Mastering YOUR growing culture

[Steve83]

I just bought a Kill-A-Watt today, to see how much my humidifier pulls (it wasn't displayed on the box or tag), because I know energy consumption is a concern for many of us, and I was curious as to what my monthly running cost is.

With the led bars I swapped in, two 5w fans, and humidifier, my daily cost to run is only $0.20 a day, and a single bar would be perfectly fine as well. I will happily pay that to gain complete control of all parameters so that is on par with a greenhouse.

Since I have a majority of the reflective material covered and routed into a drip pan, I may do the inside of the doors and add a chameleon. Because they cannot leap upward, and possess fused feet (not like a gecko) one could be contained among the plants.

[estación seca]

Originally Posted by WaterWitchin

Truth. I still cannot grow a damned maiden hair fern, regardless of how many ways I've attempted to grow and kill one!

They require extremely high humidity, good air circulation and pure water. Most have strong pH preferences as well.

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by DirtyCoconuts

Also are you still able to get tree fern? A lot of folks are not carrying it or can’t get it.

DC,
Googled tree fern and found this place, sort of in your back yard I think... Broward Orchid Supply

I have gotten slabs at shows from time to time, of course that's not happening... I have found that the core part of Australian Tree fern (which grows readilly where I live) (the part where leaves have dropped and the fuzzy part is gone) is quite a good substrate for mounting. I put in a request with my landscape guy to save me a trunk if he ever had to take a dead one out... about 6 months later I came home to find a 10-ft trunk on my patio, I have been taking pieces of it for several years. So if you can score something like that, nice.

[Leafmite]

All the things we do for our beloved plants....