imthemedic
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its 90-100 out side here in KY regulary why is 80 to hot in a grow room
I would add and as JohnnySocko alluded to, direct afternoon sun (western exposure from noon on) is more intense than direct morning sun and plants that are exposed to direct afternoon sun will be hardier than morning sun plants. I try to harden off my starter plants with afternoon sun before I set them out. They tend to adapt easier that way and believe me there's nothing as heart sickening as watching your babies burn up and wither because they weren't allowed to adapt. That goes for my vegetable garden too.lots of internet perpetuated bullshit from teenagers who have not grow a single plant other than cannabis...
^^^ agreed: as mentioned: fresh air, water and access to CO2, blah blah....and yeah "optimal/ideal" are just params inside of a tolerance
and 90F ain't gonna kill anything native south of Alaska (well maybe lettuce and Alpine daisies)
...also another factor I learned from living out west is: root temps; foliage temps; air temps ;direct radiation; foliage respiration; evaporation cooling; relative humidity, are different variables that change the over all temperature tolerances
I've watched plants that were allegedly not supposed to grow in direct sun do so if their roots were in damp cool shade, and the plant reached out and adapted to direct sun...
...and of course how fast can the foliage deal with moisture loss at a given temp...
moreover a BIG factor in temperature tolerance is how long a plant is exposed to direct light daily; believe it or not, a plant is more likely to adapt to direct sun/higher temps if the duration of direct light is longer in terms of hours per day....plants that all of a sudden get hot temps late evening/western exposure burn up faster than southern exposed plants
Also "air temperature" does not have exactly the same effect as radiant heat from direct sun light (or lamps)
Since I'm 6 blocks from one freeway and 2 blocks from another freeway (the busiest freeway in southern California) , I must be golden when it comes to Co2 . temps so far have been below the 80's but are now going to start climbing, I have already seen the leafs curling up on the edges all the way to the base of the leaf so , they are getting hot, but I'm now watering daily. most are in 5 gallon containers with a medium of Slacker aeration formula mixed with Happy Frog 1:1 ration and one bag of Ocean Forest they seem happy, but I will find out by June how ell this strain does down here. so far it seems much more mildew resistant than the last harvest I had of 3 other strains. oh 3 plants I put in the ground with a large hole filled with said planting medium and they seem much more stable"if the temps reach more than 85 degrees the plant dont grow at all...that is when u find a place with some shade"
lol ok i think hes joking... mine have been 80-98* and they have grown each day. they don't go over 84* now but it was when my venting was bad... but they still grew