High Plant Yield
Improve efficiency, quality and production rates. Produce more with energy efficient growing trends and tips.
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…
Terpenoids, Trichomes & Cannabinoids: Part 2: How they form
Written by Mike Steffes – Quest Dehumidifiers Cannabinoid synthesis pathway As mentioned previously, cannabinoids are produced via the joining of a terpene and a phenol…
Terpenoids, Trichomes & Cannabinoids: Part 1: Where they are located
Written by Mike Steffes – Quest Dehumidifiers THC and other cannabinoids are produced in only one place on the cannabis plant: Inside the heads of…
Vapor Pressure Deficit and Indoor Growing: 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 some idea of how it happens,…
Vapor Pressure Deficit and Indoor Growing: Part 2: Why is VPD Important?
Written by Mike Steffes – Quest Dehumidifiers Plants survive and grow using sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water plus a number of inorganic elements (N, P,…
Vapor Pressure Deficit and Indoor Growing: Part 1: What is VPD?
Written by Mike Steffes – Quest Dehumidifiers Vapor Pressure Deficit, or VPD for short, helps growers identify healthy air moisture conditions over the full range…
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…
Dissolved Oxygen for Better Growth: Part II: Effects of Root Oxygen Starvation, Methods of DO Production, and Effective Aeration and Nutrient Delivery
Plants grown in a hydroponic system need dissolved oxygen (DO) in their water to thrive and provide optimal yields; in hydroponic systems, most oxygen absorbed…
Dissolved Oxygen for Better Growth: 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 reap the best harvests: The right light , proper humidity ,…
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
There are three ways to measure moisture in a grow. Relative humidity (%RH), grains per pound , and now, dew point temperature. What is dew…
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
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
Plants need airborne moisture. In addition, the water vapor (or humidity) in your grow room can determine how healthy your plants are. Healthy plants require…
Maintaining Grow Room Yields During Drought: Part I
Drought has recently become a major concern for some growers. States like Washington, California, and Oregon are seeing major drought issues- water is becoming increasingly…
Dude Grows Podcast with Quest
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,…
Carbon Dioxide and Better Indoor Harvests: Part 3
Are you making the mistake of supplementing with CO 2 at night? Don’t. Plants actually need oxygen, not CO 2 , at night—and they can…
Carbon Dioxide and Better Indoor Harvests – Part 2
With carbon comprising as much as 40% of the plant material in harvest yields, CO 2 is a major plant nutrient that significantly drives plants’…
Carbon Dioxide and Better Indoor Harvests – Part 1
Most of us think of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) as “bad,” thanks to today’s news of global warming, but without CO 2 , plants…
Let There Be Light – the Right Light
Let There Be Light – the Right Light
May 13 2015
For Robust Plant Growth and High Yields: Let There Be Light – the Right Light If you want healthy, robust plants that give you the…
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…