The Rooster's Multi Strain Multi Light - Indoor Outdoor Grow - Mars LED

[Skunkworkz]

Lol there has been so much rain. My humidity has been on an average of almost 75 for about 2 months. I do not have the electrical capacity to run a dehumidifier as it's an old glass 15 amp fuse my entire grow runs on. Hence the big renovation plans for spring.
But seriously I don't know how to drop it. I pull air from outside. Have no way to exhaust out either. Until spring......

A friend in the northeast has been essentially underwater with assed humidity all friggin' summer. At 70+ RH your odds of bud rot @ end of cycle is approximately 99%.
If you're pulling in 70%RH air, you can't easily control RH downward. And I'd say "add heat" to dry the air but if you could power heat you could power a dehumidifier.

Here's an article I found about DIY humidity reduction, maybe some of it will be useful. .

Charcoal Briquettes

People swear by charcoal briquettes for removing humidity. There is no particular brand you should use over another. Charcoal not only dehumidifies the air, it also removes odors. Perfect for my room. I bought a cheap bag of charcoal at the dollar store and filled an inexpensive basket. That was placed on the top shelf in the closet area. I'll see how well it works.

The charcoal will last for 2-3 months. After that, they can be used in a barbeque without infusing the food with any weird taste. One product, multiple uses.

Rock Salt

Rock salt is well known for being a desiccant. Gather two plastic tubs the same size. In the bottom tub, place something inside to hold the first tub off the bottom. In the top tub, poke holes in the bottom. Fill with rock salt and place inside the first one. You will need to check the bottom tub daily and empty the water. It can take several days for the tub to fill.

I've used rock salt since I was a teenager. I have no idea who invented it. My Grandfather told me about it. He was born in 1910 and heard about it from his father.

Using Commercial Products

You can build the above dehumidifier and choose to fill it with a different desiccant. A small paint bucket with a cheap plastic strainer for the top works just as well.

Two commercial products are Dri-Z-Air crystals and Damp Rid crystals. I have used Damp Rid before. Many years ago, a pipe behind my refrigerator developed a leak. It wasn't until the house stank like mold that the problem was found by a handyman I had hired to find out what was wrong. It removed moisture by the bucket load and is relatively inexpensive. I am not paid by the company for my opinion. It also removes some of the smell.

There are other commercial products available. Research each closely before making a purchase. Some are available only to businesses. The two above listed products are found at grocery, big box and online stores.

Source: The author of this article has over 40 years of experience in diverse forms of DIY, home improvement and repair, crafting, designing, and building furniture, outdoor projects, RV'ing and more.

 

[Pat999]

what's this mean? Am I out of the loop lol

Laughing face thing bru. Yeah no I doubt that lady would give you a free panel.

 

[GrimReefer83]

Yo Rooster, where I live is year round roughly 60%.. gets to 90% whenever there's rain . but it's dry and hot here as well (Southern Hemp).
I haven't had problems before but I choose sativas mostly for outdoor, for indoors I use $2 "Disposable damp rid" containers. They lower the RH about 5% per tub for a 1x1x2m tent. I put as many as needed in for flowering weeks.

Find em with the bathroom / laundry stuffs in grocery & hardware stores.

 

[Rooster1]

Yo Rooster, where I live is year round roughly 60%.. gets to 90% whenever there's rain . but it's dry and hot here as well (Southern Hemp).
I haven't had problems before but I choose sativas mostly for outdoor, for indoors I use $2 "Disposable damp rid" containers. They lower the RH about 5% per tub for a 1x1x2m tent. I put as many as needed in for flowering weeks.

Find em with the bathroom / laundry stuffs in grocery & hardware stores.

Yeah Rooster, I've used these before when I flooded my camper once, they work well and not very expensive.... Ole Rooster 1 running some gardens early this morning......

 

[The rooster]

Laughing face thing bru. Yeah no I doubt that lady would give you a free panel.

She won't give away shit.

 

[The rooster]

Yo Rooster, where I live is year round roughly 60%.. gets to 90% whenever there's rain . but it's dry and hot here as well (Southern Hemp).
I haven't had problems before but I choose sativas mostly for outdoor, for indoors I use $2 "Disposable damp rid" containers. They lower the RH about 5% per tub for a 1x1x2m tent. I put as many as needed in for flowering weeks.

Find em with the bathroom / laundry stuffs in grocery & hardware stores.

I'll do some reading. Thanks for the suggestion! That's what's up

 

[Pat999]

She won't give away shit.

But asks me to do free marketing

 

[The rooster]

Dropped the big light. Going to try running one lower and two higher and see if it makes a difference on my plants that stretch. Looks like I'll get some better light to the sub growth.

Versus having the whole canopy jacked up to all the wattage I'm going to try to manage it for a few weeks and see what happens.

 

[The rooster]

It appears as though we are entering the stretch... We shall see next week

 

[The rooster]

Mother of blueberry. She was supposed to be done next week but it looks like she could use at least 2.

 

[The rooster]

The sun is pounding my outdoor plants today for the first time in weeks thank god!

 

[The rooster]

 

[SecurityJo]

Caaaaaaawwwwwwwww! Nice lookin birds there mane theres never enough to be had. What kind of pests do you most deal with and how my brotha? Slergs

 

[The rooster]

I have mites currently. Month long struggle thought I had them and laid off the control and they came back again. Should have known not to go 10 days without spraying. And right now I'm combatting with a mix of Doctor doom spider mite knockout and azamax. I'm about to soil drench my veg tent to prevent issues in flower tent once I get it controlled. I run perpetual so it's important I stay on shit. I look daily for mites and rip off and leaves I see colonizing. If any. Then I spray if I find any. Or I continue spraying every other 4 days with azamax.

 

[The rooster]

Flower tent. Mob up front

 

[Skunkworkz]

I have mites currently. Month long struggle thought I had them and laid off the control and they came back again. Should have known not to go 10 days without spraying. And right now I'm combatting with a mix of Doctor doom spider mite knockout and azamax. I'm about to soil drench my veg tent to prevent issues in flower tent once I get it controlled. I run perpetual so it's important I stay on shit. I look daily for mites and rip off and leaves I see colonizing. If any. Then I spray if I find any. Or I continue spraying every other 4 days with azamax.

Look into Floramite SC.

 

[The rooster]

Look into Floramite SC.

Better than azamax? I've heard it's the best long term solution

 

[The rooster]

mob starts the flush soon

 

[GrimReefer83]

What medium ya got the MoB in again? Memory of a.. well.. you know .
She looks damn good man, how long do you flush / leach?

 

[The rooster]

It's in promix and I run 15-20 gallons through my medium about a week from harvest. and in 3 days I'll put another 3 from it and then let it dry out for 3 or 4 more days and then I chop.