Anyone successfully grown in high humidity mould free?

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Orblight

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As the title say has anyone successfully pulled of a grow in high humidity mould free? I'm going to be sitting around 70 -90% rh due to ducted evaporative air con in the house, with summer here it will be on alot.
I have a few fans blowing around in the tent 2x 6" fans and another that is about 12" - 18" haven't actually measured it, but only a 6" exhaust.
The air coming in the tent will be around the 70% + mark
 
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Rurumo

Rurumo

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Some strains are less prone to mold than others, like equatorial sativas with less dense buds. That along with an aggressive program of spraying, biofungicides, neem, potassium bicarbonate, etc, you might make it to harvest, but then how will you dry the buds with rh like that? It's probably not worth trying, it sucks to put so much time, money, and effort into something that has a high chance of failure. Set yourself up for success.
 
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Apalchen

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My veg room hit 90% humidity for just a couple days during season change and I didn't catch it. I had to toss all kinds of plants, clean walls with peroxide, burn my wooden tables. All kinda bullshit,lol. So I'd say no. If you were able to keep it at 70 and run some super airy sativa you might be alright but if your above 70 much at all then I doubt it possible.
 
Corso312

Corso312

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Orblight said:
As the title say has anyone successfully pulled of a grow in high humidity mould free? I'm going to be sitting around 70 -90% rh due to ducted evaporative air con in the house, with summer here it will be on alot.
I have a few fans blowing around in the tent 2x 6" fans and another that is about 12" - 18" haven't actually measured it, but only a 6" exhaust.
The air coming in the tent will be around the 70% + mark
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The whole theory of AC is removing heat and humidity.. Every evaporator coil is inside the home( above furnace) why would your RH be that high with AC on?
 
mistergrafik

mistergrafik

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Rurumo said:
Some strains are less prone to mold than others, like equatorial sativas with less dense buds. That along with an aggressive program of spraying, biofungicides, neem, potassium bicarbonate, etc, you might make it to harvest, but then how will you dry the buds with rh like that? It's probably not worth trying, it sucks to put so much time, money, and effort into something that has a high chance of failure. Set yourself up for success.
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HydroKid239

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I don't get it. When my humidity rises more than 5% more than my liking I kick my AC on and boom.. problem solved. In cold months I just open my tent and let a fan oscillate from one tent to the other on the outside.
I guess you can try something like this in a tent or closet with the plant.
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Heavy emphasis on "PLANT" would not try more than 1 in those settings on the 1st try.
 
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Orblight

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Ok so seems like it's not a great idea.
I'll try the dehumidifier thing and see how it copes hopefully can keep me down to at least 70%.
For the comments about the ac removing humidity, I'm guessing you guys arnt familiar with evaporative AC, not all country's use them but they work by drawing air through pads that have a constant flow of water running down them, very cheap to run but they also act basicly as a humidifier at the same time. Some places call them swampys I believe.
 
Herb & Suds

Herb & Suds

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Orblight said:
Ok so seems like it's not a great idea.
I'll try the dehumidifier thing and see how it copes hopefully can keep me down to at least 70%.
For the comments about the ac removing humidity, I'm guessing you guys arnt familiar with evaporative AC, not all country's use them but they work by drawing air through pads that have a constant flow of water running down them, very cheap to run but they also act basicly as a humidifier at the same time. Some places call them swompys I believe.
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I missed the part about a swamp cooler, I apologize
but sometimes you have to find a way to control the environment rather than finding a way to grow thru it
 
getogrow

getogrow

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Yes just like hydro said. an AC IS a dehumidifier. you need to find out where all the moisture is coming from first.
EDIT: i just seen the swamp cooler too , sorry for jumping in.
 
TessaMaria

TessaMaria

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I use actinovate or monterey disease control foliar spray to prevent mold. I use a very very light mist with triple the dosing amount. For my indoor plants I water them outside and let them drain before putting them back in the tent and wait for them to dry out before watering again(light pot). I also give a couple doses of silica mixed in the water during the vegetative stage to strengthen the plants. It helped a lot the last couple of rounds. :peace: :weed: (:
 
GeneBanker

GeneBanker

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If you want to grow in summer through the humidity crisis in your house you’ll have to create a sealed room with some sort of ac unit. I don’t think I’d waste my time with a Dehu.
 
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