Author: Kevin Castillo

General News

A Little Goes a Long Way
Hydroponic nutrients need to be applied in the right concentrations at the right times in the crop life cycle. They also need to be formulated in the right ratios, so that the various essential nutrients complement and balance one another rather than work against each other.Plants need at least a minimum amount of every nutrient essential to plant life. Even if a plant gets more than enough of every essential nutrient except one, it might not thrive. If even one …
General News

Build a Better Foundation
The Emerald Harvest nutrient line is a complete feeding program that’s been purity and quality tested in the lab, with proven results in the field, grow after grow. The starting point is our two professional base nutrient series, which offer your hydroponic plants every nutrient they need and nothing they don’t. Plants need at least a minimum amount of every nutrient essential to plant life. It doesn't matter if a plant gets more than enough of every essential nutrient but one; …
Grower Spotlight

Michigan Home Growers ‘Stick’ to What Works
By Jonathan KatzShere McKay can rattle off dizzying list of homemade cannabis goods that you would expect to find at an established Michigan dispensary. Vegan cream cheese cookies, salad dressing, nougat (the top seller) and even smoked sausage. The products are her own creations—derived from the home grow that she and her husband Don operate in Otisville, Michigan, just outside Flint. They serve as caregivers under the business name McStickys and sell their products to their patients at a market …
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Clearing up the confusion about silicates: Case in point—BioNova Silutio
Silicon-based fertilizer supplements are easy-to-use additions to your feeding program that bring numerous benefits to cannabis gardens, including increased crop quality, strength and resilience. Their ingredients—the raw materials in the bottle—are also simple: They’re predominantly bottled silicates. There’s no mystery to silicates or how they deliver silicic acid* to the roots. Nevertheless, some fertilizer manufacturers get the science behind silicates—and the advice they give to growers as to which type of silicate they should use for best results—just plain wrong.Indeed, …

Inside silicon supplements: Making Sense of What’s inside the Bottle
Silicon packs a powerful punch, increasing crop quality, strength and resilience. Yet the fertilizer market is flooded with misinformation about silicon supplements, including confusing labeling and misleading marketing claims with no basis in science. This poses a challenge for growers seeking to choose the best product.With every nutrient company touting the superiority of its silicon-based product, it’s no wonder growers get confused and struggle to make an informed choice. Even the terminology—silicon, silica, silicic acid, silicate—is often used interchangeably in …
Grower Spotlight

Legion of Bloom
Tell me a little about the size and scope of your facility. What is the focus or specialty?LEGION Cultivation has about 44,000 sqft of flowering canopy and specializing in sustainably produced indoor cannabis.  Our facility runs on 100% California produced renewable energy and incorporates an extremely efficient water catchment and filtration system that allows us to recapture all of our HVAC, dehumidification, and plant run-off.  With this system, we recapture close to 90% of our water needs from the environment. Where …
Grower Spotlight

Emerald Harvest Nutrient Switch Gives Craft Grower a Boost
Los Angeles-area microgrower gains enhanced resin production and increased efficiency from easy-to-use nutrient line.It’s not a stretch to say Grey (right) and Pinky’s (left) indoor flower rooms are working laboratories. The husband-and-wife duo operate the Greybeard Grows and Pinkbeard Grows microgroweries. They experiment with different growing conditions to perfect their craft and share their experiences as consultants through their blogs. With decades of growing experience between them, Pinky and Grey know that an optimal environment is key to cultivating the highest …
Retailer Stories

Emerald Harvest will always be my 1st Choice
With over 15 years of marijuana production for licensed facilities in the rapidly evolving and ultra-dynamic So Cal Markets of the Post 215 era, I have worked in the most competitive place to grow.The competition is fierce and if you want to stand out, you have to be on top of your game. There is nothing worse than spending time and money on nutrients that over promise and under deliver. Having a bad pull can be detrimental for staying in …
Retailer Stories

Consistent Quality for Hawaiian Based Retailer
HiBred Seed LLC is a Hawaii based medicinal cannabis souvenir retailer on the island of Oahu in the Honolulu district. Our company seed breeders for this operation are located in Hawaii, Mainland USA, Canada, UK, Germany, and Australia. Although we are a brand new company that just stepped foot onto the public scene, we have been preparing for this moment for many years now. Our breeders and seed testers are seasoned growers and leading social media personalities, that help the …
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Heavy Metals: Time to Face the Music
In agriculture as in music, heavy metal has a bad-boy reputation. And for good reason. Lead poisoning has made headlines as a public health concern for generations, and heightened regulation and consumer demand have slowly but surely eradicated lead from the surfaces and appliances we interact with. Mercury poisoning, too, has entered the public consciousness, motivating consumers to dramatically reduce their canned tuna intake.1 Exposure to many other heavy metals still put people at risk of potentially devastating health consequences. …
Retailer Stories

Moonlight Garden Supply gets results with Emerald Harvest
Emerald Harvest has been a great addition to the store. The products give awesome results: easy to sell and even easier to use.The best thing about Emerald is the accessibility to the company and more so our sales rep. Chad has been one of the best reps we have ever had always there for you and always willing to help with questions and application/use of products.We couldn't be happier with how things have worked out both for the plants and …
Grower Spotlight

Simplicity Brings Home Grower to Emerald Harvest
Mark Nerheim wanted simplicity. As a home grower with a focus on quality, he didn’t have time to experiment with different nutrient formulations. Several years ago, a friend introduced him to Emerald Harvest’s nutrient line. Here, Nerheim shares his story, including his approach to growing at his property in the Portland, Oregon, area.Tell me a little bit about your operation and how you got started?I was a medical grower in the state of Oregon when you could have a lot …
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