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title: "Let’s talk fans and humidifiers! Can I use a ceiling fan? If so how…"
description: "Let’s talk fans and humidifiers! Can I use a ceiling fan? If so how often should I run it to help my plants? If I shouldn’t use a ceiling fan, please send…"
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# Let’s talk fans and humidifiers! Can I use a ceiling fan? If so how…

_Posted by Stasia\_plantmom on 2025-11-30_

Let’s talk fans and humidifiers!

Can I use a ceiling fan? If so how often should I run it to help my plants?

If I shouldn’t use a ceiling fan, please send recommendations!

Also need recommendations for humidifiers! 😊

Thanks! 🌱✨

## 8 comments

### missycay commented on 2025-11-30

A ceiling fan can help houseplants by improving air circulation, which helps strengthen stems, prevent mold and pests, and improve overall plant health. The gentle, indirect movement of air helps to dry out leaves and soil, and strengthens plants by mimicking natural wind that causes them to grow sturdier stems. It is important to use a low setting and avoid direct, constant wind to prevent drying out the plants too much

#### Stasia\_plantmom replied on 2025-11-30

How often should I use it?

### Pumpkinpatrick commented on 2025-11-30

Hi

### Pumpkinpatrick commented on 2025-11-30

Yay

### Sunny commented on 2025-12-01

My ceiling fan runs 24/7 to help reduce the humidity. I’m in a high humidity zone.

Use a hygrometer to measure the humidity levels. Run the fan more if the humidity is high. Run it less often if the humidity is low. Check online for the humidity levels needed for your plants. 🪴🍀

### Hayley commented on 2025-12-01

I use the ceiling fan 24/7 because my house would be humid as heck without it (lots of plants, 55 gallon fish tank, and 3 gallon moss ball jar). House normally sits around 43-56% humidity depending on time of year.

For my humidity loving plants, I have a cabinet. Plants that prefer humid but don't need it are up top; just being in the cabinet together keeps their humidity around 55-60%.

Plants that really do better with higher humidity (marantas and my alocasia) go on the bottom with a cool mist humidifier set to 70%. I believe the brand is Breezome.

I also have an alarm on the bottom cabinet shelf and under the cabinet that will alert me if anything starts leaking (paranoia from being a fish keeper who's had a 29 gallon tank slow leak into her third floor apartment lol)

#### Stasia\_plantmom replied on 2025-12-03

This is super helpful to know! Thanks for sharing this with me.

I have a maranta but it’s a cutting. Does this need higher humidity still?

### 🌺 Thai Jade 🌺 commented on 2025-12-10

I cannot speak to the usefulness of a ceiling fan, but if you decide to go the grow fan and humidifier direction, these are the ones I purchased. I am very happy with how they are working.

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