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Old 10-26-2012, 12:12 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Default Re: PVC Banana Greenhouse

I got my 4 rolls of 18 inch shrink wrap from eBay over the summer. The price has since gone up a lot now so it is available for about 42$ for 4 2500ft rolls.

Paraffin or Kerosene lamps work pretty well for a small setup as they can add 5-10F of temperature to my greenhouse, which would translate into even more for your small set up. As far as fuel, it cost around 10$ per gallon of high quality lamp oil, but the kerosene is much cheaper, and should cost no more than a dollar a night for operating a lamp.

You could also get one of these portable space heaters, but the risk with these is if you have an electrical outage, these things won't function.
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A cold winter is not that likely if we are expecting an El Nino along with the northern ice caps being at their lowest in recorded history.
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I'm in zone 6 upstate NY, specialize in growing temperate cold hardy bamboos(mainly phyllostachys) and starting to get into bananas.

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