Thinking of buying a green house-HELP

Kansas · 2006-12-21T12:04:03Z

My wife has come to the realisation that I am NOT giving up on my palms and she knows how much I like them. So she has told me that in a month or so I can buy a greenhouse. I am in zone 5. I was thinking of one of those $200 - $300 ones at Home Depot or Harbor Freight. Are these good enough for me. Also, would it be alright to use a space heater in the greenhouse on really cold nights and heat bulbs on every other winters night? After this year, I am a big believer in letting things get cold and NOT lkeeping them warm (70's) all winter as I am losing trees all the time due to the still, dry air of the basement. Last year I kept my Valencia Orange inside. By this time last year it had lost close to 1/2 it's leaves presumably cause of dry air. This year, after leaving it in the unheated garage where it gets very humid and moist air, it has lost maybe 10-12 leaves and when we went thru those warm days a couple weeks ago, it actually put out 14-15 new flowers. So, I'de like to do the green house thing. Any advise?