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by **Ralf** » Sat Feb 13, 2010 9:46 pm

Yes indeed it's right, Daiv. Double isolated with bubble wrap from inside and outside.
Mainly I do use a propane heater and as backup there is an electrical fan heater.
Temperature inside is between 5 to 8°C (41-46F) at night. On day it's somewhat higher.
The third pic is also a puzzle pic. Where are the hotbeds?

by **Ralf** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 9:45 am

I'll do show you the hotbeds. The plants inside needs light, so I've do remove the snow and opens the windows for fresh air on sunny days.

Let's have a look inside there are some several
Escobaria, Echinocereus and Opuntia

inside the other one some several Cylindropuntia and Opuntia

The lowest temperature inside was -10°C (14F) since December. The plants looks therefor very vital and healthy.

by **daiv** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 7:02 pm

Nice. What you call a "hot bed", I have heard called a "cold frame". Your term makes more sense to me.

How about a look inside the greenhouse?

by **TimN** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 12:18 am

daiv wrote:Nice. What you call a "hot bed", I have heard called a "cold frame". Your term makes more sense to me.

"Cold frame" aways seemed sort of obtuse to me.

Awesome plants and pictures Ralf! TFS.

by **iann** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 12:26 am

A hot bed is different from a cold frame. It is heated (duhh!). Traditionally the heat is provided by a layer of composting material such as manure, in which the plants can then be grown directly. Hence the cold frame is a frame which is not heated.

by **daiv** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 3:03 am

After all those years, it finally makes sense!

Now Ian, do you know this because at some point you were wondering about this too?

by **Ralf** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 4:06 pm

Aha, now I'm a little step more clever, thanks iann. :-)

Now in the following I'll use the term "cold frame".
It's a lot of work to correcting my site.

daiv wrote:How about a look inside the greenhouse?

Sure, of course. But I'll do this in another topic.

@TimN
What do you mean with "TFS"? I'm not really good in your language. :-(

by **daiv** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 5:20 pm

Ralf wrote:What do you mean with "TFS"? I'm not really good in your language.

Short for "Thanks For Sharing".

by **Tom2643** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 4:07 am

Very nice! You've got some plants I wish I could grow outside!

by **Ralf** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 5:44 pm

Why don't you do it? It's also in pots and bowls possible.

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