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Guide to Commercial Marijuana Growing

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If you're an entrepreneur looking to enter the fast growing cannabis market, our guide to commercial marijuana growing can help jumpstart your vision.Staying on top of the latest regulatory developments and consumer trends can give you a fighting chance against the competition, especially the large-scale, multi-state operators. If you're ready to take the leap and join the green rush, here's what you need to know.

Get Educated: Cannabis Industry Education

All the financial backing in the world can't replace good old-fashioned hard work and knowledge of the industry. As the fastest-growing industry in the nation, the cannabis industry is constantly undergoing change and progression.It's up to the motivated and budding entrepreneur to read up on the latest ...

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Growing Weed Outdoors Step By Step

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Our guide to growing weed outdoors step by step gives you a detailed rundown of the cannabis cultivation process. Whether you're planting an open-air or greenhouse garden, growing cannabis outdoors can produce a bountiful yield with flavorful and aromatic flower buds. Here's everything you need to know about growing weed outdoors.

Step 1: Plan Ahead

Growing cannabis plants outdoors has many benefits including reduced energy costs, huge yields, sustainable cultivation practices, and flavorful buds. However, you must plan ahead to get the best results from your outdoor-grown weed. Here are a few factors to consider before growing weed plants outdoors.Climate: What's your region's climate? While cannabis can grow almost anywhere, extreme weather can make it more ...

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Best Nutrients for Outdoor Grow

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If you're looking for the best nutrients for outdoor grows, our cannabis nutrients guide covers the basics of cannabis nutrient needs, nutrient sources to make your own fertilizer, and which nutrient brands to use for your outdoor garden. Selecting the right type of nutrients for your garden can help give you bigger, better, and more flavorful buds.

Getting Started

In order to grow the best weed ever outdoors, you must carefully choose a location outside your home that gets plenty of sunlight. Avoid setting up your garden in a space that is regularly deprived of sunlight, which is your plant's main energy source. In addition, research your particular climate to determine the cultivation practices you must use to help your plants thrive.Part of growing the best ...

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Best Soil For Growing Weed Indoors

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If you have an indoor cannabis grow set-up, you need the best soil for growing weed indoors. Our cannabis soil guide dives deep into the factors to consider when shopping for soil for pot plants including its drainage, water retention, and texture.In addition, we list our favorite potting soil products for cannabis, so you can grow big and bountiful yields time after time.

Choosing the Best Soil for Indoor Cannabis Gardens

When shopping for the best potting soil for cannabis, there are few factors to consider. First, how many plants are you intending to grow? This will help determine the amount of soil you will need.Above all, you want soil with plenty of nutrients, proper drainage, and good water retention. Here are some factors to consider when buying the ...

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Guide to Growing Weed in California

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Our guide to growing weed in California covers the Golden State's home cultivation and licensing laws. Learn how many cannabis plants you can grow as a medical or recreational user, where you can grow them, and what the penalties are for breaking the law. If you're a budding entrepreneur, we’ll outline how you can obtain a cultivation permit and start growing weed.

California Home Grow Weed Laws

In 1996, California legalized the consumption, sale, and cultivation of cannabis for medicinal users over the age of 18 (and minors with authorization) with a doctor's recommendation. In 2016, voters approved proposition 64 legalizing adult-use cannabis for adults 21 and older.Cannabis gardens must be in a secured location that is not clearly visible or accessible from a ...

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8 Advanced Outdoor Growing Techniques

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If you want to reap massive yields with resinous flower buds under the sun, our advanced outdoor growing techniques can take your backyard garden to the next level.Strategic pruning, bending, tie-downs, and other gentle and aggressive cannabis training techniques can focus your cannabis plant’s energy on growing trichome-rich flower buds full of flavor and aroma.Of course, these techniques require trial-and-error. Even the most advanced growers took their time perfecting these methods. Growing marijuana outdoors comes with its own advantages and disadvantages.From battling the region's climate to choosing seeds that can thrive in that environment, there are many cultivation factors to consider. We recommend trying these advanced outdoor growing techniques when you’ve ...

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Secret Bud Swelling Technique: Is It Too Good to Be True?

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If you're interested in growing bigger and better looking cannabis flower buds, check out our guide on this secret bud swelling technique used by the pros. Bud pinching, also known as backbuilding, is an old-school cannabis training technique that can be used to cut off the tips of your cannabis flower buds.While this technique may seem counterintuitive for many growers, others swear that it increases the size and density of their flowers.

What is Bud Pinching?

Bud pinching, in theory, triggers an immune response from the cannabis plant which limits vertical growth and increases horizontal growing, thereby, making your buds fatter and more swollen.Essentially, growers believe the bud pinching focuses energy and growth hormones on its lower buds, similar to ...

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What Is Cannabis Propagation?

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What is cannabis propagation? Propagation refers to the creation of new plants. There are two main ways to propagate cannabis plants: sexually and asexually.Sexual propagation occurs when a female cannabis plant is pollinated by a male resulting in a seed containing the genetics of both parents. Asexual propagation happens when you take a cutting from a “mother plant” and create a new genetically-identical plant from it.Each method of propagation has its own advantages and disadvantages.

