Cultivation
Cannabis Flowering: 5 Tips for Success
5 Tips for Flowering Cannabis LED Grow Lights: Spectrum, Intensity, and Timing No shocker to anyone growing indoors, lighting is a significant component to harvest success. The light spectrum, intensity, and photoperiod all work together to steer cannabis plants toward flower and encourage specific morphological changes including density, coloration, and terpene development. The key to…
Read MoreThe Importance of Cannabis Quality Testing
Quality control testing is a mandatory requirement everywhere that has a regulated cannabis industry. Testing not only ensures products are free from contamination and safe for human consumption but also confirms that the claims on the label match what’s inside. Quality control typically involves several separate tests to determine sample potency, phytochemical profile (cannabinoids and…
Read More7 Common Cannabis Growing Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them)
As a beginner, chances are you will make a few cannabis growing mistakes. Not every harvest will come out as expected, but practice makes perfect. The more cycles you run through, the better you’ll understand the plant and the impact of the growing environment. But why go into the process blind? Whether you’ve just set…
Read MoreWhat to Look For: The Best Irrigation & 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,…
Read MoreTrichome Development Impacts Innovation
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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