Re: Fog machine

From: "Ron Iles" roniles at eircom.net> on 2001.04.28 at 03:41:45(6291) A Machine to make Fog? The contraption made me wonder about my own ways. Clarity is for me often endangered. Should not our culture environments replicate those of the forest? Near the forest floor the environment is warm and stable. Above the forest canopy, in greenhouses, and hot deserts, it can be roasting in the day and cooler or cold at night. Such conditions are not good for the narrow adaptations of some forest floor species. Many aroids grow well in relatively dry home conditions. Temperatures are warm and steady. They are neither grilled nor "steamed" ?!!!! They thrive in comfortable human humidity etc where root and leaf tissues can be turgid and will not collapse or waterlog. Are your greenhouse plants being "grilled" by solar light and heat? Does fogging just "steam" them as well? Are all your culture conditions as close as possible to that which suit the plants best? I'm not at my best in sunscorched fog and if it was in the dark I might need webbed feet. Wriley Ron +More ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list AROID-L" Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2001 5:32 PM Subject: Fog machine | Hello! I just bought a large fog machine for the greenhouse. Now I know most | aroids love the high humidity but wondered does it cause more rot? Also how | will the Amorphophallus take to it? Or should they be moved? Thanks for any | help! | _________________________________________________________________ | Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com | |

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