10 Best Ways to Heat Greenhouse for Free, DIY Cheap Low Cost Heater Winter Growing Poly High Tunnel

[@LivingTheGoodLife]

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[@jimbono5663]

It's 3am why am I watching this? I don't even have a greenhouse!

[@tahayasin6234]

May be your are jobless. :)

[@hakiuser3035]

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[@thetacountry4487]

Jim Pun lol me too

[@jimbono5663]

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[@user-io3hy4zb4s]

It's the AI. It knows what people are likely to watch. Or what other people using your computer like to watch.

[@pollyjetix2027]

The only reason a compost pile would have an ammonia odor, is if there is not enough carbon added to the nitrogen stuff. Nitrogen is from animal or bird manure, or from green leafy plant material. Carbon is from woody materials. Rotting sawdust, wood chips, autumn leaves. And lime is not needed. Any time your compost smells like ammonia, find some rotting sawdust, and add enough to stop the odor. Well-balanced compost smells like fresh forest soil.

[@ConceptHut]

polly jetix thank you for the info

[@scottdurkee9162]

Good for you 😎

[@MarkH10]

most people don't know the proper ratios. 9 parts brown, or wood chips, sawdust, 6 parts leath greens, or yard clippings, 3 parts manure, water and proper aeration. You do have a little leeway. With that smell, add more sawdust of wood chips.

[@darthsidious4894]

Bro thank you i even have a Diploma in Gardening but we did not learn this

[@richlaue]

@@darthsidious4894 interesting I noticed most lawn Care guys believe in chemicals to fertilize rather than natural compost . No wonder they don't teach this

[@keng528]

A grower in TN wanted to move from rockwood to Rossville. Hi heat bill was already 8000 a month...crossville was much colder... He experimented with triple poly layers...it cut the bill 34 percent with negligible light loss...a true pioneer Dan the Man

[@ME-kr7sm]

What mil

[@robertclark2714]

I have a high tunnel (60 feet long) in Georgia. I dug a deep trench in the center of the tunnel. I get free wood chips. I buy 1000 pound rolls of "rough" hay for $10.00. I take chicken manure, hay and wood chips and fill the trench (then water it very well). My wife calls it chicken poop soup. I let my chickens roost above the trench year round but only fill the trench in the winter. The tunnel stays warm and toasty. The chickens love it when I dig the old compost out and spread it, so does my garden.

[@kathleensemelbauer2629]

Don't your chickens eat/destroy your plants if they are roosting in your tunnel year round? Maybe I'm not reading your comment correctly or I just don't understand it! I'm new at this and want to learn. How deep and wide is your trench?

[@kirkjohnson9353]

I heat my greenhouse literally for free. It is a method not available to everyone but worth noting. I have a spring at the top of my property. The greenhouse is downhill. I ran the overflow pipe from the springhouse to the greenhouse and I have an unlimited supply of 55 degree water to heat the greenhouse with. It's not a lot but a very stable heat for cool weather crops and extending the growing season in both directions.

[@lindamoses3697]

😮A friend of mine had a glass greenhouse with a brick floor. It had a small wood stove. There was a vent going into the home at the ceiling and one at the floor of the home. Patio sliding glass doors opened into it. She had plants in pots. The real gem was that the greenhouse heated her home in the winter with patio doors shut, a small fire on cold nights caused the air to vent into the home and circulate. This was cold weather country in Idaho. The Grand Tetons could be seen in the distance.

[@ameador01]

I would like to add a comment about the heat lamps (bulbs). It is common in the greenhouse to have moisture build up, condense, and then cause water drops to fall from the ceiling. When these heat lamps are good and hot and water drips on them, I have had more than a few bulbs literally explode! Causing a mess of glass shards to clean up. Know I always make sure to have the aluminum hoods to be above them or have something over them to make sure water cannot drip directly on the bulbs.

[@jesusmalverde612]

Does the red infrared heaters wake up the girls during flower cycle? I just bought one and I'm scared it will confuse my plants. It's just super cold in my greenhouse and it's making the humidity high

[@TheSnowyWind]

A few more tips: 1. A slow cooker can output a max of 300w. Breakfast/dinner will be ready the next day. 2. A water distiller can output 750w. As always, use a thermostat smart plug to prevent waste. 3. Solar panels can output 12v to heat the water in the 65-gal barrels up to 100°c. 4. An off-grid solar system with LiFePo4 100AH battery ($265~) can provide free electricity.

[@donhendershot9705]

Here are a couple more ideas for you. Add a layer of bubble wrap to your walls in the winter for insulation. Add a layer (I make a tunnel) of clear plastic over the plants. Every 6 mil layer effectively moves you a Zone to the South. Then, just heat the area under the plastic and not the entire GH.

[@julier1080]

That zone formula only works when you’re getting enough sun. I don’t care how many layers of 6 mil you have, if it’s -10 outside and no sun for days, you’re still in the same relative zone.

