TAG>> New Indoor Grower
Greeting All. My question is about temp and humidity, and should I spent a lot of time and effort controlling these two factors.
Basics>>
Currently three plants in 3 Gal cloth pots... Ghost, and two Tasmanian Habanero. Have 9 more pants planned.
VIPARSPECTRA 700 LED running FULL.
Hydrofarm Phantom CMH 315W
4x4 Gorilla Lite tent. 6ft 7in.
I've been fighting temps in my indoor grow for the entire summer. In the early spring I set up a tent in the spare bedrooms upstairs in the house. It was difficult to keep the tent temps below 90+ DegF. I tried venting the tent directly into the spare room with exhaust fans and relied on the house A/C to remove the heat from that room. That didn't work. Not even a little bit. Temps remained high, and the humidity was low at 35%.
Next I tried venting directly from the tent to the outdoors through a window, hoping that the house A/C (A/C set to 76degF) would cool the tent. This was a little better, cooling the tent down to the mid 80's, the humidity was still at 35%. (normal A/C expectation).
Then I moved the entire system tent to the lowest level in the house. During the summer (now) while we have the A/C on, the lowest level remains cool at around 68 degF. This helped drop the internal temp of the tent to the mid 70degF. I loved this temp, but the humidity was still low at 35%. Note that this system DOES NOT vent outdoors.
I added a humidifier to the tent. The humidifier brought the Relative Humidity out of the dirt (30-35%RH) to around 60%RH. This was progress !!
But now it is late August... in Minnesota the outdoor temps have been a little lower than normal, and that makes my Wife want to turn the A/C off. Turning the A/C off in the house has a dramatic affect on my grow system. Now there is less separation of temps between the upstairs and downstairs. The temps on the lower level are increasing in relation to the average house temps so the internal tent temps are increasing quite a bit. The internal tent temp in the lower level of the house without the A/C running are increasing to the upper 80's to low 90's. Humidity has remained in the 50-60% range with the humidifiers running.
The basic question is.... without regard to investment payback.... Is indoor A/C worth the effort ???
Thanks all,
Jeff
Greeting All. My question is about temp and humidity, and should I spent a lot of time and effort controlling these two factors.
Basics>>
Currently three plants in 3 Gal cloth pots... Ghost, and two Tasmanian Habanero. Have 9 more pants planned.
VIPARSPECTRA 700 LED running FULL.
Hydrofarm Phantom CMH 315W
4x4 Gorilla Lite tent. 6ft 7in.
I've been fighting temps in my indoor grow for the entire summer. In the early spring I set up a tent in the spare bedrooms upstairs in the house. It was difficult to keep the tent temps below 90+ DegF. I tried venting the tent directly into the spare room with exhaust fans and relied on the house A/C to remove the heat from that room. That didn't work. Not even a little bit. Temps remained high, and the humidity was low at 35%.
Next I tried venting directly from the tent to the outdoors through a window, hoping that the house A/C (A/C set to 76degF) would cool the tent. This was a little better, cooling the tent down to the mid 80's, the humidity was still at 35%. (normal A/C expectation).
Then I moved the entire system tent to the lowest level in the house. During the summer (now) while we have the A/C on, the lowest level remains cool at around 68 degF. This helped drop the internal temp of the tent to the mid 70degF. I loved this temp, but the humidity was still low at 35%. Note that this system DOES NOT vent outdoors.
I added a humidifier to the tent. The humidifier brought the Relative Humidity out of the dirt (30-35%RH) to around 60%RH. This was progress !!
But now it is late August... in Minnesota the outdoor temps have been a little lower than normal, and that makes my Wife want to turn the A/C off. Turning the A/C off in the house has a dramatic affect on my grow system. Now there is less separation of temps between the upstairs and downstairs. The temps on the lower level are increasing in relation to the average house temps so the internal tent temps are increasing quite a bit. The internal tent temp in the lower level of the house without the A/C running are increasing to the upper 80's to low 90's. Humidity has remained in the 50-60% range with the humidifiers running.
The basic question is.... without regard to investment payback.... Is indoor A/C worth the effort ???
Thanks all,
Jeff
