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title: "Beginner question here… when I’m supposed to “mist” my plants, do I…"
description: "Beginner question here… when I’m supposed to “mist” my plants, do I mist the soil or the leaves?"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/658711aaf2be1cf1d306e06d"
community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Tania"
published: "2023-12-23T16:58:18.695Z"
language: "en"
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# Beginner question here… when I’m supposed to “mist” my plants, do I…

_Posted by Tania on 2023-12-23_

Beginner question here… when I’m supposed to “mist” my plants, do I mist the soil or the leaves?

## 3 comments

### Scott Brown commented on 2023-12-23

The leaves. I mist all my plants daily. Even more often than the app suggests. And they’re thriving.

#### Tania replied on 2023-12-23

Ok! Thank you!

### Plant Father commented on 2023-12-23

there’s no need to mist your plants if you don’t want to. in fact, excessive misting (multiple times a day) can increase your plants’ chances of fungal infections and reduce their ability to photosynthesize. i only spray my plants leaves when applying pest management or prevention. a humidifier keeps the humidity at a decent level for my tropicals, since misting also does basically nothing for the local humidity

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