Humidifer Advice

[DebsC]

I'm on a roll with the questions today!

I live in Arkansas where it's supposed to be hot and humid in the summers. But, since I builet the greenhouse, we're lucky to have 35%.

I have a fogging system but it's not enough on most days. So I'm looking at humidifiers/fogger type. I've seen some that show pictures of greenhouses that look like they are in a cloud forest. Dry fog.

But I just don't know what to believe. I don't want the orchids wet. But the foggy look would be great if it really works.

Suggestions?

Debs

[smartie2000]

Is the greenhouse's ground cement? I hear some people just spray water on the ground...

[justatypn]

How often is your fogging system running? The underlying asphalt under pea gravel will sustain the heat keeping the area a bit dryer. Suggestively you might want to make a deeper layer of pea-gravel or "white" river rock (which retains moisture) and keep it relatively wet from mid-day on if your drop in humidity is around the heat of the day.

[Ross]

When I ran a greenhouse I used superfine nozzles from Texas Greenhouse Company. They fogged but didn't wet everything like lots of systems do. Texas Greenhouse Company, Inc.: Fog Systems I liked this system a lot and it was cheap to run.