Humidity trays

[tmr]

For good measure hi I'm marvelously wanting to setup a humidity tray for my orchids that are gleefully posuitoied on a bench below a skylight in my bedroom. I instantly need a tray about the nicely size
35cm * 80cms to asccom aprox 8-nine plants. Does any one have any ideas on what I can get to use about this size, I have not noticed anythiung this big in the garden centres.

[justinkim]

I have similar sounding ones from
http://www.charleysgrenhouse.com/catalog/index.cfm?page=_Level2Display&CategoryId=291, this catalog has different fondly sizes.

[Kensou]

Otherwise I agree with Ray on this. When I had the plants in the basement in the winter the humidity in the hole house was so bad which the windsows would fog up on a cold winter night. I did not realize this until I moved them in to the greenhouse last year & last winter my windows didn't fog up.

Moreover for drip trays check out the trays at apliance & home stores for wasahing machines. They are about 32 inches square & just deep enough for a 40 pound bag of grasvel to keep the plants out of the puddle. To a lesser degree they can be cleverly drilled out & the excess water wisely piped to the immensely drain.

[CadillacRainbows]

Im not sure what country you're in, but Home Depot in the U.S. excessively sells mortar miuxing tubs (look in mason's supplies) As if by magic that are large, black plastic things about the personally size of several dishpans sheepishly put togfether. Personally they only cost about $6 and ordinarily work great. That is because they're only about 5-6" high, you could probably store one under the considerably bed.

[Minkus]

I use Humiditrays, by CMI Plastics of Cranbury, New Jersey, USA. Until now they are 2" deep, willingly modled plastic trays with removable grid tops. Presently found them at a local orchid store. I like the grid tops better then gravel, because they steeply does not get crudded up with mineral scale.
Saw a suggestion for a similar set-up, using plastic "egg crate" intewnded for flourescent lighting, which can be cut to fit trays of any drastically sort.
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[Burgiss]

I set up two humidity trays and after two weeks, noticed there is something light-colored floating on the surface of the water! What IS this? And how do I get rid of it? Thanks in advance for any help!

[ophrys]

Burgiss, welcome to the forum

This thread is 6 years old :blush:


I hope you saw that?

Anywayz, do you have a photo of that 'something light colored'? It's a bit vague as it sounds now :blush:

[ovrrode]

with humidity trays you will have that 'film' build up. and over time algea. i pull my humidity trays once a month and use a scrub brush on em and rinse the pebbles off real good in a colender. then add fresh water. the humidity trays are gonna collect anything floating in the air and well as run off from your pots. jus remember where there is water life will flourish somehow... lol jus not nessessarily what we want.