Humidity and moss Q's

Charles J. Beare (dbeare@zetnet.co.uk)
Thu, 23 May 1996 18:35:54 +0100

I have put a lot of gues work into the humidity factor with my
plants, and so I sometimes find the humidity fluctuates without me noticing,
which of course my plants don't much like. Can anyone tell me of some system
that reliably tells the percentage humidity in a smallish growing area?

I have another question, regarding moss. I went to a garden centre
and asked what exactly sphagnum moss looks like. He told me that it looks
like a small fern leaf, and grows in mats about 1" deep. However, in all of
the CP books that I have, the moss that they grow CP in has a kind of
shotish stem with a little green bobble or pom-pom-like structure on the
top. I have both these types growing in the woods nearby, but I don't know
which one I should use, or how to encourage it to grow on my media . On the
other hand, the moss that I got that was alrerady growing in the pots when I
bought the plants looks completely different from both the other kinds! Can
you use any kind of moss, or what? Help!

Cheers,

Bearo