Winter humidity

[scarfguy]

So my melon farm started off really great this fall but as the temperature dropped. We ended up with damp, wet and cold nights which lead to a bout of powdery mildew.  I successfully treated it and with the help of the changing seasons, I was able to eliminate it.

Now I have a greater problem. Melons seem to love humidity but with the onset of winter, my melon room has gotten very dry.  The melons are suffering. 

I don' have a humidifier nor do I want one cause I'm much healthier in the winter when it's dry. 

I'm trying something that I think will help but I would like your collective thoughts please...

Each melon is in a bounty using only one pod.  I have taken the pod covers off of all the other pods and removed the cover to the watering hole.  This should provide a lot of local humidity to the plant as the action of the pump should drive moisture into the air right below the plant.

How bad do you think my algae growth will be???   

I plan on doubling the amount of hydrogen peroxide that I add to the bowl to help fight the algae.

Comments appreciated

[slw]

Personally I'd just go with a small humidifier for that room instead of fighting algae.  That said, if the vines are pretty much blocking the light on the deck holes you may not see much algae at all.   Good luck! 

[scarfguy]

NEVERMIND!... although the question of algae growth still stands.

So I took all the pod covers off and opened the water cover on 4 bounties that are next to each other.

I have a temp/humidity sensor about a foot above one of the middle bounties.  

Its been sitting like that for the last 4 hours.

There has been no change in humidity level over that time.

Hmmm... you'd think the pump dripping water would throw moisture into the air but apparently it doesn't amount to much. 

The design of a humidifier that sprays a mist of water into the air must be much more efficient.

[lynnee]

scarfguy, What you might try with the melons is to mist them--kind of like what some grocery stores do with overhead sprayers in the produce section. Maybe twice a day with a large-droplet sprayer would keep the melons happy?

Or you might try a small cool mist humidifier with the mist directed at the melons. The small bedside units usually have an outlet that lets you direct the mist.

I have this one, which kept our bedroom humid on my side of the bed without making the whole room humid. The spray nozzle is on the top at the left. It's no longer available, but it shows you what I have in mind.

www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07H2717BM/

[scarfguy]

Jan 13, 2024 20:44:43 GMT -5 lynnee said:

scarfguy , What you might try with the melons is to mist them--kind of like what some grocery stores do with overhead sprayers in the produce section. Maybe twice a day with a large-droplet sprayer would keep the melons happy?

Or you might try a small cool mist humidifier with the mist directed at the melons. The small bedside units usually have an outlet that lets you direct the mist.

I have this one, which kept our bedroom humid on my side of the bed without making the whole room humid. The spray nozzle is on the top at the left. It's no longer available, but it shows you what I have in mind.

www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07H2717BM/

Yea, I bit the bullet and thought I'd a little bit of humidification as you suggested.

I bought two of these really little ones:

www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CJJ731YB

I'll put one on each end of the bounty "line" and see if they make any difference.

Thanks