For years I’ve bred extremely potent cannabis strains, with THC percentages sometimes clocking in at higher than 25 percent. And I’ll be the first to admit that I can’t take more than one or two inhalations of vaped cannabis before I’m as high as a kite. The strains I’ve worked tirelessly to breed are crippling […]
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Q: What Do Cannabis Growers Tend To Have In Common? A: Anxiety, Social Isolation & Depression
I used to feel that growing cannabis successfully and consuming large quantities of my own buds provided me a happy, fulfilling life that was well worth living. But in the past four years, I started to notice something. A feeling of being lost and anxious, at times despairing of life itself. I tried various self-help […]
Grade School: The Story Of How One Man’s Tolerance Break Helped Him Successfully Sample And Grade The Buds He Grows
Harvest represents the period of time when I consume the most cannabis. It’s an occupational hazard, because I need to test and grade the taste, cure, purity and high my new buds will provide me and my customers. This grading also helps me price my buds accurately, evaluate my cannabis strains, and detect cultivation problems […]
Hone Your Cannabis Craft With These Simple Steps To Customer Satisfaction
As a marijuana grower who runs a craft cannabis business serving several marijuana consumers, I liken myself to a restaurateur or chef planning a customized menu for diners who’ve specified the foods they love to eat and their dietary requirements. Any grower who provides cannabis to non-growers should understand how to give customers what they […]
Winter Blunderland: Strategies For Protecting Your Marijuana Grow Room When Winter Weather Turns Bad
As I write this article, a frigid Arctic air mass is parked over the eastern United States, from the Canadian border all the way to mid-Florida. Unusually low temperatures and snowfall, icy roads and power outages have resulted. While this weather condition of course affects the general population, putting people in harm’s way and threatening […]
I Live In My Marijuana Grow Room. Here’s Why You Should, Too.
Imagine coming home on a frigid, damp, rainy winter day, and stepping into electric sunshine, tropical breezes, clean air — and the aroma of live marijuana plants. I live in a three-bedroom suburban home, but during winter I spend almost all my time in my marijuana grow room. The only time I spend in the […]
Marijuana Paranoia: Useful Internal Alarm Warning, Or Buzzkill Curse?
Marijuana paranoia. It’s a touchy subject, but one that many growers are likely to deal with. Most of us will admit that some strains of cannabis tend to make us paranoid. But we’re also quick to add that hostile or unfamiliar situations, along with prior states of mind or emotional upset, can contribute to whether […]
You Want to Grow Your Own Weed — But Should You?
You want to start cultivating cannabis, but you’re not sure if growing weed fits your lifestyle or is even safe for you to do. For those wondering if it’s right for you to start or continue growing cannabis, consider these important issues as you potentially make your way into the cannabis growing community. Legal Vs. […]