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[INDOOR-GARDENING:33] Re: humidity levels in winter

At 04:32 PM 1/17/99 -0500, you wrote:
>
>-
>>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.
>>
>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 - a study I saw somewhere reported that the old pebble tray method
does not actually significantly increase the humidity around the plants,
although it can help a bit if they are grouped tightly together.  I'll see
if I can track it down.

Something that works for me is to run an old-fashioned belt and fan style
humidifier.  Better for people, too!   Garage sales are a good source and
I've never paid more than $20 for one ;-)  I also close off the registers
near the plants, that keeps them cooler.

-- Karen 


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