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Top 10 Marijuana LED Lights

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    If you're in the market for energy-saving LED lights for your cannabis garden, check out our list of the top 10 marijuana LED grow lights. Whether you're a first-time or experienced grower, our guide on the best LED lights for cannabis compares wattage, yield, durability, spectrum, and other critical factors to help you grow the best buds.

Types of LED Lights

When shopping for LED lights, you'll run into a few different styles to choose from. The following 3 types of LED grow lights each have their own advantages and disadvantages. Spread Style The spread style of LEDs offers bulbs spread out over a large area. Quantum Board: Quantum boards offer relatively low-wattage LED lights with high energy efficiency. Spider LED: Low-wattage lights ...

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Topping Cannabis Plants: The Complete Guide

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  Here is the ultimate guide to topping cannabis the right way. Is there a secret to having abundant cannabis yields? Absolutely! And the good news is that we’ll let you in on it. Topping cannabis plants might just be what you need to realize your bountiful harvest. If you don’t know what we are talking about or perhaps you have never topped your crop successfully, you have come to the right place. We have outlined the steps you need to take to handle this like a pro and if you’re lucky, have a harvest that will have you singing all the way to the bank. Join us, won’t you?

What Does Topping Cannabis Mean?

What exactly does topping mean? If the word conjures a fresh green salad with a whip of mayonnaise, you couldn’t be further off the mark. Topping is just a ...

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10 Best Marijuana Growing Supplies

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If you're a first-time cannabis grower, check out our list featuring the 10 best marijuana growing supplies to maximize your yields. We’ll show you what equipment you need to start planting your cannabis seeds or clones. Whether you're growing indoors or outdoors, our guide lists all the tools you need to feed your plants with the right water and nutrients.

1. Seeds or Clones

Seeds are the single most important part about growing healthy cannabis plants. A lackluster seed will produce lackluster results. A high-quality seed will grow resin-coated nugs under its optimal conditions. Of course, you can always skip the germination phase and purchase a clone from a licensed retailer, although there are considerations for growing these as well. When sourcing seeds, your best bet is ...

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Top 5 Marijuana Grow Lights: Fluorescent, LED, and HID

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  If you're an aspiring cannabis grower or just want to optimize your lighting, check out our guide on the top 5 marijuana grow lights in the fluorescent, LED, and HID category. We cover the best lights for your plants for their vegetative and flowering periods. From the low-cost fluorescent to the energy-saving LED to the high-powered HID, our list gives you plenty of choices of indoor marijuana grow lights for your small or large garden.

Marijuana Grow Light Types

Before we get into the specific brands and models of grow lights, let's consider the different light types available. Each light has its own pros and cons. Some may offer a lot of lighting power for big gardens while others may provide just enough light to get you started on your first garden. You can find ...

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How to Identify and Treat Phosphorous Deficiency in Cannabis

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  This being a common issue for most novice growers, we have created a mini guide on how to identify and treat phosphorous deficiency in cannabis to tackle it. When plants, such as cannabis do not get the needed minerals for growth, a couple of problems can occur. Phosphorous is an essential mineral that is needed for plant growth. It is an important element that helps to facilitate cell division and growth of new tissue. It also helps in transporting amino acids throughout the whole plant, and this is just a beginning. Phosphorous is essential for all the growing stages of cannabis, during the vegetative stage and most important during the flowering stage. Phosphorous deficiency happens when your plant does not receive the right amount of phosphorous it needs for its growth. ...

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How to Start a Legal Grow Op In California

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  If you have asked yourself how to start a legal grow op in California and not found a good answer, this is it for you. Getting a legal grow op going in California should not be too hard, provided that you have the right information at hand. Of course, you will also need to have enough moolah to get this going. On average we are looking at about $17/ square foot for an outdoor grow and $50/ square foot for an indoor operation. There are adequate avenues for funding a legal grow op, but that is a discussion for a later date. For now, let’s dissect what it entails to set up a canopy as far as the operational side is concerned. Just like with most other things, an open mind comes in handy because surprises are not a rarity. But with the information provided below you should be ...

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How to Grow Cannabis From Seed In 10 Easy Steps

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  Whether it's to control budget or because it's hard to acquire clones, many are interested in learning how to grow cannabis from seed. Growing marijuana has never been easier or more accessible. Our guide to growing cannabis takes you from the planning stages to the final stages of your harvest. If you’re ready to start growing your favorite strain, keep reading. Step 1: Sourcing and Germinating Seeds If you can’t or don’t want to grow from clones, seeds are a great (and some may say better) alternative. Finding high-quality seeds is easier said than done. Dispensaries in states with medical or adult-use cannabis may carry cannabis seeds. In states without cannabis laws, finding seeds is strictly limited to online cannabis seed banks. Do your research on the many ...

