#479 How I protected my plants from the cold.
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Join Richard in this weeks podcast. This week the format is different as the cold has limited the amount of gardening that is possible.
The cold temperature over this last week has caused Richard a lot of concern for his plants. As Richard is located on the south coast of the UK its very rare to get such cold temperatures and this has been the first time that Richard has seen temperatures of -5c.
Because this temperature is rare for Richard he has had to take action. Insulting his plants and greenhouse and trying to keep a greenhouse from freezing has been the goal while trying to remember about the cost of living crisis that is going on.
In this podcast you will hear how Richard protected his plants from the cold
Seasons greetings from California. Have a pair of old Eltex greenhouse heaters, one wouldn’t stay lit so I added an inch more kerosene and it did the trick- for now. Kept flame at a half inch sliver and stayed lit all night. I’d bought them used, impossible to see if wick reaches fuel without disassembly. Luckily each heaters has two wicks so I can get by this season with one out. Enjoyed hearing your cold weather solutions.
Thank you Rose and seasons greeting to you too.
Thats very interesting about the wick as mine was tricky to get just right but having 2 wicks sounds like a good idea in my book