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Some confusion about growing plants indoors;

Plants that are to be grown outdoors do not suffer from a "light' problem when brought indoors. Giving an outdoor plant the proper lighting conditions will not induce the proper growing conditions. What the plant lacks indoors is humidity . Most homes that are well insulated, covered indoors by sheetrock, and have moderatly efficiant windows, will just be too dry inside. The relative humidity even in the desert on a hot summer day will be somewhere around 10 - 15%. A home is usually around zero. This is due to things like sheetrock, wallpaper, carpeting, wooden furniture, and insulation. All these things tend to pull the moisture right out of the air.

Now, the plant will continually be drying out. It will not be obvious at first, but all of a sudden the plant will be fine one day and fold up the next. The signs of drying leaves and changing colors may not be apparent. The tree will just expire. Watering is not the answer. The leaves have the moisture sucked right from their surface. Walls in a home are like a blotter, and pull moisture from the room with great speed.

so... giving the plant more sun in a room with no humidity is like putting yourself in a redwood sauna and having someone say to you, how about a steaming cup of coffee?

Good luck, Bonsai-al

Oh..BTW that is a nice plant with a great shape and a great start to what looks like a promising future. Don't cut it short with a nice ledge in bedroom no. 1....

10-Mar-2004	#9
bonsaial1 Bonsai Doer Join Date: Aug-2001 Location: Fresno, CA Country: USA USDA Zone: 9 AHS Heat Zone: 13SH Posts: 5,452	Some confusion about growing plants indoors; Plants that are to be grown outdoors do not suffer from a "light' problem when brought indoors. Giving an outdoor plant the proper lighting conditions will not induce the proper growing conditions. What the plant lacks indoors is humidity . Most homes that are well insulated, covered indoors by sheetrock, and have moderatly efficiant windows, will just be too dry inside. The relative humidity even in the desert on a hot summer day will be somewhere around 10 - 15%. A home is usually around zero. This is due to things like sheetrock, wallpaper, carpeting, wooden furniture, and insulation. All these things tend to pull the moisture right out of the air. Now, the plant will continually be drying out. It will not be obvious at first, but all of a sudden the plant will be fine one day and fold up the next. The signs of drying leaves and changing colors may not be apparent. The tree will just expire. Watering is not the answer. The leaves have the moisture sucked right from their surface. Walls in a home are like a blotter, and pull moisture from the room with great speed. so... giving the plant more sun in a room with no humidity is like putting yourself in a redwood sauna and having someone say to you, how about a steaming cup of coffee? Good luck, Bonsai-al Oh..BTW that is a nice plant with a great shape and a great start to what looks like a promising future. Don't cut it short with a nice ledge in bedroom no. 1.... __________________ I been kidding the last seven years. no.... really!