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Only use distilled or RO water in a humidifier. Also I would move the humidifier outside the tent and humidity the room the tent is inMy 10” carbon filter pre filter plugs solid from my humidifier after about 7-10 days
4x4 tent
10” exhaust fan and filter turned way down
6” intake fan
Humidifier sprays about 6-8L a day
10 days and the pre filter is so clogged that barely any air discharges.
why? What’s the fix for this? How do you run a humidifier and an exhaust fan together?
Just stole your profile pic.second the RO or dstilled water. I used tap and my room looked like a life sized snow globe and caused some burns eventually. No bueeno
Also I would move the humidifier outside the tent and humidity the room the tent is in
A humidifier in the tent is much more likely to to have direct contact with the plants before being able to evenly disperse and that greatlyincreases chances for fungal and bacterial issues. It also will cause very big fluctuations in humidity throughout the tent... just move your humidity sensor around to see this (much depends on the airflow) but say a foot or 2 over it will be very humid and where the passive intakes are will be very dry. It's also likely that the humid air is being sucked out before it even reaches the plants. As exhaust is at the top of the tent and the passive intake at the bottom drawing dry air in. Remember plants transpire from the bottom of the leaves.Can you explain your thinking here? Trying to control a larger space to limit the deadband?
A humidifier in the tent is much more likely to to have direct contact with the plants before being able to evenly disperse and that greatlyincreases chances for fungal and bacterial issues. It also will cause very big fluctuations in humidity throughout the tent... just move your humidity sensor around to see this (much depends on the airflow) but say a foot or 2 over it will be very humid and where the passive intakes are will be very dry. It's also likely that the humid air is being sucked out before it even reaches the plants. As exhaust is at the top of the tent and the passive intake at the bottom drawing dry air in. Remember plants transpire from the bottom of the leaves.
So IMO it is by far better practice to control the humidity of the air that will be drawn into the tent. As this will ensure a consistent humidity through the tent and the bottom side of the leaves.
It will also make your gas stove burn orange rather than blue. It's really not healthy if you get that much in your air.Using tap water will create mineral deposits.... on everything in the tent.
The best way I found is I put it behind my fan a ways (which is far from the plants)... its really going to depend on the setup.Yes, I see your point.
What about a sealed room, say with CO2? Is there a better way to humidify than in the tent? It's not an issue once the plants get big, the humidifier never turns on due to respiration. But during transition to flower, what is your recommendation?
Also, do you follow VPD or just an RH setpoint?
Sorry if I am hijacking here.
Pretty cheap here. Also handy to have if ya grow and need to cut tap water or want to start with next to 0 ppm.Interested. My tent has a ton of white calcium buildup. As well as my circulating fan in the tent.
I don’t have RO. Looks like I need to ditch the humidifier as it’s useless anyways it seems.
Interested. My tent has a ton of white calcium buildup. As well as my circulating fan in the tent.
I don’t have RO. Looks like I need to ditch the humidifier as it’s useless anyways it seems.
What is the average humidity of the room the tent is in??Just renting this place so can’t install that. I wish. Gonna have to turn off the humidifier I guess.
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