Closet Humidity

[Markass]

Not your bong!!!! Those things are sacred!!!

Mark I studied several books etc and they all strongly recommend cutting off any diseased sections and removing them carefully from the grow room. Also as someone said...perhaps spraying down your walls at some point when your lights are on and plants removed for a few hours with the fungal spray.
Jorge's book also said (in a seperate section) that fungal spores do not grow well in a humidity of 40-50% so if you can even get down to 49 it would be good. I know you are doing the best you can.

I can't remember if I told you to click on the link in my sig to check out some good info on fungus....could be that I was just stoned and thinking about it instead.

between fungicide, lights on humidity being lower, and me doing everything I can is probably what's keeping my flowers going...plants won't be coming out...no way jose..I've got several branches tied to different buckets and stuff now, and even if I did untie to remove them carefully I don't think I'd be able to get them back in there the way they are now..yeah, I've been to that page several times for various reasons..I've been pulling away leaves that are dying off due to mold on them, but it would be hard for me to bring myself to just cutting off something...

right now we're at 40%, lights go off at 7am, and it'll get up around 60..maybe it'll stop being so damn high outside soon..

[Weedhound]

Lol, I know exactly what you mean. In my job what I can not do is create an incision into the skin (cut the skin w/scalpel) That absolutely goes against every grain I have. It doesn't bother me at all to watch the doctor do it (during surgery) but I just CANT do it....when I think of all the time I spend making wounds better. (....even when its for the best...!)

And the lst thing is the same I came up with in my second grow. I had shit tied everywhere to everything. I really hated it although I did get some NICE buds after all was said and done.

[Markass]

Lol, I know exactly what you mean. In my job what I can not do is create an incision into the skin (cut the skin w/scalpel) That absolutely goes against every grain I have. It doesn't bother me at all to watch the doctor do it (during surgery) but I just CANT do it....when I think of all the time I spend making wounds better. (....even when its for the best...!)

And the lst thing is the same I came up with in my second grow. I had shit tied everywhere to everything. I really hated it although I did get some NICE buds after all was said and done.

yeah, lst was definitely a must for me this time, I really just hope that my buds keep progressing as they are without taking damage really..those trichs are gonna be crazy once these girls are done..

[latewood]

you don't want your humidity above 40-45% 60% will definitely promote powdery mildew, and mold...possibly budrot
Jorge teaches on the side of caution, and also they don't want tyou to give up...LOL, because you cannot get % to 40.

when they say 40-60...they mean 60% is as high as you can go without stopping production. I would never run my flower room at 55-60 % NEVER!!!

Go to ebay and spend 80-90 bucks on a used or refurbished model. I did, and my humidity is a constant low 40's. get a 30 pint, with an external connection...so you can plumb drainage. If you cannot afford this then you cannot afford to grow. I am not being mean...I am saying in the end yield and quality will really take a beating, if you do not get your humidity under control. You will end up losing time and $$$ well above the cost of a de-humidifier. Peace

PS...For those of you who need Zandor to confirm this...He did...to me.

I almost forgot. you will continue to have problems if you don't get better ventilation. Something I didn't mention about dehumidifiers...They cause heat, just like the back of an AC unit, or a "frig". Peace

[Weedhound]

Well that doesn't sounds good. Good point about the heat in the growroom.....I wouldn't mind it going up about 10 degrees in that little space but certainly no more than that. My hydro guy totally concurs with you and Zandor Latewood, he said to try to keep it in the 30s.

[Markass]

you don't want your humidity above 40-45% 60% will definitely promote powdery mildew, and mold...possibly budrot
Jorge teaches on the side of caution, and also they don't want tyou to give up...LOL, because you cannot get % to 40.

when they say 40-60...they mean 60% is as high as you can go without stopping production. I would never run my flower room at 55-60 % NEVER!!!

Go to ebay and spend 80-90 bucks on a used or refurbished model. I did, and my humidity is a constant low 40's. get a 30 pint, with an external connection...so you can plumb drainage. If you cannot afford this then you cannot afford to grow. I am not being mean...I am saying in the end yield and quality will really take a beating, if you do not get your humidity under control. You will end up losing time and $$$ well above the cost of a de-humidifier. Peace

PS...For those of you who need Zandor to confirm this...He did...to me.

I almost forgot. you will continue to have problems if you don't get better ventilation. Something I didn't mention about dehumidifiers...They cause heat, just like the back of an AC unit, or a "frig". Peace

I'll be getting a 30 pint off of ebay maybe within the next week. I've only got $40 left from my check yesterday..beginning of the month, it was going to purchase me a new bong but will now go to dehumidifier instead. I'm going to have to wait another week until I can get about $40 or so to pay for one with shipping. I get my check next wednesday, so it wont be untili then

[Weedhound]

Good for you Mark. Sounds like you need something meaner than what you have. I don't think my issue is nearly as bad as yours since things seem confined strictly to the grow space....not my entire corner of the world as yours is.

[latewood]

Awesome. The best thing is you are moving in a positive direction.

I put off de-humidifier for months, but couldn't get humidity out of the 60's...It only took one bout with powdery mildew for me to put that machine at the top of my "desperate needs list" LOL

Glad you found the info useful. I use a 8" cheap vent booster fan from hopot to suck the extra hot air out of the area using an 8' to 6" adapter, and 6" flexduct. cheap and does the job of removinh hot compressor air.

Goodluck

[Weedhound]

Latewood, don't supposed you have any quick fixes for covering the tops of the waterfarms at night.....something easy to put on and take off. Thinking it could help w/my humidity issues after lights off.

[stinkyattic]

I checked my other paper references and the BOG also says 45% is the highest you should really expect to run and have no mold problems.
He goes on to point out that encouraging more, but smaller buds through pinching is actually beneficial in an environment that you are concerned about bud rot, as the smaller buds are less likely to develop mold deep inside them than huge, thick colas are.
I found that interesting.