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28-09-2016, 12:34 AM | #32 |
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Thanks for this. I've had the Lumisol clear in place since the weekend and have been checking temperatures. The weathers all over the place here but in direct sun there was a 10c+ increase. At 8am this morning it was 5C higher than the outside temperature (no dirct sun) and tonight around 7:30 it was still 17c, its quite warn tonight though.
My idea is much like yours in the other thread, to keep them out there all winter. I've dug down under their main shelter and filled it with looser soil with sand so they can dig down. I've also got twin wall polycarb sheets that cover the whole enclosure and as UVB dips in winter I'll use those as I've had sucess with outdoor hibernation before. |
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had it not been for the horrendous wet weather last year then they could maybe have stayed out the whole winter but in saying that, had it not been wet it may have been clear skies and frost. it was very mild just before Christmas I remember, there have been colder days this summer than that.
For this year's spring/summer I put them back outside much earlier than usual and covered a second section of the frame with the lumisol and the weeds grew really rapidly under it. the torts were content to mostly hang around under the covered areas all summer but it has not been a warm one. they were warm in there and very active |
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Is it warmer than a greenhouse, or cloche are we saying or just an alternative to that.
I always thought it was just the bonus of letting UVB and A unlike a cloche or greenhouse. I suppose it is much more versatile and I probably don't use it to its optimum, CB
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