How and why to spray indoor and outdoor plants

How to protect houseplants from heat, heating and air conditioning by spraying water around the foliage.

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Each plant has its own needs in terms of climate. For example, some plants like to be sprayed and they grow best in very humid environments, while others are damaged by spraying water on the leaves. When it would be better nebulize the plants and when is it absolutely not recommended?





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Why nebulize plants

Although the plants are able to adapt even to extreme situations, each of them has specific needs related to the environment.
Try to recreate the optimal environmental conditions helps our indoor and outdoor plants a grow luxuriantly and to be able to better defend itself from the attack of parasites and pathogens.

A very important aspect that influences the development of plants is the degree of humidity in the air. Some species, in fact, prefer particularly humid environments.

Among these are certainly the tropical plants, accustomed to living in habitats where humidity is high.
To increase the level of humidity in the environment, nebulization is normally used, a practice that allows plants to better withstand the heat during the summer and to withstand more heating in the cold months.

La nebulization however, it is not appreciated by all plants: some are damaged by the presence of water on the leaves and it is better to resort to different methods to increase the degree of ambient humidity.

Which plants should be sprayed

Not all plants love be nebulizedSome thrive in humid environments, others prefer a drier climate.

Le tropical plants they normally live in humid habitats and are the ones who prefer high levels of humidity in the air.

An environment with a humidity of 30-40% will do grow luxuriantly philodendrons and spatifillio, but also ferns, tapholes and palms.

Yes to nebulization of the leaves also for anthorium, afelandra, croton, pilea and begnonie, which greatly appreciate humid environments. The dracena, the syngonium and the schefflera also like the vaporization.



How and why to spray indoor and outdoor plants

They are all very common plants in our apartments and most of them also purify the air in the house.

Some plants don't like vaporization

Some plants, while loving humid environments, they should not be sprayed because the water would damage the leaves and form permanent spots.

Among the vegetable varieties with which it is better not to use the sprayer, we find all qthose with hairs on the leaf blade - such as the African violet - and plants that have a particularly waxy cuticle.

They shouldn't even be vaporized succulents and those succulente, which rot in too humid environments.

Other species that they don't like being sprayed they are orchids, yucca, phalanx, photos and smoke-eating plant (Beaucarnea recurvata).

How and why to spray indoor and outdoor plants

guarantee the right environmental humidity to these plants, it is better to place a bowl with water near the pots, remembering to replace the water every day to avoid attracting mosquitoes.

Another way to increase the humidity level and create a comfortable environment for these plant species is to place the plants close together, without massing them.

Another even more effective solution is to place these plants in the more humid areas of the house like the bathroom.

How and when to vaporize plants

vaporize the plants, the water must be sprayed with a spray, so as to create very small droplets, similar to fog.

Le leaves in fact they must not drip: the nebulization must take place around the foliage of the plants, without wetting the leaves excessively.


They should not be wet or sprayed i fiori possibly present on the plant and you need to eavoid that water accumulates at the base of the leaves, because it could damage them irreversibly.


To spray the plants it is preferable to use rain or demineralized water, so that limescale does not form on the leaf blade. In order not to subject the plants to excessive temperature changes, the water must always be at room temperature, neither too hot nor too cold,

The water can also be vaporized on the plants every day, both in summer to protect them from excessive heat or from the dehumidifying action of the air conditioner and in winter when the heaters are on.

Plants must be sprayed always in the morning and must not be exposed to direct sunlight in the following hours.

Once or twice a year is possible wash the leaves of the plants arranging them in the shower or tub - this procedure will clean the leaves of dust and dirt and help prevent attacks by mites and parasites.

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