Greenhouse: Devastation in the greenhouse last night, 1 by kathy_ann

kathy_ann wrote:
ARRG, I just posted a note and a picture, and it didn't go through, How the heck am I suppose to remember all that post to type it up again.

The stove and the kerosine heater kept up with the greenhouse last night, it got to 20 outside, and 45 inside. no frost on the plastic. So I guess we know, that we have problems when it's in the teens.

See the one side of the greenhouse, we've been busy, moving it all over, to put up plastic on the inside of the gh, we have 6 in studs there not 4, which is better, I forgot about that. and dh is thinking seriously about blocking off the ceiling with plastic, so the heat won't rise so far. It's not suppose to get above freezing here sunday, so we have to do all this saturday, and hopefully drop the stove to the ground and run the stove pipe inside all the way to the top of the gh, but not the ceiling, kind of like picture 2 but moving the pipe over towards the gh front door some, staying in the tin area of course. and raising the part where it sticks out the side, all the way to the top as far as we can go, so alot of the pipe is inside the greenhouse, and put the damper in the pipe as well.

I've got some damage to some succulents and my adeniums I don't htink the adenium damage will be permanent, but thinking the succulents are shot, they were babies I was rooting for this spring, the mother plants are still ok though. All the bananas have brown leaves, but the trunks are ok.

That tyvek on the side is covering up 3 windows and the tyvek on the outside there, was for shade over a month ago, I had all my brugs on that shelf and the sun was buring them. tyvek worked great to provide shade for them.

Ok, wish us luck this weekend.

thanks for all the help too.

kathy