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BudBundy3
BudBundy3started grow question 10 days ago
Using inkbird temperature controller and ink bird humidity controller... How are people adjusting for evening temperature which recommended 70-75 where the daytime recommended is 80-85.. How are people managing the difference ?
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Scrubbyjimbob
Scrubbyjimbobanswered grow question 10 days ago
Personally, I don't stress it unless things are waaaay off. If an area is comfortable enough for you to be in it, your plant will be just fine. Under LEDs my flowering tent stays fairly cool, like mid 70s in the summer. This time of year it's probably closer to upper 60s lol. Those are daytime temps. I actually ordered an old school HPS so I could run some higher temps in my second tent without using space heaters, . My environment also tends to run on the dry side, like 40% typically. I'm not arguing that maintaining perfect VPD doesn't help plant growth, it's just not so big of a deal to go out of your way to achieve it either. You'd be amazed what these plants can handle.
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Still_Smoq
Still_Smoqanswered grow question 10 days ago
In my grow room I have a space heater set to run when the lights are off during the winter, that keeps the temperature at 70 degrees F. This keeps my tents from falling below 69 degrees. My house temp stays at about 65 so when the lights are on it works out fine.
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00110001001001111O
00110001001001111Oanswered grow question 10 days ago
One thing to be supremely aware of -- If you are getting up into 80s F during the day and an appropriate VPD, when the temps drop back down to ~70F range your humidity will spike like crazy and possibly hit dew point. If that happens you are basically assuring mold/mildew growth on your plants and the worst kind of frustration you can imagine, lol. So, if you have a wireless probe, this makes monitoring easy and reviewable. If your dehum is not powerful enough, upgrade or grow a smaller canopy. I had to downsize once due to this very thing. About 5-6 weeks into flower i'd get wpm. The humidity was never a problem until the plants got large. During the light cycle it was fine. When i spot-checked at night in vege it was fine, though i never opened my tent during dark cycle in flower phase. In the 30-60mins after lights out after the canopy grew to sufficient size, RH would spike as temps dropped significantly. Reference a dewpoint chart. You can look at your daytime temp/rh and then look at what dewpoint results if that temperature fall 10-15F... The dewpoint rises precipitously. Can easily cause condensation at 70+ F in contexts you are up around 82-85F during the day with appropriate temp+RH-vpd for that daytime temp.
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00110001001001111O
00110001001001111Oanswered grow question 10 days ago
I just avoid extremes. I grow in the winter mostly because the resulting temps with lights is in a good range, then i use a space heater at night to avoid anything below 68F. Until the canopy grows out, RH% needs to be supplemented. That's cheap. By the time the canopy is full, dehumidifier is maintaining RH%. Nighttime stuff is relative but much less important. Stomata are mostly closed but there's very limited respiration occuring and little to none transpiration. Even for seedlings, i wouldn't go below 68F at night. You'd probably have some elevated germination issues in 60's F. Wouldn't be a catastrophe, but lower rate or slow growth nonetheless. I didn't look over the table much. Could be other stuff
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Green_claws
Green_clawsanswered grow question 10 days ago
i have a heater set to night temp then with the lights on raises it to the perfect day temp. i appreciate it wont be the same for everyone else but something along this line. inkbird doesnt give you a time related temerature contreol option. hope this helps good luck
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