Fertilizing and Watering
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Subject: warm water
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shazzy |
Joliet, IL
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seeing that i warmed up my plants this a.m. with straight cold tap water, its 47 degrees out and the tap is 52, i was wondering if anyone who warms their tap water up before watering plants could elaborate on their system or email me the details. next year , i am setting up a rain collection system into a large 6' diameter by 6' tall tank and hook up a pump and overhead sprinkling system.
my question is are there cables or some system of heating the tank water with out relying on the sun with a black colored tank. can anyone steer me in the right direction for supplies that i referred to above: tanks, pumps, tank heaters, a filter for the rain water collection.
all advice is greatly appreciated. shazzy
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8/15/2004 8:03:08 AM
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Engel's Great Pumpkins and Carvings |
Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)
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I would look in to a used pool heater.
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8/15/2004 10:15:56 AM
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shazzy |
Joliet, IL
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good call. thanks.
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8/15/2004 11:33:51 AM
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Brooks B |
Ohio
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A guy at work Give me a idea of using a solor pool cover. He said I could have his brand new one that is 25'by 25' that he never uses.He told me to try it for my hoop house's next year and to even try to rig up a way to cover my patch with it when it gets real cold at night like its been this Aug. You could maybe use something like this to heat up your water Shaz. Brooks
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8/15/2004 8:06:30 PM
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Peter Pumpkin |
Rainbowlake Alberta
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Maybe a circulating water heater from a car or truck would work. Or hot water elements from a hot water tank.
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8/17/2004 1:58:49 AM
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Randytcat |
West Chazy,N.Y.
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Shazzy: I use a water heating eliment from a water heater. Useing a plastic barrel you can cut a hole (on the side) at the bottom or as far down you can reach.(use the screw in type). Use a hole saw just smaller than the threds of the eliment,also apply thred sealer to the threds and screw it in. (here is the tricky part) You can buy just about any wattage element you want,either 110volts or 220 volts. I use a 3500watt element 220volt, this way I can use a generator to pump with and heat the water at the same time. The higher wattage you use the bigger generator you will need. Make sure that you use heavy enough wire to carry the current. I know this because I'm an electrician. The bigger the water tank you have the longer it takes to heat the water.It works well, you can watch the element heat the water, it will bubble around the element. If you are not sure how to wire it, ask an electrician to help you. If you want to get more heat you can use 2 elements and wire them in parralle
Hope this helps!!!
I am heating 300 gal tank at a time, it takes about 2 1/2hrs to heat up to 80 deg.
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8/17/2004 7:37:21 AM
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Mike H. |
Circleville
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Shazzy: I use a heating unit in my stock tank for the horses in the winter time. It comes with a heating element and cord already esembled all you have to do is plug it in 120 volt. I found mine at the local farm store 25.00 bucks!!
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8/25/2004 6:54:45 AM
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