrees warmer in there. Sounds like a lot of work, but its actually better than getting up in the middle of the night to fuel the stove. I dont mind letting things go dormant as long as they live. Also for those of you with double layer pollytunnel, how much of a difference does the extra layer of cover make in degrees that you have noticed. I hate to spend another 200 dollars or more for an extra layer of cover and a inflation fan if it is not going to make that much difference.
