Having trouble keeping temps and RH at proper levels.???

Harvest time here!!! When a/c unit comes on it sucks all the
R/H out. A/C overtakes humifier. Both of them workin hard.

5-disc is more than enough for my 4x8x8 w 6k window shaker AC.
https://www.thehouseofhydro.com/comparison-guide.html
http://www.mainlandmart.com/foggers.html

Done properly, humidification should help lower temperature, that's what swamp coolers do. That should reduce need for AC. What's going on with your setup?

Ive kept all under control until the rain came. A week ago. Rain a while and sunshine a while.
Set up is about to change. Moved indoors several years ago. Advice from a buddy got me fair to poor crops (still the best i have ever smoked). After seeing pics and quite some time on RIU, things are bout to change. Vents, air flow ect. I will prob be askin a lot of questions.

I have been growing in soil. Leaning twards areoponics. Lots of info on on aero and hydro out there. Too much. Surely someone can convince me their way is the best. Looking forward to a new start.

Jbird2914 said:

I have been growing in soil. Leaning twards areoponics. Lots of info on on aero and hydro out there. Too much. Surely someone can convince me their way is the best. Looking forward to a new start.

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Aero is damn finicky so I would not recommend it for a relative newcomer to the hobby.

Instead, seriously consider coco pots in ebb n flood tables. This approach tends to be simple, robust, stable, low effort and easy to catch early if something is going wrong, like a clogged pump or some such.

Best results I've gotten was straight FF Happy Frog soil, ten gallon grow bag, no true nutes until flowering (I always like supplementing with the Big Bloom throughout until flush, you'll never burn a plant with that). Half Strength MAX of only Tiger Bloom. Remember to PH the final solution (I used white vinegar or baking soda). Flushed by feeding plain water the last three weeks. That recipe plus a decent environment and your in business. I always used to overcompensated for "deficiencies" that were really PH issues in disguise. My last run I pulled about a quarter pound of the sweetest sticky off of one Wonder Woman plant under 167 watts of LED. Just upgraded to a 315watt CMH to see if I can push the weight up.

Not new to the hobby. Just looking to get away from the soil.

Good luck! Never really had the interest in Hydro.

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Not new to the hobby. Just looking to get away from the soil.

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Best setup I've seen is pots of Tupur Royal Gold in ebb n flood. Run EC about 1.5, pH in the low sixes. Use LED lights for best results, you need less AC with them.

I set up a system just like the above for some friends about 18 months ago and help them with nutes. They spend very little time on it and it yields a couple lbs a run with 750W of LED. They turn a lot into budder and the rest into spliffs.