Help i need to raise humidty in a grow closet with constant airflow

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tryingtolearn

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OKAY, so my grow cab is 3 ft by 2 ft by 5 and half feet i have a 400w hps light and a 4in growbright exaust fan 120 cfm. my temps ar 76 but my humidty is 23% im having a hard time to raise it. due to the exuast fan constanly on it sucks the moisture right out but if i turn the fan off the temps skyrocket so have to laeve it on
i just recently but a air pump running into a dish of water in front of a osiallating fan thinking maybe the droplets of water would help humidify my gorw cAB
ANY IDEAS WOULD BE AWESOME


p.s i have thought of a humdifier but i dont no if it would work for me for a few reasons being that i have a constant air flow and that i dont really wanna take up any floor space if i dont have to
again thanks
 
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Stickyjohn

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i kno i am brand new to this site but i have a very similar size closet and had similar problems when i dried a small harvest the humidity fell below the ideal 45-55 it was like 28 so i went out and bought a fan controller so i didnt have to run my fan full board all the time and that really helped the humidity a ton you are right though those filters/fans sucks the moisture right out but thats what i did it seems to be workin alot betterbut i am curious myself if a humidifier would work as well.good luck to ya
 
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Stickyjohn said:
i kno i am brand new to this site but i have a very similar size closet and had similar problems when i dried a small harvest the humidity fell below the ideal 45-55 it was like 28 so i went out and bought a fan controller so i didnt have to run my fan full board all the time and that really helped the humidity a ton you are right though those filters/fans sucks the moisture right out but thats what i did it seems to be workin alot betterbut i am curious myself if a humidifier would work as well.good luck to ya
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i actually have a fan speed controller in use have it on medium speed but thanks ill post some pics in just a second
 
BeefSupreme

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Put a small container of water in your box with an aerating stone inside. that should help raise your humidity easily, humidifiers are cheap too, like 30-40 bucks
 
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BeefSupreme said:
Put a small container of water in your box with an aerating stone inside. that should help raise your humidity easily, humidifiers are cheap too, like 30-40 bucks
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i tried that also only went up like 4% not much differnce im running out of options lol maybe ill get a bigger container
 
sambo020482

sambo020482

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buy a humidify they are cheap and ive raised the humidty of a large room from 25% to 50% with just a cheap one. low humidty in veg will slow growth amongst other problems low humidity in flower is good tho.
 
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tryingtolearn

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that is my grow cab in first three sorry for such shitty quilty couldnt find my good camara. the forth is going to be my veg/seedling area
and the last is my seedling 4 days old well 5 now lol:joint::evil:
 

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tryingtolearn said:
i might have to get a humidifer but i really dont want to just cause of space
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how big do u fink they are? there bout the size of a kettle. youve got more than enough space for 1 cause read up im no expert but low humidity aint good in veg same as high aint good in flower.
 
ataxia

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I'm having the same problem right now.. my tent, 2x4x5 is reading at about 20 percent, sometimes lower. I've even put a humidifyer in the tent cranked it. condensation everywhere but the humidity still only about 50 percent. I don't wanna keep running this humidifier with all this condensation, I'm afraid of getting mold or fungal problems down the road. so i feel ya with your humidity problems. i know my humidity problem is coming from heating in the home along with the cold dry winter. I gotta keep an eye on this thread for some advice.
 
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i understand there small and big but when your dealing with a 2 x 3 ft floor space even the small ones can take up too much.......

also... i have a constant air flow so most humity is sucked out if i turn fan off i can get humity up but temps go close too 100 deg so have to keep it on in order to keep temps smooooth
 
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tryingtolearn

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its a warm mist one vicks brand was 30 bucks let it run all night and got my humidty up tp 30 % but it sits there i think i need to try to run exuast fan on a schedule like 15 on 10 mins off or something idfk JUST A SHOT IN THE DARK i have no clue i swear i trued everything
 
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hey man my closet is like yours,not that big and real tight as is..but when i had this problem i went to walgreens or somthing and got a 20 dollar cool mist humidifier..since its shaped and sized like a real big cooking pot what i did to get it in there is take 2 peices of 1/2 inch ply ,screwed them together and screwed it against the wall in the closet,right in the top corner..well more like the middle but suspended above the conopy is what i mean...fill it with cold water and a tray of ice cubes..it took my humidity from 25% to a constant 55% now i dont know if the warm one and the cool mist are the same but it worked great for me.hope i helped some
 
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tryingtolearn

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TheFucknChrOnic said:
hey man my closet is like yours,not that big and real tight as is..but when i had this problem i went to walgreens or somthing and got a 20 dollar cool mist humidifier..since its shaped and sized like a real big cooking pot what i did to get it in there is take 2 peices of 1/2 inch ply ,screwed them together and screwed it against the wall in the closet,right in the top corner..well more like the middle but suspended above the conopy is what i mean...fill it with cold water and a tray of ice cubes..it took my humidity from 25% to a constant 55% now i dont know if the warm one and the cool mist are the same but it worked great for me.hope i helped some
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so i have mine on the floor and a 6 inch circulaur fan blowing towards it ill take a pic of how i have mine set the only differance i "would" think between warm and cool mist is that u dont have to worry bout extra heat issues i noticed my temps went up some so i just turned up exuast fan to fix that


SO DID YOU HANG YOUR FROM CEILING? I DIDNT THINK OF THAT MAYBE THAT WOULD HELO SOME IM GUNNA POST A PIC IN JUST A MIN
 
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tryingtolearn

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DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THERE is a differsace between warm and cool mist ones? if there is i can get a cool one ill just bring this one back
 
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TheFucknChrOnic

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i took it out cause this is now my flower room,i had it in before i made a veg box. but heres a pic of how i had it..i had it right about the exhaust
 

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