Do you keep the dehumidifier in your tent?

[RamenToppings]

I hear people say in the tent and outside the tent, I think in the tent where the humidity builds up and is created would be better but i have never grown before

 

[Farmall]

My own practice is essentially whatever you need to do to keep humidity around 60-65%... if outside the tent controls a room the tent is in, then there will be a drop inside the tent... if it needs a more “dramatic” approach then do it inside the tent but remember ....they do throw a bit of heat in there as well

 

[BakedMoose]

As long as you're exhausting air from the tent to get cool air and CO2, controlling the humidity in the room it's in or the tent is the same thing, it's the same total air mass. The only reason I'd waste the space in the tent with a dehumidifier is if I needed to heat the tent, and if you already have to cool your tent, it's detrimental.

 

[JDU]

I used to stress it & had one in each tent. They are in the corner gatherin dust now & the plants could care less.

 

[Farmall]

So, now that you are perfectly clear on this: here’s the explanation I intended.

My 4x8x7 is in a 12x16 room in a warehouse space. This room is say 70% RH and 75 F. If the dehumidifier is in that room...the tent is now drawing air from that dehumidifier space...AMBIENT AIR. After the tent venting system draws it in, it is exhausted out thru a 6” tube outdoors. And that incoming air is now at a lower humidity surrounding the plants.

that cycle continues as long as I need to dehumidify that 70% ambient air space and it usually drops to 50-55% , when I kill the dehumidifier the RH in the room rises and eventually so does the tent. Makes sense?

 

[PaganRich]

I turn the dehumid on just before lights out in my flowering tent and off when lights come back on again. I like to keep my humidity around the 40 mark. I grow mainly in the cold months to combat probs with heat. Having it on at night just takes off that little bit of extra chill that can creep into my house at night...well, bloody freezing some nights actually. When things warm up I don`t use it so much. If you have high humidity it`s a good idea as it combats mold, etc from potentially starting. I also use the water after being added to a small amount of chlorined water and left to stand to kill any nasties that may be lurking in the collected water to either make compost teas or just water my girls neat

 

[starramus]

I used to stress it & had one in each tent. They are in the corner gatherin dust now & the plants could care less.

Agreed 100%. I am in the high desert anyhoo!

 

[starramus]

you might try running your light cycle during the night, and let your plants be day sleepers.

 

[PaganRich]

starramus Have thought about it I must admit