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Old January 25, 2017   #8
greenthumbomaha
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Pecker, that is a super neat structure. I have a few temperature questions since you're local to me, hope you don't mind my curiosity living thru your experience. I can't believe how warm your high tunnel is when its this cold. Did you add the heater to start growing inground tomatoes or transplants on March 15? That sealing up the cracks should take care of the nasty herbicide drift we both had last year.

Do you already have a propane tank for your home, or do you rent one for the tunnel? Without the heater on, what would be the min/max temperature on a 20 degree cloudy and sunny day. Are you keeping the heater 24/7 on to maintain the 80 degree temp? Was that 110 degree reading when our winter suddenly turned into sunny 50 degree days last month?

What are the soil temps like? Are you going to put plastic down to warm up the soil before planting? Any cold weather crops like broccoli in your plan?

Hope you have a great growing season!

- Lisa
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