Higher humidity needed!

[Matorchid]

Hello all,
Hope everyone's day goes well!
I need to get higher humidity, and I do you were of the trick of putting rocks in the tray and setting orchid pot on top of the rocks,oh, with the bottom of the pot not touching the water. With this being practiced so much, can a tray within a tray work just as well. Ie. 4in pot in 8in tray with 6in tray flipped over and maybe some holes in 6in tray to keep it from lifting or floating.
Asking because I need to increase the humidity around my orchids, and I have some gravel for a few, but not enough for all. I have not read this any where, but is the some reason this couldn't be done?

Thank you all for your input, Have a glorious day.

[Bill U.]

Hi Tony,

First of all, what is your growing set-up? Do you grow indoors, outdoors. greenhouse, etc? As part of that question, if you grow indoors, are you growing on a type of rack or anything?

I grow orchids and all sorts of other plants here in Chicago in my dorm room and to combat the dreaded heater (that I can't control) I bought a small humidifier (first for my comfort during winter, and then the plants get the added bonus). I have just a small humidifier that is placed on top of my baker's/grow rack and as it gently fogs downward, it increases the humidity around all of my plants. I only have a small, concentrated space, so one of 1 gal. sizes works well for me. Of course if you have a larger collection, it may not be enough.

As a side note, I have never really found a significant difference in using the "water over pebbles" method for plants or even just in general (some people do that in other places within their home).

Post some more info and I'm sure we can help you figure out something.

Bill

[Andre]

I live in a very damp area for most of the year, but my inside humidity is about 40%. I grow under metal halide and have started to use an ultrasonic humidifier. It enables me to bring the humidity up to 65+%, but I keep it around 60% since my space in in a spare bedroom... Don't want to grow mould. I don't like the pebble method I have seen no benefit in it under my conditions. Also the trays are a good place to grow bacteria and fungus, so be sure to keep them very clean.


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[Orchid Whisperer]

A cool-mist type humidifier is a good idea. Basic ones are not too expensive, $20 and up.