trying to farm balm lily - issue with heat

[kelmenwong]

i build a farm room with insulated tile and mechanized door - to minimize air/heat losing.

the room has a space heater with automation to activate if temperature is below 60 C
been like running 2 cycle

it seems heat is losing much when transfer to nearby farm tile with balm lily, almost all time they not growing because of "body temperature"

i have a storage in the room with bleach stone to leak chlorine slowly
i'm aware gas is 1 of the requirement for the plant.

now i want to manage the heat, what am i missing?

[SKull]

Always post screenshots to spare people from having to wade through obvious things over and over.

[mikek]

when you want to keep a gas in a room, best to build a waterlock.

running hot water in pipes in that room is easiest way to keep it hot.

[Yrame IV, a true I of the dragon]

If you click on the plant and go to properties, you can check how close the plant is to the right temperature.

Alternatively, if there is a cold area right below the farm tiles, then it may be stealing all your heat.

Finally, Chlorine is a really good insulator, so doesn't change temperature quickly. Your heater may just not be able to heat it up fast enough. If so, try warming up the farm tiles from underneath?

[kelmenwong]

i let the heater run 60 C for some time, then i clean the debris in the room (not sure whether this help), the heat eventually warm up the plants. guess probably need time.

[SamuraiJones]

removing the debris is pretty important, because that's material you won't have to heat. Also it will take alot of time. Lots and lots of time. That's probably your problem.

There's lots of things that output more heat than space heaters though-- polymer presses, glass forges, or the coolant from a refinery. Put those in your room and it'll heat up plenty fast... although you might need to do some cleanup. a glass forge would probably be easiest.

Also look on thermal view to see if you see heat leaks. Pipes and heavy wires have been issues for me in the past.