How to Heat a Greenhouse With Wood
Greenhouses can be a valuable tool for growing plants. Home growers who want to grow warm-weather crops in areas that get cold temperatures, and people who seek to grow fruit, vegetables and flowers year-round, use greenhouses to control growing conditions. An important aspect of greenhouse growing is heating the greenhouse to provide the necessary warmth. One all-natural way to do so is to heat the greenhouse with wood and a wood-burning stove. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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Install a wood-burning stove in a central location of the greenhouse, or against a northern wall. The stove will heat the greenhouse while it's burning, and will maintain that heat within its metal walls during the night, to continue heating the greenhouse.
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Burn wood in the wood-burning stove during the day, when the greenhouse is under supervision. Monitor the thermometer in the greenhouse and experiment with amounts of wood and temperature. Make sure the environment never gets too hot for the plants you grow.
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Maintain good circulation when you're burning wood to heat a greenhouse. Keep some windows open, including any windows in the ceiling. Keep the greenhouse fan on to maintain circulation and to evacuate any smoke, which could damage sensitive plants.
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Tips & Warnings
Maintain heat in greenhouses by increasing the insulation on seams and windows.
Burning wood will leach the humidity from a greenhouse. Offset this by increasing your watering.
