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[psyc1210]

Hi peeps just to fill you in my salimander runs off of gas propane it dose have a smell to it i use it to warm my garage I was told that the fumes will kill my plants ? I will use one of those milk house heaters for the mane heat but the power likes to go off a good bit hear in the woods! the longest was for 3 days! About the floor puting down something like a pond liner and gravel seams to me like that will breed all sort of nastys?Really dont want to go the route of concreat floor. any help will be grate!

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Originally Posted by jimdandy

Hi peeps just to fill you in my salimander runs off of gas propane it dose have a smell to it i use it to warm my garage I was told that the fumes will kill my plants ? I will use one of those milk house heaters for the mane heat but the power likes to go off a good bit hear in the woods! the longest was for 3 days! About the floor puting down something like a pond liner and gravel seams to me like that will breed all sort of nastys?Really dont want to go the route of concreat floor. any help will be grate!

The long term (4-5 days?) drawbacks to unvented gas heaters are higher humidity and CO2 levels and ethylene gas.The higher humidity could result in condensation on your glazing and dripping on your plants; The buildup of ethylene gas can cause wilting of the plants even though they have been well watered.

If you don't want to use poly on your floor you might try a weed barrier (cloth) underneath the gravel. It will drain and still prevent weeds from growing.3' x 50' Roll Weed Barrier, Crop, Turf & Nursery Production - GEMPLER'S

[Cynthia, Prescott, AZ]

Didn't use any liner in my old GH in Glendale, CA (moderate weather), and I guess I must have put the gravel pretty deep, because the only weeds that grew on the floor of my GH grew in the gravel, not thru it.