But the things youre doing to give a shot to raise humidity could be doing more harm than good.
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Misting Your Plants
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Stop misting your plants.
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And it can actually do more harm than good.
Raising the Humidity Too High
Humidity thats too high will absolutely harm your plants.
In an attempt to really raise the humidity, you might end up making your plant wet.
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Carll says anything that makes the plant wet will do more harm than good.
Wet doesnt equal humid, Carll says.
Think about itrooms dont usually have pocks of humidity.
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Theyre evenly humid throughout.
So the only solution is something that raises the humidity throughout: a humidifier.
I actually run a humidifier on each floor of my house.
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I think it helps my family too, Carll says.
The bigger the leaf, the higher the humidity needs, Carll says.
Big leaves have more surface area and therefore, the evaporation potential is high.
Small leaves reduce surface area which in turn reduces evaporation.
Are those leaves massive?
And we know those greenhouses tend to be significantly more humid than our homes.
So it must be the difference maker, right?
Thats why I always recommend common plants rather than the unusual, she says.
