I live near the water, so relative humidity in my area is pretty consistently above 50. My grow tent just adds onto this, and I want to keep it as low as possible during bloom, so can anyone foresee any problems with hanging a bag of a chemical dehumidifier, like DampRid, in the top of the tent?
I don't see a problem in doing that............with that said............I have never used them, and I am not quite sure why YOU wanna use em
what’s wrong with curry?! sorry, that’s the chef in me. as long as you have good airflow, mold shouldn’t be an issue. a strong exhaust fan and another occilating fan and you should be fine. i’ve used those damp rid things before but never in a grow tent application. i’m skeptical as to how much they will actually lower your humidity. i know there’s a lot of growers who say that 40% rh in flower is what you want. and i’m not saying their wrong. but there’s also a lot of growers having tremendous success using a vapor pressure deficit (vpd ) chart. you try to match your temps and humidity according to the chart and if you can’t control your humidity then try to control your temps to match it. for example, according to the chart, if your rh is around 60% then your ideal temps are between 77 and 81 F. if your rh is around 75 to 90% well that’s a whole different story. you will be needing a good dehumidifier. good luck to you!
lol, everyone has their own personal tastes. i like almost everything and constantly try to push new food on people. my gf is a well done steak/ no seafood other than canned tuna and the occasional fish sandwich. the closest she’ll usually get to ethnic food is chinese carryout and red sauce italian... she gets rather annoyed at me! but there’s nothing wrong with liking what you like and disliking what you don’t.
I wonder if I asked all the people who are telling me that this is a waste of time where they live, would they tell me they lived next to a desert rather than the sea? I have an exhaust fan that can maintain negative pressure and an oscillating fan to circulate air inside the tent. And yes, I am aware of vapor pressure deficit, and that's precisely why I am concerned. Eventually I turn off my lights, and as the air temp drops, the air holds less vapor, and the surplus condenses on the inside of the tent. I've actually been doing this for a few days now, I'm just curious to know if there might be a reason to discontinue that I hadn't considered. I could photograph one of the bags and show you the amount of water it's pulled out of the air if you doubt the utility of doing this.
i don’t think they will hurt anything at all. so hang ten of them if you want. i used to use them in my basement when i lived on a lake in the northeast. i know they will fill with water. i’m just not sure if it’s enough to really make a difference. if they are then awesome. post results on here. it’s a much cheaper alternative to a dehumidifier if it works.
It's definitely doing something. My humidity is still around 59% when "sunrise" happens in my little tent, even with a bag in there. But you get where I am coming from. I live in the northeast, too, and this is just a thing you just have lying around the house if you have a basement and live near the water. I honestly thought it was a clever solution, given that I was smart enough to see it on a shelf 3 feet away. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't so caught up in feeling smart that I did something super stupid.
Do they mold when people grow outside ? usually not . unless it rains 7 days straight . i am with having a fan sucking the air out of the tent and having a fan blowing on the plants for best results . When its time to dry the harvest its time to get creative
I've watched helplessly as weeks of near constant rain devoured my garden. Do you know how wet you need to get tomatoes for them to start being gobbled up by mildew? A lot. So bad things don't happen unless they do. Better safe than sorry, I think. And like I said, the DampRid was just sat in a box next to the grow tent, waiting to go into my basement.