THC Academy course
Outdoor, Protected Cultivation & Post-Harvest
Connect establishment, weather, protected-environment risk, lighting, drying, water activity, and microbial quality into one applied systems course.
Course outcomes
What you should be able to do
- Evaluate outdoor sites by sun, drainage, wind, water, microclimate, biology, and seasonal risk.
- Explain how protected structures change heat, humidity, condensation, ventilation, pest entry, and light management.
- Treat drying as controlled moisture transfer with spatially variable temperature, RH, airflow, and load density.
- Separate water activity from moisture content and preserve lot identity through storage.
Guided sequence
5 connected units
1Hardening & outdoor establishmentMove plants into sun, wind, and changing humidity through measured acclimation.Open →2Rainfall, irrigation & water-source integrationConnect effective rainfall, root-zone storage, runoff, irrigation, and source-water quality.Open →3Humidity, condensation & dew-point riskUnderstand condensation risk inside protected structures.Open →4Drying temperature, RH & airflowTreat drying as controlled moisture transfer rather than a fixed calendar schedule.Open →5Water activity & equilibrationSeparate moisture content from water activity and understand post-harvest equilibration.Open →