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[INDOOR-GARDENING:31] Re: Water


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>Thank you to Ruth and Joyce!  So I should just repot my plants and try
again
>with a mix with more peat-moss and try to keep the stuff at least damp?  I
>think one problem is that I live in an apartment - the heat from the
>radiators is so brutal, and even though I (try to remember to) mist my
>plants, I'm afraid they're just drying out too fast.
>
>Helen.
>
Okay here I go again.  Try putting some perlite or pebbles in a tray with
some water.  Set the plants on the tray. The pebbles will hold them above
the water but as it evaporates it will increase the humidity around them.

Ruth  Z
email: rzavitz@execulink.com
Freelance writer and gardening consultant
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