Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Tropical Garden #88 - January 2011, 1 by GordonHawk

GordonHawk wrote:
Ardesia... well thanks.. it does seem to be working wonderfully.. given the hgh wnds and storms it's weathered already..
well that vent on the roof are just a few hot air baloon patio lghts.. hanging in the fore ground..
it does have an electric heater though.. and a fan... and two 4' long T-5 flourescent lght hung from the ceiling... the heater is set to a no freeze setting.. it trys to mantain 45*F... and t eeps it between
44* and 49* all the time... if it's 10* and blowing 50 mph... of if it's 35 and calm... it stays about the same temperature + or - a degree or two... succcess..
the last few years I've made the foam house... dug up the plants and cutthe root balls back to go into pots... ths year I dug the root balls and just placed them together on the floor... and partitioned it off... so there's less stress on the plants... as they maintained more of their root ball intact... this is an inside picture... of everyone together..