View Single Post
Old 26-Jun-2006   #10
RonMartin(deceased)
Bonsai nare-do-well
RonMartin's a bonsaiTALK supporter! Click Here to find out how you can be one too!
 
RonMartin's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan-2003
Location: Summerville SC
Country: USA
Posts: 4,653
Quote:
Originally Posted by Alasdair
The air is too dry.
Al

Here is the biggest culprit . Low relative humidity.

The dryer the air the more moisture is sucked out of the plant

Air conditioners are blamed mostly . However they do much less to reduce relative humidity than a heater does. This is why most people have a hard time over wintering their tropical trees indoors.

RonMartin is offline   Reply With Quote