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[Smelly Sticky Fingers]

I mean like anywhere in the general area, or does it have to sit somewhere specific.

 

[Smelly Sticky Fingers]

Or do I even need the hygrometer till curing? I think from what I read you set dehumidifiers to keep rooms at a certain humidity, I was thinking it just did it's thing without any notification of the change of humidity. So does that mean you use the hygrometer for jarring since you can't control the humidity inside the jar as easy as the whole room? If not please explain to me how this works. My dehumidifiers coming tomorrow, and the hygrometer Friday. I think I'm piecing some things together with common sense, but I'm really trying to make no mistakes, even in flowering I'm still as committed as week one. I'm sorry for all the dumbish questions, but this is my first plant not to be a male ever so I have a history of putting time and effort into nothing.
Lol been trying since 15 literally every plant either had a misfortunate accident before flowering, or turned out to be a guy, took me to be 21 to finally buy feminised seeds online. When she's ready for harvest I'll show you guys what my efforts, and your help got me.

 

[Beachwalker]

I just put mine in the general area, half the time its sitting on my light, probably best on the floor sometimes it sits on the dirt in a plant, occasionally I'll clip it to a bamboo stake right under the light if I want to check what's going on with the heat

 

[Smelly Sticky Fingers]

Thanks now I know everything I need to know, and I feel so much better.

 

[ANC]

Get the dehumidifier. You will never regret it.
At the moment I have only 2 medium and one small plant in my 12x13 flower room, the dehumidifier takes about half a bucket full of water out of the air every day, with just these few plants.

Mine also has an ioniser built in, that I activate if things get smelly. It rips that smell right out of the air.

 

[Smelly Sticky Fingers]

The dehumidifier literally comes in the mail in the morning, then hygrometer Friday, but tell me more of this ioniser. Is it something they usually have, or did you spend a pretty penny for yours? Also does it do a good job as far as stealth goes?

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

ionizers are good at removing smell, but they can fuck up plants, and you, if you over use them. i have a pretty powerful one, and it runs for one minute at a time, 6 times a day. that pretty much kills any odor in my house before it can build up, and it also helps kill anything like mold that's in the air.
if you over use it, it will start to fuck up younger plants, then move on to fucking up the larger ones, burning leaves like light burn. it will eventually cause you respiratory distress, bleeding sinuses, that kind of thing. they're good, and i wouldn't be without mine, but only use one as much as you need, this is one case where more is not better

 

[Smelly Sticky Fingers]

Thanks so much man this my first forum I've ever joined, and I didn't expect people to be this helpful. Y'all have no idea how much stress is relieved off me now. I wish everyone who helped me giant buds in the future.

 

[Smelly Sticky Fingers]

This time my for real last question lol is it okay that I hung the dehumidifier above my plant with the lights? It's like a foot above where the lights hang, and it supports 340 cubic feet. Should it be on the ground, or is it okay?

 

[Beachwalker]

I've never heard of anybody hanging a humidifier, is there a reason you didn't want to put it on the ground (just curious?)

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

yeah, i've never seen that, either. it's going to have water in it, doesn't seem like the best idea to hang a water filled appliance close to other electrical appliances.

 

[Smelly Sticky Fingers]

Okay I was just curious it came with like a hook thingy for hanging. I'ma put it on the floor then. Once again thanks guys.

 

[waterproof808]

You are using an actual electronic dehumidifier right? Not one of those things filled with silica beads that you plug in to recharge every couple weeks, because that is not really gonna work for a grow.

 

[Smelly Sticky Fingers]

I think it'll work for me, I looked it up info about it, see my house isn't really humid so most of the time it's probably gonna just sit in a drawer until needed. I don't see why It wouldn't work, but I'ma get a 50-100$ one just to be safe I honestly thought they were all the same lol.

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

if i turn the exhaust fan in my grow tent off, the RH rises by close to 20 points, in about 2 hours. plants transpire a good bit. try it, if it works for you, rock it. if it doesn't, you need a better one.

 

[Beachwalker]

Okay I was just curious it came with like a hook thingy for hanging. I'ma put it on the floor then. Once again thanks guys.

Yeah that's the absorbent bag thing? ..hang that up that won't hurt, when you close your tent like Rodger said the humidity shoots through the roof, got me a bad case of septoria you won't believe what I went through til finally I had to get my room sealed in order to deal with it because it kept coming back every late summer

keep a ton of air moving keep your fan on make sure plenty of fresh air's getting in and I always keep a 9" fan on the floor as well as the clip fan on
-good luck!

 

[Smelly Sticky Fingers]

So the humidity in my flowering area is 53% I figured it would be somewhere in there. Do these things last long tho, I didn't think it'd be this small(Hygrometer).

 

[Smelly Sticky Fingers]

Quick question tho during flowering do plants need more, or less nutes?

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

depends on the quality of the unit you bought. size doesn't matter. a good one will last forever. most of them are adjustable. look for a screw on the back somewhere. if you put the unit in a bowl with a tight lid, with a small container of DAMP salt (not soaked) within a few hours it should say 75%. if it doesn't, adjust it so it does.

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

when i flip to flower, i keep feeding veg food till they stop stretching, at a higher rate than veg. in veg i stay around 300 ppm, when i flip i go to 500 ppm. after the stretch stops i switch to flower formula, at about 500-600 ppm. more if the plant seems to want it. after week 6, i start to drop ppm by about 50 ppm per watering, till im at 200 ppm, and stay there till the end