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Old 11-28-2021, 11:38 AM   #4353
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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist View Post
The beauty of the basement garden is that in an unfinished basement humidity shouldn't be too much of a concern and it would be easy enough to bore a hole through the foundation for an exhaust fan if necessary.

My initial thought behind breaking up the floor and having an in-ground or partially in-ground garden is that it might benefit from some latent heat in the subsurface soil. It wouldn't be a lot of heat but it might help the garden.
I'd be surprised if that would be any benefit. The ground is going to be colder than your home. We use a heat mat for starting seeds and seedlings, because they benefit from that. Ground temp is going to be cooler than 10 degrees.
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