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Plants or rainy weather causing indoor humidity??

15 years ago

With all the rain this winter season, it seems the inside of my apartment and now my parents' home has been more humid than usual, and I assume the rain is the cause. I also have had a fair number of plants, which don't receive a lot of water, but nonetheless are either the cause of this problem or are simply innocent bystanders. Has anyone else had this problem? The indoor air just feels a bit too moist, and seems unusually affected by the weather outside notwtithstanding my best attempts to keep air circulating and the indoor temperature relatively cool. I even had to toss out some otherwise healthy indoor plants not too long ago because I suspected them of adding to the indoor humidty and general moldy feeling. The house, on other hand, is built with plaster and is generally solid. Has anyone else experienced this? I have the plants to keep the air clean, but the result is an atmosphere that feels too moist but I'm not sure the plants are causing it. I have experienced this in an apartment and a home. Thanks!

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jeannie7
15 years ago
It is certain that as rainy season arrives, such moistened air can indeed make a home feel cool.
If you go into detail about cool air, and its ability to hold on to moisture and then add heat from a furnace, such moisture then is more intense. Warm air holds more water.

Sometimes where rooms are situated, how air is allowed to pass through and around, can affect a room if there is a direct route to an outside door.
A burning fireplace draws air from the room its in, and will draw air from surrounding rooms. This often can cause cold air at the bottom ..at floor level, to feel cool on legs and feet. The fire must have air and will steal it from wherever it can.
This is why some fires it is prescribed to open a window a crack.
Houseplants, if they number many, can put some effect into a room with the moisture they contain....but really, they'd have to be in numbers to make such difference.
I cant believe a couple, even a few, could make such a difference you'd feel it.
Mind you, its a way to give moisture to a plant by giving it company of others.

Where air vents supply heat to a room and another room is in direct course to the vent, I think it can affect the two rooms. Plants put in direct path of such air, will definitely feel the effect and depending on how close, can be adversely affected.
In that regard, just raising the plant by placing on a table, or pedestal or hanging up, will prevent any harm.

Where it feels cool, put on a sweater and think of others experiencing deep freezes and snow....lots of snow.
But today, it got up into the fifties...people are out in shorts can you believe.
guest123
Original Author
15 years ago
Thank you Jeannie!!

Okay, I don't feel so bad now. I've been trying to declutter the home of a relative, and add some plants, clean, and so forth - but the humidity was a bit of a concern, so this makes me exhale. Sometimes just getting some fresh insights is all that's needed to press on. Thanks, and now back to cleaning and laundry.. :)
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