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which window.....

15 years ago

I'm researching and getting ready for a lemon tree. that will spend its life in a pot. Spring summer fall I will roll it onto my west/southwest facing deck. But what about the zone 5 NH winter in the house? My choices -

1 large windows (double vertical casements) in the east facing dining room. Until leaf drop, they are shaded. In the winter, sunny. African violets, jade plant, Christmas cactus all thrive there.

2. sliders facing south. Ditto for the violets.

3. sliders facing west/southwest (the access to that deck).

Problem - both the east and south choices also have baseboard hotwater heat, which is my backup heat, and goes on whenever I am away long enough to let the woodstove get low. While both are sunnier than the 3rd choice, I wonder about that dry heat...

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