LOW Humidity WTF

lower humidity is better in flowering, its what you want!

 

It gets below 10% here in the winter and its fine..just gotta watch for overfeeding since the plant transpires water faster then they can eat

 

A few things.
First, RH is based on temp. Warm air can hold more moisture than cold air. Your humidity rating is based on that. 80% humidity at 80 degrees is a LOT more water vapor in the air than if your temp is 40. At 32 (F), humidity SHOULD be "zero" if it's not actively precipitating, because, in theory, freezing air can't support water vapor (we all know this isn't true in practice).


Second...don't sweat it.

If your plants are between a low of 50 (F) and a high of 80-90 (F), they'll do fine...I'm in WA state, on the coast...those are the lowest of the overnight low averages, and highest of the high averages (actually, we almost never top 80 even in August)....what's the reputation of WA sate or British Colombian (same climate) outdoor weed?

Relative humidity is similarly no real problem....where do the plants grow well with minimal attention (if any) in nature? Anywhere from tropical jungle to tropical highland desert, yes?

Let me tell you in no uncertain terms...Afghan strains are high desert strains...outside of "monsoon season", humidity and rain are nonexistent.

How about jungle? What's the line from Forrest Gump? "For six months, it rained and rained. There was all types of rain. Little stinging rain, big fat rain that fell off leaves, rain that blew in sideways, even rain that came up from underneath!" It only rains if humidity tops 75%-80%...yet jungles rain 2-3 times a day, MINIMUM, except during their short dry season, where it rains a couple hours every 2 or 3 days, generally, and is so humid you can't effectively sweat, the rest of the time.

After my first crop (which I probably damaged more trying to control humidity than anything else), I reasoned this out, decided "the fuck with it". One less headache, and not a single issue in production or quality.

Just make sure they get watered enough, and spritz the leaves once in a while.

Additionally, I don't water the way most "guides" suggest. If in a 5 gallon pot, I do 2 cups of water daily per plant, feeding every other day. During flower, 3 cup, same feeding. EVERY feeding, adding "guano ad castings" mix on top of the water (not mixed in TO the water), plus I add 5 nightcrawlers from the bait section of my local sporting goods store per gallon of soil.

Reasoning being that otherwise it can be hard to judge "when they need to be watered" until you get leaf wilt or similar physical signs...how healthy would YOU be if whoever fed you waited until you started showing signs of starvation and dehydration to feed you, and this was the pattern the whole time you were growing up? Plants are living things, too, with similar issues.