Re: Cooling plants with mist?

During "hot spells," my mother used to hang flannel sheets on the outside of open windows and hose them down. We couldn't afford fans, so we had to rely on some kind of ambient temperature exchange to cool the house.

On Jul 15, 2006, at 3:23 PM, Bonnie Holmes wrote:

BA...people used to hang up wet sheets and let fans blow through
them...especially at night during the high heat of summer...it worked to
cool you enough to fall asleep.


[Original Message]
From: Christopher P. Lindsey <lindsey@mallorn.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Date: 7/15/2006 2:33:05 PM
Subject: [CHAT] Cooling plants with mist?

Have any of you out there tried using misters to lower temperatures around
your house or plants?

I'm looking at misters that produce tiny water droplets (like 10 microns
or so) -- the principle behind them is that the evaporate almost
instantly,
carrying away the heat. Supposedly they can lower the temperature in an
area by as much as 20 degrees, and they evaporate quickly enough that
water never reaches plants or people. It's kind of the same principle as
a swamp cooler.

I'm thinking of setting some up over the plants that aren't as happy
in hot weather, like hosta. Do you think it would help in this hot
weather?

Chris

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Island Jim
Southwest Florida
27.0 N, 82.4 W
Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

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