The humidity in our homes can take on all the characteristics of the Sahara in July when the furnace is running. How can that be, you just heard the weather guy say that the humidity outside was 78%; that sounds rather high. But 78% percent humidity in 20 degree temperatures will not remain 78% humidity when warmed up to 70 degrees in your house; it will drop to around 20 to 30%, which if you were a horn toad would make you feel right at home.
How
does this happen? The cold humid air of outside comes in every time you open
the door or window, where the furnace warms it up and it expands. The water
molecules that were close together, making it 78% humidity in the cold air, are
now farther apart and the farther apart they are, the drier the air becomes.
This
is why you see people misting their leaves from time to time; they are actually
simulating a jungle environment. One other humidity raising thing you could do
is to set your plants on gravel or pebble trays filled with water. The pebbles
keep the pot out of the water, but the evaporation of the water up into the
plants creates an environment that is more humid.
Just
because it’s warm inside your house doesn’t make it a Tarzan and Cheetah rich environment
for your indoor plants. Tarzan didn’t trek back to Jane through the burning
sands of the desert; he swung home through the humid jungle on vines.
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