Sexual Cannabis Propagation

Sexual propagation refers to the process where the male plant’s pollen fertilizes the female plant's egg to produce a seed. The seed is composed of its outer seed coating, which protects the endosperm and embryo inside. When placed in the right growing ...

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10 Master Grower Tips For Better Yields

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For all you aspiring cannabis gardeners, our 10 master grower tips for better yields can help you optimize your garden for bigger and more flavorful yields. Master growers in the industry have spent decades perfecting the art of caring for cannabis plants from seed to harvest. Whether you're growing indoors or outdoors, these expert recommendations can help improve and polish your methods.

1. It’s in the Genes

The first of 10 master grower tips is starting off with the right genes. As with any gardening project, what you reap depends on what you sow.Starting off with high-quality cannabis genetics in the form of cannabis seeds or clones is the best way to ensure you get high-quality flower buds. Researching for reputable seed banks that deliver to your area ...

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How to Test For Cannabis Potency

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Marijuana testing gives consumers the information necessary to make a buying decision based on the chemical composition and potency of a marijuana product. Yes, cannabis potency is important to many consumers and  so accuracy in testing is crucial, especially since so many medical marijuana patients depend on consistent and pure doses.Recreational users also depend on cannabis potency since it influences their experience.Generally, cannabis testing is performed by independent laboratories to determine the potency and purity of cannabis products.However, there are some user-friendly and affordable ways that users can perform their own testing at home. Our cannabis testing for potency guide will take you through the marijuana testing industry, how testing is done, and how you ...

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Male vs Female Weed Plants

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If you’re growing cannabis at home, it’s common to be unsure of whether your plants are male or female. When it comes to male vs female weed plants they are different in several aspects, vegetative and flowering-wise - and each have their own purpose.As a cannabis grower or aspiring one as such, it’s important to know the difference between males and females for several reasons that will be discussed. This article will tell you all you need to know about male vs female weed plants in order to reach your growing goals.

Why Sexing Your Plants is Important

Cannabis plants show gender, and it matters a lot to the grower - but why? Generally, the average grower wants to grow only female cannabis plants, because they are the ones that provide big and beautifully potent ...

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What is Ditch Weed?

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In the world of marijuana, when we talk about ditch weed, we are referring to wild marijuana. So, does marijuana grow in the wild? And where does wild marijuana grow? Or better still, where does weed grow naturally?We'll answer all these and many more questions about ditch weed in the subsequent paragraphs. Cannabis plants grow in many different varieties, and ditch weed is just one of them.

What is Ditch Weed?

Ditch weed, also known as feral cannabis, or wild marijuana, refers to a group of wild-growing cannabis plants that originated from industrial hemp plants previously cultivated for fiber.One distinguishing characteristic of ditch weed is its low or negligible tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content. You'll usually find them growing in the ditch, off the roadside, or ...

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What is Hop Latent Viroid in Cannabis

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What is hop latent viroid in cannabis and what can you do about it? That's the question countless home and commercial growers are asking themselves as of late. If your crop seems stunted and generally lackluster, it can be due to more than just its nutrient, water, and light levels.A mysterious pathogen known as hop latent viroid has been around for several years and is destroying crops left and right.

What is Hop Latent Viroid?

Hop latent viroid (HpLVd) refers to a single-stranded, circular infectious RNA. Originally identified in hops, HpLVd has made its way to cannabis cultivation sites. In hops, the viroid produces no symptoms. In cannabis and hemp plants, symptoms are referred to as “dudding” and include the following:Stunted growth ...

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How to Grow Hydroponic Marijuana

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Hydroponics can be defined as a soil-free method of growing cannabis, using water as the primary growing medium along with a passive medium. Learning how to grow hydroponic marijuana can seem like an overwhelming process but here we break it down and simplify it.Hydroponic setups are setup to grow cannabis plants in net pots or baskets filled with a passive growing medium, that are suspended over water. The water is ideally boosted with a hydroponic-friendly nutrient solution to help the roots thrive therein.While the most basic of hydroponic models manifest in various sub-systems, one can say there are different strokes for different growers, depending on personal style and preference.There are many advantages to hydroponic cultivation and is even considered as an art ...

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Is MiracleGro Good for Marijuana Growing?

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Marijuana growing can be one of the greatest pleasures in the world. Starting with a single seed or a clone, and nurturing it through to the flowering stage provides joy to the soul. It only makes sense that your grow is priceless, and you want to do anything possible to make them grow big and thrive. With so many products on the market for this purpose, MiracleGro is no exception.Many growers are tempted to use MiracleGro for a boost to growing ops. With a name like that, how could it not work, right? Some advice would heed you to hold your horses. MiracleGro might sound like the ideal cannabis growing product, but it’s not all it’s made out to be. Our intention here is not to simply assume or deny the wonder of MiracleGro, but to provide concrete information that's related to ...

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