I am water spraying it many times dayli to keep moist. But can it be too much or not enough?
What causes this meltdown in just some plants?
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I've added a small humidifier on mine as the heat isn't great in there to create a massive amount of humidity. Also not here all the time to spray. Not sure if it works or not yet but I will let you no progress of it if you like? I got it more for trying to keep my moss moist. After reading this it maybe better for my hc Aswel
I bought one as well but thought that the 12v power supplies I had lying around could be used. Didn't notice that it was a 24volter.
I tried a dry start on mine too but got lazy after a week and flooded the thing.
The idea is to water the substrate until it's very moist but with no puddles of water visible. That means it's alright to see some water through the glass as long as it's not above substrate level. Maybe it's the photos but yours does look very dry. If you have water somewhere at the halfway level of your substrate, you wouldn't be needing to spray it so many times daily.
I can tell you, that HC is one of those plants, that do not really appreciate constant repeated spraying ( I work at a nursery - so I know! ). It does need high humididity.....but this is not the same thing.
In your set-up, you may need to spray sometimes, to achieve the high humidity - but try to minimise. The high humidity should be provided otherwise.
The fungus came but controlled it easy by just airing at night. But I did have very high humidity at first, think it helped the plants get started. But obviously sand as substrate is more tricky
I hadn't noticed that so it's a good thing you mentioned it lol