My latest mess. And ???'s

WaterDog said:

Yes I know I have some issues, I've got my mini split installed and I believe enough light finally.

I desperately need to trellis and get my humidity down. Seems impossible currently but I'm gonna set dehumidifier on 55 gallon drum so it will stay running longer than 8 hours.

My plan is to set up tent poles and run trellis in between them at this point, I realize I've created lots of undo stress and work on my self....Dumb gotta be tough I guess

I have a few other threads on this room Not sure how to combine them. I have several strains here my next strain will be set up much more properly. I'm looking for the "1" to grow just cant make a concrete decision so many freaking choices.

Ideas comments concerns and polite criticisms welcomed and encouraged

Thanks a lot guys and gals

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WaterDog said:

I have a few other threads on this room Not sure how to combine them.

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OldMedUser said:

Just pick one thread and ask all your questions there. Basically start a grow journal and keep it all in one place.

Using the search feature can probably give you answers better than asking in multiple threads too.

I don't really have much advice what to do about your RH as I have the opposite problem with chronically low RH. Is your AC constantly pulling in fresh air or can you run it to recycle so it can condense moisture out of the air in the grow room?

I've been wanting to run a sealed grow room using a portable AC unit but the more research I do I figure I'll still have a low RH issue as it will pull moisture out of the air as it cools the air. I may be better off just making a better humidifier from a 12V powered sprayer I have made to put on the back of a quad or pickup for spraying a yard. It came with the house when I bought it 17 years ago so might as well get some use out of it. Hook it's power supply to my exhaust fan controller so it sprays lots of water every time the fan kicks in. Or find a humidistat that works to bring the RH up instead of down like the one on my fan controller. Surely somebody makes one like that. I use a heat/cool thermostat wired on the cool side to keep temps down.

Keeping that environment dialed in has got to be one of the hardest issues to get right.

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JSB99 said:

I have the same problem with low rh, when growing via soil. With the RDWC running, I have no problems. What you might want to check out, are "ultrasonic cool-mist" humidifiers. Great way to add humidity without raising the tenps. I've seen temps drop from 5 to 10 degrees with them. I always see them for less than $10, at GoodWill.

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OldMedUser said:

I'm using one that sprays a mist into the air so doesn't add heat tho heat isn't an issue either unless lack of heat is considered an issue. It is for me so have no plans to use other than HID lights. Think I paid $5 for it at the local thrift store a couple years ago. Our tap water would gum it bad in no time so using store bought RO water in it and it uses almost as much as all the plants do.

The humidifier is on a timer now for 15 on 15 off changing to 15 on 45 off when the light is out and barely keeping the bedroom up to 40%. It's 20% here in the mancave atm. It's fairly wet outside too but RH never gets up much here in northern Alberta regardless of season. Can be almost zero all winter.

I don't have any environmental controls in the bedroom other than a screened window I can open wider when it gets warm. Getting crowded so moving the four larger plants downstairs into the regular grow room this week and just going to veg the smaller plants under fluoros in the bedroom. The nine smaller ones are over a foot tall already and getting bushy and I'll be wanting to flower some of those in a month or so.

Finely got rid of those damn mites so that's a great relief. Been a month since I finished the spray program and still haven't found a one! View attachment 4344570

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