Making the Most of a Container Garden
Today’s style of container gardening offers urban growers more variety than ever before. With so many varieties to choose from, growers can...
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The Beauty of Hydroponic Brassicas
No longer your run-of-the-mill cauliflower and broccoli best consumed under heaps of cheese sauce, modern brassicas are colourful, flavorful, healthy, and suitable for...
Growing in Tough Soils and Difficult Climates
You might be wondering why your plants are losing their leaves and hardly forming any buds. There’s a good chance your garden soil is not healthy enough for producing...
Growing 101: Skills to Garden By
Here is an extended list of what every grower new and seasoned alike should—but might not—know.
Growing Cannabis at Home for Migraine Relief
While Heidi has had migraines for a good portion of her life, she just recently started using and growing her own cannabis for pain relief.
Keep it Clean: Disinfecting Hydroponic Water
A sure-fire way to quickly kill hydroponic plants is through pathogens in the water supply. By keeping water clean, growers can practice environmental responsibility...
Researching the Impact of LED Lighting on Leafy Greens
With urban and vertical growing becoming more of a necessity than a trend, better information is being sought to provide a baseline on how LED grow lights affect indoor...
Getting the Right Ammonium to Nitrate Ratio
Nitrogen is one of the three most essential plant nutrients, and plants absorb this element in either the ammonium or nitrate forms. Giving your plants the right amount...
Cannabis and PTSD
After smoking for the very first time, Cody received significant relief from his pain and PTSD, and found that smoking cannabis helped tremendously with minimizing his...
How to Improve Plant Growth with Micro-organisms
The most common types of beneficial micro-organisms used by indoor growers can be broken down into three categories: beneficial bacteria, trichoderma and mycorrhizae.
How to Make Rosin and Dry Sift Out of Your Home-Grown Bud and Trim
Concentrates such as Dry Sift Hash can be made from trim using very simple techniques, and the end result is a very high-quality concentrate.
From Food, to Sex, to Fine Art. Why Weed Makes Almost Everything Better
Why is dope so... dope? There are scientific reasons why we feel the way we do when we ingest THC.
How the Water Retention of Soilless Media Impacts Plant Growth
While various grow media retain water differently, where and what you are growing also factor in to what medium to select for best results. Kent Gruetzmacher checked in...
10 Tips For Growing High Quality Bud
Planting weed and getting it to grow is generally not a complicated process and can be done by anyone. However, plant growth rate and size are not the things that...
Sorting Out Seed Types and Terminology
With so many seed types out there, it’s sometimes hard to distinguish which type of seed you’re actually buying. Our grow expert, Grubbycup, takes a closer look at seed...
Back to School Fun: Hydroponic and Garden Projects
The key to running a successful school-based hydroponic and garden project is knowledge. Without it, limited budgets (and cut corners) can lead to an off-putting mess...
Experts
How do enzyme cleaners affect the beneficial microorganisms in the soil?
Enzyme-based cleaners, conditioners, and additives are a great, all-natural way to help maintain a healthy soil or hydroponic system. Enzymes are specialized catalysts...
What can I take for pain between edible doses?
With cannabis edibles, there exist multiple factors that affect the onset of action and the potency of a dose, and these factors can create challenges for patients...
Can medical cannabis relieve rheumatoid arthritis?
Cannabis as a medical treatment for individuals suffering with pain and inflammation is becoming a more accepted treatment, especially in the United States and Canada. A...
Can I make Cherry Wine hemp seeds produce THC?
This is a question that goes to the heart of the genetic code of cannabis.Generally speaking, all strains of cannabis require a specific range of temperature and...
Is being bolted with long stems and curled leaves normal for lettuce?
Bolting in lettuce is the premature formation of a flower head which causes the plant to elongate and creates a looseness of leaf formation on the stem. Bolting can have...
