Norfolk Pine Indoors

[SodaLicious]

anyone have a Norfolk pine experience? Mine is starting to die on one branch

 

[Seamaiden]

I think the relative humidity in the house is too low. I've never done well with any conifer indoors unless they go in and out, in and out, in and out (that's what a hamburger's all about).

 

[SodaLicious]

Thanks seamaiden. You are probably right. I'm at 20% humidity in my home. Nothing I do raises it. Log house. Should I mist it and how often?

 

[Seamaiden]

Good Lord, 20%? I think a humidifier would be in order, you can't mist often enough.

 

[Shamus]

When I bought mine some of the ones had that, good luck with your Norfolk

 

[SodaLicious]

Good Lord, 20%? I think a humidifier would be in order, you can't mist often enough.

So misting isn't practical? I could put a small humidifier near it. I also have a rubber plant or ficus it's also called. Started dropping leaves a month ago. Dropped about 60% I'd say. Seems to have stopped for now.

 

[Seamaiden]

Yeah, I can't claim to be an expert on pines or anything, but I've tried a FEW times to do living Christmas trees, and it doesn't matter how much you water. If the RH in the house is low (and it was low even in SoCal with minimal heating) then they just don't like it. I've never really had problems with my Ficus benjaminas, never kept a rubber ficus. I have discovered, though, that houseplants appreciate a good flushing to rid the salts and build up from tap water, so maybe your rubber tree would, too.