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How to identify and avoid buying moldy weed

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Mold is never a welcome sight. Not in bread or cheese, and certainly not in your cannabis. Moldy weed is not only disgusting, it's dangerous. Consuming mold-infested weed can have some serious adverse effects. But how do you know if your bud's been infected? Nearly...

Nutrient deficiencies in cannabis: How to spot and address them

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As a cannabis cultivator, you want to grow the healthiest cannabis plants with the highest yields possible. Giving your plants the right balance of vital nutrients is key to good cannabis cultivation. Not only must you give your plants essential nutrients, you must also give...

Pruning cannabis: why, when, and how to prune cannabis plants

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Pruning is one of the most effective ways to manipulate and direct the growth of a cannabis plant. If you're looking to limit the size of your plant, promote lateral branching, delay the onset of flowering, or increase yield, pruning checks all the boxes. It...

A guide to the sea of green method

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Learn about the Sea of Green method and how you can use this unique growing technique to maximize your cannabis yields.

A guide to the screen of green method

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The Screen of Green method, better known as “ScrOG,” is a technique for optimizing cannabis yield per square foot. The theory behind the ScrOG method is to manipulate the plant's branches to grow horizontally rather than vertically so that more flower nodes are exposed to...

How to identify and avoid bud rot

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Just like the satisfaction of a home-made cake can spur some to learn baking, a home-grown joint can tempt many cannabis aficionados into becoming growers. For beginner cultivators raising healthy plants can be one of the steepest learning curves. The rapidity at which a rogue...

An easy guide to low-stress training

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Low-stress training (LST) is a method used by growers to control the height and shape of cannabis plants. For newbie growers, it's a useful technique that can increase crop yields and round out cultivation skills. Low-stress training enables growers to fully exploit the available space...

An easy guide to growing weed

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Want to reap the benefits of growing weed, but you're not sure how to get started? Here is your personal guide on how to grow weed easy at home. Whether you're interested in cultivating cannabis for medical marijuana or for recreational usage, our guide will...

Topping cannabis plants and other training techniques

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Anyone interested in cultivating cannabis — professional growers and amateurs alike — should have at least one go-to plant training technique in their arsenal. Training techniques allow cannabis growers to manipulate weed plants to grow into certain shapes and patterns in order to produce more...