Heating a Polytunnel

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Re: Heating a Polytunnel

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There's really no need to heat a whole polytunnel unless you're growing WAY out of season, and in Bedford you should be sowing from around the last week in Feb most years. Apart from a small electric propagator for really early sowings of tomatoes etc, adding a cold frame or tunnel cloche INSIDE the tunnel is probably all you'll need. It gets much warmer inside one of those than the rest of the tunnel!

As for livestock, I did the maths a while back and each chicken produces 10-15W!
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