Using a fan with indoor herb garden

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rick7 West Newton, MA Nov 24, 2012

I've read several suggestions to use a fan to maintain good air circulation around the plants in my indoor herb garden where I'm growing oregano, thyme and basil. Two questions:

(1) should I keep the fan going all the time, or just when the grow lights are on (the timer is set to 16 hours a day), or just a few hours, or...?

(2) I have the fan at a speed where the plants are definitely gently waving in the breeze from the fan -- is that ok?

Thanks.

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podster Deep East Texas, TX(Zone 8a) Nov 25, 2012

I don't think a fan will hurt anything but I also don't think you need to run it full time or very fast.
Gentle should be good and probably not even for the duration of your grow light use.

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kittriana Magnolia, TX(Zone 9a) Nov 26, 2012

Agreed, wind toughens young plants and outdoors sucks moisture out of the ground- spring winds- indoors it will help moisture condensation from staying on the plants so, shouldn't take much of a breeze during daylite hrs if they aren't too crowded tite.

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