[@tersta1]

Had a late April deep freeze and used tea light candles for a few days until I ran out. Then I used an old crockpot filled with sand for a week or more until I got a 500 watt space heater, a temperature controller and a solar powered fan. Even still the overnight temperature drops to 40* and I have the controller set to come on at 45* and turn off at 62*. I wouldn't try running all winter, but it has saved my investment in starting seedlings in mid-April and will let me extend the season into the fall for a few melon, pepper and potato plants. In a pinch, the crockpot saved the day.

[@ronsmith6233]

Method #1. Take black irrigation pipe of from 1" to 2" diameter. Cut into a length that will extend from near the baseboard to the ridge. leave it open on both ends. As the pipe heats up, the air inside rises cold air is drawn in the bottom and hot air exits the top. At times the circulation can be dramatic. Any garbage black pipe would work.

[@LivingTheGoodLife]

@12:13 I incorrectly said a depth of 30 feet, I meant to explain that a Length of about 30 feet & a depth of around 5 feet so that it would be long enough to have sufficient heat transfer. (longer would be better, if you have the means, you could coil it as in the photo I showed to maximize efficiency)

[@TheRebelmanone]

yea i was wondering about that, wow. But if you coil it then it is better to coil the trench, not coil the pipes in a straight trench, because then you are not really benefiting from using all that extra pipe. Dig the trench big in coils, this way the dirt will actually cool/heat that extra length of pipe. Laying it in a coil in a straight ditch is not a very good return on heat transfer based on the price of the extra pipe. Depends on what transfer fluid or gas you use, if it is just air, then i would want big dia. pipes, not those little 1/2 pipes in the photo. Like 6-8 in pipes for natural air flow, and you won't need fans or electricity to move that air, it will move on its own trust me(the law of thermodynamics), that is if you installed it right.

[@Aj_470]

@@TheRebelmanone did you use drainage pipe at all or just solid pipe, im wondering how much if any moisture builds up to worry about mold

[@CuriousinNY]

@spikedpsycho do you have a video showing this?

[@oneproudbrowncoat]

Just FYI, CO decomposes into CO2, which plants metabolize.

[@Murphis55]

Get fresh hay that horses eat. Stack a few bales around the perimeter and where you walk make it as deep as you can and surround the pots. I had a shed for horses and the hay area was always warm. When it was real cold used a heat lamp but if you use enough hay (not straw) it gives off heat from breaking down. If you ever saw big stacks of straw in mushroom country area in Kennet Square they give off steam and sometimes catch fire from combustion. Mix in horse manure and you get heat. Don’t use cattle manure cause of the ammonia.

[@reesriddoch5332]

I am buying straw instead because mice like hay. I am insulating the north wall with foam board insulation as well.

[@buskingkarma2503]

Could that not bring unwelcome creepycrawlys with it?

[@timmeier8863]

As a hobby only! I have a small greenhouse 4’x6’x7 high and use 300watt solar system with 171 useable AHs and a 250 watt heater with fan to keep things going late fall or early spring works awesome, summer I use some small exhaust fans but remember your greenhouse must be tight to start with

[@berenicesansone482]

I have a small one too (2 feet deep-3 feet wide-5 feet tall) . I will start using it this year to keep my herbs. Im concern about candles and such. Would the jugs be sufficient in the winter? Or just one of those red lamps?

[@troyyarbrough]

The green or pink stuff in the water jugs is not mold - it's algae. Also the terracotta pots with the tea candle won't even heat a small tent. In my opinion, the best method in this video was the large barrels of water. As long as you have enough hours of good sunlight to heat them, they should give off heat for quite awhile.

[@lillianbeck6369]

Troy Yarbrough right. I don’t think this guy should be giving out advice for this kind of stuff he knows very little. Most of it was pretty sketchy a lot of it can be a fire hazard.

[@rhodes6840]

@@lillianbeck6369 MEh he is doing the best he can and dont see any danger there, fire does not just just up and burn snow.

[@lillianbeck6369]

Rhodes68 yeah but cold weather doesn’t always come with snow. But also people might have their greenhouse close to their house. Mine for example is literally like 5 feet from the house. I live on a steep hill and the only flat spots are around the house.

[@hairybuttwhisker4202]

I've seen people heat low cold frames with the tea candle heaters I. Madrid new Mexico at 7000 feet.. it's cold there in the winter

[@grantgrow]

@@rhodes6840I agree, especially since some of the need is to keep the greenhouse high enough above freezing to keep plants alive for the winter.

[@markfcoble]

Thanks....going with wood stove and two blue fifty fives for thermal mass as you show.

