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Dry tent RH is over 70%. What do I do?

Prilyfe13
Prilyfe13started grow question 8 months ago
How the hell do I deal with this humidity? My dry tent is stuck over 70%. I can get it down to 68% for a short time, but it's 89% humidity out today. What do I do? Shut the room lights off and open the tent door for now? Neither the AC or the Dehumidifier are enough. Help!
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Other. Harvest - Drying
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m0use
m0useanswered grow question 8 months ago
Place the air conditioner in the room and shut the door if its a mobile unit, close the blinds and shut the windows and other vents. AC cools the air and removes excess humidity. If you can get that room down to 22-24c the RH should drop down with it. Running a dehumidifier in the same space as AC will cause the temps to spike as they generate heat thus making the AC unit work harder. If your AC unit can't keep up it might be low in refrigerant or the radiator coils need cleaning as they can't dissipate the heat. If the RH outside is 89% you might just be fucked till it lowers a bit or you can manage your environment better/ fix the ac unit. I have a feeling your tent or the room it is in is drafty and that's where all the cool dry air from the AC is escaping from. Keep air flow going in the tent though, turn on exhaust fan on low or a fan blowing into a wall of the tent moving air but not directly pointed at the buds. Stale air is not good. A fan alone with not lower RH it just moves the air and adds minute amounts of heat from the motors moving parts. If the air its moving is also high in RH it does not just magically disappear. Granted homes with bad air flow can trap heat and RH if they are stuffy and cramped. Good Luck!
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Prilyfe13
Prilyfe13answered grow question 8 months ago
Thanks for the answers so far. My entire grow setup is in my bedroom. So tents are required. The AC/Dehumidifier is brand new. The room was built 2 years ago. But it has 3 outside walls as well as an exterior door and no windows. I don't have access to another room, so I'm pretty cramped up. So I'm gathering that I should cut the branches, hang them separately, leave the tent door open and keep the bedroom lights off. Yes? Or is there more? Thanks again!
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Sciolistic_Steve
Sciolistic_Steveanswered grow question 8 months ago
why are you using a tent? open it up... circulate air in room. no need to tightly enclose wet plant material as it dries... inevitably high rh if you do. if your dehum can't keep up even then, you need a larger dehum. spread the materia out.. put half in a different room. Though this sort of context only lasts 5-7 days before enough drying has occured it can't create that much humidity anymore.
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GreenHarvest_Official
GreenHarvest_Officialanswered grow question 8 months ago
Easiest and cheapest is get a fan. The wind from the fan lowers the humidity. Good luck
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