Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
They're hardly pretty, but dehumidifiers can be a fantastic addition to a grow room
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As always, when running any electrical equipment in your garden, you want
to make sure there are no errant LEDs on during lights out, or else hermaphrodites will result. Herm-
aphrodites will ruin your sensimilla harvest by pollinating your plants. Some LEDs can be found on
humidifiers and other electrical equipment, so be sure to stand in your grow room during lights off
and look for any stray sources of light. Electrical tape works pretty well to cover some of these up,
and if you get older style dehumidifiers, humidifiers, heaters, A/C units, etc, they normally have no
lights. Notorious LED hiding places are power-strips and surge suppressors, along with digital timers
and portable heaters.
venting and CO
2
are two of the most ignored and/or misunderstood facets of grow room environmental
tweaking. In TLO, dealing with these is real easy: make sure to have some decent venting (air exchange)
and that will handle the CO
2
needs ofthe plants as well. Raising CO
2
levels artificially, with CO
2
tanks, is
fineifyoureallywantto,butbesuretogosuperdupermellow.Ihaveasmallearthwormfarminmygrow
room, and that also contributes to the CO
2
levels a lot more than you would think. Generally speaking,
you won't need to bring in some earthworm friends if you don't want to; just make sure you handle your
exhaust venting. This will, in turn, handle several potential problems, like humidity, heat, and CO
2
. Allow
for passive intake, and if you intake from outside, use a screen or nylon stocking as a filter for unwanted
pests.
RaisingyourCO
2
levelstoomuchcanbedetrimentaltoanindoororganicgarden.Thisstrategyisbetter
suited for hydroponics grows using synthetic nutrients—seriously!
Organic Styles of Growing
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