Agriculture
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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…
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,…
Vapor Pressure Deficit and Indoor Growing Part 1: What is VPD?
Part 2: Why is VPD Important? Written by Mike Steffes – Quest Dehumidifiers Why is Vapor Pressure Deficit Important? Vapor Pressure Deficit, or VPD for…
One Way Not to Spray: Keep Dry
Keep Dry Posted by Cannabis Product News – Solutions for a Growing Industry MADISON, Wis. – A long-time partner of the cannabis industry is looking…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 CO 2 at night? Don’t. Plants actually need oxygen, not CO 2 , at night—and…
Carbon Dioxide and Better Indoor Harvests – Part 2
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…
Carbon Dioxide and Better Indoor Harvests – Part 1
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…
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%…
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…