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10 Best Marijuana Grow Books

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  Check out our list of the 10 best marijuana grow books. Marijuana grow books are invaluable resources for growers of all skill levels. Whether it's your first time growing weed or you have years of experience under your belt, there's always some new technique to learn.  Fortunately for you, we've assembled a list of the most helpful and popular grow books on the market. These books can help you grow weed like a pro.

Who Needs a Marijuana Grow Book?

In today's age of short attention spans and online videos, books on cannabis cultivation can seem a bit quaint. However, grow books offer tons of value for the beginner who doesn't know where to start. Growing weed isn't like growing vegetables or flowers in your garden. While some basic growing techniques still apply, pot ...

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How To Sex Cannabis Plants

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  For you to have a flourishing cannabis grow, you must master the art of distinguishing the sex of your cannabis plant. This is more critical if you are doing it for flower. You must understand how to identify the male and separate them from the rest. Knowing how to harvest the pollen and storing it in the right conditions away from the females is also crucial. What is more, being able to spot the hermaphrodite cannabis plant will help to maximize production.

Why Is Sex important?

A cannabis plant can be male, female or hermaphrodite. In other terms, cannabis is dioecious and hermaphroditic species. The sex of your cannabis plant is important because each sex has different uses and features. Make sure to know how to identify the different sexes from the early ...

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How To Grow Huge Marijuana Buds

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  With the restrictions on how many cannabis plants one can grow one might be wondering how to grow huge marijuana buds. In other words, this is called “maximizing the harvest.” But is this really possible with cannabis? Here is a brief guide on how to go about creating chunky marijuana buds without incurring many costs. Huge buds are the dream of every cannabis grower and this is how to do it!

1.  Select the Best Genetics

Selecting quality cannabis genetics at the beginning is a vital step because quality seeds are needed to produce huge marijuana buds. Look for high yielding cannabis strains; indicas will not disappoint. Generally, most indica strains will take a short time to mature and will produce huge buds if optimum growing conditions are maintained. ...

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7 Things to Consider When Choosing Cannabis Genetics

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  Here is a breakdown of 7 important things that you need to consider when choosing cannabis genetics. Once you grasp this, everything else will be much simpler. On the flip side if you get it wrong with genetics it will be difficult to redeem yourself later in the cultivation process. So let’s cut to the chase and dive right in. Before making any assumptions, let’s first define genetics and why they matter in the first place.

What Are Cannabis Genetics?

Genetics are inherited characteristics that are passed on from the parents to their offspring. If we were referring to humans we would be talking about things such as eye color, hair texture, skin color, height, and other characteristics that are passed on from our parents. When it comes to cannabis, genetics will ...

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Cultivation and Maintenance Tips for Cannabis

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  We have compiled a list of cultivation and maintenance tips for cannabis for the novice grower. These tips when properly implemented should help the rookie start from scratch and develop a canopy that thy will be proud to talk about in a couple of months. The tips are basic, but make all the difference when it comes to growing cannabis successfully. Growing cannabis is both fun and rewarding but that doesn’t take away from the hard work that you need to put in. Like everything else that is grown, the basic process involves throwing some seeds into soil and waiting for a harvest. But as you may already know, such a basic approach is a sure fire recipe for failure. As they say, the devil is in the details. In the next few minutes I will be giving you the exact details of how to ...

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How Much Water is Enough For Cannabis Plants?

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  If you are a novice grower you might be asking yourself just how much water is enough for cannabis plants? While there are no hard and fast rules there are some good pointers that should guide your decision when watering cannabis plants. The watering needs of cannabis plants are affected by factors such as geographical location and the stage of growth of the plants. While a plant in northern Europe might need a liter of water every day, a similar plant in Spain might need three times as much water. The nature of the soil also determines the watering needs of cannabis plants. Sandy soils are quick to drain out water and will require frequent watering. Clay soils on the other hand have poor drainage and are easy to overwater. Loam soils have the perfect drainage ...

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Cannabis Nutrient Disorders

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Why are my cannabis leaves turning yellow? It's a very common question, and possibly the result of a cannabis nutrient disorder in your soil. Cannabis nutrient disorders are extremely common with cannabis gardens. Indoor cannabis gardens are more commonly affected by nutrient disorders than outdoor gardens are. There are three macronutrients that must be considered when growing marijuana, (N) Nitrogen, (P) Phosphorus, and (K) Potassium. During the different growth phases of the cannabis life cycle the plants require different concentrations of these macronutrients. During vegetative growth it is best to have high nitrogen content and low phosphorus content. For the flowering stage it is best to have high phosphorus content and low nitrogen content. There are also a number of ...

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Can You Freeze Cannabis for Storage?

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The cannabis plant is filled with a lot of wonder and many health benefits that are yet to be discovered. It also has the medicated traits that are good for multiple ailments, which have been proven to treat many people. With recreational cannabis, so many people will usually forget about these benefits of the plant. Whether medical or recreational, though, cannabis storage is essential to keeping it good enough to stay for a long time. There are a few techniques that have been used to maintain freshness. However, is freezing cannabis one of these techniques? ...

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