[@LivingTheGoodLife]

Hope your plants thrive

[@VladR1024]

Very cool vid ! Especially the water heat mass being heated for free by sun, then slowly releasing the heat overnight. How did I not think of this before !!!!Many people seem to think that candlelight is nonsense, but unless you have experienced -40 F/C cold storm in a car, you wouldn't believe how effective two small candlelights can be. Of course, the volume of air in a car is nothing compared to greenhouse, but there's a reason a can+tea candles are recommended as a winter survival tip, because it's really simple, cheap and effective. Not sure it'd make a dent in a large greenhouse. Probably not even 0.1C, unless you burn two dozens... I also wonder, how much longer can you extend the growing season by using those tips ? We never used to plant anything in a greenhouse before May, due to frequent April freezing nights. But, this makes me wonder, if using these tips it would be possible to start planting stuff around April 01-15, and extending it till October 15-30 ? Meaning, full 7 months in a climate that dips below -40F in winter? Certainly, if one placed few solar panels, even with a small battery, that could run couple efficient 12V heaters (not the 1.5 kW nonsense) through the night for free (minus the initial cost for panels and battery). I've never heard of the wood stove in a greenhouse before, but that could certainly heat it even in March and November :)

[@giftofgab4012]

Sounds like he's talking about Melanin🥰

[@jackkonnof4106]

I got tired of paying to heat mine so I dug 9 ft into the ground and put a double poly roof on with air cushion in between. Worked great so far and no heat bill and im in zone 5a

[@Nightowl5454]

If your compost pile is giving off an ammonia or nasty smell then you probably didn't add enough carbon to it. Compost piles also need oxygen so they can properly break down, generally speaking any part that is 1 foot away from air will go anaerobic and possibly start giving off bad smells too. I suggest the Johnson/Su compost method because it gives the best results.

[@kitchencarvings4621]

Gardening is very challenging where I live. It is zone 4B and at an elevation of 7,600 feet. Last frost is typically around the first week in June. First frost is typically Sept. 15. I'm thinking of digging an 8 ft. deep hole, filling it with waste river rocks from the potato fields around here and coiling as much perforated drain pipe as I can in the pit of rocks and build a greenhouse on top. Then I can pump the hot air during the day down into the rocks and pump the cold air through the rocks at night. My goal is just to keep my started plants from freezing at night and to grow lettuce and kale and other cold hardy plants. I don't want to have to have a propane heater.

[@theyframedme]

Several good ideas here, I suggest setting up an exhaust fan system if you use the compost method to suck out excess green gases produced by the compost. I have my green house 8' from my house and set up a 6" fan in the wall of my house sucking out air from in the house through a PVC pipe that goes under ground and up into the green house. Keeps my green house at tolerable temps in the winter and comfortable temps for the rest of the year. The fan is powered by a 6v solar panel I bought for 10.00 on amazon.

[@mikeloos9400]

Good ideas, made me think of one. I have an old waterbed heater mat with thermostat. It could be taped to a55 gallon drum full of water. I'll need a greenhouse though.

[@sheilamorin8868]

Lol 😆 no greenhouse

[@paulmaxwell8851]

You do not EVER need to bury a line thirty feet deep to collect ground heat. I live in central British Columbia where it drops to minus 30 Celcius in the winter. Four inch dia Big-O pipe can be buried at 8 to 10 ft deep and successfully gather Btu's for use in your home or greenhouse. Our off-grid super-insulated home has earth pipes, buried 4 inch PVC pipes at only 6 feet, which can deliver plus 7 to 10 Celcius air when the outdoor air temperature is minus 15 Celcius. A little deeper would have been better but overall we are very happy with the system.

[@rhodes6840]

Yeah that 2 feet returns a lot more heat IF your area allows for it. When bedrock is close you are limited.

[@MJReut]

How long are your earth tubes?

[@om617yota8]

Similar to your tealight idea, a kerosene lantern can provide steady unattended heat for days, depending on the model you use. Most 7/8" wick lanterns will produce ~1400btu/hr on high - equivalent to ~14 tea light candles. The Dietz Jupiter will burn for a week on a low flame, and is widely purported to be designed for greenhouse heating, although - full disclosure - I've never seen Dietz themselves claim this. I recommend Dietz, WT Kirkman, Feuerhand, or other high quality lanterns. Avoid the cheap box store lanterns that are built more for looks and pony up for a lantern built to be used. Avoid lamp oil from the store, the larger wick lanterns won't burn it as it doesn't wick up fast enough, and it's expensive. Your local small airport will sell you Jet A(just high quality kero) for much lower cost. Bring your own container and be prepared to sign a release saying you won't burn it in your diesel truck.

[@meminustherandomgooglenumbers]

Good info, thank you! 😃👍

[@meminustherandomgooglenumbers]

Good info, thank you! 😃👍

[@fishsquishguy1833]

My Grandfathers greenhouse (Back in the 60s) used a pot belly coal stove. I’d think it wold burn a lot longer if you have it set up to low fire and coal does burn hotter, but yeah, either way. Really good video by the way!

[@cbr1thou]

Now gubment says no woodburning in greenhouse via insurance agency

[@chriskennedy7534]

WHO bless ? You did the research & work

[@601salsa]

Geothermal is definitely the best way to go, doesn't rely on sunlight , works all year round. And can heat your home at the same time

[@antennawilde]

I'm using a BBQ grill on lowest setting with the lid closed, with the lower sides of the greenhouse open for air flow and reduced humidity. So far the greenhouse went from 57 degrees and 85% humidity to 62 degrees and 70% humidity in about an hour. Seems to be working, as it's been cold and raining here for 5 days in a row and something had to be done to prevent fruit drop

[@terinaerb]

Are you saying a charcoal grill? That can kill you with carbon monoxide poisoning. That happened to a family who tried heating their house with charcoal for grills.

