Should I move rooms to add A/C or deal with up to 85F in Flower?

[Fuqer]

So I just got a Midea Due portable air conditioner to help with high Temps in flower due to added heat from my Humidifier.

The problem is that the window in my grow room is too short to fit the ducting plates for both my tent ventilation and portable A/C.

I do have another spare bedroom with a window that is big enough for both plates. The cons are having to move everything, tent, bed, desktop, etc.. And the other con is the window faces a street and is more public for having two ducts visible. It is legal to grow in my State, its just the 2.5 oz limit that's tough. I have to have enough to at least last until the next grow. I just harvested 21 ounces from 4 autos, but we're allowed to have 12 plants and 2.5 oz.?

My grows in my current room are OK, but it does go into the low 80's when I'm using the Humidifier to stay around 40% rh. As a result I do get some mild foxtails.

Am I trying to be too much of a perfectionist by considering switching rooms to keep temps under 80F?

I just grow for personal use and it would mean a lot of work switching, but I also already bought the $600 A/C and I'm keeping it regardless.

Pros of switching..

Tempature control.

Bigger room.

Chance to repaint room while empty.

Cons of switching..

Taking tent down completely to move. (4×4)

Moving a heavy bed and other furniture, plus re-mounting a t.v.

Having my window ducts more visible to the public.

Here are some pics from my last grow for reference. They were Autoflowers from Fastbuds, but the strains are unknown as it was a mix pack.

 

[Blastfact]

80F is my target temp. Air temps should never go up if your using a humidifier unless it's a vaporizer that basically makes steam with heat. Mine are ultrasonic humidifiers and temps in the tents drop when they are on because as the humidity is added to the air you start seeing wet bulb temps. Which is basically a element of evaporative cooling. Also vaporizers don't last as long as ultrasonics. Much more suspect to minerals and other contaminants in the water that kill the element used to make the steam.

Some folks look at foxtailing as sus with the side eye. I know folks that grow for foxtailing. Whatever it takes to get the most mass out of the bud is what they do. And they use massive amounts of light without CO2 to get the buds to foxtail in the late part of flower. They press and extract so they want mass. It's common for us to back off the lights the last couple of weeks of flower before harvest, they stomp on the lights hard. It's really not temps that cause foxtailing it's photons. Look at any DLI chart and they will be showing you to back off the light the last couple of weeks before harvest. Reason why??? Foxtailing.....

I would stay where your at and optimize your grow...

 

[Fuqer]

80F is my target temp. Air temps should never go up if your using a humidifier unless it's a vaporizer that basically makes steam with heat. Mine are ultrasonic humidifiers and temps in the tents drop when they are on because as the humidity is added to the air you start seeing wet bulb temps. Which is basically a element of evaporative cooling. Also vaporizers don't last as long as ultrasonics. Much more suspect to minerals and other contaminants in the water that kill the element used to make the steam.

Some folks look at foxtailing as sus with the side eye. I know folks that grow for foxtailing. Whatever it takes to get the most mass out of the bud is what they do. And they use massive amounts of light without CO2 to get the buds to foxtail in the late part of flower. They press and extract so they want mass. It's common for us to back off the lights the last couple of weeks of flower before harvest, they stomp on the lights hard. It's really not temps that cause foxtailing it's photons. Look at any DLI chart and they will be showing you to back off the light the last couple of weeks before harvest. Reason why??? Foxtailing.....

I would stay where your at and optimize your grow...

I have a Homelabs 4500 sq ft. dehumidifier.

This is written on the product page.

Important Things To Know: Dehumidifiers emit heat when in use (that’s how they absorb the moisture).

 

[Blastfact]

I have a Homelabs 4500 sq ft. dehumidifier.

This is written on the product page.

Important Things To Know: Dehumidifiers emit heat when in use (that’s how they absorb the moisture).

Dehumidifiers don't absorb moisture. They absorb heat like a A/C to drop moisture out of air then reblend the cool air with the heated air they produce.

 

[Fuqer]

Dehumidifiers don't absorb moisture. They absorb heat like a A/C to drop moisture out of air then reblend the cool air with the heated air they produce.

I just noticed that I said Humidifier in the OP, but I actually meant Dehumidifier.

I got confused when you said they didn't add heat.

I have the big Humidifier from AC Infinity. My problem is Temps rising from uppers 70's to low/mid 80's when using my Dehumidifier to keep rh around 40% in late flower.

 

[Budtirement]

It is legal to grow in my State, its just the 2.5 oz limit that's tough. I have to have enough to at least last until the next grow. I just harvested 21 ounces from 4 autos, but we're allowed to have 12 plants and 2.5 oz.?

It looks like you had a successful grow @ 21 oz. Yowza!
Don't know what state you're in but, are you sure the 'keep at home' limit is 2.5oz, or is that the 'carry in public' limit? I'm in Virginia where I can grow four plants and store my harvest, but if I walk out the door carrying more than 1 oz, they are empowered to clap me in irons. It wouldn't make much sense to allow 12 plants but store only 2.5ozs.

 

[Fuqer]

It looks like you had a successful grow @ 21 oz. Yowza!
Don't know what state you're in but, are you sure the 'keep at home' limit is 2.5oz, or is that the 'carry in public' limit? I'm in Virginia where I can grow four plants and store my harvest, but if I walk out the door carrying more than 1 oz, they are empowered to clap me in irons. It wouldn't make much sense to allow 12 plants but store only 2.5ozs.

Everything that I've seen says 2.5 oz. & 15 grams of extracts.

 

[Zzzax]

I understand that it takes a balance in the influences.
The first is don't go to jail.

Second is if the roots die the plant dies.

Darwin's Root-Brain Concept

1. Introduction to the Idea
- Proposed in *The Power of Movement in Plants* (1880).
- Charles Darwin suggested that the root tip of a plant acts as a central coordinating organ, similar to a brain.

2. Root Tip as a Sensory and Decision-Making Center
- The root tip detects environmental stimuli like light, gravity, moisture, and soil composition.
- It directs growth in response to these stimuli, akin to problem-solving.

3. Comparison to Animal Brains
- While plants lack a nervous system, the root tip plays a coordination role similar to how animal brains process information.

4. Signal Transmission
- Responses to stimuli are transmitted from the root tip to other parts of the root or plant.
- Early observation of what we now know as electrical signals and hormonal pathways in plants.

5. Controversy and Legacy
- The "root-brain" idea was controversial and largely dismissed at the time.
- Inspired modern research into plant neurobiology and the concept of plant intelligence.

6. Modern Relevance
- Current studies reveal plants have complex systems for sensing and responding to their environments.
- Darwin's observations have gained renewed interest in light of plant signaling research.

 

[PooToe]

When I run my tent grows I shoot for 80° as my constant temp.

As far as your window dilemma, you can make your own exhaust plate out of a piece of wood unless the actual size of the window won't accommodate the diameter of both ducts. I did this with a double hung window in an office/bedroom I grew in. I used a plastic louvered dryer duct outlet to connect the tent exhaust fan to vent outdoors and a piece of wood cut to fit to block off the rest of the window. You can use two louvered vents to exhaust both.

As has been mentioned, higher temps aren't the main culprits of foxtailing. High light energy is.

I would keep the grow where it is. Moving it to the other room will expose it to the public more easily if your carbon filter fails to mask all the odor.