humidifier or towel in bucket?

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badja

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Right so im growing blueberry and need to raise my humidity, now i have a humidifier that lets out the mist,l but someone suggested a towel and a bucket?? so what do i do just put a towel in a bucket of water and leave it in my grow room or do i keep takin the towel out and lettin it dry in there.

And to conclude would this actually be better than my humidifier???? i know some old tricks work better than new technology.

All advice apprecited guys
 
ganjaluvr

ganjaluvr

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I personally.. would just stick to using your humidifier. Just keep using what you have bro.. it'd be way better than using the bucket/towel method. Never heard of that method either... and I agree with the fellow that mentioned something about growing mold.. and he's 100% right. You'd just get mold from that.. I mean I guess you could do it.. but I'd suggest not to use it personally.

Just keep doing what your doing bro... go and get you a Humidity gauge.. that'll really help you out too. If you dont already have one.

I have a gauge cluster that I built.. it has my Biometer; tempature; and humidity all in one cluster. Really helps me keep track of the

environment in my grow area.

Hope this helped!

peace.
 
cazador

cazador

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badja said:
Right so im growing blueberry and need to raise my humidity, now i have a humidifier that lets out the mist,l but someone suggested a towel and a bucket?? so what do i do just put a towel in a bucket of water and leave it in my grow room or do i keep takin the towel out and lettin it dry in there.

And to conclude would this actually be better than my humidifier???? i know some old tricks work better than new technology.

All advice apprecited guys
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I don't suggest using a towel either. If you must what you would do is to use a good wicking towel some towels don't wick well, especially ones that have been dried with a dryer sheet. (don't use dryer sheet with towels). Put one end into the bucket of water support the other end by some means and have a fan blowing on the suspended part of the wet towel. Replace the towel as it starts to mold at the bottom. Should work OK. Better to do as suggested above. Place a wide open bowl of water under lights and in front of fan or use a humidifier. Either way is sounds like your plants may be small, as usually people try to get rid of humidity.

Hope it helps out
 
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badja

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cheers guys, guess i will just stick with the humidifier. yeh caza they;v only been potted a week , but a friend of mine has told me that this strain particularly like it very humid for the first few weeks and a ph of 5.5. hes grew from the exact same cutting and since i usually only grow santa maria and cheese im tryin to learn abit as i know blueberry are a bit more tempermental. thanks for the advice guys.
 
cazador

cazador

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badja said:
cheers guys, guess i will just stick with the humidifier. yeh caza they;v only been potted a week , but a friend of mine has told me that this strain particularly like it very humid for the first few weeks and a ph of 5.5. hes grew from the exact same cutting and since i usually only grow santa maria and cheese im tryin to learn abit as i know blueberry are a bit more tempermental. thanks for the advice guys.
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Yea, that's what I thought. Don't spend too much energy trying to get the humidity up. It's not to far away that you'll be working in the other direction. Mist them from time to time and I'm sure they'll be happy. Have a great grow. Wishing you BIG BUDS.:peace:
 
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Interstell@r

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GUYS!! I had to create an account just to reply to this madness. The wet towel is a great method for a really dry room. If it actually grew mold
that would mean there is a significant amount of humidity in the room. If your room is really dry to the point your skin is cracking and having trouble sleeping the wet towel will work perfect and be bone dry in the morning. It could never grow mold
unless the room is already normally humid. Perfect DIY humidifier
 
daloudpack

daloudpack

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and right now i bet ur freaking out cuzz u just signed up to a marijuana forum lmao .... (peek out the windowmake sure the feds arent watching lol)
 
Richard Drysift

Richard Drysift

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cazador said:
Yea, that's what I thought. Don't spend too much energy trying to get the humidity up. It's not to far away that you'll be working in the other direction. Mist them from time to time and I'm sure they'll be happy. Have a great grow. Wishing you BIG BUDS.:peace:
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Yeah been growing for years in a dingy basement that I normally run a dehumidifier in- it's super low humidity this time of year yet my plants don't seem to care; just maybe gotta water em a bit more often especially if you grow in smart pots. Never had trouble with too low humidity in my growing plants but after harvest low RH can shorten hang dry time. Unless you live in the desert I wouldn't be too concerned; give em a spritz with a hand pump sprayer is if if gets very dry but shouldn't be as much of an issue as high humidity: which you really don't want.
 
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