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Massachusetts

what do you guys think is the best,,,70?

5/9/2010 7:16:24 PM

Pataskala,OH

I don't heat mine. I think it creates stress when the hoop is removed and then the plant has to be in the 50s or 60s at night. IMHO

5/9/2010 7:32:15 PM

Columbus Ohio

Eric
We have a heated green house and we keep it heated to 50 degrees at night. Plants seem to love it. In our hoops we close them at night and use 2 100 watt light bulbs to provide heat if it is going to get to cold. We also throw old sleeping bags over the hoops to help retain heat if needed.
I think the biggest thing is to keep the frost off the plants.

5/9/2010 9:45:05 PM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

50-85 during day, low 50's at night or whatever I can manage above freezing if the cold is snapping and the wind is not with me (even with windbreak). As for heat or not, when I start the transition to living with the great outdoors, it's leaving hoop unheated then leaving it open for all but the worst nights...

If there is a chance of it hitting freezing or wind chill on prevaling windside or both, make sure the plant doesn't touch the hoop or greenhouse plastic--IT WILL FREEZE. I toasted most of a vine in 2008 that way, plastic cover drooped and touched and froze all but 4' of the main.

5/9/2010 10:04:22 PM

Buffalo, New York

i have mine set to about 65-70 at night.

5/9/2010 10:53:11 PM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

Mine is also set to stay just above 50 degrees no matter what the outside temps are.

5/10/2010 11:23:50 AM

Ohio

Eric, I do the exact same thing to a ''t'' as Pumpkin head does, works great.

I turn my lights off in the morning though, and the wife will open the hoops later that morning unless I know its going to be a cloudy day I just leave the lights on. But if you want some extra heat leave the lights on during a cold sunny day and open your hoops up a smidge so you dont cook your seedlings.

5/12/2010 10:15:48 PM

Whidbey Island

I just wish I could get up to 50 degrees during the day!

5/12/2010 11:21:16 PM