Anaerobic hypoxia, or oxygen deficiency.
No one is saying you cannot grow at 60rh%, nearly every guide you see will tell you 60 is optimal for plant growth. Alot of experienced growers run 60% but normally their day/night hvac will be on point. But growing indoors is not the same as outdoors, what's best for rapid plant growth isnt always best for the indoor waterworks.
Flowering exudates can contribute to increased moisture retention in the soil, particularly within the rhizosphere (the soil surrounding the roots). As a plant flowers, it releases exudates, including mucilage, which can alter the soil's physical properties. This can lead to increased water-holding capacity and reduced water loss through evaporation.
The rhizosphere, the soil zone surrounding plant roots, is a hub of microbial activity where various microorganisms consume and transform organic matter, including releasing oxygen as they respire or participate in other metabolic processes. This consumption can deplete oxygen levels in the medium lea ing nine for the plant.
If your not taking precautionary measures the 60rh will spike to 70+ overnight, at 70 rh almost 0 cellular respiration will occur.
Daytime is all transpiration, roots pulling water from medium.
Nightime is 0 transpiration, and mostly cellular respiration and root respiration too. At 70rh with no heat to assist with evaporation water will not leave the plant/medium efficiently, this effectively cripples the entire plants kerb cycle. In order for the plant to utilize the energy it captures from Daytime photo it needs to process that energy overnight as part of cellular respiration.
If that is crippled in any way or hindered by high rh, then plant cant get done what needs done. Moisture builds and builds. Aerobic switches to anerobic once oxygen is low. This causes issues, slowly creeping in over time.
I had this problem for many many years till I figured it out. Get your nights down to 40%-50%
, what goes in must come out in timely fashion.
As flowering progresses, watering habits must change also, continuing to blanket the same amount of water the the plant always got will lead to eventual waterlogg soil and as the dynamics change, anerobic hypoxia will take hold. Slowly.
Your e.c is right on the edge of the limit 1.8 I noticed. Don't let it peak over 2.0.