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I am thinking about making a small plant cabinet for anthuriums, alocasias, and a few hoyas. My apartment sits around 35 to 40 percent humidity in winter. The cabinet photos online look beautiful, but I keep wondering if I am signing up for mold, fans, cords, and constant wiping. For people who made one, what do you wish you knew before starting? Is it worth it for a small collection?
Add airflow from the beginning. Small fans are not optional if you keep humidity high. Stagnant warm air plus wet moss is how you grow things you did not invite.
Quarantine plants before putting them in the cabinet. A cabinet can turn one pest hitchhiker into a very efficient problem.
Cable management matters more than you think. Lights, fans, humidifier, timer, maybe a sensor. Plan where cords exit before the cabinet is full.
It is worth it if the plants you want actually need it. It is not worth it if you mostly grow pothos, snake plants, and philodendrons that are already fine in the room.
Start with a humidity tray or small enclosed shelf before buying the whole setup. You may learn that you hate maintaining enclosed plant spaces.
I made one and loved it, but it became a tiny apartment inside my apartment. Fans, wiping, rearranging, monitoring. It is cute work, but it is work.
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