How to increase humidity in my growing room?

[mojave green]

"optimum" is a relative statement.

Perhaps to you.
Not to a plant. It has a specific range that is optimum.

 

[Imsostonedagain]

Good job guys of keeping it civil and helping each other. This thread could have quickly turned into a pissing match with guys calling each other names and stuff. Glad it went the other way. Some hunting/fishing forums I frequent always devolve into a cussing match. Obviously being potheads helped in this case.
Btw, I would rather have too low humidity than too high. Hard to keep mold and mildew at bay with RH too high.

 

[MrBungle]

Aaaactually... PM is prone to spread in lower rH conditions.... but thats only PM that i know of..

 

[KapnobataiZ]

Aaaactually... PM is prone to lower rH conditions.... but thats only PM that i know of..

this thread is offtopic.

 

[MileHighGlass]

Perhaps to you.
Not to a plant. It has a specific range that is optimum.

I have yet to find someone that can specifically ask a plant what it needs. Are you a plant whisperer?

Even with a tissue test no one can agree on what "optimum" is.

Find me a "study" that lines out what a plant "needs", and I will find you one that says almost the exact opposite.

As I said relative.

 

[OG Tree Grower]

This thread is off topic and going nowhere. People who know know. People who don't argue lol

How to increase humudity...
Wet towels for micro grows
Humidifier for 1-2 light ops
Fogger for anything over 2k
Occasionally I just flood the place by accident and that takes care of humudity for a few days, jk I only did that once

 

[corky1968]

If you put a wet dog in your grow room. The humidity will rise.

Misting the plants when the lights are off will drive the humidity right up.

 

[MileHighGlass]

This thread is off topic and going nowhere. People who know know. People who don't argue lol

How to increase humudity...
Wet towels for micro grows
Humidifier for 1-2 light ops
Fogger for anything over 2k
Occasionally I just flood the place by accident and that takes care of humudity for a few days, jk I only did that once

Your statement is not exactly nice.

I don't know because I question everything?

Science "fact" gets proven wrong everyday. What do you base your knowledge from? University studies, corporate studies, third party verification's, life experiences'?

All of them will have a counter study, verification, or experience. It is up to us to weed through them and find out what we feel is the right set of "facts" for us.

To think science and our understanding of growing plants is black and white is extremely naive, and egotistical.

If everything was already figured out then there would be no reason to continue to research and develop anything.

When you know you know, and when you don't you argue right?

I do agree this has gone off topic, but it is an open forum and my years of icmag use have taught me that it happens a lot.

Although maybe i'm wrong and I don't really know like you know, and I'm just arguing because I don't know.

 

[atk7]

Back on topic ...Look into swamp cooler for summer, raises humidity and cools attic space , low cost to run . Not good for sealed rooms though. But worth Looking into if you live in a low humidity area. There are some threads here on ic mag about them as well.

 

[OG Tree Grower]

I'm done,I won't be mean or try to teach people how to max growth rates. I'm going fishing lol.

What I meant was . Run a vpd room consistently. Then come back and thank me. Those who know know. Should have left it at that

 

[Dropped Cat]

There are studies that suggest stomata in high altitude are
acclimated to that environment.

Mile High, what can you add to that having flowered both in the
low and high country.

VPD is an interesting topic, and I will get better aquatinted with it
before dismissing it out of hand.

 

[corky1968]

If you place lots of perlite in a shallow plastic tote box and mist it a lot the humidity will rise.

 

[MileHighGlass]

There are studies that suggest stomata in high altitude are
acclimated to that environment.

Mile High, what can you add to that having flowered both in the
low and high country.

VPD is an interesting topic, and I will get better aquatinted with it
before dismissing it out of hand.

I've been rereading about vpd for the past few days as this thread had me want to revisit the subject. I remember now why I don't bother with it.

VPD is used in large scale greenhouse growing. If you know anything about large scale agriculture then you will know they spend as little as possible on growing the plants. This means the soil mix they use is almost completely devoid of nutrients. Since they are growing sickly plants they need all of the tricks they can get to cut down on the disease and pest problems.

I don't have those issues as I run notill and the worms feed my plants what they need.

Here in Colorado when you put a plant in front of a fan you can see the leaves twist and turn to conserve moisture. Just about everyone I know has some form of this in their flower rooms.

In my notill setup this does not happen. The plants grow fast, with vigor, and yield well. They also have little to no pest pressure issues. Although my ipm is pretty good.

As far as a comparison between high humidity, and low humidity goes, My yields are more now, my plant health and vigor are much better, overall the final product is a little better. Not a lot.

To be fare I have learned a lot in the few years since I have grown in the South. So some of this could be that, but I think the biggest difference is running the notill setup again.

I ran it in the South about 5 years ago and I did not have the same results I am having now. Although my outdoor vegetable garden was notill, and it was one of the most productive gardens of anyone in my area.

I grew eggplant in abundance when the local natural/organic farmers didn't think it could be done. I grew and gave away so much produce that at the farmers market the local natural/organic farmers told me to stop giving it away. They offered to sell it for me through their booths.

I grew up to 1000 lbs. of natural produce per year, year around, in notill raised beds, in the woods on the side of a rocky mountain. It was a lot of fun.

 

[OG Tree Grower]

I've been rereading about vpd for the past few days as this thread had me want to revisit the subject. I remember now why I don't bother with it.

VPD is used in large scale greenhouse growing. If you know anything about large scale agriculture then you will know they spend as little as possible on growing the plants. This means the soil mix they use is almost completely devoid of nutrients. Since they are growing sickly plants they need all of the tricks they can get to cut down on the disease and pest problems.

I don't have those issues as I run notill and the worms feed my plants what they need.

Here in Colorado when you put a plant in front of a fan you can see the leaves twist and turn to conserve moisture. Just about everyone I know has some form of this in their flower rooms.
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your such a jackass , not a lot of Internet users can upset me but you managed.

Greenhouses and any other professional grower maintains vpd for growth rates. consincidently when your plant is growing 3+ inches a day no diesese or pest can take hold.

Miles high , don't bother to respond I'm done with you but I will correct any of your nonsense I see lingering around

 

[corky1968]

I just made a grow cabinet this past week and laid down a tarp on the floor.
So to increase humidity I actually fine misted water onto the tarp around the
pots and will let that evaporate. The heat from the lights will cause a convection
heat air current that will help evaporate the water on the tarp thereby causing
the humidity to rise without much effort.

 

[stoned-trout]

as an ex nursery greenhouse grower I almost feel offended....you can lead a horse to water !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...yeehaw