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Old 02-06-2009, 09:10 PM
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Misting Onc. Twinkles is a particularly bad idea. Their leaves are highly susceptible to forming spots when kept wet.
AND unless you do it every 5 minutes misting is useless anyway. A humidifier is a better idea.
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Old 02-08-2009, 12:06 AM
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Ok. With the fancy shmancy humidifier and the temps being milder than usual, i got the humidity up to 50%! keeping my fingers crossed for the spikes that are still green!
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