Ehhh just because it works doesn't mean its right...optimal humidity is around 50 plus thelet the humidity the less room for error..one hot day that drops the humidity farther and your leaves lose the ability to transpire and start to die...id try to raise it best you can but you should be ok
This is why punctuation and stuff helps, I guess.
I never said + I said only about 50...that's where I like it toward the beginning middle of flower but above 40 and i'm happy..later in mid flower I drop it..your putting words in my mouth and misreading things..I also specifically said keeping it a little higher makes for less room for mistakes and said IF you have one hot day and are at 30 you can slow the transpiration..I don't really know what to tell you the proper humidity level in flowering is 40 give or take so I never said 30 won't work but its on the edge and living things like water in their tissue so I don't like staying on the low side..have proper ventilation and training and you don't mold at that humidity which is optimal for the plant!
Furthermore, the heat would be from his light, for all I know he ruins at night
maybe an equipment malfunction?
With exceptionally dense, heavy colas much higher than 50% RH, even
with proper air circulation: mold can result! I am just saying the "proper" or "optimal" or "ideal" humidity during bloom isn't a strict figure; it is a fairly wider range, and the threshold for mold indeed lies right around 50-60%. The ideal range for RH during flower is 25-45%*. I certainly wouldn't recommend anybody use a humidifier during bloom when their RH is typically already around 30%.
You say "just because it works doesn't mean it is right", yet 30% RH really is not only fine- but arguably optimal. Lower RH will actually
increase transpiration. Plants get water through their roots, it is transported via the plants vascular system (water moves through the xylem). Water moves into root cells due to osmosis, as the cells have a higher solute/salt concentration and thus greater water potential. Water moves naturally up the xylem due to transpirational pull. With lower humidity, there is a higher gradient for water loss to the atmosphere from leaf surfaces, greater transpirational pull and therefore increased transpiration. When humidity is high and the air is already saturated with moisture: tranpirational pull and water movement through the plant decreases.
Equipment malfunction? Not that one day of 86F+ temperature is really a big deal, but you do realize that could go both ways right? How about running humidifiers to get your RH up slightly past 50%, which really is on the threshold for mold, and then you have an equipment malfunction, power outage, your fans aren't running and it starts to pour out a few days- humidity sky rockets.
http://www.mandalaseeds.com/Guides/Preventing-Bud-Mold