What to Look For: The Best Irrigation & Fertigation Systems

automated fertigation systems

Irrigation and fertigation systems are standard technologies used across commercial agriculture. And increasingly, cannabis cultivators are adopting this technology to streamline operations, automate manual processes, and scale profitably. Automated fertigation systems deliver preformulated nutrients and water to each plant on a set schedule. The business benefits? These systems help cultivators get labor costs under control,…

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How to Decarboxylate Cannabis

How to Decarboxylate Cannabis

What is Decarboxylation? Anyone who has made pot brownies knows the magic of decarboxylation firsthand, but this incredible process goes far beyond just making edibles at home. Decarboxylation, which is typically shortened to “decarb,” is the scientific name for a chemical reaction that enables us to get high when ingesting, smoking, or vaporizing cannabis, specifically…

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Trichome Development Impacts Innovation

Trichome Head Size Comparison

What are Trichomes? Why does Trichome size matter? Trichomes are arguably the most important part of the cannabis plant. The resin glands of the plant, trichomes contain the cannabinoids and terpenes that can then be processed. Of the trichomes sought after for solventless processing, bulbous trichomes are the smallest trichomes; capitate-sessile are slightly larger; and…

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Cannabis Crop Protection

Cannabis Crop Protection and Integrated Pest Management

What is Cannabis Crop Protection? Cannabis crop protection describes techniques and technologies used to safeguard plants from disease and pests. All growers rely on crop protection, albeit to varying degrees. For example, the at-home grower may rely on simple canopy monitoring, while the commercial cultivator will likely roll out an entire facility of equipment and…

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The Cannabinoid/Terpene “Cold Chain” – What It Is and Why It’s Important

Terpene Cold Chain Cannabis

In the world of top shelf cannabis concentrates and SKUs, using fresh frozen cannabis to produce a “live” product that preserves the full profile of the strain is the gold standard. For many consumers, live concentrates, both solventless and solvent, tend to offer something special that other ones don’t—namely fresh, delicate terpene profiles that closely…

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