I seached and couldn't really find an answer. I was talking with another grower about low humidty issues i was having and the effects on my plants. He explained to me how he always runs a dehumidifier, waters 4 days a week, feeds 2 days and takes a day off. He claims it forces the plants to drink more and take up more nutes. Anyone heard of this? My plants were suffering with 20% RH. Got it finally up to 50% and they look like different plants. So this method seems contrary to what most say and i read. He also claims it makes the nugs rock hard. If this thread needs to move lemme know..just thought this may be an advanced technique i hadn't heard of.
Not surprised that there's no replies. A little contrary to anything I've read. I'm not plannin on trying it, just wanted more experienced opinions on it. I guess if it's workin for him...
makes sense but it sounds more stressful than beneficial. making your leaves suffer that much and get that dry will hurt your photosynthesis more than it will pull up more nutes. what do you even need nutes for if the leaves can't use them.
This isn't my method, as i said it sounds odd to me. Just checking with more experienced growers to see if this is a known method.
no no no no no no and no. Plants need humidity. The RH shouldn't go lower than 40% the whole grow and optimal RH for seedlings and clones is 80-90%, Veg between 60-70%, and Flower 40% RH . 'Force-Feeding' nutes through erratic arid conditions sounds like that making one little mistake will cause stress and lower bud production due to lack of water. This might work for someone who is doing SOG because the plants don't get old enough to see the stress. This method seems more like a bud factory and pumping out low quality bud, fast. By feeding as the bottle states and keeping the RH at steady levels you'll have high resin bud because you aren't causing the plant to use back- up storages to keep cells turgid.