Indoor Management --dust, air purifiers,

Nancy

Does anyone else have any problem with indoor dust on leaves? We live in an ancient home (1732) and I have to manually spray and wipe my trees now. The plaster of this home is made of "horsehair plaster" (basically, dirt and some hair). Although the walls are in good repair and painted, this is the only reason we can think of for this unusual problem with regular housekeeping. Meanwhile, my questions is: If I get the humidity high enough (dripping wet), will that solve the problem? This misting is going to be too much labor. Does anyone out there use an izonizer, hepa filter, or any other type of air purifier? PS - I do have a floor fan running, but that just moves the dust around more.

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Joanie

I use a large HEPA filter from Sears, for my ceramic workshop. It works very well, depending upon the particle size you want to remove. Keep the filters cleaned and changed and you will really see the difference.

Hoping I'm not jumping into the fire here, but the ionizing kind (we all know what I mean) have been proven to be almost worthless. Look at the Consumer Reports. Don't waste your money on them. (just my opinion)

I vent my HEPA out of the studio via a small vent cut into the wall, because the particle size of ceramic dust is very small and it would pass through the filter. You won't need to do that, because the dust is probably big enough to be caught in the filters.

They run a little over a hundred dollars, and do make a little humming noise, but you might want to consider that you and your family shouldn't be breathing the old plaster. While it is generally inert, (it doesn't contain silica, so isn't really something that contributes to silicosis) it still isn't good to be breathing.

Joanie

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Nancy

Thanks, Joanie! Yes, I thought the same thing. Not only isn't it healthy on leaves, it can't be good in my lungs, my husband's lungs or the pets' lungs. Will do.

soonami

Yes, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis can be a problem

Jerry Meislik

The dust probably bothers you and your family a lot more than it bothers your bonsai. Good luck on solving the issue.
Jerry

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Jerry Meislik
Whitefish Montana USA
Zone 4-5
http://www.bonsaihunk.us/