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When growing medical marijuana indoors it is your responsibility to control the environment. There are several aspects that need to be controlled in order to ensure your plants not only survive, but thrive. The air in your grow room is an important aspect of the growing process for many reasons. You will need to control a couple aspects of the air in order to get the harvest you desire. Although it may not seem like rocket science, there is a balance that that will take time to understand how to control. One aspect of control can affect another, so the basics are crucial.

Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen are crucial to plant life. Air delivers both of these to a plant. Plants, especially marijuana, do not thrive in stagnate air. It is important to have a steady flow of fresh air to your grow room, otherwise your plants will suffer. Experienced indoor growers go as far as to add co2 to their grow rooms air. Incredible increases in yields have been achieved by the addition and regulation of co2.

The air temperature in the room is the the second factor in air control. If the temperature dips down around freezing or heats up in excess of over 100 degrees growth will most likely be stunted. Different strains respond to different temperatures. You should be able to accommodate any and all marijuana plants by keeping your temperature around 70-90 degrees. Extreme temperatures can affect final potency as well as the growth rate. There is some discussion over if it is better to flower in cooler or warmer temperatures. Studies show that peak levels would be on the hotter side of the previously mentioned heat scale. 90 degrees with the lights on and 70 with them off is just about perfect for peak growth and potency.

The last aspect of air control is humidity. Like with temperature humidity levels can affect both growth rate and potency. Humidity is similar as well to temperature in that there is a very forgiving range of acceptable humidity percentages. The only time that humidity will affect growth rate is when it dip below 20% or raises above 90%. Rule of thumb in as far is potency goes is that a relative low humidity around 40% is best. Humidity can be controlled by humidifiers and dehumidifiers. A humidifier may be necessary in the winter as home heating sucks humidity out of the air. Dehumidifiers are only necessary in extreme cases and most often in basements.

If you can control the air in your grow room you will be well on the way to having the healthy plants needed to bring you the harvest you desire. There are several other areas of control for you to work on, but if you do not have your air control under control the rest of your grow will surely suffer. Remember to always keep an eye on the temperature and humidity at all times, but especially during seasonal change. A digital thermometer with a humidity gauge runs around $10 at Lowes, so there are no excuses to not be on top of it.

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