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Container Indoor Gardening Tips
February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Most will recover in time, but may reveal their short-term discomfort in a few fallen or yellowed leaves or perhaps a reduction in their size.
Now I would be the last to suggest that we subject ourselves in our homes to uncomfortable conditions for the sake of our plants for there is no question that as humans we prefer a much drier air than do our plants.
Using any of these methods, cheap or expensive, it will be found that according to the size and warmth of the house several quarts of water a week can be diffused into the atmosphere during winter without discomfort, and indeed without even being noticeable.
Where a situation such as this does not provide sufficient quantity of light for the plant, supplement daylight with the artificial illumination of an evening lamp.
A reading of about 60 should be aimed at, and it will be found that to the human senses any reading between about 55 and 65 is quite unnoticeable without the aid of a hygrometer.
The entire question of light, then, for plants in the home is a vital matter and great attention should be given to it if the plants are to flourish. It is no accident that commercial greenhouses in which house and other plants are grown are invariably painted white if they are painted at all. It is also no accident that all modern greenhouse design tends to slim or even do away with glazing bars, upright supports and any obstruction to the light so that the greatest possible quantity of daylight can be admitted, even though this may on occasion be reduced in intensity with shading.
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