Hi @Voujdjr: Thanks for the comment. Yes, it's definitely going to help with the growth of your plants. Just remember, there are soil heat cables and then there are de-icing cables, like we had. With the de-icing cables, you're going to want to use an aftermarket thermostat or a timer. We have links for both in the descriptions below. Also, we did a video with this heat cable last year, how to install it in your planter bed if you already have soil in it. You can check it out here: ruclips.net/video/YjdUDrpvQpQ/видео.html . If you have any other questions, please feel free to reach out to us ... anything for a fellow Jerseyan ;-) . Thanks for watching! Jackie and Dan
Hi Danny: Thanks for the comment. So glad you enjoyed the video. It really is a great inexpensive way to heat your garden and you don't just have to do it in a greenhouse, heat cables are waterproof so if you want to use it on your raised beds outdoors, you can still use them. Thanks for watching! Jackie and Dan
Thanks for the video!Is there any reason you can think of why these wouldn't work to "save"/protect a palm tree from freezing if used in conjunction with wrapping the trunk with additional layers of protection?
Hi @Dom-pf8wd . Sorry for the delayed response. Thanks for the comment. I wouldn't see why not. I've heard of people using that for their citrus plants (lemons and mangos) to get them through the cold winter. We've even used it in our compost pile to help speed up the process. Thanks for watching! Jackie & Dan
Hi, I love your green house and long greenhouse trough boxes. But using heating cables in the winter time without insulating the bottom of your long greenhouse trough boxes is also trying to heat Mother Nature as well. If you line the bottom of the long troughs with something like 1.5 inch Owens Corning Insulation Foam cut to size, you will notice an enormous increase in the over all trough soil temperatures because the ground will not draw the heat out of the troughs from the bottom. Try lying in the ground in the winter time without an insulation mat you'll see what I mean.
Purchased frost king water pipe heat cable to use around vulnerable new sprouting ranunculus in anticipation of 14 degrees! after arrival, product info says do not let it touch the ground. It appears well insulated. ? legit concern?
Hi @user-yv5sn5rb4m . Sorry for the delayed response. Thanks for the comment. Not sure which cable you got but I think the concern, when you see something like that, is that if you're putting it on some kind of wood, vinyl or carpet in your home because as it heats up it could obviously destroy it. Heat cables are meant to sit on the roof, which help with de-icing in the winter. Asphalt shingles are meant to handle the heat of the sun and the rain. As far as putting it in the soil, as long as you can keep the plug in and from direct water contact, you should be fine. The biggest problem to look out for is to make sure your cables don't overlap each other because the heat of the cable will melt the rubber coating, if it's laying on another. You can find some pretty funny RUclips videos of people plugging in the cable as it was still coiled up and they ended up with a big melted mess. So just be careful of that. If you have any other questions, please feel free to reach out to us. Thanks for watching! Jackie & Dan
Hey Dario: Thanks for the comment. It's definitely too late. In the video that we did last year, we show you how to add the heat cable to an established planter bed. Be sure to check that out: ruclips.net/video/YjdUDrpvQpQ/видео.html .Thanks for watching! Jackie & Dan
i’m in coastal NJ and zone pushing citrus, this could be a game changer
Hi @Voujdjr: Thanks for the comment. Yes, it's definitely going to help with the growth of your plants. Just remember, there are soil heat cables and then there are de-icing cables, like we had. With the de-icing cables, you're going to want to use an aftermarket thermostat or a timer. We have links for both in the descriptions below. Also, we did a video with this heat cable last year, how to install it in your planter bed if you already have soil in it. You can check it out here: ruclips.net/video/YjdUDrpvQpQ/видео.html . If you have any other questions, please feel free to reach out to us ... anything for a fellow Jerseyan ;-) . Thanks for watching! Jackie and Dan
Great information. Thank’s
Hi Danny: Thanks for the comment. So glad you enjoyed the video. It really is a great inexpensive way to heat your garden and you don't just have to do it in a greenhouse, heat cables are waterproof so if you want to use it on your raised beds outdoors, you can still use them. Thanks for watching! Jackie and Dan
Thanks for the video!Is there any reason you can think of why these wouldn't work to "save"/protect a palm tree from freezing if used in conjunction with wrapping the trunk with additional layers of protection?
Hi @Dom-pf8wd . Sorry for the delayed response. Thanks for the comment. I wouldn't see why not. I've heard of people using that for their citrus plants (lemons and mangos) to get them through the cold winter. We've even used it in our compost pile to help speed up the process. Thanks for watching! Jackie & Dan
Hi, I love your green house and long greenhouse trough boxes. But using heating cables in the winter time without insulating the bottom of your long greenhouse trough boxes is also trying to heat Mother Nature as well. If you line the bottom of the long troughs with something like 1.5 inch Owens Corning Insulation Foam cut to size, you will notice an enormous increase in the over all trough soil temperatures because the ground will not draw the heat out of the troughs from the bottom. Try lying in the ground in the winter time without an insulation mat you'll see what I mean.
Purchased frost king water pipe heat cable to use around vulnerable new sprouting ranunculus in anticipation of 14 degrees! after arrival,
product info says do not let it touch the ground. It appears well insulated. ? legit concern?
Hi @user-yv5sn5rb4m . Sorry for the delayed response. Thanks for the comment. Not sure which cable you got but I think the concern, when you see something like that, is that if you're putting it on some kind of wood, vinyl or carpet in your home because as it heats up it could obviously destroy it. Heat cables are meant to sit on the roof, which help with de-icing in the winter. Asphalt shingles are meant to handle the heat of the sun and the rain. As far as putting it in the soil, as long as you can keep the plug in and from direct water contact, you should be fine. The biggest problem to look out for is to make sure your cables don't overlap each other because the heat of the cable will melt the rubber coating, if it's laying on another. You can find some pretty funny RUclips videos of people plugging in the cable as it was still coiled up and they ended up with a big melted mess. So just be careful of that. If you have any other questions, please feel free to reach out to us. Thanks for watching! Jackie & Dan
I didn’t know about this amazing cables!! 😢 Now It’s too late
Hey Dario: Thanks for the comment. It's definitely too late. In the video that we did last year, we show you how to add the heat cable to an established planter bed. Be sure to check that out: ruclips.net/video/YjdUDrpvQpQ/видео.html .Thanks for watching! Jackie & Dan