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Heating Greenhouses
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I need some advice or experience with heating greenhouses for winter sales.We will hopefully be renovating our retail building this year & one of the features will be a heated area for indoor…Continue
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Sherwood Botsford Feb 11, 2011.
CHRISTMAS TREES - WHAT VARIETY & SIZE
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This is our 5th year selling Christmas Trees here in the States, I was wondering what type & size of tree sells best in your area? And what type of services you offer for your customers during…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by JP DeLass Nov 19, 2010.
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Andrew replied to Andrew's discussion Heating Greenhouses"We worked with Jeff. We just blew $20k on a new concrete floor this week, so wont be inclosing the building until the fall, hopefully it's a good spring!"
John Wiesman replied to Andrew's discussion Heating Greenhouses"I agree with Robin and Eric on the ADP's. Good heaters with even better support. One thing you may want to check out is the new Modine heater that is 93% efficient I believe....the only way I would consider this is if you were to…"
Steve replied to Andrew's discussion Heating Greenhouses"Hi Andrew,
I guess you know Neil down at Jaderloon? What type of floor is in this building?
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Eric Rohloff replied to Andrew's discussion Heating Greenhouses"ADP makes Lennox unit heaters. ADP's are good units. We have had only one issue with them and that was the hanging system wasn't installed right at the factory. They set out reps. to inspect heaters to determine which ones…"
"checkout a d p heaters they are great, get high efficiency model we have had no problems with them,
and when we have to replace a modine thats the brand we use advanced distributer products, i think it might be a spinoff of lb white?
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Eric Rohloff replied to Andrew's discussion Heating Greenhouses"If thats the only area you'll ever need to heat go with Gas unit heaters. If you will be adding more areas to be heated go with gas fired boiler for heating the floor and about half as many unit heaters above for supplement and back…"
Andrew replied to Becky Litterer's discussion Making Christmas wreaths"We have never used a clamp machine & probably never will. Our tradition is using a base for the frame & then wiring fresh fraser fir directly unto the base. Our family has been making wreaths for over 40 years. We have…"
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I need some advice or experience with heating greenhouses for winter sales.We will hopefully be renovating our retail building this year & one of the features will be a heated area for indoor shopping. My question or dilemma is - what kind of heating to use - electric, gas or water heated? The building we are heating is an polycarbonate enclosed Appalachian structure from Jaderloon, it measures 40ft wide x 60ft long & its main purpose is for the sale of indoor plants & hard-goods…See More
JP DeLass replied to Andrew's discussion CHRISTMAS TREES - WHAT VARIETY & SIZE"Karen, if I may ask, how much do you charge for each of these services?
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Karen Thacker replied to Andrew's discussion CHRISTMAS TREES - WHAT VARIETY & SIZE"We sell Fraser Fir and Noble Fir only. 5 ft up to 13 foot in the frasers. We offer 3 Holiday Delivery packages: To Your Door- Simply delivering the tree to customer's driveway; The Marriage Saver- Delivering and setting up the tree in…"
Roger Bolger replied to Andrew's discussion CHRISTMAS TREES - WHAT VARIETY & SIZE"In northeast Ohio we sell only Fraser firs in one grade, sized from 6'-7' up to 10'-11'. We stopped selling Scotch pine when the quality decreased. The best seller depends on the market. One store sells almost exclusively…"
JP DeLass replied to Andrew's discussion CHRISTMAS TREES - WHAT VARIETY & SIZE"We only sell Fraser Fir trees. It took awhile to find a quality grower of Frasers in Michigan, but we finally did come across one. We originally trucked in Frasers from Pennsylvania, which were exceptional quality. Sizes range from 4' to…"
Victor Flaherty replied to Andrew's discussion CHRISTMAS TREES - WHAT VARIETY & SIZE"there is a 20+location independent garden center in Houston that sells 5-8 foot Noble firs for $29. They sell approx. 125,000 trees. They only spend about $110,000 on newspaper and TV advertising in December."
Andrew replied to Andrew's discussion CHRISTMAS TREES - WHAT VARIETY & SIZE"We just stick to Fraser Fir, we sell them in two grades Premium & 'Charlie Brown' lol basically a box store quality or box store 1st grade i like to call em' we sell them from 5 to 12ft & take early orders for large trees 10ft…"
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