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Growing

The basic starting point for all gardens and gardeners is knowing how to grow and look after your own plants successfully. Gardening is a skill that is learnt over many years, but some of the essential elements can be established quite quickly. The following brief guide will help you to gain an understanding of general plant growing techniques, covering sections like seeds, seedlings, plants, cuttings and related subjects.

Growing House Plants - Humidity

House plants require a balanced environment to ensure healthy growth. They may suffer and have a shock reaction to your homes environment if it is different to what they have been used to.

Here are several tips to help condition the plants to your environment.

The amount of moisture in the air affects plant growth. Although some types of plant, such as succulents, are relatively free from this kind of concern.

Most foliage plants will suffer if the humidity is less than 15 to 20 percent. Symptoms of low humidity are leaf drying and curling.

In cold conditions your heating will tend to dry out the atmosphere inside the house, also very hot summer days over a prolonged time period will also dry out the air. It is a good idea to use a room humidifier in these situations if possible.

Spraying plants with clean water will also help. Avoid excessive spraying though, as leaf disease can develop if the leaf surface remains wet overnight.

High humidity areas such as bathrooms and kitchens often are ideal for plants.

Any plants that require high humidity’s (greater than 50 percent) should ideally be grow in greenhouses.