[@majorgreenz2811]

also the Carbon monoxide made from the gas heater will not hurt plants, in fact since it is rapidly oxidized to form carbon dioxide which is used for photosynthesis.

[@andrewyek]

really ? CO is not stable ? it tend to become CO2 ? so, CO from car exhaust doesn't last long in the air? thx

[@brunom.7802]

Wrong, CO is very stable unless you run it trough a flame with extra Oxygen/ air .

[@brandonjohnson6645]

Major Greenz I was just gona say this his comment made me think to change vids ha

[@rhodes6840]

CO is stable(ish) and must be exposed to O3 to become CO2 so a small O3 generator solves many CO issues. It really does want another O atom so just loose O3 if sunny would prob do it but get a generator they are insignificant in cost.

[@Blox117]

Carbon monoxide also smells really good too

[@PaddyNinja]

All these ideas are awesome and somewhat different than the ideas of others, I like that originality. Check Robert Murray Smith resistant ink radiator. It heats to 60C and doesn't pull too much power. Just make sure it's isolated properly from moisture. The infrared lamps are genius. Supposedly solar panels absorb 80% infrared and only 20% UV so perhaps you could charge your panels even on cloudy days or even at night. I wanted to try this myself but couldn't afford to. Anyway, the peace of God be with you always, the wind at your back and the Sun on your face my friends.❤

[@mediamattersismycockholste562]

"most people have them (red or blue heat lamps) lying around from old reptile tanks or fish tanks..." lol! No.. no we do not.

[@YAHWEHRULES777]

A lady from the UK put her compost pile inside her green house . she said the heat from it kept it warm in there. Thank you for this advise. ELOHIM YAHWEH OUR CREATOR PLEASE BLESS AND KEEP YOU AND GIVE YOU BOUTIFUL HARVESTS 💝☺

[@LivingTheGoodLife]

May God bless you too!

[@beckygrimsley9180]

Have a wood stove in my green house Works incredibly well.

[@cliffmernhardt9467]

You should look into gasification if you haven't already. You get the benefits of the heat from the wood and some free electricity to boot.

[@marysunshine8371]

i pack leaves around the structure, insulating and decomposing keeps it toasty ........fortunately i live in the forest :-)

[@jupiteradventure5284]

Thats a double win.

[@wanderingspider8988]

Yeqh I like to do straw bales a couple layers up on the sides

[@ProdByXorak]

Yup been doing this myself as well

[@cheyenneallen4901]

If I did that inside and outside with greenhouse heater and my grow lights would I be safe all fall and winter

[@mylightofhope]

This was a great video and you did a great job explaining details of each one, thank you!

[@LivingTheGoodLife]

Im glad you enjoyed it & I hope this helps inspire you. If you don't already have a greenhouse and want to build one, this video I made will guide you though it kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGWwhXaBg9Klr6s Thank you for your kindness and for Subscribing!

[@mermaidlafemme1022]

Just found this most interesting video and subcribed I must try this in my tiny wee greenhouse it gets cold in Scotland most of the time....comments also very helpful we all need grow fruit and vegetables in those uncertain times we are going through. Stay safe everyone hugs from Scotland 🤗😀

[@onewhitestone]

rather than using water filled jugs, try using gravel or salt. You don't have to worry about holes and they give off just as much heat. Rocket mass heaters are the best. By putting the stove at one end and the outlet pipe at the other, you will get as much heat as possible out of your wood.

[@TheUltimateAcresllc]

Thanks for the awesome tips. I'm in the process of this now. The cold snaps are challenging.

[@shelly5596]

I like the black water jug dea the best for what we have for growing space. I've seen people put large piles of leaves or large compost pile up against the end of a greenhouse for the heat mass.

[@whynotbecause9284]

I like to use waterbed heater. It's basically a heat mat, but you can set the temperature to what ever degree with the thermostat dial. You can put your plant trays right on it cause its water proof. You can find people online selling them cheap sometimes.

[@ken2400]

Or selling them at garage sales

[@salomecordier2893]

Thank you for a very informative video. We are just busy putting up our greenhouse and was seeking videos like this to heat our greenhouse.

[@meminustherandomgooglenumbers]

Good info, thank you! 😃👍

[@LivingTheGoodLife]

Glad it was helpful, thank you for Subscribing!

[@daveunderwood6498]

A rocket stove would be by far the best heat for the greenhouse. With all the thermal mass, it's perfect.

[@AlvinShepherd]

Space Heaters 1500 watts @ .09 cent per 1KW X 8 Hrs. a day for 30 days = $32.40 if you run that same space heater for 24 Hrs. a day X 30 days it will cost $97.20. Very expensive.

[@ragdoll49]

Shepherd's Home Repair I used to have three small ones to heat each bedroom, and block off the rest of the house in the winter. My electric bill would run $500.00 a month. Did not have heat in bathrooms or kitchen even. The utilities here are outrageous.

