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nomaad

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I live in a house heated by Pex in concrete and carpeted floors. Its amazing stuff. A simple coil at the bottom of a smartpot would do the trick. Uber simple. Connect the whole thing to an on-demand propane water heater and its off-the-grid perfection in the pots. This is how i will heat the rows of hoops in next year's gardens. I have played with various different wood stove/copper tubing concepts... The Pex is a lot easier to work with than semi-rigid copper tubing for sure. But the idea of a simple sand floor is sweet. Can Pex be laid in sand? A layer of sand and a layer of gravel with Pex it it would be slick... and somewhat mobile. I love a gravel floor on the GH.

I am looking for a system for the greenhouse veg steeze in which i could move the plants around, even small plants on racks and have radiant heated surfaces of any size wherever I want them. Always, i seek modular, break-down/put-up systems that allow for max mobility and versatility. Its part of the Nomaad ethos.

There are these black hard molded plastic sheets that flood with water and have plumbing connections on two corners. They are made in a number of sizes and can all be interconnected with poly or hose. I will take a pic next time I am in that spot that has one on display. I have not done a google search for strings like "radiant heating greenhouse shelving" because I really have no time for research right now.
 
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Yankee Grower

nomaad said:
Always, i seek modular, break-down/put-up systems that allow for max mobility and versatility. Its part of the Nomaad ethos.
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I don't know how re-usable Pex is. You might end up kinking the lines but honestly never worked with it. You could probably just splice that spot and repair any damage. I looked at Pex a few years ago when growing hydro indoors and was thinking about using the backyard down a few feet as a heat sink for the res...lol. Also did think about it for use in late season growing to heat the root mass.
 
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Yankee Grower

Found out yesterday a local friend is using Pex in his new slab and will snag a small piece for you to check out.
 
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guest4098

So is it that the root zone of the plant is the most important thing to protect from extreme cold? What about controlling the temp of the foliage? Is the radiant heat from the soil enough to warm the greenhouse/hoophouse?
 
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BotanicalBill

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cloudbase, that would depend on what your definition of extreme cold is I'd imagine.. Where nomaad is I imagine extreme cold may be 25F, maybe higher, where in my area that'd be considered -25F .. If you're heating the soil to a decent temperature you're creating a giant radiator with a lot of surface area.. I am curious as to what kind of temperature rise you can get above outside air conditions myself.. Anyone have experience with heated floors already?
 
zenoonez

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I watched it earlier when he posted it. Awesome shit man. I bet you guys are getting sore from all that work up there in Norcal. Should be vacation time soon.
 
humble1

humble1

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digging the faux spanish way he pronounces 'Jorge Cervantes' at the beginning.
 
McDank8O5

McDank8O5

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hows it going nomaad its been awhile!?
how did you BD's hold up in the rain the last few weeks?

hope all is well and that your trimming is steady on its way to completion....
 
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