Show Notes: This first episode introduces your hosts, Eric and Big V, what Lit Farming is all about and why we like to get our hands dirty. Want to find your purpose for cultivating this amazing plant? Tune-in! Have Questions? Reach us via email to KCGrowCoach@gmail.com or contact them through the website . They might read …
Category Archives: Cultivation
Lit Farming: 420 Outdoors 01
Join me for a short podcast exploring things you need to consider when growing outdoors. Let me know what you think. Want to know about something in particular? Want to tell me the audio sucks? Just leave a comment below or contact us. Good luck in the year of 4 20’s!The Lit Farmer
Doing It In The Dirt ~Root Zone Temp
We’ve all heard how important it is to keep our PHa measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution More in check when it comes to watering or feeding our plants and we know all about room temperature and humidity; but how many of you consider the Root Zone or the temperature you water …
Grow light coverage
I commonly see confusion where light coverage is concerned. Don’t worry, it can be an difficult concept. Advertising for lights are purposefully difficult to understand sometimes. Anything to get us to part with our money, right? Although we can apply these concepts to any light and any sized space, here I’ll break it down in …
Micronutrients; from sea to soil
For those growing outdoors there should be little concern about micronutrients, unless you are growing in a raised bed with manufactured soil. Otherwise, all native Missouri soils have enough trace elements (micronutrients) to sustain your medical cannabis garden. This is primarily due to our clay soils which are full of micronutrients. However, the peat and …
Biochar – the secret sauce
Biochar enriched soils, also known as terra preta, have been proven to increase microbial life and have also been proven to grow plants bigger and faster than soils without this amendment. I have seen similar, anecdotal results in my medical cannabis garden. The beds utilizing biochar not only grow bigger plants, but the soil seems …
Aeration for living soils
In nearly every soil recipe for cannabis, the recipe calls for an additive to aid in soil aeration. The point of these additives are to ensure that the soil drains water and retains enough air for the roots to thrive. It is important for the soil to remain moist because nutrients like nitrogen are only …
How to make a screen of green
The screen of green (SCROG) is a popular way to grow and can be very effective for increasing yields for those of us, like Missouri cultivators, who have limited plant counts. The idea is to train the plant into a trellis of some sort, encourage branching, so the plant can fill a larger footprint. I’ve …
Carbon filters for the indoor grow space
Odor is a cannabis cultivation certainty. If you grow ‘the dank,’ you will need to control odors because, by definition, dank refers to the smell (at least in part). These strong odors should be encouraged as well, especially since the odor is often an indicator of valuable terpene content. These terpenes have medicinal value on …
Outdoor cannabis cultivation from seed
The most traditional method for cultivation of cannabis is, without argument, from seed. Archeological finds suggest that humans have been planting cannabis seeds for the last 4,500 years, at least. It has been argued that cannabis may be one of humankind’s first cultivated crops. However, the topic of discussion for today, is how you can …