Growing Cannabis
Get ahead of changes in regulation. Learn how commercial dehumidification can yield pesticide-free cannabis through controlled growing. Eliminate cannabis mold, track growing temperatures and CO2 to produce more, higher quality plants.

Vapor Pressure Deficit and Indoor Growing: Part 1: What is VPD?
May 11 2017
Written by Mike Steffes – Quest Dehumidifiers Vapor Pressure Deficit, or VPD for short, helps growers identify healthy air moisture conditions over the full range…

One Way Not to Spray: Keep Dry
Jun 30 2016
Posted by Cannabis Product News – Solutions for a Growing Industry MADISON, Wis. – A long-time partner of the cannabis industry is looking to dry…
Basalt Mineral Wool: The Key to Perfect Irrigation in Your Grow Room
Jun 27 2016
Commercial growers use basalt (or basaltic) mineral wool in their hydroponic growrooms, and you should consider using it, too. What is mineral wool? Also known…

The Different Grow Room Lights and How You Use Them: Part IV: Fluorescent and LED Lights
Feb 11 2016
While HID lights are the heavy hitters in grow rooms when plants need the most light, both fluorescent and now LED grow room lights have…

The Different Grow Room Lights and How You Use Them – Part III: High Pressure Sodium Lights
Feb 01 2016
High Intensity Discharge (HID) lights are the most popular of the grow room lights used. There are two kinds: Metal Halide (MH) , which we…

The Different Grow Room Lights and How You Use Them – Part II: Metal Halide Lights
Jan 25 2016
HID lights , or High Intensity Discharge lights , are among the most popular of the grow room lights. That’s because they are proven to…

The Different Grow Room Lights and How You Use Them- Part I: An Overview
Jan 18 2016
Let there be Light In general, a grow room needs light, light, and more light. The indirect lighting many houseplants do fine with won’t work…

Some state companies find opportunity in growing market for legal marijuana
Jan 12 2016
Clif Tomasini, project manager at Therm-Stor, stands next a Quest dehumidifier manufactured in Madison. The dehumidifiers are sold to marijuana growers in states that allow…

Water Vapor in Grow Rooms: Moisture, and How to Measure It Part III: Dew Point Temperature
Dec 10 2015
Relative humidity (%RH), grains per pound , and now, dew point temperature: All three are ways to measure moisture in the grow room. What is…

Water Vapor in Grow Rooms: Moisture, and How to Measure It – Part II: Grains per Pound (GPP)
Dec 01 2015
As we discussed last time, relative humidity (%RH) is a way to measure moisture in your grow room’s air. Today, we’ll talk about “grains per…

Water Vapor in Grow Rooms: Moisture, and How to Measure It – Part I: Relative Humidity
Nov 23 2015
Plants need airborne moisture, and the water vapor (or humidity) in your grow room can determine how healthy your plants are. Healthy plants require proper…

Dude Grows Podcast with Quest
Jul 28 2015
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,…

Control Humidity to Best Fight Powdery Mildew
May 15 2015
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%…