Open the plastic coverings gradually, and do everything you can to increase
the relative humidity of the room: If you heat with wood, keep a kettle
boiling on the stove. If you have central heat, cook more rice, bean soup,
etc; and hang up a lot of hand-laundry. Get a conventional humidifier, and
keep it filled and running. Back off if you see water running down the
windows. And best of luck.
tc, who has tried it
----Original Message Follows----
From: Tom Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>
Reply-To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
To: griffingardens@earthlink.net,North American Fruit Explorers
<nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] School P/ Indoor Plants
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 11:50:07 -0500
Hello,
You can always place pots on a tray of gravel, (pea stone) that is holding
water. The water
evaporating around the plants increases humidity. There are also ultrasonic
humidifiers that are
very effective in a room.
Use filtered water in an ultrasonic, or they will produce dust in the room.
Tom
Griffin Gardens wrote:
> Can anyone comment/advise on these and other practices to deal with these
> over-dry indoor growing conditions of winter? I am trying a rooting
> experiment with hardwood peach cuttings which are just now breaking bud.
> They have been and still are under plastic but I expect this will be too
> humid in the long run, while at the same time, I am reluctant to expose
> them to the further stress of the indoor winter desert.
>
> Dave
>