Weird question, Planta keeps telling me to mist these new plants I got. (I know I have to mist the air plant and thatās itās way of receiving water) I have a decent amount of other plants and Itās never told me to mist them until I got these ones!! Is it just a coincidence that the 4 new plants I got at the same time need to be misted??šOr is this a new feature in the app??
All my plants when Iāve added them to Planta automatically recommend a misting schedule but then I come into the communities and google and it seems 50% say I need to mist and 50% say Iāll kill my plants misting and it does no actual service to the plants. š
4 Likes OMG. Ok so maybe Iāll skip most of the misting schedules. Maybe Iāll just do it like once in a while. Cuz it seems to be very very often like it told me to mist two days ago, and now again today!!
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I thought I didnāt need to mist because I use a humidifier regularly. But one day I decided to follow the planta misting schedule. I immediately notice a difference with my plants. Nothing bets a failure but a try. And you can always stop misting if itās not working for you.
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No need to mist a plant. It will not add any humidity to the plant. It will evaporate in minutes and do nothing. If you want to increase humidity, add a humidifier or diffuser.
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This is important, IMO. Our homes can be very dry environments in the winter months. Adding a humidifier helps with this, as well as grouping plants together or adding pebble trays. If you add humidifiers, be sure to watch if water is landing on the leaves and staying there. This can create fungal/mold issues.
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You can turn off misting in the custom care settings for the plant. I donāt mist any of mine. Misting has a minuscule effect on local humidity and can increase chances of fungal or bacterial infections.
5 Likes Oh boy, Iām glad I made this post!! I will definitely stop the misting schedules. The app said in the description of the misting prompt that it helps to ākeep the leaves cleanā is that true??
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Just to add in, I water my air plants by letting them sit in a bowl of water for 30-60 minutes. Iām not sure if misting to water them is enough long-term, but I havenāt tried it
2 Likes Oh I didnāt know that was another way of watering!! The instructions that came with it plus Planta said spraying it with water. But if I see that isnāt enough than I will start to do that!! I just donāt know if I can get it out of the jar itās inā¦ I have a photo of it on my page if you want to see it. Itās from Loweās so it came in a decorative test tube- like bottle with a cut out on the side, fake bark and some rocks and everything is glued down so I hope the plant isnāt glued downš
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Seconding the water soak for 60 mins just make sure to hang āem upside down for a bit after to let the water drip out of the crevices & prevent any rot āŗļøāŗļø
1 Like Hey well if it works, it works! Maybe I donāt need to be spending so much time watering mine š¤£ I thought they would have dried out with just misting. I stand corrected! My friend had a glued air plant a while back. The oldest āleavesā got peeled off when she pulled it out of the glass, but I think it was fine after all
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