Plant Health

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  Industry News

  Old Virus, New Crop: BCTV is Back

  What’s old is new again with a reported resurgence of Beet Curly Top Virus (BCTV), a plague from Mexico to Canada “spreading havoc in over 300 species in 44...

  By: Lee Allen | Writer, Reporter, Gardener

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  Plant Health

  Supercharge Your Cannabis Garden with Chitosan

  Although you may never have heard of chitin before, this incredible substance exists throughout nature.Chitin is the main structural component found in the exoskeletons...

  By: Alex Fraser

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  Plant Health

  How to Safely Remove Poison Ivy from Your Garden

  With spring fast upon us, many garden-minded folks are itching to get that garden going if they haven’t already. For us non-perfectionists, that usually includes...

  By: Alan Ray

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  Plant Growth

  Strengthening Plants with Diatomaceous Earth

  Diatoms are a diverse group of single-celled algae made up of thousands (or by some estimates millions) of species whose silica cell walls are collected as skeletal...

  By: Grubbycup | Indoor Gardener, Owner & Writer of Grow with Grubbycup

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  Plant Health

  Get to Know Your Garden’s Weeds

  As the old saying goes, weeds are simply plants that grow where we don’t want them to grow.Some weeds are harmless, some are harmful, and others are wild medicine...

  By: Monica Mansfield | Homesteader, Owner & Writer of The Nature Life Project

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  Plant Health

  How to Prevent and Control Fungus Gnats In Your Cannabis Growroom

  There is nothing worse than working in an indoor garden full of fungus gnats. These tiny, mosquito-like creatures can be seen running across the soil surface and flying...

  By: Monica Mansfield | Homesteader, Owner & Writer of The Nature Life Project

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  Plant Health

  The Importance of Brix in Cannabis Health

  Sugar content in cannabis is something most home growers rarely consider. But like all plants we consume, as well as other consumables, the brix value is very important...

  By: Luis Cordova | Plant Biotechnician, Pharmaceutical Scientist

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  Plant Health

  What To Do About Powdery Mildew

  Beating Powdery Mildew with Amino AcidsThis discussion on beating powdery mildew in the growroom begins with a trip to the Netherlands. Traveling to the Netherlands is...

  By: Harley Smith

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  Plant Health

  The Best Pest Control for Growing Cannabis

  There are a wide variety of chemical treatments available that will quickly knock down a pest insect population. Unfortunately, many of these chemical pesticides may...

  By: Lee G Lyzit | Grower, Writer

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  Plant Growth

  Building up the Brix for Healthier, Nutrient-Dense Crops

  The best organic farmers often boast about growing nutrient-dense, high-brix plants. But brix is still a foreign concept to many indoor growers. Brix is a measurement of...

  By: Harley Smith

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  Cannabis

  Growing Cannabis in Humid Conditions: Mold-Resistant Strains

  Cannabis plants are genetically predisposed to thrive in dry and sunny climates, such as those seen in the mountains of central Asia. As such, many pathogen-related...

  By: Kent Gruetzmacher | Writer, Owner of KCG Content

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  Plant Health

  Dealing with Downy Mildew

  Downy mildew is the name collectively given to a number of different, but symptomatically similar plant diseases. Often confused with gray mold (Botrytis) or powdery...

  By: Chris Bond | Certified Permaculture Designer, Nursery Technician, Nursery Professional