Growing Cannabis

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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

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

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…

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

Part 2: Why is VPD Important? Written by Mike Steffes – Quest Dehumidifiers Why is Vapor Pressure Deficit Important? Vapor Pressure Deficit, or VPD for…

Keep Dry Posted by Cannabis Product News – Solutions for a Growing Industry MADISON, Wis. – A long-time partner of the cannabis industry is looking…

The Key to Perfect Irrigation in Your Grow Room Commercial growers use basalt (or basaltic) mineral wool in their hydroponic growrooms, and you should consider…

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 Perfect “Red and Blue” Team. High Intensity Discharge (HID) lights are the most popular of the grow room lights used. There are two kinds:…

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…

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…

By Rick Romell of the Journal Sentinel Jan. 3, 2016   The rapidly growing marijuana industry — legal to some degree in much of the…

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…

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.…

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…

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,…

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%…