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Curated knowledge for all things cannabis growing, grower news and helpful tips.
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Bridging Yield Gaps in Cannabis Cultivation

Bridging Yield Gaps in Cannabis Cultivation

In agriculture, a yield gap refers to the difference between a crop’s maximum yield…

Secondary Metabolites of Cannabis

Secondary Metabolites of Cannabis

Secondary metabolites are chemical compounds that plants produce to fight against threats, adapt to…

Monitoring Runoff in Recirculating Hydroponic Systems

Monitoring Runoff in Recirculating Hydroponic Systems

When cultivating cannabis hydroponically, growers can choose between drain-to-waste and recirculating systems. In drain-to-waste…

Spurring Plant Growth with Triacontanol

Spurring Plant Growth with Triacontanol

Triacontanol (sometimes abbreviated as TRIA) is a natural non-hormonal growth promoter. First discovered in…

Guiding your Garden Through Crop Steering

Guiding your Garden Through Crop Steering

Crop steering is a cannabis cultivation technique where careful control over environmental factors guides…

Managing VPD for Cannabis

Managing VPD for Cannabis

The vapor pressure deficit (VPD) is the difference between the moisture currently in the…

Understanding Plant Transpiration

Understanding Plant Transpiration

When plants transpire, they move water from the roots to the shoots and release…

Understanding Calcium-Magnesium Supplementation in Coco Medium

Understanding Calcium-Magnesium Supplementation in Coco Medium

Any comprehensive nutrient line already contains calcium and magnesium, but growers who use coco…

Sources of Carbon Dioxide Supplementation

Sources of Carbon Dioxide Supplementation

Supplementing carbon dioxide (CO2) in the grow room is common in indoor cannabis cultivation.…

Carbon Dioxide Supplementation

Carbon Dioxide Supplementation

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is essential for photosynthesis. The amount of CO2 available to plants…

Irrigation Water Quality in Hydroponics

Irrigation Water Quality in Hydroponics

Water is the lifeblood of agriculture. Not only does water irrigate roots, but it…

Cannabis Pests and Pathogens

Cannabis Pests and Pathogens

Pests and pathogens threaten cannabis crops. Pests—larger organisms[1] like insects and mites—physically damage plants,…

How Light Affects Cannabinoid Production

How Light Affects Cannabinoid Production

Light is the primary energy source for plants. Not only is it necessary for…

Carbohydrate Supplementation

Carbohydrate Supplementation

Produced through photosynthesis, carbohydrates are a plant’s primary source of energy, and they play…

How to Maximize Photoperiod

How to Maximize Photoperiod

Light is a primary driver of plant growth. For many cannabis genotypes, the photoperiod…

How Amino Acids Promote Plant Growth

How Amino Acids Promote Plant Growth

Proteins are known as “the building blocks of life”—and amino acids the building blocks…

Sources of Soluble Silicon

Sources of Soluble Silicon

Silicon is the second most abundant element on Earth. However, most forms of silicon[1]…

How Silicon Promotes Plant Growth

How Silicon Promotes Plant Growth

Although silicon is not considered an essential nutrient—plants can grow without it—it significantly boosts…

How Suboptimal Fertilization Affects Yield

How Suboptimal Fertilization Affects Yield

Fertilizer is a crucial component of crop production, but simply adding fertilizer to the…

Biofilms in your Grow Ops

Biofilms in your Grow Ops

Biofilms are slimy layers of microbial colonies that form where microorganisms grow and reproduce.…

Clogs in your Grow Room

Clogs in your Grow Room

Clogs in emitters, feeding lines and drains One of the biggest challenges growers face…

Style of Growing: SOG and SCROG

Style of Growing: SOG and SCROG

Many indoor growers are challenged by the height limitations of their lighting systems. One…

Equipment for Indoor Growing

Equipment for Indoor Growing

Growers need a lot of different equipment to foster the ideal conditions for cultivating…

Photos vs. Autos

Photos vs. Autos

Photos vs autos: a comparison In the wake of cannabis legalization, growers have more…

Cannabis Life Cycles

Cannabis Life Cycles

In the wild, cannabis goes through three phases during its life cycle: (1) seeds…

Starting with Seeds, Clones or Tissue Culture

Starting with Seeds, Clones or Tissue Culture

Growers can start cannabis cultivation from seeds, clones or tissue culture. Starter plants are…

Choosing a Growing Method

Choosing a Growing Method

Cannabis can be cultivated outdoors, in an open field, or indoors, either within the…

Choosing the Right Strain

Choosing the Right Strain

The choice of strain, or cultivar,[1] primarily depends on customer preferences. Factors to consider…

Premium or Basic?

Premium or Basic?

Basic blends don’t have what it takes A “basic blend” is typically a simple…

Silicon: The Truth

Silicon: The Truth

Silicon is the second-most abundant element in the Earth’s crust, and it bonds with…

A Little Goes a Long Way

A Little Goes a Long Way

Hydroponic nutrients need to be applied in the right concentrations at the right times…

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