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Saturday, April 24, 2010
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J.D.
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Nikiski, Alaska 99635
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Here is how it works. With night time temps still falling into the upper teens and low twenties you need a small compact system to focus on a small area and work your way outward as the season progresses and warms up. A 1500 watt heater hooked up to a remote thermostat blows into ductwork which surrounds the plant and ends up blowing onto a 5 gallon bucket of water that remains almost hot. The 5 gallon bucket of hot water acts as a heat sink and provides some humidity to counter act the drying efffects of the 1500 watt heater. It also provides insurance in the event the heater system were to fail during the night. Once plant out grows the hoophouse entire structure is removed for the year. By then we are into the first week in May and temperatures are much warmer.
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