With planting season upon us, I want to highlight this effective cannabis seed germination technique. In our last trial we had over 98% success rate. In three days, you’ll have healthy marijuana seedlings sure to sprout big buds.
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One aspect that has long begged for evolution is the curing process. The traditional 'burping' approach, though effective to an extent, leaves much to be desired in terms of efficiency, safety, and ease of use. Let me show you an easy and cheap alternative.
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Caterpillars are the larval stage of butterflies and moths. Caterpillars are voracious eating machines and can savage Cannabis plants very quickly. They chew continuously to support their high growth rate. They can destroy a tray of seedlings overnight.
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The mercury is steadily on the ascent, blanketing the entire nation in a warm embrace. While specific strains of cannabis undeniably revel in the caress of balmy weather, the looming specter of oppressive heat casts a shadow of potential disaster.
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In 2018, I stayed for two months in the city of Mazar-i Sharif in northern Afghanistan. You may think I am crazy, lucky, or both, but what I saw as a cannabis enthusiast is really unique. In this 4-part blog series, I'll try to describe what I saw and what it meant to me.
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“Before you add another light, add C02.” Ed Rosenthal
The importance of carbon dioxide cannot be understated in the cultivation process. Having robust C02 levels ensures optimal plant health and maximum yield. Plants create sugars using the process of photosynthesis which is powered by light.
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Male cannabis plants make pollen sacks to fertilize the female flowers and, for breeders, selecting the parental lineage of strains is a crucial decision. Purple Caper Seeds meticulously breeds its father plants because they carry and pass on crucial genetic traits which have a strong influence on the offspring of a strain.
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Healthy soil for Cannabis plants. Synthetic nutrients, tilling, heavy equipment, poisonous pesticides, and herbicides have turned much of our soil into dirt. When soil is abused year after year to the point where almost all of the biology is gone, we get dirt. Dirt can’t hold nutrients, has no structure, and is prone to erosion and disease.
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Light Quality in Cannabis Cultivation by Ed Rosenthal
The quality of light is its color, or spectrum. Light spectrum is useful for directing the plant’s growth habits, as well as contributing to healthy photosynthesis. Comparing this to a car, if light intensity is the gas pedal to increase speed of photosynthesis, light quality would be the steering wheel. Using different colors of light allows growers to affect the plant in terms of yield, flavor, color, growth, flowering, and even the severity of pests and diseases (Davis and Burns 2016).
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Fohse is proud to partner with Ed Rosenthal to educate cannabis cultivators on the benefits of high-intensity lighting in the grow room. Fohse has been leading the industry for the last 6+ years in making high-powered LED fixtures designed specifically to grow cannabis. The promise of higher efficacy coupled with greater PAR output has lured celebrities and industry veterans alike to purchase Fohse high-intensity LEDs. All are eager to increase their yields while lowering their bottom lines.
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We wanted to bring you more insights into this fascinating world of mycorrhizal fungi and sat down with the team at DYNOMYCO™ Inoculants in order to better understand this plant-fungal symbiosis and why fungi are so important for cannabis growers
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I invited Grow_Doctor Douglas R. Jacobs and Grodan to write a guest blog for us. They are leading Industry experts and if you grow indoors with Rockwool you really want to read this. They are addressing six common mistakes during the Propagation of Cuttings. Very well-researched article and very useful information.
Ed
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What Is Crop Steering?
Crop steering controls plant growth by adjusting environmental factors and irrigation events to promote a crop's outcome. Changing these conditions allows growers to steer growth toward the desired growth, typically vegetative or generative.
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A prominent agricultural process that has been trending in the cannabis industry over the last few years is integrated pest management, better known as IPM. This combination of methods suits the cannabis grower as it minimizes the impact on the environment while boosting plant health and meeting regulatory constraints by reducing or eliminating the need for harsh chemical-based pesticides. Like any well-planned grow, IPM starts with selecting soil media full of nutrients and microorganisms, adequate forecasting and planning, trapping and monitoring, cultural controls, biological controls, and when necessary chemical controls featuring ingredients that are highly vetted with a low impact on the environment.
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Paradise Seeds has been around since the mid-nineties and is one of the most decorated seed companies in Europe with many cannabis cups and awards accumulated over the years. Paradise’s strain library contains over 40 strains and features sativa, indica, hybrid, autoflower and CBD Rich/High varieties. Popular strains include Nebula, Delahaze, Wappa, El Dorado Gold, L.A. Amnesia and Auto Kong ll (from Paradise’s hugely successful collaboration with Tommy Chong) and CBDRelax and CBDream from the company’s new CBD range.
Cannabis plants are dependent on their environment for materials and energy. These key inputs, known as the limiting factors, drive photosynthesis and therefore plant growth. As outlined in the Marijuana Grower’s Handbook, the limiting factors are light, carbon dioxide, nutrients, water, and temperature. Through my work to update the book, which is now the Cannabis Grower’s Handbook, I’ve highlighted another critical limiting factor, oxygen.
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Enriching the air around your plants with CO2 supercharges the photosynthetic process, creating healthier plants and, ultimately, bigger yields. Gaining sufficient carbon from CO2 is important even at the earliest stages of plant development, when the plant prioritizes root development. Like compound interest, these early “investments” in plant structure support the creation of additional biomass as the plant matures. The best results from CO2 enrichment are realized when it’s applied to both the vegetative and flowering stages.
Yield improvements from CO2 enrichment derive from more, larger, and denser buds and can exceed 30-40% … commonly generating 25-30 pounds of additional finished product per 1,000 square feet per harvest. As Ed Rosenthal likes to say, plants evolved when there were greater concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere and they “know” how to use more of it.
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When it comes to germinating cannabis seeds there are many different ways to get those tiny jewel boxes of prized genetics to pop. In response to my scientific investigations exploring different methodologies for germinating seeds, Marijuana Seed Breeders conducted a survey of experts and home growers to ask about their preferred method of germination. I wanted to share the results of this survey as well as some of my own tips for spouting your seeds. Let’s give our plants the best chances possible to grow into their full potential by starting them off right.
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When it comes to seeds, Royal Queen Seeds knows what they are talking about. Here they’ve provided some great tips for starting off your grow with the best seeds possible.
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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!
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