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Cold Storage Business Factors in Starting a Cold Chain Business

Are you considering setting up a new cold chain business? Now is the time! Retailers, restaurants, hospitals, florists and others use cold chain facilities to…

quest perfect your set up Grow room dehumidifiers: Perfect your setup

When the team at East Coast Cultivation set out to build its new indoor grow operation in Rhode Island, it knew it had to nail one thing: environmental controls.

Dehumidifier preventing bud rot Nipping Bud Rot in the Bud: Stop crop loss before it starts

Stop crop loss before it starts As your grows get bigger, the last thing you need is for crop loss to strike. That’s why you…

Quest 506 grow room dehumidifier hanging in a grow room facility The Best Grow Room Dehumidifier for your Setup

Here’s the thing about humidity: It doesn’t care if you’re a basement hobbyist or the biggest, commercial cultivator on the block. It will demand to…

Keeping Bud Rot at Bay with Humidity Control

The fungus Botrytis cinerea is a common cause of crop loss. The first signs might be yellowing leaves, followed by white mold on colas. As…

Understanding bud rot: Signs, symptoms and how to avoid it

Signs, symptoms and how to avoid it Bud rot, or botrytis, is a common fungus many cannabis growers face at some point, especially those who…

plants Vapor Pressure Deficit and Why it Matters

The gardening world is filled with trends and phrases that come and go as quickly as they’re created. Sometimes these concepts are thrown around without full understanding, especially with the more scientific processes. One of the most misunderstood concepts is vapor pressure deficit, or VPD, as it’s commonly called.

industrial-commercial-dehumidifiers Setting Up an Efficient Grow Room: 5 Key Considerations

Growing indoors generates a lot of expenses, and electricity bills are at the top of most growers’ list of villains. That’s why we’ve outlined these…

Protecting Your Investment with Energy Efficient Grow Rooms

It’s no secret: Declining wholesale prices are a big problem for growers. “But that’s exactly why efficiency is so important,” said Dan Kibbin, a Maine-based…

Grow Room Climate Control: Five Steps for Better Yields

Five Steps for Better Yields NEED HELP OR JUST WANT TO TALK SHOP? We stand behind our products. That means if you have questions or…

Negative Effects of Mold on Durable Goods

Mold is bad for your health and it’s bad for your home, but did you know that mold is also bad for durable household goods?…

Q&A: Avoiding Powdery Mildew Before it Strikes

With Melaney Watson Powdery mildew  is a common—yet avoidable—cause of crop loss on cannabis. To learn more about powdery mildew and how it can be…

Smart Humidity Report: 20 tips from expert growers

20 tips from expert growers Top growers from around the U.S. and Canada offer their best tips you can use to master humidity in your…

Quest Industry Gardening Smart Humidity: A Special Report with Cannabis Business Times

Tips for grow room humidity This all-in-one report, full of tips, original research, and case studies, is your one-stop shop for information that will give…

Medicine Man 4 Humidity-Control Tips from Medicine Man

Tyler Schneider, director of operations at Colorado-based Medicine Man, shares his top tips for handling humidity as part of the Smart Humidity Report from Cannabis…

Dehumidifier preventing bud rot The Herbal Cure on creating the perfect grow environment

Don Newman from The Herbal Cure shares his secrets for achieving optimal cultivation conditions with Cannabis Business Times in its Smart Humidity Special Report. From…

HVAC Dehumidification, HVAC Design 3 Innovative Trends in HVAC Design

HVAC design has changed drastically over the years as heating and cooling systems have evolved. One of the major benefits of this change and evolution…

Powdery Mildew and Fungicides Part 3: Plant Breeding

Part 3: Plant Breeding Plant Breeding as a Strategy Fungal infection resistance in any particular strain of plant can range from immunity (no infection at…

Powdery Mildew and Fungicides Part 2: Treatment Options

Part 2: Treatment Options Treatment Options Inorganic: Simple chemicals are often an effective and efficient method to prevent and manage fungal infections. Some chemical treatments…

Powdery Mildew and Fungicides: Part 1: Background

Part 1: Background the basics Powdery mildew is a common fungal disease of angiosperms (basically, any plant but conifers). The growing fungus looks grayish white…

Terpenoids, Trichomes & Cannabinoids Part 2: How they form

Part 2: How They Form Written by Mike Steffes – Quest Dehumidifiers Cannabinoid synthesis pathway As mentioned previously, cannabinoids are produced via the joining of…

Terpenoids, Trichomes & Cannabinoids Part 1: Where they are located

Part 1: Where they are located Written by Mike Steffes – Quest Dehumidifiers THC and other cannabinoids are produced in only one place on the…

Vapor Pressure Deficit and Indoor Growing Part 3: Different Stages of VPD

Part 3: Different Stages of VPD Written by Mike Steffes – Quest Dehumidifiers VPD Range Now that we’ve established the importance of transpiration and have…

Vapor Pressure Deficit and Indoor Growing Part 2: Why is VPD Important?

Part 2: Why is VPD Important? Written by Mike Steffes – Quest Dehumidifiers Why Vapor Pressure Deficit is Important Plants survive and grow using sunlight,…