wood burner in a glasshouse

karl tyrrell

would it be a ok to use a small wood burner in a glass house for starting seeds early or would the fumes kill them ?:cool:

jezko

karl tyrrell wrote: »

would it be a ok to use a small wood burner in a glass house for starting seeds early or would the fumes kill them ?:cool:

With the proper flue you shouldn't have any fumes inside a "building" or enclosed space..
However I would imagine you'd need a more constant heat source (Wood burning stoves would i believe give off too extreme in temperatures )

CJhaughey

Buy a heated propagator, much simpler and easier to maintain the correct temp.

karl tyrrell

ok thanks propagtors can be to small i would need heat in the whole glass house to have a lot of things going on at the same time ?

CJhaughey

It won't really work, you need to raise the soil temperature not just the air temp.
Thats how propagators work.

redser7

You could try heat mats too.
Or indoors on a double radiator. Or a hot press if the seeds don;t need light to germinate. Or on a window sill. Place the trays in plastic bags will help too.
You are only looking for approx 21 degrees for most seeds and once they germinate they can do with lower temps. You should be able to raise plenty of seed around the house in a few flats and cheap propagators.

Ilyushin76

You could try a Paraffin heater.There is some on ebay for 55 euro.