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Originally Posted by beam2050
yes, your water circulating around your soilless mix would act like a radiator. it would transfer heat to the outside air much faster than your potted plants sitting on the ground where at least at that point they could stay warmer.
but with a 20 gallon hot water heater set on low, a pump and a thermostat you could turn that around immensely. coarse it would take a battery of plants and containers say maybe 6 or 8, a large kids swimming pool and a pool thermostat.
with that you could cover it with plastic making a small greenhouse of sorts and you could keep your plants outside all year long, even in Canada. probably would fruit a lot faster.
of coarse a large in ground coy pond would work much better than a kids swimming pool.
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Thank you so much for the kind words....
I will check out the koi pond thing soon ....
Here is a photo hydro DC plant on the left in the white bucket.
The plant on the right is a Truly Tiny dwarf.
These are my plants pulled from the yard and lined up and being treated for pests before I bring them in.
Both plants were subjected to 35 degree cold weather, as well as all the other plants in the photo.
The plant in the white bucket did not like it the other plants were not fazed.
Hydroponic cool water reaction
by
Hostafarian,
on Flickr.