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What are the best tips and tricks to lower the temperature in my grow?

CaninhaSativa
CaninhaSativastarted grow question 3 months ago
I'm having some issues with high temperatures. I'm waiting for my humidifier to arrive since the humidity is low, around 55%, and the temperature is at 30°C. I'm improvising by spraying water on the walls of the grow, Does anyone have simple tips that can help?
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00110001001001111Oanswered grow question 3 months ago
Air conditioner. This is the only real option to do anything significant. You can run lights at night. If ambient temps (sans grow op) are cooler at night, the resulting temps in the tent will be cooler, too. Potentially save some money in electricity by operating in off-peak hours too. Evaporative cooler will potentially drop it a degree or 2, but then you also add moisture to the air. If a dehum is running harder this will amount to more heat and be counterproductive. Dehums add a ton of heat to accomplish their task - significantly more than the cooling effect of water evaporating. If a dehum does not turn on due to the evaporative cooler, it still won't do much as they are not that effective to start. If you raise humidity a bit, the plants will be more robust to higher heat. Just don't push too much higher than 60-65%. Obviously that doesn't help much if it is already near this range. I'd stop spraying the walls. Increasing risk of mold growth exponentially - much more concerning than 30c. Also, take note of how far the temps drop when lights go out. This can cause a big spike in RH% and if dewpoint is hit, you will eventually grow mold on the plants. This has the greatest risk when the plants are fully grown. Higher temps mean a lot more absolute humidity (not RH), which increases dewpoint significantly. 30C and 60% RH is 21.4C (70.5F) dewppont, which is quite easy to hit after lights out. Anything but a large 600-900 watt dehum will be able to prevent it. Downsize your grow - use less watts for lights and you generate less heat. Sometimes you just want something that is impossible. I had to downsize due to RH/dewpoint issues outlined above a few years ago and that was growing in an ambient 30-35% RH in winter months. If the lights are total trash, more expensive high efficacy lights might help reduce how much heat is added. Small differences in efficacy wouldn't be worth the cost. open doors to impact where heat flows in your house, change house thermostat... just common sense stuff you can use to manipulate it slightly. e.g. if i keep doors closed upstairs around thermostat, i get a few more degrees of warmth down where i grow. If i opent he doors, i get a few degrees cooler (F, this time, was in C before, "1-2 C" differences). outside of an air conitioning unit, there's very little you can do.
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Satica_G
Satica_Ganswered grow question 3 months ago
Turn your light Intensity down, work on your airflow and Mayen Think about cooling the light, Spray With cold water or put cold water bottles (or something) in your tent. Working on the airflow was crucial for me
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Trinidad
Trinidadanswered grow question 3 months ago
Run lights during night when atmosphere temperature is lower and have dark periods during day when atmosphere temperature is high. Also turn up inline fan to suck heat out that is produced from light. Having high humidity coupled with high temps is a recipe for disaster. It can cause mold and other problems. I am going to tell you what you don't want to hear. Invest in an AC.
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oldskoolkool
oldskoolkoolanswered grow question 3 months ago
There's not a lot you can do beside an inlet fan to bring cold air in.Iv used a damp towel on the back of my fan before but the effect is minimal.Bags of ice my helf a little.Why is it so hot when the plants are so young?You don't need that much light so where is your heat coming from?
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Crusty_Juggler
Crusty_Juggleranswered grow question 3 months ago
Where do you measure temperature? Do you have an extraction fan running? You need proper ventilation to keep the temperature down. However, you definitely can grow at that temp, I've had indoor summer grows that ran at 30°C - 35°C when lights where on that produced great quality and quantity
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m0use
m0useanswered grow question 3 months ago
55% RH seems more then fine. Increase airflow to help keep temps lower, but can only go as low as the ambient air coming into the tent. also better to treat the air outside the tent in terms of RH so when its going in its fine. Good answer by numbers below, must more details.
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