Humidifier

Ok, so I got a humidifier http://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/honeywell-top-fill-1-0-gallon-cool-mist-humidifier-0435974p.html#.VUBCUSFVhBf and the humidity went up but only about 16-17% from what it was, for the size of the room I'm a bit disappointed. It has reduced the temp enough for me to put on the bloom lights on my mars hydro LED(just to give the plants a little extra light) but ideally I would like to have the humidity at least up to 40%(could go up to 70% for veg or down to 35 for flowering).

I would like to know if I've bought the wrong humidifier or if it takes longer than 14 hrs to boost the humidity any more than that or if that is as much as a humidifier does and it just happens that the grow space is abnormally dry(sits at 10% without humidifier).

On a side note, either turning on the bloom lights or boosting the humidity does seem to have helped my plants some, they were droopy(one still is a bit) but now they've perked up some.

Is your room vented? You might just be pulling the humidity out faster than it has time to build up.

side question..Is Canadian tire like the go to store in Canada? I see people buying EVERYTHING from there..

WeedFreak78 said:

Is your room vented? You might just be pulling the humidity out faster than it has time to build up.

side question..Is Canadian tire like the go to store in Canada? I see people buying EVERYTHING from there..

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Well, they have a good selection of stuff. There's home depot, lowes and home hardware as well.

The room is vented(it kinda has to be). Not sure how I'd go about boosting the humidity any more than it is if venting the room is reducing it.

it's prob as high as it's going to get. also some of the impeller type cool mist humidifiers will release a white particulate dust into the air depending on the mineral content of your water. it coats everything in the room so be aware

BarnBuster said:

it's prob as high as it's going to get. also some of the impeller type cool mist humidifiers will release a white particulate dust into the air depending on the mineral content of your water. it coats everything in the room so be aware

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Hmm. Well I have heard that more plants in the room will naturally increase the humidity but that won't be happening until I can take clones from the mother plant. For now I may try placing a container of water in front of the oscillating fan to try and boost the humidity a bit more.

How are the plants looking? Have u bought them any food yet?

mr sunshine said:

How are the plants looking? Have u bought them any food yet?

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I do have an organic fertilizer for them but I was informed by an experienced organic grower to not add it until the bottom leaves fall off. Since boosting the humidity and turning on the other spectrum of lights on my LED they are looking a bit perkier but the one plant is still a bit on the droopy side. I will post some updated pics later on(after the night cycle).

If you lower your temps the humidity will rise.

mr sunshine said:

If you lower your temps the humidity will rise.

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Believe me I'm doin what I can but I think it's sitting alright now. With all of the lights on with the LED it's sitting around 82, that should be fine.

On a side note the droopy(and mildly unhealthy looking) plant is one from the mix n' match seeds. That one may just be a more difficult strain in general. I won't bother mothering that plant, I'll just grow it out and see what happens.

Xephier said:

Believe me I'm doin what I can but I think it's sitting alright now. With all of the lights on with the LED it's sitting around 82, that should be fine.

On a side note the droopy(and mildly unhealthy looking) plant is one from the mix n' match seeds. That one may just be a more difficult strain in general. I won't bother mothering that plant, I'll just grow it out and see what happens.

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Yea that's a decent temp ideal would be 75 to 80 for vegg and 75 to 78 for flower.. drooping plants probably have more to do with water u might be over watering. . If so as they dry out they will perk up.

mr sunshine said:

Yea that's a decent temp ideal would be 75 to 80 for vegg and 75 to 78 for flower.. drooping plants probably have more to do with water u might be over watering. . If so as they dry out they will perk up.

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Ya, people keep telling me that overwatering/underwatering is the most common beginner mistake and yet the whole attitude towards watering seems to be "just wing it". I was told to saturate the soil to a point that it won't take any more water then wait for it to get dry to about a knuckle deep before watering again.

The most common thing is "water until you get 20% runoff". Well unless I measure the amount of water that I'm putting in then measure the water that comes out of it then I have no idea of knowing what 20% runoff is...

Xephier said:

Ya, people keep telling me that overwatering/underwatering is the most common beginner mistake and yet the whole attitude towards watering seems to be "just wing it". I was told to saturate the soil to a point that it won't take any more water then wait for it to get dry to about a knuckle deep before watering again.

The most common thing is "water until you get 20% runoff". Well unless I measure the amount of water that I'm putting in then measure the water that comes out of it then I have no idea of knowing what 20% runoff is...

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Could be the best way to learn imo is to get in there and over/under water a few plants yourself. Learn to read the plant, dirt, and pot. It won't kill them since we always have an eye on them, and over time your watering will become more consistent.

Sometimes my plants get too dry if I eat a bunch of pizza and take too long of a nap. It happens.

Xephier said:

Ya, people keep telling me that overwatering/underwatering is the most common beginner mistake and yet the whole attitude towards watering seems to be "just wing it". I was told to saturate the soil to a point that it won't take any more water then wait for it to get dry to about a knuckle deep before watering again.

The most common thing is "water until you get 20% runoff". Well unless I measure the amount of water that I'm putting in then measure the water that comes out of it then I have no idea of knowing what 20% runoff is...

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I weigh mine when they are little. ..it's easy to over water little plants.

mr sunshine said:

I weigh mine when they are little. ..it's easy to over water little plants.

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Ya, I've questioned weighing them when they are larger as they will deff be much heavier and would be much more work to do so. Sides, lifting them at that point may actually yield notable results but telling the difference between a 100 gram variance just by lifting is hit or miss.

A few pictures that I just took.

Mix n' match
Leaves seem droopy.


White widow
Leaves are perky, maybe "taco shelling" a bit, hard for me to tell, some minor odd curvature/splitting on some of the leaves, bright side is this is the only white widow in which the bottom leaves are not dying.


Mix n' match
Leaves seem droopy, some browning on the leaves.


White widow
Second healthiest plant, leaves are perky, Some spotting, bottom fan leaves dying.


White widow
Healthiest plant, mostly damage free at this point, leaves are perky, bottom fan leaves dyed and I clipped them, some damage on second set of fan leaves I clipped the dmged portion.