Humidity dome necessary?

Humidity dome necessary?#310445

By P A U L -  Tue Jan 30, 2018 1:17 am
Location:  Los Angeles, California
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- Tue Jan 30, 2018 1:17 am #310445

Are humidity domes absolutely necessary? Because... the way I have my plants setup, I can't really have a dome over the plants except for the plastic smoothie cups that came with the plants. And those cups aren't wide enough and all the plants just lean against the side.

I would like my plants to just be in open air...and rely on the tray water for humidity.

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Re: Humidity dome necessary?#310447

By DesertPat -  Tue Jan 30, 2018 1:28 am
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- Tue Jan 30, 2018 1:28 am #310447

Domes can often do more harm than good in my experience. My plants grow just fine without a dome in 15%humidity on hot days.

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Re: Humidity dome necessary?#310450

By KategoricalKarnivore -  Tue Jan 30, 2018 1:57 am
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- Tue Jan 30, 2018 1:57 am #310450

No you don’t need humidity domes on flytraps.

A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in--what more could he ask? A few flowers at his feet and above him the stars.
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Re: Humidity dome necessary?#310465

By P A U L -  Tue Jan 30, 2018 1:29 pm
Location:  Los Angeles, California
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- Tue Jan 30, 2018 1:29 pm #310465

i was looking into getting new pots for my plants and saw these: https://www.amazon.com/Planter-Succulen ... +pot+glass

the tray for this pot looks like all evaporated water would go up the drain hole into the soil... is that bad?

oh...so no dome needed for vft. what about my sundews??

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