I agree and disagree with supplemented co2... you need to run lower humidity and higher temps than what's usually calculated under VPD... co2 slows transpiration rates because the plant photosynthesizes more efficiently and thats how you combat it.
Every grower has valid things to contribute, no one knows it all. It’s been my experience with my setup that the plants are eating and drinking ALOT more then when I grew without supplementing co2. How I’ve always gauged that is with how much water my dehew pulls out of the air on a daily. It may not be the most scientific way. I’ve played around with different ratios and what I found works best for my equipment and plants is what I do. I’m always eager to to learn a thing or two though, it’s exciting when you find something new that works amazing.
Definitely, like I say a whole nother can of worms to it... you may not notice the need for a bit lower humidity if you have really good airflow... that increase to forced evaporation can easily make up for the difference... 100%agree with you there are many ways that work... each grow is its own beast
Good air movement and ventilation is definitely important..what you are explaining is you are forcing your plants to transpire more by aggressive air movement and to compensate you raise humidity. Each grow is its own beast. For dense nugs if you can get your humidity down to at least 50-55 percent that is one component that really helps. Of course there’s a genetic component to dense nugs and heat also is the enemy with dense nugs.
That is the exchange of air, intake, exhaust which I think is important even in “sealed rooms” I run a hybrid system that exchanges the air 4 times every 24hours, I time it around my co2..if your not running a sealed room you definitely want to be more aggressive with it to keep ambient levels of co2 in the room/ tent..once you have a lot of biomass those plants really deplete available co2 very quickly.
80s and above is too high…you’ll definitely run into mildew, mold or both…good luck.Hey guys, im dooing several experiments on clones and high humidity during flower ....i totally agree that my plants really look great, vigorous and prayn to the light when i raise the humidity above reccomended levels...sealed environment here, Leds and Co2
Last run i went till the first weeks of flower with high humidity then lowered to the reccomended range, but the plants stopped to be so vigorous and perky..
This time i decided im gona go all the way in high humidity....mainly because my bigass dehum puts out sooo much heat and also draws a lot of juice....
Now im in 4th week of flo....68-73 ° at ...uhmmm....yes....85-88 RH....
I reduced the watering frequency but didnt notice any delay in the speed of growth....so im also saving on nutrients togheter with power....
wish me luck...hopefullyis not gona turn ina mycelium ball!! ha!
I seriously think, doh, that mold issues comes mainly from microcondensation of water due to rapid temperature swings in vented growrooms and not so much from the sporeload of the room or the Rh.....will see......more tests to come!!
Especially if you keep air moving around it. 24/7. Not on it wind whipping it but over it, under it around it.
What study is this? I would like to read it.
How did the cut down process go did you notice any mold afterwards?
Hey my bad for the late reply but this is amazing how you didn’t get mold at all on your buds and they look dense!
