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Carlton
at Thu Jun 14 12:01:45 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Carlton ]
I used to live in Bailey at 9200 ft. elevation. Talk about DRY! I kept melleri, verrucosus, deremensis, fischeri successfully in screen cages. You can do it, but as you realize it takes more planning. I hung clear plastic sheeting on the backs and sides of my screen cages, really packed them with large bushy live plants (larger plants use larger pots which provide more wet soil surface too), ran a RainMaker Jr. misting system, did daily hand spraying, and ran an ultrasonic humidifier on a timer to help keep up humidity between misting cycles. Obviously I spent more on the setups, but it is workable. The only mildew problems I had was in the closet of my cham room. Enclosed spaces that don't get air flow did mold in winter. I found keeping air circulating and not storing stuff in cardboard boxes there helped a lot. Keeping the cages cool on hot summer days was more of an issue than humidity. Get a GOOD electronic humidity gauge so you can keep track of it accurately. One nice thing about CO...that dry climate almost guarrantees a temp drop at night.
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RE: I live in Colorado - Carlton, Thu Jun 14 12:01:45 2007