Good idea, bad idea?

[fabizpwn]

Having problems getting my humidity below 60%. My ac has been running very little because I have only been running 1 light. 30 pint dehumidifier has been running continuously. I changed out smaller saucers for larger ones, turned on 3 of the 4 lights at 1150w to prompt the ac to run more frequently, turned circulating fans on high. Room is 10x12' I haven't been able to dry the pots out in 5 days since transferring from 1 gallon to 15 gallon. I put about a quart (32oz or quarter gallon) of water on them when I transplanted. I used the dry botanicare coco blocks that you mix with water. Any tips or tricks anyone knows of to dry this thing out. Wanting to ship these to 12/12 but won't until I can get the humidity below 50%rh. This is a new room that has
Never seen plants. I have ran it for a week before hand at full power to make sure everything is operating and within spec. room ran at 35% before adding these plants.


Edit: I just turned the 3 lights on today. The previous 5 days that room hasn't dried out was with only 1 light running and ac running for very short times.

 

[Freddie Millergogo]

Is there any venting of air out of the room? Dehumidifier should have quickly solved this. Try running a/c and dehumidifier for an hour and check before and after RH.

 

[MeJuana]

The lights could help some. I was thinking, they are freshly transplanted so the roots are few compared to the amount of dirt, so she will take awhile to dry out. In the interim the fan blowing over the planters is a likely humidifier especially with fabric planters. Anything thing I noted is concrete floors and I'm wondering how cold it is that can slow down everything. There's no water down under the planters is there? just thinking there can be water at the bottom not really allowing air. I used things like this when running hydro, not this one or even like it but I'm stoned can't remember right now.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/DampRid-Hanging-Moisture-Absorber-3ct/15033113?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=1194&adid=22222222227009769909&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=40342968992&wl4=pla-75603871129&wl5=9032591&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=112550058&wl11=online&wl12=15033113&wl13=&veh=sem

that room is so bad ass I am jealous you did an amazing job!

 

[fabizpwn]

Is there any venting of air out of the room? Dehumidifier should have quickly solved this. Try running a/c and dehumidifier for an hour and check before and after RH.

I think my dehumidifier might be poop after an hour of running all the lights and the ac running non stop I was able to get it down to 49%. I haven't check it this morning. The drain for my minisplit was flowing water
So I have high hopes.

The lights could help some. I was thinking, they are freshly transplanted so the roots are few compared to the amount of dirt, so she will take awhile to dry out. In the interim the fan blowing over the planters is a likely humidifier especially with fabric planters. Anything thing I noted is concrete floors and I'm wondering how cold it is that can slow down everything. There's no water down under the planters is there? just thinking there can be water at the bottom not really allowing air. I used things like this when running hydro, not this one or even like it but I'm stoned can't remember right now.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/DampRid-Hanging-Moisture-Absorber-3ct/15033113?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=1194&adid=22222222227009769909&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=40342968992&wl4=pla-75603871129&wl5=9032591&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=112550058&wl11=online&wl12=15033113&wl13=&veh=sem

that room is so bad ass I am jealous you did an amazing job!

It's a wood floor. It's a shed I built and finished so it's completely insulated floor ceiling and walls. I never soaked the containers. I just think my dehumidifier might be wore out. The plants recently just started growing again. They were previously in 1 gallon pots and root bound. I prefer hydro over this coco setup however my wife has no knowledge of hydro and just doesn't want to learn it. I built this room for my wife so she would stay out of my rooms.
Here's my hydro veg room

 

[bobtokes]

when i need to run a dehumidifier i always point the intake/fresh air hose directly at the dehumidifier so it passes through the dehumidifier before circulating around the room

 

[fabizpwn]

when i need to run a dehumidifier i always point the intake/fresh air hose directly at the dehumidifier so it passes through the dehumidifier before circulating around the room

I'm not running an intake or exhaust from the room. It's just a flower room so it has co2. It was never intended to veg plants. I just need these plants to dry out once before I switch them to 12/12. I kinda of regret using the botanicare coco blocks. I had to soak the blocks in order for them to expand. Anyhow they are drying out now. I have a good flow from my ac condensate line and the pots have shed a few pounds in the 12 hours or so I have been running the room full blast. It seems to be working I should be able to flip the plants in the next few days.

 

[fabizpwn]

Right now I only have a 2ton minisplit running. I built in another 2ton through wall unit as a fail safe if the minisplit needed repairs. I'm thinking about lowering the temp to 70 degrees and firing both of the air conditioners up and letting them run non stop to speed up the drying.

 

[bobtokes]

i dont bother about how high the humidity is for the first couple of weeks of the stretch, once you flip um they will soon soon dry those pots out

 

[fabizpwn]

i dont bother about how high the humidity is for the first couple of weeks of the stretch, once you flip um they will soon soon dry those pots out

You're probably 100% right lol. I'm probably worrying about nothing. Once they stretch I'm sure their gonna gobble the water up. I guess my whole concern was with them being root bound. I wanted them to establish and recover from being root bound before flipping them. I can dig
My hand in the side of the pot and feel the roots growing.