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Dissolved Oxygen for Better Growth: Part I: What Is It and Why Do Plants Need It?
Part I: What Is It and Why Do Plants Need It? There’s a lot to concentrate on if you’re to keep your plants healthy and…
The Different Grow Room Lights and How You Use Them: Part IV: Fluorescent and LED Lights
The Different Grow Room Lights and How You Use Them: Part IV: Fluorescent and LED Lights
Feb 11 2016
Part IV: Fluorescent and LED Lights While HID lights are the heavy hitters in grow rooms when plants need the most light, both fluorescent and…
The Different Grow Room Lights and How You Use Them – Part III: High Pressure Sodium Lights
The Different Grow Room Lights and How You Use Them – Part III: High Pressure Sodium Lights
Feb 01 2016
The Perfect “Red and Blue” Team. High Intensity Discharge (HID) lights are the most popular of the grow room lights used. There are two kinds:…
The Different Grow Room Lights and How You Use Them – Part II: Metal Halide Lights
Part II: Metal Halide Lights HID lights, or High Intensity Discharge lights, are among the most popular of the grow room lights. That’s because they…
The Different Grow Room Lights and How You Use Them- Part I: An Overview
Part I: An Overview Let there be Light In general, a grow room needs light, light, and more light. The indirect lighting many houseplants do…
Some state companies find opportunity in growing market for legal marijuana
By Rick Romell of the Journal Sentinel Jan. 3, 2016 The rapidly growing marijuana industry — legal to some degree in much of the…
Water Vapor in Grow Rooms: Moisture, and How to Measure It Part III: Dew Point Temperature
Water Vapor in Grow Rooms: Moisture, and How to Measure It Part III: Dew Point Temperature
Dec 10 2015
Part III: Dew Point Temperature There are three ways to measure moisture in a grow. Relative humidity (%RH), grains per pound, and now, dew point…
Water Vapor in Grow Rooms: Moisture, and How to Measure It – Part II: Grains per Pound (GPP)
Water Vapor in Grow Rooms: Moisture, and How to Measure It – Part II: Grains per Pound (GPP)
Dec 01 2015
Part II: Grains per Pound (GPP) As we discussed last time, relative humidity (%RH) is a way to measure moisture in your grow room’s air.…
Water Vapor in Grow Rooms: Moisture, and How to Measure It – Part I: Relative Humidity
Part I: Relative Humidity Plants need airborne moisture. In addition, the water vapor (or humidity) in your grow room can determine how healthy your plants…
Maintaining Grow Room Yields During Drought: Part III
Part III Dehumidifier Condensate: Best Practices for a Clean Water Supply The last article focused on how dehumidifiers can provide a steady, renewable water supply…
Maintaining Grow Room Yields During Drought: Part II
Part II water reclamation Your Dehumidifier Can Provide You with a Steady, Renewable Clean Water Supply Regardless of Drought Dehumidifiers are essential to healthy yields,…
Maintaining Grow Room Yields During Drought: Part I
Part I: 3 Keys to Keeping Your Water Needs Modest Drought has recently become a major concern for some growers. States like Washington, California, and…
Grow Room Dehumidifiers: Capacity and Settings
Capacity and Settings This grower installed a dehumidifier system and wasn’t sure that the dehumidifier had enough capacity. The grower also had questions about the…
Dude Grows Podcast with Quest
Demystifying Dehumidification: A Chat with QUEST’s Clif Tomasini- Are you using a standard residential dehumidifier in your growroom? Beware; you’re setting yourself up for failure,…
Carbon Dioxide and Better Indoor Harvests: Part 3
Part 3 Are you making the mistake of supplementing with CO2 at night? Don’t. Plants actually need oxygen, not CO2, at night—and they can provide…
Carbon Dioxide and Better Indoor Harvests – Part 2
Part 2 With carbon comprising as much as 40% of the plant material in harvest yields, CO2 is a major plant nutrient that significantly drives…
Carbon Dioxide and Better Indoor Harvests – Part 1
Part 1 Most of us think of carbon dioxide (CO2) as “bad,” thanks to today’s news of global warming, but without CO2, plants wouldn’t thrive.…
Control Humidity to Best Fight Powdery Mildew
April 23, 2015 Confusion Over Pesticide Rules Presents Conundrum for Colorado Growers “John Andrle, the owner of Denver rec shop L’Eagle Services, estimated that 95%…
Laboratory Test Results: Condensate Water
Condensate Water Ever wonder what is in the water that comes out of a dehumidifier? Some might guess heavy metals, but what does a lab…
Let There Be Light – the Right Light
the Right Light Robust Plant Growth and High Yields If you want healthy, robust plants that give you the best yields, you need the right…
For Robust Plant Growth Use the Right Temperatures
In order to grow properly, plants need proper humidity, temperature, and light. Too little or too much of any of these elements could mean overly…
For Robust Plant Growth Maintain Proper Humidity Levels
To grow properly, plants need proper humidity, temperature, and light levels. If plants get too much or too little of these elements, the resulting stress…
The Scourge of Powdery Mildew: Prevention Is Best
Prevention Is Best Once powdery mildew develops, there’s always a chance that traces of it will remain in your harvest — even if you treat…
The Scourge of Powdery Mildew: How Do You Treat It Once It’s Occurred?
How Do You Treat It Once It’s Occurred? Let’s Talk! Quest is the industry leader in energy-efficient dehumidification solutions in the agriculture industry. If you’ve…