Re: An Aroid greenhouse question

From: "Sue Zunino" <suez at Northcoast.com> on 1998.06.08 at 18:59:04(2246) Dewey, >This is good... just remember the longer the stove pipe... the more heat you will obtain. It will not vent to the outside as fast... Lots of luck...< I'm going to go with the non vented heater because there's just no way to put a pipe through the ceiling of this greenhouse. I can leave the front doors slid open to help with air circulation and vapor escape. I have one fan going in there all the time, but I'll probably need to add another. Gas heat produces moisture, doesn't it? I know when we use our wood stove in the house, the mildew doesn't grow as well, but with our forced air gas heater, mildew seems to hang around on the walls in the dark areas of the house. +More Here's an update on my newly aquired plants. The Philo. sp. is planted in a pot with a sphagnum totem behind it. Planted in the totem, is Anthurium trinerve, P. tuxla (sprinkled here and there), A. bakerei, a tiny A. clarinervium (that will probably tip the totem over in time), and a bright verigated spider plant in the very top. Philo. sp's. leaves are reaching out horizontally and the new leaf has fully emerged. It's a wonderful plant, and is doing great right here in the center of my house.......on top of the wood stove actually...of course we're not using it. I haven't planted A. lucens with a totom yet, but it has been transplanted, has new leaves developing and is doing great. Some of the little 'Pin Cushion' Philo's. leaves melted away, but the top couple are strong. The soil was pretty wet when it arrived, so I let at least the surface of the soil dry out completely before I watered it again, and then I tried to water the top surface only. I think it will be fine. Thanks for the help, Sue

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