After putting in all that hard work to tend your marijuana plants, it has come time to harvest it. This involves cannabis drying and curing. Your cannabis buds are ready for you to try. However, you have to first dry them. You might feel tempted to do so as fast as possible. However, the curing process is going to take long because you have to remove the moisture from your flowers and you have to do so under a controlled environment. Why? Well, doing so provides you with an improved end product. When you have proper cannabis drying and curing, then you will be able to store your weed much long without concern about losing the CBD content or have any worry about mold. When the flower is well cured, then you put in a container that is air tight and you store in a dark, but cool place for as ...
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Obtaining a Cannabis Cultivation License
Every state has specific rules, regulations and guidelines to receiving a cannabis cultivation license. In other words, it depends on which state you live in. Licensing is a significant step to getting in the cannabis cultivation business. In some states, it can be quite challenging because of the difference in rules. The major issue, though, is having an understanding of how complicated the process is. A lot of times, the process can be confusing and unfamiliar.
The Passion
It is not enough to just have passion for the cannabis industry. The cannabis cultivation license is more than passion. There is so much competition involved in getting a license to do business in the cannabis industry. It is going to require a lot of effort on your part to win a license. Additionally, you have ...
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The Autoflowering of Marijuana Plants
Autoflowering of marijuana plants tend to be a new development and improvement within the cannabis market. For the past few years, it has developed even more and become so popular that it has warranted millions of searches on the Internet's major search engines. It is obvious that many people have gotten excited, curious and interested about this new concept. There are several reasons for this excitement. Let's see why, but first we will take a look at a few of the most noticeable features during the autoflowering of marijuana plants.
Autoflowering Phase
During the autoflowering phase, the marijuana plants are much smaller, which means that they are not easy to spot and safer to grow in a wide range of locations. The plants also grow fast. They are smaller in size but they do result ...
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Harvesting Time For Marijuana Plants
Harvesting time for marijuana plants is different, depending on the strain and other factors. Harvesting in itself is the same for marijuana plants as it is for fruits and other specific produce. For example, before you harvest grape, the longer you take, the more potent it gets. In the case of marijuana, the longer you take to harvest it, the higher the level of CBD and THC.
For New Growers
Timing is an important aspect of harvesting marijuana plants. If you are a new marijuana grower, then you have to be equipped with as much information to make the right choice. If you harvest the marijuana plant too late, the THC level can be quite high and have a stronger taste than can be tolerated by many. Let us take a look at the various ways of the timing for marijuana plant harvesting. ...
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Growing and Harvesting Bigger Marijuana Buds
If you want a better outcome for your marijuana harvest so you can get bigger marijuana buds, there are some things you have to consider. First, you have to identify the marijuana plants being grown and have some knowledge of how you can increase that growth. Bigger marijuana buds are the goal of every cannabis grower and so the flowering stage is where you would put more emphasis on handling and caring for the plant. While the leaves do have a certain level of THC, the marijuana buds in the female plants have more potency by far. So, if you grow individual marijuana plants, you should pay close attention and focus on the marijuana buds in your crop.
What You Should Know
If done the right way, you can achieve bigger marijuana buds with a high level of THC content. If you want more ...
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LED Lights for Growing Cannabis Indoors
One of the relatively new things that have come on the marijuana growth scene is LED grow lights. Hydroponic grow rooms use these lights to get the best results from their marijuana harvest. These lights also help cannabis growers to save on electricity. There are various LED models of lighting and it is ideal to know which ones to use for growing cannabis indoors. Many of these lights, these days, are made with broader spectrums of light, which means that it covers a wide area of the hydroponic grow room. The kind of LED lights used will determine how green and healthy your marijuana plants and buds turn out to be.
Advanced Platinum
Manufacturers of LED lights have made unique developments that include specialized lenses that directly point light to the plant, increasing its ...
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Cannabis Nutrients for Growing Larger Marijuana Buds
If you are growing marijuana for recreational use or for medical use, you can, but you have to follow the laws of the land. To get the most out of your marijuana harvest, you have to pay attention to the marijuana buds. In so doing, you will enjoy the outcome of your labor for a longer time. How do you get bigger cannabis buds? Of course, the genetics of the cannabis plant is important to its outcome. Of course cannabis growth requires a lot of effort and the know-how in the type of cannabis nutrients to add. You can get this knowledge by taking courses at the Cannabis Training University. It will certainly pay off. This is important since cannabis plants need different amounts of cannabis nutrients at different stages of its plant life and you have to know the specifics or reap negative ...
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Preventing Disease on Your Plants
Preventing Disease on Cannabis Plants
Mold and blight on your marijuana plants is something you want to avoid. It is something that can be prevented and you will be thankful that you can. Blight can seriously endanger the safety of your plants and leave them feeling blue instead of green One method of treatment for blight is to use a beneficial strain of bacteria against it. Certain bacteria can actually enrich soil and prevent the spread of plant disease. For example, bacillus subtilis is a naturally-occurring bacterium that fights blight and other fungi. It is easily available online for use in organic marijuana cultivation. Another simple but effective solution for blight is to apply potassium bicarbonate to the plants. Potassium bicarbonate, like its relative, sodium ...Read More
Greenhouses for Cannabis Growing
Greenhouses for Cannabis Growing
The use of greenhouses for cannabis growing has grown steadily with the acceptance of cannabis across the country.
Greenhouses for cannabis growing has many advantages over indoor cannabis growing.
One of the great things of using a greenhouse to grow your cannabis plants includes the removal of some of the complexities that come from indoor grow room setups.
Greenhouses for cannabis growing is also considered by many to be superior to growing outdoors, as it is more secure yet also more consistent and predictable than growing cannabis outdoors.
Greenhouse for cannabis growing is the perfect situation especially for marijuana growers that are located in northern areas because it takes the best parts of the natural elements and combines it ...
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How to Treat Common Cannabis Growing Issues
How to Treat Common Cannabis Growing Issues
Cannabis growing involves various steps and processes that you have to learn in order to get the best results. There are different things that can go wrong during the process. It could be limited humidity, too much humidity, too much fertilizer, too much water, ozone exposure, pH fluctuations, mites, mildew, viruses, mold, and nutrient deficiencies. These issues can all be costly for the cannabis grower. The good news is that most of these cannabis issues have a quick, easy, and simple solution. Let’s take a look at each of these issues.
Heat Stress
Excess humidity can result in heat stress, but this is one of the cannabis issues that are easy to solve. This issue involves the yellow characterization of cannabis leaves where it turns ...
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