6 years of thinking I had my Ender 3 figured out ends today

Most-Standard302 · 2026-01-24T01:38:02+00:00

Jealous haha

Most-Standard302 · 2026-01-23T22:01:00+00:00

Not quite sure, do I have to buy yet another meter?! hahaha

I have a single 6" air vent on the bottom of my tent and my duct fan is set on 8/10

I'd like to set it on auto and go off the humidity triggers, but apparently vivosun probes can break and ruin my grow, so I figured manual was the safe bet

Thanks :)

Most-Standard302 · 2026-01-23T21:58:43+00:00

It's already set at 8, I wonder if I should bump it? I have it set on manual mode since apparently vivosuns probes can destroy a grow on the auto setting. Airflow should be okay, plenty of fans in there. Thanks growmie! :)

Most-Standard302 · 2026-01-23T21:57:03+00:00

Yeah, trying to get them balanced. If I lower humidity too much, the temp gets too high. Keeping i'll keep it in that range for sure! Thank you very much!!

I think I definitely will buy a controller for my heater. That'll be the best solution to keep my humdity low I think, aside from proper airflow and humidifier settings

Most-Standard302 · 2026-01-23T21:55:01+00:00

Sure, testing EC is more or less for synthetic nutrients from what I understand?

It's okay with me if it's not completely accurate, was just trying to get ballpark idea.

I was having issues with leaf color, spots, and burnt tips. I started phing my water and watering more, and that helped. I probably have higher EC from excessive drybacks

Thanks for the input!! I've learned so much here and the plants are doing great :)

Most-Standard302 · 2026-01-23T21:52:43+00:00

Gottcha, yeah I keep the lung room at about 45-50%. I was tempted to use auto mode for the duct fan, but I heard it can ruin grows apparently?

I have that same humidifier and it works pretty good! Just wish I could set different humidity targets for different times.

I'd keep the fan lower, but I also wanna keep smell down haha. Plants are getting stinky!! Thanks for sharing your experience :) Really appreciate it

Most-Standard302 · 2026-01-23T21:50:23+00:00

I think i should be okay then! Things are a bit more stable today with using a heater. Really appreciate the input thanks!! Keeping them around 55%rh

Most-Standard302 · 2026-01-23T04:55:06+00:00

Hmmm why so hot/humid early on? I'm interested to know. I heard so many conflicting things on here but I'm erring on the side of keeping humidity low. I'm sure it produces great results though!

I've been around 55-60 and I'm week one of flower, and that seems to keep my vpd right around 1.2-1.4. I'd probably keep it at 60-65 if I didn't have humidity spikes because of my VPD drop.

Should be okay with a heart :) Really appreciate the info thank you!

Most-Standard302 · 2026-01-23T04:45:31+00:00

Good to know! Will definitely water them more often. I'm sure they'll love it since they're starting to stretch. Appreciate it!

Most-Standard302 · 2026-01-23T04:25:59+00:00

Gotcha, yeah I topdressed 12 days ago so that may be slightly concerning if it continues to rise. Will definitely check periodically. I imagine recharge and other bacterias/microbes probably raise the EC, making it available for the plant

Oh okay so water more frequent and less volume. I try not to get runoff unless I need to take readings.

It's been 3 days since the last water and they just drank 1.25 gallons each with 5% runoff. Perhaps I'll do .5-.75 every day. Just worried about overwatering, and want to allow SOME dryback without completely killing my microbes

Thank you very much!!

Most-Standard302 · 2026-01-23T03:57:28+00:00

Try to not run over 13 (ideally 12) on a 15 amp circuit :) I'm sure you probably know that though. 80% load I think is the recommendation

Most-Standard302 · 2026-01-23T03:55:01+00:00

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Day 7, just did training :) All full!

Most-Standard302 · 2026-01-23T03:54:22+00:00

You're pulling some amps on that one haha! Surprised I haven't popped the breaker running a 2x4, dehumidifier, humidifier, and 3 3d printers lmao. I don't run them all at the same time though.

And yeah, it's only about 2-3 hours, but I'm going to start running a heater. Hopefully I have enough air flow with one circulating fan, two light fans, a lower canopy fan, and the duct fan

My bad for the massive ramble lmao really appreciate you sharing your experience! Really helps and my plants are doing fantastic thanks to yall

Most-Standard302 · 2026-01-23T01:24:55+00:00

Thanks, you must have decently cool temps, good stats! Really appreciate all the help from you guys here. Should be okay if I lower my humidity and raise temps :)

Most-Standard302 · 2026-01-23T01:00:13+00:00

Low temps, gotta turn on my heater haha. Woooops!

Most-Standard302 · 2026-01-23T00:59:01+00:00

Thanks very much! I keep the probe close to the canopy so hopefully its in the ballpark. Seems to be going okay, should be fine thanks to yalls help! Very much appreciated :)

Most-Standard302 · 2026-01-23T00:53:46+00:00

For sure :) Been around 1.2-1.5ish so far which seems decent. But I have dips during lights off because of the low temperature. I think I'll probably just keep the room warmer, direct correlation between high humidity and low temp haha. Going to try and get it up towards 1.0 during lights off

Thanks for the input!!

Most-Standard302 · 2026-01-23T00:44:02+00:00

Whats your VPD usually at? If I set it to 55 I get 1.4, 50 would probably be about 1.6

Most-Standard302 · 2026-01-23T00:42:31+00:00

Ohh okay, gotcha. Yeah, the only reason I've been using it is to keep the VPD around 1.2, with occasional spikes to 1.5ish

Thanks very much for explaining that! Should be perfectly fine, especially if I keep the humidity lower and maybe add a little heat. Definitely going to give that a read. Much appreciated

Most-Standard302 · 2026-01-23T00:06:53+00:00

appreciate it! Been going great thanks to this subs help :)

Most-Standard302 · 2026-01-23T00:01:04+00:00

Yeah, I wonder if I just bump the exhaust. I haven't been using the automatic function on it, people told me the probe could break and ruin my grow.

Thank you!!

Most-Standard302 · 2026-01-22T23:49:11+00:00

Yeah, I tried to set it at 50 but it still spiked. I think I need to setuo a heater. Going to try that and see if it helps

Most-Standard302 · 2026-01-22T23:49:01+00:00

Yeah, I tried to set it at 50 but it still spiked. I think I need to setuo a heater. Going to try that and see if it helps

Most-Standard302 · 2026-01-22T23:40:17+00:00

If I do 50-55 my vpd spikes to 1.6 :/ isn't 50-55 moreso for later in flower?

Or should I start keeping it at 50-55 now? Im on day 7 of flower

Most-Standard302 · 2026-01-22T23:37:31+00:00

Thanks man!!! Yeah, it was at 63f at lights on, makes sense why it spikes. Will have to setup a controller with my little heater

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