Re: greenhouse advice needed

From: Dean Sliger <deanslgr at kode.net> on 1999.03.22 at 00:59:00(3127) Lester Kallus wrote: > My greenhouse is finally operational. It's been a refreshing change > walking into an area with high humidity and warmth where plants are > actually growing rather than just hanging on in our usual cool dry conditions. > > A couple potential problems have come up and I'm hoping to get advice: > > 1. The humidity may be a tad too high. I've got a meter in the room > saying that the humidity is up to 65%. Is that too high? Could plants > suffer? I could fix it easily (and also humidify some of the house) by > keeping one of the doors open slightly. > > 2. Probably because of the humidity, many of the pots have a fuzzy fungus > growing on the soil surface. Should I be spraying it with Daconil, or > pouring Benomyl onto it or is this type of fungus benign? If I should be > trying to control it, what's the best control measure? Les -- +More Do you have any fans in the greenhouse? Air circulation (or lack thereof) is usually the problem with high humidity situations, not the humidity itself. Dean

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