Here are some photos taken this morning of the five windowsills that house the catts. The first two are east facing and the other three south facing. I do not use any shading. As it is warm today, 27c is forecast, the windows are all open.
The main trick for me was to get the watering correct. As I’ve become more experienced, I water them more in the summer, up to twice a week, when in growth and less in the winter, maybe every two weeks. They are all potted in plastic pots in orchiata and are fed with rain mix.
Other than this, there are no tricks. They have to deal with household temperatures and lighting. They receive no extra heating, lighting, humidity or air movement.
We are lucky in the UK that the humidity is usually fairly good, rarely dropping below 50%.
The biggest deal for me is that indoors they can receive full sun without overheating, as they would do in a normal greenhouse.
For me to give this sort of light and keep the temperatures normal in a greenhouse would cost and arm and leg In electricity.
Sun damage is rare and can usually be put down to a lack of acclimatisation.
Retirement means I now have more time and can weigh and water each pot individually.
David
