Ideal Indoor Environment

[KiNdBlunt]

I have a few questions about my environment for my grow tent. I have 3 plants under CFL light right now in a tent that has a temperature ranging from 75-82 degrees and it maintains 77-79 degrees pretty well. I have a dehumidifier blowing dry air into the tent and it brings humidity to about 30% steady. My question is what are the absolute ideals, i can control my environment very well and want to dial it in to a perfect level for maximum growth. In less than a week I will be putting a 600W digital HPS light in there but for now its being heated with a space heater. Without the heater the temps drop down to about 60 and without the dehumidifier the humidity raises to about 55%. I don't think the heater will need to be used during the light cycle with the amount of heat the light will be putting off but it will remain on to keep the temps up during lights off. If you could keep the temp and humidity at the ideal level, what would that be?

KiNdBlunt Reviewed by KiNdBlunt on 02-25-2008. Ideal Indoor Environment I have a few questions about my environment for my grow tent. I have 3 plants under CFL light right now in a tent that has a temperature ranging from 75-82 degrees and it maintains 77-79 degrees pretty well. I have a dehumidifier blowing dry air into the tent and it brings humidity to about 30% steady. My question is what are the absolute ideals, i can control my environment very well and want to dial it in to a perfect level for maximum growth. In less than a week I will be putting a 600W Rating: 5

[mushaboom]

hey, your temperatures are perfect. are you flowering or still vegging right now? If youre flowering right now then 30% humidity is a great place to be. Humidity at that level will help with your trichome production. for your vegging your humidity needs to be a little higher. 45-55% would be great for that, any more or less could cause problems. i suspect when you put that new 600W light in there the temperature will raise quite a bit. dont worry if your temps reach levels of say 84-85(definitely not ideal to have temperatures higher than this). as long as you have a proper air flow and watering schedule youll be golden. dont forget that higher temperatures mean the plant metabolizes faster (up to a point) so keep an eye on that. hope this helps somewhat

[KiNdBlunt]

Thanks for the reply, Its actually going to be my flower room, but right now i'm vegging 3 plants in there to make sure the conditions are safe. I have 19 plants vegging from 2 strains they are about 2 weeks old. When I put my light in the flower room I will move the rest in there to veg under the brighter light and then the males will be pulled out when they show sex and the females will be put into flowering. I just want to make sure that my environment is ideal since i have the equipment to fine tune it.

[grey1223]

55% is fine.

[theelectrician]

hey i agree with mush. get rid of the dehumidifier u dont need it . humidity veggin 60% flowerin40%

[grey1223]

hey i agree with mush. get rid of the dehumidifier u dont need it . humidity veggin 60% flowerin40%

I live in humid area so my dehumidifier runs full blast when lights out. Don't need it when lights on as they act like heaters to dry the air.