Air conditioner in room set at 65 but thats not going to help it will run all day and only do what it can do, exhast fan pulling some of the heat out but even though room is sealed off with a door warm air is pulled into room around the door, im in second or third week of veg i have 725 watt led set at 50% power if i turn it down to 25% power for the day to help lower temp in tent will it affect my plants much
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What are your temps?
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79 and climbing and humidity 58%
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Thats for in the tent right? My tent is 83 with 60% and its cold here. Only running 480 watts as well.
I wouldn’t worry till you are in the mid to upper 80s. I think most like to keep it under 86 but ive read people with temps in the 90s.
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I wouldn’t worry too much. Most of these plants occur in warm climates where the temperature exceeds 100F during the dry season and they regularly occur in temps around the mid 80sF. The plant is also in veg mode and are more tolerant of heat than in flower mode. Our temperatures here hit 110+F over summer and as long as the plants have water they just sit out there soaking up the rays.
I would set the air-con to 80-82F and let it be. You don’t need to keep it at 65F, that is just a waste of power and you are paying to keep the room colder than you need to.
Reducing the light intensity to 25% for a day isn’t an issue. The plant will think it’s overcast and cloudy. The worse that will happen from lower light intensity is the plant won’t grow as much and will take longer to get to a decent size.
They also use less water in low light so don’t water as much if you plan on keeping the intensity low. However, they use more water in hot weather so water when necessary but don’t overdo it. Hot weather is when the temperature is above 86F.
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No worries. You are nowhere near too hot.
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You want to worry about high temps in late flower. Shoot for below 80°F in late flower. I average 80 in my flower room with nearly 1800watts of heaven.
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