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UrbanPlannerGrower
UrbanPlannerGrowerstarted grow question 2 years ago
Hi Bud.I have a zootly tent with two flap mesh vents at the bottom. I have a secret jardin exhaust fan and filter. I'm trying to get my tent at 50% r/h but cannot drop lower than 65% and I'm in early flower. I have one of the flap mesh vents opened for passive intake. Please help
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m0use
m0useanswered grow question 2 years ago
You need to use a dehumidifier in the room that the tent is in. if the ambient intake air is down to 40% RH the tent should level out aorund 50% ish if the extractor is working well. going lower then 40% in summer is hard. AC also dehumidifies the air if your unit "apartment/house" is well sealed. mine leaks in humidity and only stays low for a bit before AC turns back on. Good Luck!
DutchDoobie
DutchDoobieanswered grow question 2 years ago
High bro, You need a dehumidifier for your growtent. I had the same problem last year. My tent was 70% during last weeks flowering and I tried all the other methods but nothing seems to work till I bought a dehumidifier. But before you want to buy one you need to know that the amount you water your plants each day is roughly the amount of water youโ€™ll introduce into the air. To be safe itโ€™s better to get one that is more powerful than you think youโ€™ll need. So example if you water 10 liters per day, you need to size up a bit and go with a 15 liters dehumidifier to be safe. I hope that I could help bro! Happy Growing! ๐Ÿ˜‹
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GrowingGrannie
GrowingGrannieanswered grow question 2 years ago
m0use has a good suggestion - a/c the room the tent is in... I know several growers who do exactly that. When I have MY a/c going, the humidity in my tent goes from 60 to 47% pretty quickly... If that's not feasible for you, a cheap way of getting some of the water out of the air is to take 2 5-gallon buckets, drill some holes in the side and bottom of one of them (don't go higher than say 6 inches on the sides), put it inside the bucket without the holes and fill it up with rock salt... the rock salt will take the water out of the air and it will drain into the lower bucket which you will have to take out and empty as frequently as necessary .... of course, that means you've got to have room in your tent for at least one 5-gallon bucket but this WILL work to reduce the humidity. Good luck!
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MonkeyMan
MonkeyMananswered grow question 2 years ago
Sometimes I attach two exhaust fans to increase airflow, this will help with reducing humidity; you can alternatively use a dehumidifier in the lung room if your power bills and temperature isn't and issue. FYI I have flowered white widow strain that shared a lungroom a cloning tent that was at 85%humidity and no dehumidifier. The lung room felt wet and damp but ww grew nice buds as you can see in my profile pic
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