Why House Plant Just Love Double Glazing.

Just imaging you are a house plant from a tropical region, you are used to the sun and the humidity of your tropical home. Then you are confronted with a typical English winter. Even through you are inside you owners house or flat you still have to deal with cold drafts, changes in temperate and a dry atmosphere from the home heating system.

So here is a few tips for your proud owner of how to keep you healthy through a long English winter and enjoy your exotic foliage and flowers for a longer period.

Firstly house plants as a general rule need to be in an area were light levels are constant for at least 8 hours during the day. This means placing then near to a window thats normally south facing and an area thats no in shadow in the late afternoon. If your house plant is best in low light levels thy still need to be constant just move the plant further back into the room away from the window were the light levels are lower.

The next key area is temperate, it needs to be a even temperature with no cold drafts. The best solution here is to have effective double glazing which will help the to even out a room temperature and stop any cold drafts

The final key area is humidity plants need humidity even the plants that survive in hot dry climates given the choose would always choose a level of humidity as it just makes growing easier. Modern home heating systems trend to produce dry heat so you need to add small pots or boils of water around your indoor plants to help increase the humidity.

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