So, are you on the dissolved oxygen (DO) bandwagon, or are you still babbling about bubblers? If you fit into the latter category, don’t feel bad — at least you’re adding some oxygen to the water you’re giving to your cannabis crop. “It’s better than nothing,” says Dennis Clark, founder and president of Oxygen Research […]
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Light Club: LED Grow Lights Now Outshining HID Grow Lights For Cannabis Growers
When it comes to lighting up cannabis crops, high intensity discharge (HID) metal halide, and high pressure sodium bulbs, ballasts, and reflectors, have long been the go-to grow-light tech for grow ops. But there’s a sprouting consensus that LED grow lights are where it’s at when it comes to successful cannabis cultivation. If you tried […]
Flushlight: The Super-Cannabis Crop-Boosting Feeding, Lighting, Flushing Program To Increase Cannabinoids And Terpenoids
Full disclosure: I’m a cannabis nerd. I geek out over every element of cultivation, from the science of growing to how the ways in which you cultivate particular strains can produce such diverse and staggering effects. And it’s through my own independent plant science research into how environmental and crop inputs affect the production of […]
The Most Common Problems With Hydroponic Nutrients And Soil Growing, And How Best To Remedy Them
I constantly hear from my cannabis grower community about their trials and tribulations when it comes to problem products, and so I want to share these issues to help the rest of us best avoid our own grow op failures. Many growers use inferior hydroponic nutrients, the result being diminished yield and potency. Inferior nutrients […]
In Bloom: How To Use The Powerful Supplement Nirvana To Maximize Your Cannabis Crop
High-quality synthetic and organic base nutrients provide the nutritional elements your cannabis crop needs for basic growth and metabolism. But there are many organic materials that provide more than just nutrient elements. These materials create healthier cannabis plants, faster growth, tastier and heavier buds, and more cannabinoids and terpenoids than you would ever hope to […]
Sensizym: Energizing Enzymes That Clean Your Cannabis Root Zone For Supercharged Growth And Yield
Before he founded the international hydroponic nutrients company Advanced Nutrients, cannabis cultivator and innovator BigMike Straumietis used supplemental digestive enzymes such as lactase, bromelain and amylase to help his body digest food. Enzymes are naturally occurring biocatalysts essential to digestion and decomposition of organic materials. BigMike wondered if similar enzymes could also help his cannabis […]
Sight, Smell And Sound: Sensible Cannabis Home-Growing Etiquette
Being a good neighbor is something everyone should strive for, whether a cannabis grower or not. But of course, when you’re growing cannabis, being a considerate and likable neighbor behooves you even more. If your grow is legal, you want to make a good impression for the sake of the industry. And if your grow […]
As The World Burns: What It’s Like Growing Cannabis During The Climate Crisis
It’s early August 2018, and a startlingly unprecedented percentage of our world is on fire, baking in record-breaking heat, or suffering through drought. Hundreds of thousands of California acres are on fire, with thousands of structures burned to the ground in the past four weeks alone. Officially, there are 15 major fires tearing through the […]