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What are the early signs of a hermie plant?
Cannabis plants come in all shapes and sizes. Tall, lanky, euphoria inducing Sativas. Shorter, bushier, stress-relieving Indicas. Rare, exotic, hard-to-find landraces. And then there is the unbelievably massive range of hybrids available in this brave new world of cannabis legality, offering pretty much every type of cerebral and body-buzzing effect imaginable. And while the veritable smorgasbord of strains available to...
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What is the sea of green method?
With cannabis laws becoming increasingly relaxed worldwide, growers have come up with some very clever tricks for making the most out of limited space and time and one of the best ways to achieve high yields in a shorter time frame is the “sea of green” (SOG) method. In a nutshell, the SOG method involves growing many smaller marijuana plants...
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When to start fimming cannabis?
What is fimming? Fimming is a high stress training (HST) method that you can use to increase the yield of a cannabis plant. It is very similar to topping, the main difference is how much of the plant that you remove. With topping you cut off the entire top of the central stem above the fourth node, this results in two apex stems...
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The cannabis flowering stage week by week
Unless you have never consumed, touched, or seen cannabis buds before (i.e. you have been living under a rock), you will know that the prize of any cannabis plant are the flowers containing the highest concentrations of THC. Yes, we all love the aesthetics of the serrated cannabis leaf and its symbolism, but flowering cannabis is where it’s at in...
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How to germinate marijuana seeds
We’ve recently discussed the marijuana seedling stage and covered the importance of caring for your plants in their infancy stage, which is absolutely crucial if you want to have a healthy, thriving garden. Logically, proper germination is just as important as caring for seedlings as it is the initial step in the cannabis life cycle. If you’re starting with bad...
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How to get through the cannabis seedling stage
So, you’ve made the decision to start growing your own cannabis, purchased all the right gear for your garden and stocked up on some quality genetics. Once you have successfully germinated your seeds, the next hurdle to overcome is surviving the cannabis seedling stage. As the more experienced growers know, many things can happen during a plant’s lifetime that can...
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A Guide To The Vegetative Stage Of Weed
If you are new to the wonderful world of cannabis cultivation, you might be wondering what the differences between the vegetative and flowering growth stages are. In fact, you might not even be initiated to the idea of the different growth stages whatsoever. Don't stress, no one learned how to grow banging buds overnight, and if you are looking to...
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Breeding 101 – How to Create Your Own Marijuana Strain
Smoking is fun, and growing can be a lot of fun. But breeding marijuana and creating your own strain is where the art of marijuana becomes really fascinating. All you’re really doing when you breed marijuana is taking two plants, each of a different strain, and bringing them together to create your very own strain that is perfect for you...
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Can You Tell the Sex of Cannabis Seeds from Their Appearance
Of all the things that can trip a grower up, sexing marijuana plants may just be the trickiest. Sexing plants is so important because growers are typically after the female plants, that produce the huge THC covered buds. Or the medicinal relief that CBD strains can bring. With such opposite effects of male and female plants, it’s easy to see just...
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How to Grow Marijuana in Arid and Dry Climates
Growing in a hot and dry climate might seem like a grower’s dream. After all, it makes for the perfect conditions to grow marijuana plants free of mould and rot, and that can be grown all year long. These things are true, however growing in arid and dry climates presents its own challenges and if growers aren’t ready to deal...
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What causes a marijuana plant to hermie?
If you’ve been researching cannabis online, you might have heard people talking about “hermies” and the frustration and problems they can cause. “Hermie” is convenient shorthand for “hermaphrodite marijuana plant”. All growers should be alert to the possibility that their plants may hermie and that they should take steps to prevent this, if possible. If not and due to genetics, then to take remedial action as soon as possible. Continue reading →
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A Guide To Cannabis Soil and Solid Growth Mediums
Ask anyone to describe what a living, breathing cannabis plant looks like and almost everyone will tell you something along the lines of ‘a bushy, leafy plant growing in a the ground or a flower pot’ and they would be pretty close to what modern day marijuana cultivation looks like. Of course, there are many different ways of cultivating cannabis...
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Odor Control Solutions for Indoor Cannabis Grow Rooms
Originally posted on 28th April 2016, Updated on 23rd March 2020 Let’s face it. Cannabis plants have strong odors. Although their smells are divine, they’re difficult to hide — especially while growing them inside your home. That's why cannabis odor control is so important. Fortunately, you can masque, reduce, and eliminate cannabis odors and keep your grow room ‘hush-hush’. Why Does...
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Drying weed for the perfect taste, smell and potency
So you've poured your heart and soul into your first cannabis crop, and today is the day to cut those bad girls down. What's next? Stick around to find out everything you need to know about drying weed... Ask any experienced grower, and they're going to tell you that growing the crop is really only half the battle. The process after...
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What is a Marijuana Gas Lantern Routine (GLR)?
The gas lantern routine, also known as GLR, is one that dates back to farmers long ago. However, today more marijuana growers are finding that using this routine can greatly help their yields, and give them healthier plants. What is a gas lantern routine? The idea of a gas lantern routine started with farmers that were trying to rid their...
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