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Facts You Should Know About Humidity Tray For Orchids

March 17th, 2008 by Jared Mair Subscribe To Our Feed

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Every orchid grower should be familiar with the importance of a humidity tray for growing orchids. Below is some information on humidity tray for orchids and how your should use them.

The General Rules About Humidity Tray For Orchids
Humidity is not an aspect that can be considered on its own. There are other factors such as the intensity of light, the general weather and the temperature that needs to be taken into account before deciding on how humid would be the best for your orchid. As a rule you should never water your orchid anytime during afternoon or evening, more so if you are a beginner at this occupation.

The reason for this is that any drops of water that might remain trapped on the leaves would condense and hang onto the leaf long enough to lead to gradual rotting. The best time to water the orchid is early in the morning before dawn so the orchid would have enough time during the day time to use up the water and be on the dry side in the night when the temperatures drops.

The Ideal Humidity Tray For Orchids
When shopping for the ideal humidity tray for orchids keep in mind that this flower thrives when the level of humidity is around 50-70% during winter and a little higher during the summer. The easiest way to increase the humidity level of the orchid plants is to place the pots in humidity tray for orchids which are artistically but functionally created with the help of medium sized pebbles and a shallow water film.

Maintain the quality of the water you provide for your orchid by removing the pebbles every two months or so and having them washed thoroughly in weak bleach solution to clean them. This would easily remove the algae and salts residue that has accumulated over the time. Do not even think of adding algaecide in the tray directly as this would impact the orchid negatively.

One idea is to combine a group of potted orchids in to a beautiful arrangement using a humidity tray in order to create the right humidity for the plants. This is a way to create a live flower arrangement. Remember to keep the orchids a comfortable distance apart or the lack of air circulation could kill yours orchids.

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