Completely guide on acclimation rare plants
If you want to know how I keep all my finicky plants out in the living room, here is the step by step acclimation guide. (Please keep in mind, some plants will acclimate better than some. and some will give you the worse time until they give in.)
A. Understand what is the best condition for your plants and give it to them. Before you bend the plants to your will, you need to please them first.
B. Change 1 element once at a time. For example, if you change the humidity, do not change the light or the temperature. If you change the light, don't change the others. And when you change it, go as slow and as patient as you can so that you plants won't even notice the change. I usually will transfer my greenhouse plants (humidity >90) to my plant room where humidity is around 80 for at least a month. I make sure the light and the temperature staying the same. Then if the plants are stable and show signs of new growths, I will transfer them to my living room. In the first couple weeks, I will make sure the humidity around the plants is relatively high by grouping plants and placing them closer to the humidifier. There will be two scenarios happen here. One, the plants will acclimate nicely. Two, they will act out. So when they act out, I will immediately move them back to my plant room. Let them calm down for two more months and repeat the process. Keep in mind, the slower the process is, the smoother transition is.
C. When moving the plants to dryer environment, you need to increase the watering in order to compensate for the increase of water loss. But you must use an airy, chunky, well draining substrate or you will risk rotting your plants.
D. When the plants are out in your living, try your best to keep all the elements (humidity, temperature, light, air flow) stable. Sensitive anthuriums or variegated plants will not like sudden changes.
E. Slowly drop the humidity down 5 percent every two weeks until you reach your desired humidity. Tropical plants can actually survive in low humidity but they will grow slower.
F. Do not use this method for young plants or plants you just got from shipment.
I hope this guide is helpful^^
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