First grow in a new state. I had tent grows on the west coast and never had a problem. I only owned 1 little humidifier and didn’t own a dehuey. Now I have my first east coast tent grow. Things went swimmingly the first two weeks, then with a couple weeks til flower the weather here changed… all week we have had temps of up to 94 and humidity up to 87%! I have an AC ducted so the cold air blows into the tent- but this raises the humidity into the 69-75% range. I now have two excellent dehueys that really lower the RH to where I want it (45-55%)…but running the dehueys raises the temp back to the low-mid 80’s. I feel like I’m just going in circles. How to people deal with this on the east coast? I’ve never had this issue, so I am asking… is it more important to keep the temp below 85 or keep the humidity below 60, because at this point I cannot seem to do both😳 Is there some trick I don’t know, or is Cali just THAT much easier of a place to grow? 5x10 tent, 9 plants in soil in 3 gal cloth grow bags, 650w led, 6” exhaust fan at 75-100%, 2 oscillating and 3 stationary fans.
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I got three high 80s days this week. I AC the room and exhaust to outside. Was able to keep the plants below 85 and the humidity 50-55. We usually get week or two of misery in August so I hope my plants are done by them. An AC should lower the humidity unless you have swamp coolers. They add to the humidity, you want the compressor kind.Drying: Strawberry Cough photo started indoors Apr 27. Moved outdoors June 25. Harvested October 8.
Past grows: Speakeasy Bourbon Berry Auto F1 (Ogreberry x Whiskey Zulu),
Whiskey Zulu, Trizzlers
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With the change in seasons and one day 60f the next 80f it hard. I try to limit the temp to 84f or so . But this generally takes so much air flow say goodbye to good humidity VPD numbers. Better to run it dry IMHO than too wet. I only get seriously concerned when it's over 80%.
Sometimes I need to tweak the peak temp to better match the resulting humidity level. Sometimes I run some 50w lights on temp controllers to keep the temperature up.
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Thank you for the responses, I’d never dealt with “actual humidity” before. Ended up dropping $ on a MUCH bigger dehuey and everything has stabilized at under 80 degrees and under 60%. It’s not very much under those numbers, but it has been a couple days since it broke 60% (outside RH is 94% right now😳).
I “liked” everyone’s responses, thank you again for at least sympathizing with my panic.
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