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Saturday, March 20, 2021
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Matt D.
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Connecticut
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Large Structure Indirect Heater
Knowing the pumpkin plant will likely break out of the smaller cold frame when there is still a danger of a frost, there needs to be a heat source for the entire structure. There are a few options that exist but the easiest is an indirect heater.
While this may look like a traditional torpedo heater, look at the metal exhaust stack that goes vertically out of frame. This is where all of the waste gases go result in “clean” hot air entering the grow space.
A torpedo heat will help add CO2, but the other exhaust gases make it hazardous to be in the growing space as a grower and also the other by products lead to phytotoxicity of the pumpkin leaves. So, while an indirect heater does cost more, the benefits justify its inclusion and use.
Also, this heater runs on diesel fuel so it is easy to get and because it is inside the structure there is no threat of it gelling in the tank so this is why an indirect heater was selected as the heat source for the structure.
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