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Why Cannabis Growers Need Dehumidifiers: How To Find The Right One

By: Brothers Equipment And Supply

It can be difficult for both new and seasoned cannabis growers to control humidity. Fortunately, dehumidifiers make it simple to maintain ideal humidity levels in your grow area all year long.

In this article, we will talk about:

Why cannabis growers need dehumidifiers?

What is a commercial dehumidifier?

How do commercial dehumidifiers work?

How to choose the right dehumidifier for growing cannabis

Let’s get right into it.

Why Cannabis Growers Need Dehumidifiers?

The most effective way to avoid and get rid of infections is to use a dehumidifier for cannabis to treat humidity in the growing area. Cannabis dehumidifier use promotes growth, enhances grow quality, and boosts dry weight mass.

Even inexperienced growers must understand the significance of relative humidity as a factor in cannabis production in order to yield a respectable crop.

Because cannabis plants like warm environments (and warm air contains more moisture than cold air), you’ll need to monitor and regulate the humidity in your grow space to provide your plants the best possible environment.

What Is A Commercial Dehumidifier?

Dehumidifiers are devices made to lower the humidity in a specific region, as their name suggests. Domestic dehumidifiers are frequently used by homeowners to reduce humidity for comfort and to stop the growth of mould and mildew, both of which prefer moist environments. Commercial dehumidifiers can also be used in commercial and industrial settings to lower humidity levels in places like indoor swimming pools, gyms, ice rinks, storage warehouses, and more.

How Does A Dehumidifier Work?

There are primarily two types of dehumidifiers available today:

Dehumidifiers That Use Refrigeration: These pull air from the outside and pass it over a chilled coil to remove moisture. The water in the air condenses on the coil and drops into a bucket or collection tray where it can be recycled or disposed of.

Desiccant Dehumidifiers: These dehumidifiers circulate the air in the room via a wheel covered in desiccant, which is a material that absorbs water, like silica gel. An adsorption dehumidifier removes the water it absorbs during the regeneration phase by evaporating the moisture from the desiccant with a stream of warm air rather than dripping it into a tray. The water drips into a collection tank from where the now-moist air condenses on a metal plate.

How To Choose The Right Dehumidifier For Growing Cannabis?

To regulate the humidity in your grow room, whether you’re a seasoned grower or just getting started, you’ll probably need a dehumidifier. We’ll go over some of the key considerations you should make below when selecting a dehumidifier for your indoor grow space.

Your Budget

Your choice of dehumidifier will be significantly influenced by your budget. Unfortunately, not utilising a dehumidifier frequently leads to pest or mould problems that could spoil your entire crop. So be sure to budget early and take into account the costs of both purchasing and operating a dehumidifier. You shouldn’t cut corners on this piece of gear at all costs.

Fixed vs. Portable Humidifiers

Water is gathered by portable dehumidifiers in a reservoir tray that must be empty on a regular basis. While fixed dehumidifiers employ drainage pipes to channel the collected water into a drain or larger container (where it can be recycled), portable dehumidifiers do not.

Both portable and fixed dehumidifiers have advantages and disadvantages. For instance, portable models offer the benefit of being, you guessed it, portable, making it simple to move them around your grow room or into a new grow space (should you, for instance, move).

On the other hand, fixed dehumidifiers provide the advantage of being less labor-intensive because they automatically drain the water they have gathered from the environment. They are more difficult to set up, though, so they are typically only appropriate for large, permanent grow rooms.

Reservoir Volume

When selecting a dehumidifier for your cannabis grow room, keep this in mind as well. Large reservoir dehumidifiers obviously require less regular emptying, but they also often take up more room and cost more money.

To prevent further constricting your grow space, you might have to sacrifice using a small dehumidifier and emptying it more frequently if you’re growing in a small room or tent. You could want to choose a dehumidifier with a larger reservoir if, on the other hand, space and money aren’t a big concern for you (or your grow area is frequently left unattended for extended periods of time).

Size Of The Grow Room

The majority of dehumidifiers available today are fairly effective, so they’ll do a respectable job of maintaining ideal relative humidity levels in a modest grow room or tent. If you’re an experienced grower, on the other hand, and you have a sizable grow room, you’ll need to spend money on a bigger dehumidifier that can efficiently dry out the area you’re dealing with.

Which Dehumidifier Type Is Ideal for Cannabis Plants?

Growers of all sizes have access to a wide variety of dehumidifiers. Your mechanical engineer will suggest which units to use if you are growing on a commercial scale. Size, performance, energy efficiency, quality, and of course pricing will vary between each item.

The commercial dehumidifier popular at Brothers Equipment and Supply among cannabis growers is our EcorPro 200 series.

 

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