Collecting kief is a great way to get the most out of your harvest. Whenever I have a bag of trim I make sure to not let the trichomes go to waste by using a simple dry sift method utilizing a mesh screen and a kief collector that’s small enough to fit on my desk while I write. Trichomes and crystals cover both the bud and the sugar leaves on the cannabis plant and should not be squandered!
Read MoreBuilding a Wick System: An Easy Way to Grow
This excerpt from my new book “Ask Ed: Marijuana Success” hones in on one of my favorite ways to grow cannabis at home with a wick system.
The wick container system is an easy way to garden because it’s self-watering and removes the uncertainty of when to water. It requires far less care than hand watering, and it’s simple, fast to assemble, and inexpensive to set up. The wick system is based on capillary action. One example of this is a tissue drawing up water from a puddle. The system we set up works on the same principle. Instead of tissue, we use braided nylon rope.
“How can I keep my cannabis plants from flowering?” I am referring to young plants germinated from seeds or clones that are hearty enough to bring outdoors. Now I want them to grow larger, but if they go by the natural light cycle there are over 10 hours of darkness which will trigger flowering.
Read MoreImprove your germination rate by following Frank from Purple Caper Seeds’ step by step process for popping seeds in coir and transplanting seeds to soil after germination.
Read MoreLearn about the pharmacological concept of binding affinity and why opioids can cause respiratory arrest and death and the natural cannabinoids in cannabis do not. By Uwe Blesching, Ph.D.
Read MoreBuds infected with powdery mildew or other molds and fungi are unfit for smoking, by Reginald Gaudino VP R&D at Front Range Biosciences. Here’s why and how to prevent mold and mildew on your cannabis.
Read MoreMedical cannabis expert Uwe Blesching Ph.D. breaks down the top 5 evidence-based reasons why cannabis is an effective pain reliever as compared to opioids, and describes how the future of medical marijuana is moving toward a chemotype-based classification system.
Read MoreLearn about how to target, control and prevent mites in your marijuana grow, and the many varieties of predator mites you can use as to control cannabis crop destroying mites.
Read MoreHow to improve the flavor and the high of your cannabis buds by implementing a controlled drying and curing process. By Franco, the strain hunter.
Read MoreLearn all the details about the cannabis ripening process in this visual guide & discover my favorite marijuana bloom enhancers.
Read MorePost-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Learn the facts: the signs, the research, and how cannabis can help relieve PTSD symptoms and save lives.
Read MoreHere’s all you want to know about rosin, AKA as SHO (solventless hash oil): What is rosin? How is rosin made? What is the difference between rosin and BHO? And more.
Read MoreHere’s all the details you need to know about the best way to determine the picking time of your marijuana buds: Ripening facts, trichomes and more.
Read MoreThere are a multitude of flushing methods, but they share a common goal: to remove most of the nutrients available to the roots, thereby encouraging the plant to use the non-assimilated salts and nutrients still remaining in the plant.
Read MoreLearn about the essential cannabis plant anatomy, finishing products cannabis for your cannabis plants and a glossary of common marijuana finishing ingredients.
Read MoreDrying and curing cannabis flowers takes time and patience, but the finished buds are worth the wait. Here are four options for small-scale drying and curing marijuana.
Read MoreHere's a detailed breakdown of the advantages and disadvantages of choosing to use cannabis seeds or cannabis clones.
Read MoreSupercropping is a technique of training your top marijuana plant branches to grow horizontally so that the primary bud is exposed to more light: With more areas exposed, the bud grows larger than normal. Here’s how to do it.
Read MoreMycologist Paul Stamets discusses mushrooms, and how mycelia perform important ecological roles: nourishing ecosystems, repairing them, and sometimes even helping create them. An in-depth interview with writer Derrick Jensen.
Read MoreTerence McKenna's truly the classic manual on home cultivation, the wisdom of Psilocybin: Magic Mushroom Grower's Guide continues to inspire new students of psycho-mycology—and refreshes psychedelic memories for others. Get yours >
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