[@AlvinShepherd]

I don't doubt it. When I moved into my house I was living in the basement in an 800 sq. foot bedroom with bath and had two space heaters going when I got my power bill it was over 200 dollars and I was freezing my buns off, They are a lousy way to heat. I now heat my house with solar hot water for about 60 dollars for 2000 sq feet. Its great.

[@josephr4106]

Try one with thermostat since GH only needed little above freezing it would shut off placing son of the cinder blocks ne'er for thermal mass .good for cold snap not all winter every day

[@92HondaEX]

Shepherd's Home Repair Heat greenhouse with a DIY solar heater?

[@richardfreeman674]

UK cost is $187.65 for 30 days double what you pay is the US, our government really screws us. Cost per kWh is $0.18 cents.

[@michaelrivera131]

Wood stove is definitely the best, but I feel like there could be some solution to have insulation around the outside of the greenhouse that comes on and off daily, so you're insulated from the cold at night, and you're getting the sunlight in the day.

[@lynnec.4392]

Been a gardener all my long life but found this video really informative, who knew there were so many ways to heat a greenhouse! The cost of fuel in the UK is so high now that anything that reduces production cost is great, also I am very mindful of the environmental impact of the millions of us heating our greenhouses. Thank you.

[@kishidabu]

I had tried the compost in the greenhouse method for my greenhouse/aquaponics system using cow manure/straw. Yes it did heat coiled plastic pipe and provided some heat to the water, BUT ammonia is a byproduct of composting and ammonia gas immediately dissolved into the water killing all of the fish, and extensively damaged the the leaves on plants. It either has to be compartment separate from the rest of the greenhouse or outside. Learn from my mistakes!

[@PalmSandsRanch]

If you have a wood source a rocket mass heater is the most efficient. Takes very little wood, short burn times and it stores the heat and releases it slowly over 1-3 days.

[@brewerfireguy]

Awesome video! Great tips!

[@TheAnantaSesa]

I think that's algae growing in the jugs, not mold. It darkens the water. Food dye might also darken it so more thermal energy is absorbed from the sun.

[@CrossroadToCountry]

Good Idea with the food dye... never thought of that.

[@tinaowens378]

How did they heat greenhouses before electricity, propane or gas?? They used to use fresh horse manure changed once a week or rabbits, rabbits emit 80 degrees out their ears easily heating a greenhouse in the coldest weather. Just thought you might like to know that.

[@troyyarbrough]

Thanks Tina Owens. I didn't know about the rabbits method. I may have to move my rabbit hutch into my greenhouse and try it this winter.

[@pablotrobo]

And they will eat all your plants too.

[@0dyss3us51]

Wow cool thanks!

[@patriciaalber367]

When I lived near Bowling Green a few years ago the old order Mennonite used wood stoves in their greenhouses!

[@sheilamorin8868]

I had no idea 💡

[@juliegogola4647]

I have a 12X8 greenhouse and I am kinda new to greenhouse gardening. I just got my greenhouse in July of this year. I have got 2 giant plastic barrels 50 gallon or more, and I have filled BOTH with water, I painted both black. I also have gotten a small mini- greenhouse that is 2X4 that is on a shelf in the greenhouse. I have just last night put a set of C-9 Christmas lights inside the shelter, the kind that is NOT LED, so, the bulbs put off some heat. I put them inside a metal baking pan so that IF they get too hot, there will NOT be a fire. It seems that the lights help to add about 10 F more heat. (I do have to do MORE checking to make sure that it is still 10 F more in colder temps) I have another set of lights I will add once temps get much more bitter. I have to watch out though, the greenhouse has been MUCH hotter than the outside temps through the whole summer. It would be 75F outside and 100 F or more in the Greenhouse. I have bought a fan to use to help make it a bit cooler in summer, BUT, now it is needing to be warmer. I have a small room heater, BUT, I think that the small shelter and using Christmas lights is good. I NOW only have 1 plant that is NOT hardy in my zone 6a, and that is a small "Windmill palm" it is zone 7b hardy since it is quite small now. The C-9 lights that are NOT LED lights put out a good amount of heat. Also the 1 set of lights will likely NOT use much electricity. I may try some other semi-tropicals IF the lights heat up the small shelter well enough.

[@andrewyek]

