If we continue to use commercial greenhouses as a guide to our own practices in growing plants in our own homes we shall find that although facilities always exist for the provision of good ventilation, the houses in which plants are grown are always suffused with a humid atmosphere, sometimes so humid as to be uncomfortable to humans.
All plants tend to turn towards the light and face out of a window, thus disconcertingly turning their backs to their hosts in the home. The way to prevent this is to turn the plants a quarter turn each clay so that the growth is even.
Alternatively, if the plants are suitable to this treatment, move them to a part of the room where they look across the room to the light and thus face the inhabitants all the time.
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.
The simplest, though not always the most practical, is to spray these plants daily or at longer intervals, using an atomiser or fine spray specially made for this purpose. But although this is probably the most efficient way of providing essential humidity for individual plants, it is as likely as not the least efficient or tolerable operation for the housewife, for inevitably walls or furniture catch some of the drifting residue of moisture.
Use a trigger sprayer for a minor pest problem, or a compression sprayer for a larger area, and spray the top and underside of the foliage thoroughly until liquid begins to run off the leaves. - 19955
All plants tend to turn towards the light and face out of a window, thus disconcertingly turning their backs to their hosts in the home. The way to prevent this is to turn the plants a quarter turn each clay so that the growth is even.
Alternatively, if the plants are suitable to this treatment, move them to a part of the room where they look across the room to the light and thus face the inhabitants all the time.
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.
The simplest, though not always the most practical, is to spray these plants daily or at longer intervals, using an atomiser or fine spray specially made for this purpose. But although this is probably the most efficient way of providing essential humidity for individual plants, it is as likely as not the least efficient or tolerable operation for the housewife, for inevitably walls or furniture catch some of the drifting residue of moisture.
Use a trigger sprayer for a minor pest problem, or a compression sprayer for a larger area, and spray the top and underside of the foliage thoroughly until liquid begins to run off the leaves. - 19955
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