2 Small 24"x24" heated Green House.

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I built 2 small green houses with pressure treated 2x4 lumber insulated with 1½" thick Styrofoam boards. A thermostat and a 60 incandescent light bulb keeps it warm inside every night. It was 34°f this morning and 60°f inside the green house. I think 60° is good all night, it gets very warm inside 100°f when the sun comes up. I have carrots planted in 1 green house and potatoes planted in the other green house. It was -2°f about 2 weeks ago, potatoes plants look good, carrot plants ate small. I have a piece of glass from a house window on both green houses. So far so good.

I sprinkled 250 onion seeds under an upside down fish aquarium. I hope to have 250 onion plants to transplant March. Onion seeds always seem to have poor germination.


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Nice job. You might want to buy a whole box of bulbs because it is getting harder and harder to find regular light bulbs. You didn't show the thermostat. Where is it located?
 
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Nice job. You might want to buy a whole box of bulbs because it is getting harder and harder to find regular light bulbs. You didn't show the thermostat. Where is it located?
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Nice job. You might want to buy a whole box of bulbs because it is getting harder and harder to find regular light bulbs. You didn't show the thermostat. Where is it located?

I knew the day would come when incandescent light bulbs will be collector items so I saved about 100 bulbs. I did the math last week it costs me 2 cents a day to use a 60 watt light bulb, it makes a good reasonable price heater. LOL.

I have a bi-metal thermostat soldered to 1 of the light socket wires and the electrical cord. I am a pack rat I save everything. I think the electric cord came from an old junk TV.

Click the link to see the thermostat.

 
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