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Re: Heat vs cold

>Okay, some of my plants are on my radiator.  Now, is too much heat from 
>underneath not good? My Homelomena (Homer) his tips are browning a bit.  
>And my Pink polka plants leaves are burning, I have her on the window sill 
>next to the radiator so I don't know if it's the heat or the cold draft.  
>BAAHH, WINTER!!!   I may have this reversed but I think it went like this:  
>A plant would rather be warm and wet then cold and wet? or Cold and dry 
>or......

They might be burning from too much heat, and it's probably way too
dry there too.  Lack of humidity.  You're right, plants don't like to be
wet when it's cold, they can take it much better when it's warm.  Is there
any way you can increase the humidity in the area of the radiator?  I've
heard that placing the plants on pebble and water filled trays (but not IN
the water) helps raise the humidity.  Fortunately (or not?) we have the
opposite problem in our house--this time of year we run our dehumidifier
non-stop and it pulls a gallon of water a day out of the air, with plenty
of humidity left over for the plants (and the water out of it is great for
watering houseplants).

Cami
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