at 8:00 you said using propane heater.. i have got good 2 years of experience using that, i will share my experience and mind with everybody who would like to know. i tried in my small green house (custom build 6m x 3m), in deep of winter, depend on the temperature u want, it takes 2 tanks of 11kg propane for a month with temperature set at about 10deg c.. i use a garden propane heater with thermostat.. after 2 years of using it : 1. first year with a thicker bubble plastic wrap both sides and roof of the green house, it appears to be warmer then no wrapping, but what a cumbersome to install and take off) the big issue is that when outside id cold, inside is like raining.. dripping all over. hence after sometime mold on my over winter tree is a big issue. if i vent it, then the heater will come on again (i am living in uk weather, even day time during winter is freezing cold, with no sun, so i can't just leave the door open during day time ).. so propane heater is not that good unless insulation is good, so that it wont condense moisture all over the interior. 2. one more critical point on propane heater with thermostat. with thermostat, the heater is pretty much set and forget.. BUT not so also. i set the thermostat at desired level, but after some time deep in winter i found out that some tree or plant being frozen to death. the reason are: a. when the temperature dipped fast in middle of night of deep winter, the heater fail to sense it in time, by the time it senses the temperature dipped, it have to turn on fire; by the time the air is heated up to temperature, it has being half an hour already.. because it doesnt have a fan to move the warm air to each part of the green house (although it is a small green house). no fan to push the warm air around is no good. b. i only have a heater, so the side of the green house is colder.. hence plants injured.. but i can't surround the plants around the heater.. not possible. how many plants can fit around a heater ? due to no fan to equalize all the air in the green house, hence the heat from heater only travels upward to roof.. those plant that sits on the floor at outer circle will suffer cold.. apparently all my over winter plant are the same species.. no specific plant that i can put at outer circle. 3. radiant propane it is very good.. send heat to the pointed direction, but in my small green house, i will burn or dry up every plant if i do that, because i can't put the radiant heater far enough to let the plant have good temperature without burning them. another down side it, only the first row of plant get the heat, those behind are still cold.. (thats radiant ). so radiant heater is not suitable to be in green house for plant. careful, it might even melt a hole on the poly sheet it not careful. conclusion: thermal mass all over the green house is quite good (at the expense of space for plants), if there is heater in the mass is better. air movement is important , especially moving the warm air - circulation fan floor heating is consider the best, because it is incorporated with thermal mass and heat from the root zone of plant or bottom of pot (root) and the heat is naturally from bottom up. (my next project, if possible).

[@spoileddoggproductions2559]

The Buddy heaters help avoid CO, however propane produces co2 and water vapor. This is a general problem. Rather then these, look at an RV heater that puts the exhaust outside and blows nice warm air inside.

[@timothyyoung4759]

andrew ysk awesome thanks

[@DM-kl4em]

The black color for the heat sink water jugs certainly makes sense. You can also paint a jug black with a can of spraypaint. Just let the paint dry thoroughly before using it, so you don't fill your greenhouse with paint fumes. The best thing is that all you have to do is remember not to throw bottles and jugs away when the original contents are gone. Then you will have plenty of them, while not spending any more than you normally do.

[@sislertx]

My plan this year is to use those christmas lights on my beds...covered with old sheets. Worked great in our ice apocalypse last 2 years..on my brassicas

[@user-io3hy4zb4s]

If you have ammonia coming from compost, you are losing nitrogen. Mix in more carbonaceous material like wood chips to absorb it and keep it from turning into ammonia.

[@richlaue]

The first thing a gardener should do is make a double wall greenhouse. The black barrels on the North side with those emergency blankets hung behind should be enough to grow cold weather crops. Don't fight nature and try and grow water crops.

[@duanebarrett2409]

a) Carbon Monoxide doesn't harm plants. Carbon Monoxide binds with the hemoglobin in your blood, but plants don't have blood. They just oxidize it to Carbon Dioxide. B) geothermal: you need at least 3 feet of soil to act as insulation. Once you go below that the soil doesn't freeze. If you go 4 or 5 foot deep then it can keep your greenhouse above freezing. The deeper you go the hotter it gets. If you go down 30 or more feet then it's heated from below and can keep your greenhouse much toastier than "just above freezing". Bonus points if you hit the water table, which works even better than soil.

[@julier1080]

Um, no. A lot depends on where you live, as to how deep the soil freezes. Going deeper than a couple feet below frost line does not get warmer.

[@missioncreekfarm7715]

You can heat water on the woodstove as well. I set a canning kettle on the stove and when the stove is shut down for the night, I put the lid on the kettle to slow the cooling. A normal canning kettle is cheap and holds about 4 gallons of water.

[@Vpzoe]

THERE ARE TWO TYPES of geothermal piping. The horizontal layout (pictured on vid) would be laid approximately 6-8ft deep, while the vertical layout, what LTGL was referring to, would be dropped down a vertical hole dug around that 30 ft depth, but the horizontal (across the land) footprint would only be a couple (or just a few) feet across. STILL a great vid though, thanks for posting!

[@andreajohnsMyPotteryBliss]

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[@patcon314]

My grandma used to put a large (very large, we used it for taking baths in the yard in the summer since she didn't have indoor plumbing) tub of water in her root cellar. The temperature inside could not drop below freezing unless the entire tub froze solid.

[@antontaylor4530]

Solar panels connected to electric heaters are a bad idea. Better use of the sunlight is a solar water heater. Photovoltaic systems max out at about 20% efficiency and are expensive, DIY solar water heaters are cheap and can be as much as 95% efficient. Another option is to line the north wall with cob (clay/soil/straw) painted black. It works like the water barrels, but cheaper.

[@dougmc666]

Solar PV and wind turbines connected to an electric water heater are a great idea.

