HELP...Humidity issues in DWC!

DeeWeed34

DeeWeed34

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I have an issue and have pretty much tried everything. I have about a 3'x5' veg area for my plants. My plant seems to be doing good, looks nice, some twisty/turny leaves, but I have had people tell me it could just be the strain. I CAN NOT keep my humidity where it needs to be. My humidity wants to stay between 25-40. It bounces around abit mainly because of dark time, but even during light time, it stays around 30. I am using 600w MH at 75%, my room temp stays between 68-78, my ppm at about 800, res temp about 68-73, and ph is about 6.0. I am sure I need a humidifier, but can not find a store that sells one around me, will have to order online, but in the mean time, I need advise. I have tried wet towels (like 4 of those bitched at once), bucket of water (currently has 3 air stones running in it) and a warm mist vaporizer (as it is cold where I live and can just dial down room heater). Nothing is working, stays in 25-35 range. Added CO2 (mainly just for bigger plants and lack of circulating air). Any ideas?IMG_20150301_131440_363.jpgIMG_20150301_131430_992.jpg
 
ounevinsmoke

ounevinsmoke

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Your fine as long as air is not blowing directly on your plant it wont dry out. Sometimes low humidity is a good thing and wont hurt, the rest off your conditions sound ideal as well
 
DeeWeed34

DeeWeed34

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ounevinsmoke said:
Your fine as long as air is not blowing directly on your plant it wont dry out. Sometimes low humidity is a good thing and wont hurt, the rest off your conditions sound ideal as well
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Thank you, maybe I am just overly worried about the humidity then.
 
ttystikk

ttystikk

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DeeWeed34 said:
I have an issue and have pretty much tried everything. I have about a 3'x5' veg area for my plants. My plant seems to be doing good, looks nice, some twisty/turny leaves, but I have had people tell me it could just be the strain. I CAN NOT keep my humidity where it needs to be. My humidity wants to stay between 25-40. It bounces around abit mainly because of dark time, but even during light time, it stays around 30. I am using 600w MH at 75%, my room temp stays between 68-78, my ppm at about 800, res temp about 68-73, and ph is about 6.0. I am sure I need a humidifier, but can not find a store that sells one around me, will have to order online, but in the mean time, I need advise. I have tried wet towels (like 4 of those bitched at once), bucket of water (currently has 3 air stones running in it) and a warm mist vaporizer (as it is cold where I live and can just dial down room heater). Nothing is working, stays in 25-35 range. Added CO2 (mainly just for bigger plants and lack of circulating air). Any ideas?View attachment 3363166View attachment 3363167
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Your conditions are fine, but...

DON'T run your MH lamp at anything other than 100%, you're aging it at an accelerated rate and not getting appropriate spectrum response from it.

Frankly, that lil tyke needs fluorescent light, preferably CFL or T5. You'll save some coin on your power bill, too.
 
DeeWeed34

DeeWeed34

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ttystikk said:
Your conditions are fine, but...

DON'T run your MH lamp at anything other than 100%, you're aging it at an accelerated rate and not getting appropriate spectrum response from it.

Frankly, that lil tyke needs fluorescent light, preferably CFL or T5. You'll save some coin on your power bill, too.
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I have grown under fluorescent lights before, I thought it was very slow growth. Decide to try the MH and love the growth it is providing. One question, you don't think that a 600w MH is too much light for seed/veg? That is why I started at 50% then recently moved to 75% when a few growers told me leaves were curling up to stretch towards the light.
 
ttystikk

ttystikk

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DeeWeed34 said:
I have grown under fluorescent lights before, I thought it was very slow growth. Decide to try the MH and love the growth it is providing. One question, you don't think that a 600w MH is too much light for seed/veg? That is why I started at 50% then recently moved to 75% when a few growers told me leaves were curling up to stretch towards the light.
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It's your bulb, I'm just telling you that you'll trash it in short order by running it below its rated power. MH is very susceptible to this, HPS is also, but to a lesser extent.

The best use of fluorescent is to get the bulbs within a few inches of the plants.
 
Flash63

Flash63

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T5s are the way to go....i have not experienced slow growth with them ever.At 4 weeks from germination you should have cloned and put that into flower.
 
DeeWeed34

DeeWeed34

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Flash63 said:
T5s are the way to go....i have not experienced slow growth with them ever.At 4 weeks from germination you should have cloned and put that into flower.
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I had this plant under flours for the first two weeks and it was not doing well, when I switched to MH, it really took off.
 
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