Anatomy of a Cannabis Plant
Alan Ray provides a brief biology lesson on the cannabis plant to keep you in the loop of what might be a slightly more complicated plant...
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A Growing Trend: Picture Perfect Purple Cannabis
Purple: the most powerful wavelength of the rainbow and historically the most significant and interesting color. It’s rarity in nature has given it a supernatural aura....
What CO2 Can Do For You
Carbon dioxide plays an important role in the theater of your growroom. Read on to learn what adding more of it to your garden can do for you.
Cannabis Cloning Techniques
Cloning cannabis is no easy feat. You need to select a good mother plant and make sure atmospheric conditions are consistent, among other concerns.
How Greenhouses Change the Way We Grow
Growing in a greenhouse is a markedly different experience from traditional outdoor gardening. Erik Biksa explains.
Why You Should Consider a Vacuum Pump for Your Cannabis Extraction and Distillation
Cannabis Extraction and Distillation can be a complicated and time consuming process. A Vacuum pump can take a lot of that pain away, reducing both dangers from extreme...
Building an In-Ground Hydro System
Simple in-ground hydroponic systems can be an extremely cost-efficient solution for hydroponic growing. Read on to find out what you’ll need to get started.
Is There Room for Craft Cannabis?
With mega weed corporations emerging, will there still be a place in the industry for craft cannabis producers? Kent Gruetzmacher tells us more.
Fertilizer: When Too Much Is Too Much
In hopes of a bountiful harvest, many growers don’t worry about the amount of fertilizer or pesticides they spray onto their crops. It’s about time they paused to think...
Cannabis Trimming: Wet or Dry?
Once you've grown your bud, you have to harvest and trim. Trimming can be done either wet or dry. What does it mean, and why does it matter? We take a look at both sides.
Fighting Spider Mites in the Growroom
If you want to keep your grow room free of mites and other nasty plant-killing pests, the key is early detection to vanquish them before they start reproducing and...
Sand Culture Growing Success
Growing plants and vegetables in sand culture is not a new idea, but it appears to be both practical and economical now that plastics and commercial water-soluble...
Small Gardens: Going Small In A Big Way
When it comes to gardening, go big or go home, right? Kyle Ladenburger thinks small gardens are the answer. Here's why.
Chemical Combos in the Garden
Combining chemicals in the garden is tricky business. Mix the right ones together, and you’ll be rewarded with a synergistic result. Mix incompatible chemicals together,...
Plant Growth and the Light Spectrum
Breakthroughs in understanding how the light spectrum affects plant growth are occurring more rapidly with advanced technology. Eric Hopper keeps us current with the...
A Balancing Act: Vapor Pressure Deficit
Growers know that vapor pressure deficit is important for healthy plants but requires strict attention to detail and equipment that can ensure consistent humidity levels...
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Ask a Grower: Grow Room Netting
Nicholas,Thank you for your question. Using trellis netting as you described is also referred to as the screen of green (ScrOG) method and is a great way to maximize the...
Ask a Grower: What Can I Do With a Single Cannabis Seed
John,Thank you for your question. When a single seed shows up in a bud it is usually the result of a stressed female plant that, in a last-ditch effort, created a pollen...
Ask A Grower: What To Do With a Bumper Crop
Hi Rick,Thank you for a great question. Regardless of what you plan to do with the stored crop, you want to preserve all the characteristics the buds had before they...
Ask A Grower: Feed Schedules in Hydro mediums
Hello Ryan,Sunshine Advanced #4 contains some added fertilizers (as well as naturally occurring salts in peat and coir) to give early plant growth a boost. In the case...
Evaporative Cooling
Hello Hewie,Evaporative cooling can be highly effective, however, the amount of cooling that can be achieved with evaporative methods is not unlimited. It’s also...
