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Originally Posted by siege2050
I also bought a roll of weed cloth to put on the floor to keep the thing from becoming a ragweed jungle in the spring lol. I am hoping the black weed cloth, and black barrels filled with water help retain some warmth as well.
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Any solar mass like dark barrels filled with water (even milk jugs will help) assist in retaining heat. Open, they'll add humidity.
Personal rant: I so wish people would not use that stupid landscape "cloth". 8 layers of newspaper and woodchips to cover will keep down weeds and give you some kind of soil when the chips break down. Plastic? BTDT. You have to dig it out and good luck getting it all gone. Why not go cheap?
BTW, we called large unheated enclosed growing structures hoophouses when I was up north. I must be getting old...