[@LightGesture]

In todays world, a 25gal tank lasts about 6 hours in my shop heater, which is an outdoor heater that goes up and radiats below with a shield. If it were running to keep even only a small 200sqft garage decently warm, it would cost $50/day to run. 24/7 it would cost closer yo $85. Propane is definitely not a good efficient route to take at all. Unless you have a cousins uncles brothers friend who hooks you up with free propane

[@danielborbolla4677]

i would suggest a biodigester. it will produce heat as the compost does and you can collect and burn the methane on one of those propane heaters. the heater must be modified tho.

[@royalspin]

However collecting methane can get dangerous plus you have to have a steady supply of manure to feed it .

[@oldman5250]

Thermal heat for your underground heating system will depend on the frost depth.

[@rossr277]

It gets bitterly cold here in Minnesota December through February. What heating method do you think would be my cheapest option for a 8x16 twin wall poly-carbonate greenhouse I'm setting up this spring?

[@freedinner886]

Very practical and recycling thinking in mind. Thumbs up 😁

[@LivingTheGoodLife]

Hope it helps, thank you for compliment & sub!

[@daveslife167]

Easier to just use food coloring to turn the water in the 1 gallon jugs dark then it is to paint the jugs. While it doesn't change the total heat absorbed by the jug it does put more heat into the water instead of the plastic of the jug which causes the heat to be released over a slightly longer time period.

[@perryostrander4648]

Cool idea not would think of

[@DaleB55]

Oh this is a GREAT idea.

[@nickslingerland4155]

Good brain, nice job.

[@rockydog523]

I've used a wood stove then switched to a rocket stove. Beware of the bellows effect on windy days, sometimes when opening the door the stove would belch smoke out the damper. And the rocket stove would throw embers out the feeding hole. Be careful, you can pipe a flew duct into the stove from outside to avoid the effect.

[@carolinawren1310]

For my mini greenhouse I am going to try two pocket hand warmers.

[@lisalundstrom1591]

I wonder if that would work

[@spikedpsycho2383]

Space heater, blanket method. An extension cord and an electric space heater. With some Outdoor weather tape you can merge some space blankets together into a shell and place over greenhouse; with the heater running it'll do fine for about a few hours at night.

[@nickslingerland4155]

Rock flooring is a good one. Take the heat from the very upper tip of the greenhouse and use a solar fan to move it to the bottom of a rock pit dug in the floor (hole filled with rocks). The Rocks slowly heat up through the span of the day and disperse at night. Do you smell what The Rock's are cooking?

[@tompowell6723]

What about healing? I know people who have dug down the inside earth of their greenhouses they build steps inside the entry door and step in and descend 4' to the new central lowered walkway. The sides are only 10" lower this creates a ergonomic work station with no stooping. Actual cost = sweat and stairs lumber. Also once done it is done forever.

[@MsSunwatcher]

Healing?

[@FixItYerself]

Thanks for the great tips! I'm planning to build solar coils with sprinkler tubing and placing them on the inside of my greenhouse.

[@markwilliams6375]

This guy is right on.

[@edwardbenton8323]

Creating barriers cuts down on heat loss during the winter months. Heat can be trapped by using a thermal blanket hung overhead at night( heat rises), black bags filled with dry wood chips on the north side protected from rain by using plastic( N. side doesn't receive sunlight during winter), wood chips can be bought from city parks at a low cost which makes the best compost-place in a sunny area to break down faster and no smell.

[@thefaeryman]

you can double the layer of plastic and attach a blower to blow air between the layers creating an insulating layer

[@tommyriordan870]

Do you have to pull air inbetween

[@ChucksBasix]

There should be no need to blow air between the layers if they are sealed together to trap a layer of air. The goal is to create a barrier, moving in fresh air doesn't create a barrier.... In fact if you blow air in from outside, you are 100% eliminating the usefulness of having a second layer of plastic.

[@MARANATHA-AMEN]

very informative. You did a great job. several good ideas. thank you and may God continue to bless you and those you love.

[@oilspeculatorhater]

Thank you, great information.

[@LivingTheGoodLife]

Your welcome, & thank you for subscribing!

[@majorgreenz2811]

use green lights and it will not harm the light cycle of the plants

[@Kube_Dog]

3:36 This dude's advise was shaky enough, but when he fell for the ceramic pot scam, I was done...

[@awhodothey]

What a fucking idiot. It amazes me how many people do not understand the conservation of energy...

[@davidrodden4033]

wish I could like this comment a thousand times..

[@awhodothey]

David Rodden If you put the comment in a bunch of nestled clay pots and then hit 'like' it will multiple your likes, but you'd need a lot of clay pots to get to 1,000...

[@rachaelmorrow6669]

hmm ... clay pots to heat areas for people to live in, that sounds ineffective. clay pots for keeping a greenhouse above freezing, maybe?!

[@davepeterschmidt5818]

@@rachaelmorrow6669 You get the same amount of heat by taking away the pots and just burning the candle. The pots do nothing but temporarily store the small amount of heat generated by the candle.

[@johnhosler6636]

In a hobby size green house 7x7x12 a 1500 watt milkhouse heater works well, set it on a wall timer 7pm to 7am and it will run you right aroung $50 a month in electricity , you can extend your grow season 3 months so to me the $150 a year is worth it, it can be free and easier then all methods listed if you sell starter plants to your friends and neighbors

[@TheAnantaSesa]

9:15 plants don't use CO1. It affects hemoglobin that plants don't have. It also spontaneously decays into CO2 that is more air for the crop to breathe.

