if it is to costly I may have to stay small and grow stuff here in the house but no more than I have growing it already smells "greenhousey" in here !
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rainbowgardener wrote:@Allyn. Really glad to hear that the flower pot/ candle heater is doing well for you. For those that haven't seen them, there's a picture of one in this thread: https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/vi ... er#p375343
I got the materials for one, but haven't put it together yet and may or may not end up needing it.
I use 33-gallon black plastic trashcans. That would probably be a bit too big for your setup, but something along those lines. I use auger-style anchors at the corners to keep the thing in place.Susan W wrote: ... Do you use 5 gal buckets with lids? Spray paint black, fill with water? In looking at the said GH in a box on living room floor, thinking ahead to anchoring and a bit of warmth. ...
I put a bolt through the hole in the bottom to hold the pots together, separated by a few washers and held together with a nut. I don't use a cake rack. The outer pot straddles the bricks and the inner pot is held by the nut and bolt. I guess the cake rack would work, but you'd be heating the rack and I'd think it would act like a heat sink. You want to heat the pots and let the thermal mass heat the space.Susan W wrote: ... I also checked the net briefly for the flower pot and candle trick. The easiest, and what looks relatively safe is a couple of votives in a loaf pan, flanked by a couple of bricks. Cake rack over that, and 2 flower pots, one inside the other, upside down on rack....