Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Help! I killing them, 0 by hcmcdole

hcmcdole wrote:
I made some assumptions since you didn't give us enough details. If you recently moved your plants indoors, then most if not all houseplants will drop leaves, leaves will yellow, growth will slow down or stop, and the beauties of summer will become hags of winter. That said, what you want to do is mimic the great outdoors which means as much light as possible and make it somewhat steamy (hard to do indoors unless you have a misting system). You have to decide what is your best light, whether that be artificial light such as shoplights or sunlight through available windows. Southern exposure will give the most light but you might want to have some shades through the hottest part of the day or move the plants back from the window by a few inches (it depends on the window and the plant).

That was humidity dome, not doom. Like the dome on the capitol or most state capitals. Here is a place you can buy high domes (7 inch) for plant trays. They are great for propagation.

http://www.4hydroponics.com/clone/propdome.asp

Check out some of my pictures of my shelves at this post for ideas on lighting.

http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/653171/

I use disposable aluminum serving trays from Sam's (15 deep, large trays for around $10) to put under most of the houseplants to catch debris and excess water. I have added gravel or sand to a few for propagation and humidity. I am going to try adding gravel to all of them this year.

Here is a picture of an aluminum tray with a lot of rex starts and a humidity dome from this past winter.