[@cheryljames7913]

I haven't read all the comments but, another option would be a Pellet stove. Works great as long as you have power. Not so great if your area is prone to outages.

[@marchetaalbert7050]

I have used lp tanks in my green house, time on med. Heat is 36hr. Low is 72 hrs. Its an isolated heat so you have a lot of temp variations.

[@patricksquires77]

Great Vid! Just FYI to readers - no such thing as more efficient electric heaters. Electricity gets turned to heat in both ceramic and other types of electric heaters. It is just the reality of electric to heat thermodynamics. Set amount of energy in = thermo energy out. No way around it. Please DO NOT buy one electric heater over another because you think it is more efficiently creating heat cause that is impossible. You can buy heaters for other features of the heater but not for being more efficient in creating heat.

[@robertslaton1006]

very informational thank you. it helped me make a choice on what i may try this year.

[@IceInMaWeiner]

This guy has amazingly professional videos

[@royalspin]

Using a rocket stove to heat up water that can be channeled via copper lines or stainless steel or another type of piping through the soil for the roots as long as it's not too hot as well as having a radiator combined with a fan to circulate the air would be a good idea too . However most importantly make sure to insulate wherever you can to reduce the amount of heat being lost or the amount needed to heat the building . Using mulch or compost on the exterior is a good way to go or using styrofoam panels along the perimeter of the structure is another way of retaining heat . Even using a combination of both would work out well . Also using a liquid such as vegetable oil in barrels retains the heat for a bit longer than water alone .

[@wanderingman8921]

OR Do your own oil changes, buy the new oil in the black 2.5 gal jugs and not waste a cent on paint. Score!

[@royalspin]

Also making or buying an oil incinerator and using up the used motor oil would be a good idea for keeping a green house warm during the winter while wrapping it with copper coils that could heat up water that are run through the soil as well as run through a radiator with a fan to keep the air moving .

[@andrewyang1446]

Love those lemons on the tree! How about keeping a compost in the greenhouse? Sorry haven’t watched the whole video.

[@TheNiand]

OMG! I thought I was the only one who used old gallon milk jugs to heat.

[@johnlemon5904]

😂 Yep, same here

[@Godfather061]

The best way is to dig a trench about eight or 9 feet deep and loaded with around hundred foot of flexible tubing that’s about eight or 9 inches in diameter depending on how large your greenhouse is. How many of these trenches you’ll need it’s not cheap to build but once it’s done it only requires a fan to bring the temperature up to about 60° inside your greenhouse. I’m assuming, of course, that you’ve partially dug into the ground for your greenhouse and that you’ve insulated the north side. You don’t need to get any light from the north side if you live in the northern hemisphere because there is no light coming from that direction. There is a KZbin channel about an elderly man in his 90s who built one of these in Nebraska - www.kcur.org/post/check-out-these-oranges-and-lemons-grown-midwest#stream/0. The farmer's name is Russ Finch, and he can grow all kinds of tropical fruit but he builds rather large greenhouses, and he uses the heat from the ground to heat and cools the greenhouse. Mr. Russ Finch has a heat exchanger in his own home next to the greenhouse that he is able to heat and cool with ground heat also. But to build one of his greenhouses does cost about $25,000 to build quickly from scratch. His was thrown together and built piecemeal over a while which he had because he had just retired from the US Postal Service 20 or so years ago. He spilled some more recent ones for other people, and I think he says it takes about a year, but I may be wrong. read the article find out still use the same system to heat a small greenhouse just don’t need as many of those underground flexible tubes. It depends on how thick the ground freezes in the winter where you live I think where he lives it freezes quite deep. But not the eight or 9 feet down. By the way, the website I give you is from an article by Grant Gerlock for a radio station KCUR 89.3. I saw a different one on KZbin, but I’m using KZbin to watch your video now.

[@kathyyoung1774]

Peter Smafield That won’t work for us who are a couple of feet above the water table

[@GardengalAAA]

Right... I dig down and I’m in a puddle of water. My sump pump in my crawl space goes practically year round.

[@pn3940]

I use metal (aluminum?) roofing materials and have the the heat lamp heat it on top and ceramic tiles directly on the bottom. Both reflect the heat for my chicks, that could use in this case.

[@kelhawk1]

All 5 quart motor oil jugs are either black or dark colored. Tests show they dont need to be black, any dark colors absorb heat nearly as well.

[@BBoutdoorsWV]

What type of greenhouse do you use? I’m trying to get into growing my own food

[@LivingTheGoodLife]

Hey Billy, here is the exact greenhouse I use, I made a DIY how to build video of mine kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2a9n2Okjrl6frs please check it out & thank you for subscribing!

[@agseyf99]

Plants take in carbon monoxide and dioxide and give off oxygen. Using wood heat or propane is fine in the greenhouse.

[@Horse237]

Lots of good ideas.