Grow Guide

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...

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...

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...

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 →

Originally posted 16th November 2015, Updated on 3rd December 2019 So you’ve bought your marijuana seeds.  Are you ready to use them yet?  If not, then you’ll want to know how to store marijuana seeds.  More accurately, you’ll want to know the best way to store marijuana seeds.  After all, you could just store your cannabis seeds in a tub...

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...

Iron may not be one of the primary nutrients for cannabis, but an iron deficiency will greatly inhibit a plant’s growth. It will first appear as bright yellow leaves. This discoloration is just one of the symptoms of a plant being deficient in iron. It is also just one that mimics other nutrient deficiencies in marijuana plants. Iron deficiencies are...

Everyone has experienced stress at some point in their lives, and knows of the negative results it can have. Stress can cause an increase in our heart rate, our blood pressure, and even cause ailments such as shortness of breath or headaches. But while stress isn’t good for us, it can be devastating to marijuana plants, causing lower growth or...