High humidity - solution needed.

AlteaMan

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Hi,

This is my first grow. I have had a few problems but I am learning however I am worried about humidity. I don't want the flowers to go mouldy. I have a dehumidifier running constantly and the humidity is around 65-70%. It seems from what I have read that this is too high for flowering. (not flowering yet) What can I do?

Can anyone give advice/options please.
 

videoman40

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Hey! Yes, that is too high if you are flowering. You mention a dehumidifier, running constantly, are you meaning 24 hours a day? Because if you are, that's pretty high humidity problem. Do you have fans circulating the air?
Also a bowl of rock salt would help ya. Do you have an exhaust fan?

Hi,

This is my first grow. I have had a few problems but I am learning however I am worried about humidity. I don't want the flowers to go mouldy. I have a dehumidifier running constantly and the humidity is around 65-70%. It seems from what I have read that this is too high for flowering. (not flowering yet) What can I do?

Can anyone give advice/options please.
 

hearmenow

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VM, you need to clear some of your messages in your inbox.

Sorry for highjacking the thread, Alt.
 

AlteaMan

Well-Known Member
Yeah the dehumidifier is running 24 hours a day and I have to empty it every day (16 lt capacity)

I have a fan running but no exhaust. The room (it is a room) is under the house but not underground (if that makes sense). It has air vents in the door, air bricks above the door and 1 foot square, vent but I'm not blowing air out of them.

I thought about converting a standard fan into a kind of exhaust fan but I looked at the weather and the relative humidity for the last few days wer from 60-80% so I assume this will not help?

I live in Spain and thought about putting flowering off until the hotter weather came (4 weeks or so).

Any further thoughts/suggestions?
 

videoman40

Well-Known Member
It appears to me that the humidity in your grow room and the relative humidity in the outside air is about the same. So exhausting the room and bringing in new air wont do anything to help your problem.
Tons of rock salt and a larger dehumidifier?

I dug on some more inforamtion for you:
Raising the temperature in the grow room will lower the humidity.
Have you thought about adding additional co2?
The reason I ask is....if you add co2 to the room, the plants will thrive at a higher temp, and the higher temp will lower your humidity.

Look at it this way:
With a temperature of 80° and a relative humidity of 75%, your dew point is 71.34°.
Now, because you’re using CO2 you could raise the temperature of the room to increase the ability for the atmosphere to hold moisture, which will lower the relative humidity. With the current dew point being 71.34° in your room, these are the temperatures and the corresponding relative humidity that you would have.
If the temperature were set to 75°, then the relative humidity would be 88.43%.
If the temperature were set to 80°, then the relative humidity would be 75%.
If the temperature were set to 85°, then the relative humidity would be 63.81%.
If the temperature were set to 87°, then the relative humidity would be 59.87%.
If the temperature were set to 88°, then the relative humidity would be 58.01%.
If the temperature were set to 89°, then the relative humidity would be 56.21%.
If the temperature were set to 90°, then the relative humidity would be 54.48%.
If the temperature were set to 91°, then the relative humidity would be 52.8%.
If the temperature were set to 92°, then the relative humidity would be 51.18%.
If the temperature were set to 93°, then the relative humidity would be 49.62%.
If the temperature were set to 94°, then the relative humidity would be 48.11%.
If the temperature were set to 95°, then the relative humidity would be 46.66%.

You can easily see how this could solve your problem.
Peace
 

AlteaMan

Well-Known Member
Wow thanks a lot. Good useful information.

I will have to look into CO2. I have seen it mentioned but know nothing about it lol.
 
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