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title: "I’m a plant newbie, and will be setting up my new sunroom this…"
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# I’m a plant newbie, and will be setting up my new sunroom this…

_Posted by kellydell on 2026-08-19_

I’m a plant newbie, and will be setting up my new sunroom this weekend. How helpful is it to have a humidifier in the room where you have a lot of plants??

The sunroom faces east, but I’ll also have the rest of my collection scattered throughout the house.

## 4 comments

### Nee Cee\_Loves Plant commented on 2026-08-19

Welcome to the club! Plant care has so many benefits…enjoy! To answer your question, for me I think humidifiers can help, especially when it comes to tropical plants, but I’d check the room’s actual humidity first. If it’s already around 50–60%, you may not need one. In a sunroom, good airflow matters just as much so the extra humidity doesn’t create other problems. 🌿

### Waspinator commented on 2026-08-19

Humidifiers are very helpful for some plants (ferns and orchids) and not necessary for others. And I agree, check your ambient humidity

### Nikiller commented on 2026-08-19

If you plan on keeping sensitive plants like some begonias, most ferns, and most tropical plants, then a humidifier is definitely important in keeping leaves from getting crispy edges. 2 humidifiers are better than 1 as well because it more evenly disperses humidity and keeps the humidifiers from surprise running empty on you in the middle of the night. You can easily get a perfectly new 20$ humidifier by going on Amazon and buying a “used like new” one. Evaporative humidifiers are 10/10 the supreme choice vs ultrasonic. There’s much less white residue, they don’t make the room soggy, and they typically run much more efficiently.

### Amateur plant mama commented on 2026-08-19

I've tried humidifiers on and off around my plants and never found much of a different imo

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