Humidifiers for Indoor Plants

For lovers of nature like me, there’s a satisfying feeling that comes from seeing your house plants blossom. One major cause for this blossom is that most plants thrive from high humidity. If you live in a tropical area this may be difficult to comprehend. But if you live in a cold climate, you might consider investing in the best humidifier you can find just for your plants.

How To Tell If My Plants Need a Humidifier

The need for humidity is most common in plants that are adapted to tropical areas. In tropical areas, there’s high humidity of around 75% to 80%. And because moisture is readily available. The leaves of the plants that grow in these areas compensate by minimizing the amount of moisture that their leaves can hold. A characteristic explained by their mostly thinner leaves.

Moving this plant into a cold area or a climate-controlled home. Where the amount of humidity ranges from 33% to around 65%. Leaves the plant deprived of the moisture it needs to thrive.

This is when you start seeing signs like; the browning of leaves, falling off of flowers prematurely, curling of the leaves, and the change in color of the leaf edges. Then now you should know your plants need more humidity.

We took time with the inclusion of experts and analyzed humidifiers available in the market. We then came up with a list containing the best humidifier to help your house plants blossom.

The 4 Best Humidifier for Plants

1) MistAire Pure Enrichment Cool Mist Humidifier

This affordably prized humidifier, moisturizes air for up to 24 hours of continuous operations. There is a high and low-speed settings combined with a 360° mist nozzle. To help you consistently balance and regulate the humidity for your plants.

There is also an optional night light that offers a soothing glow. And an automatic shut-off feature that turns the humidifier off when water level is low or the water tank is removed.

Key Features

• 360-Degree Mist Nozzle
• 1.5 liter water tank
• size 8” x 6” x 9”
• Room coverage 250 square ft.
• 2 No. of mist settings
• 150 ml mist output per hour
• Weighs 1.35 lbs.

What we like

• Whisper quiet operation
• Easy to assemble

2) GENIANI Top Fill Cool Mist Humidifier

This gives you the value of both a humidifier and a diffuser in 1. It’s able to automatically maintain a set humidity level. with its built-in intelligent sensor.

The humidifier moisturizes your plants without being too noisy. With a maximum noise level measured at 38db same as a ticking clock. There is also a auto shut-off feature, to automatically shut off the humidifier. When there is no water in the tank.

Key Features

• Top fill tank with 4 L capacity
• 4 No of mist settings
• 2-in-1 humidifier & diffuser
• Filter free
• LED night light with On/Off feature
• 220 Sq. ft. coverage
• Weighs 4.09 lbs.
• Can last up to 18hrs at max settings

What we like

• ultra silent at 38 db. noise levels
• 2 in 1 feature
• One of the coolest design

3) Honeywell Cool Mist Humidifier

This humidifier does enough to ensure that there is adequate humidity for your plants. It has 3 speed settings for the fan to adjust humidity and noise levels. Additionally, a wicking filter captures minerals from the water, helping to prevent white dust.

Kindly note that a genuine Honeywell filter is recommended for this humidifier. Compatible humidifier filter replacements are not guaranteed to offer the same performance or efficiency.

Key Features

• Runs for 24 hrs on low settings
• 3 speed settings to adjust moisture
• uses a wicking filter
• Dishwasher safe
• Easy to fill and clean
• 5 liter tank capacity
• Dimensions 17.9 x 9.37 x 11.4 in. (L x W x H)
• Weighs 9.4 lbs
• 3 year warranty

4) Levoit Humidifier for Plants and Indoor 

If you are looking for a large humidifier with big capabilities for your plants. Then this one is the most suitable for you. The Levoit LV600HH offers a hybrid design, giving you both warm and cool mists. And offering you the liberty to choose between the 2.

The humidifier is suitable for plants in a large room with 500 mL/hr. rate of steam output. A large 6L tank also lets it humidify continuously for 50 hours. saving you the trouble of constantly refilling the tank, like with smaller humidifiers.

Key Features

• 753 sq. ft. capacity
• 6L tank capacity
• Remote control operation
• Warm and cool mist features.
• 50 hr. duration on the lowest setting
• Includes; 1 x Remote Control, 1 x Cleaning Brush, 3 x Aroma Pads (1 pre-installed), 3 x Absorption Pads (1 pre-installed), and 1 x User Manual.
• Dimensions 7.7 x 11.6 x 11.3 inches (L x W x H)
• Weighs 4.92 lbs.

What we like

• Sufficient for a large room
• Cool and warm mist options in 1.
• 50 hr. endurance.

Best Humidifier for Plants -Buying Guide

Let’s look at some of the varying aspects, that you can use to differentiate your humidifiers.

Type of Humidifier

There are 3 basic types of humidifiers;

• Warm mist humidifiers

These types heat water at high temperatures to produce vapor. Which is then released to the atmosphere.

• Ultrasonic Humidifiers

This is the quieter and safer alternative since there is no hot water present in a reservoir. It uses high-frequency sound vibration to expel moisture into the room. The moisture from these types of humidifiers is usually of a higher quality.

• Evaporative/Cool mist humidifier

These do not use any artificial means to cause evaporation. The evaporation occurs naturally, but a fan is present in the humidifier to speed up the process. A wet cloth is present in these humidifiers to hold the water ready for evaporation.

Run Time

The run time of a humidifier is determined by the size of the water reservoir. Ideally, a day of run time without refilling is a good idea.

Sound

Well, no humidifier is too noisy to be a nuisance. But some people just prefer a quiet environment. And that’s what you get with an ultrasonic humidifier. The humidifier is quieter because unlike the others it doesn’t use a fan to expel moisture.

Best Humidifier for Plants-FAQs

Q:What other ways can I use to increase the humidity of plants.

There are various other ways that you can use, to increase the humidity levels of your house plants;

• Grouping your plants

This creates a kind of microenvironment where the plants transfer humid air between themselves. When one plant transpires another can use the moisture, for itself.

• Misting

Instead of irrigating the plant soil with water. Use a spray bottle to spray fine clouds of water droplets onto the leaves.

• Using a terrarium

A terrarium can be used to create a tailor-made environment for your plant. If a plant requires more humidity. The same should be sustained inside the partially enclosed terrarium.

Conclusion

If you love seeing your house plants lively yet you live in a cold area. Then, getting a humidifier isn’t such a bad idea.
A good humidifier will make sure that your plants are always radiant. Creating a loveable look inside your home.

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