Watering With Humidity Trays

[Roberta]

Here's what I did back in the days when my "greenhouse" was my spare bedroom. I used "egg crate" - the light-fixture diffuser - on top of rather large bins, I watered the plants, the water ran into the bins - plenty of capacity - so there was evaporating water that helped raise the humidity, but no mixing of water from plants. "Sharing" water may be something you can get away with for awhile, but one plant with a fungal infection can destroy any that it is sharing with . I wouldn't...

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