We literally live in a golden age of cannabis genetics. My hat is off to all the breeders who are putting out quality genetics for us all to enjoy. I hope to follow in their foot steps one day. The topic of today’s article is the term genotype. A cannabis genotype is the genetic blueprint …
Category Archives: Cultivation
Transplanting cannabis at the right time
Cultivating really high quality cannabis requires extremely good plant health. Most growers will transplant a seedling or clone at least once, and sometimes more often. Parental stock (plants dedicated as sources for cuttings) can undergo many transplants in its life. If you wait too long, or try it too early, you are almost certain to …
Cannabis phenotypes
Spend long enough on cannabis forums and you’ll hear people refer to cannabis phenotypean observable set of characteristics resulting from the inte… More, or simply “pheno.” Some who repeat the term are also not sure what it means. By definition, a phenotypean observable set of characteristics resulting from the inte… More is an observable set …
Auto-flowering cannabis life-cycle
Autosauto-flowing cannabis; or cultivars that will flower on thei… More have gained a great deal of popularity as breeders have gotten better and better at producing quality cultivars. I wrote a bit about how autosauto-flowing cannabis; or cultivars that will flower on thei... More came to be in another article, so we’ll skip that part and get right to the meat of the topic …
Knowing when to flower your cannabis
I’ve heard it asked many times; when should a cultivator ‘flip’ their cannabis plants into the flowering stage? The easy answer: any time! However, there are a lot of factors that could influence this decision. I won’t go into all the possible scenarios. Instead, let’s focus on your primary limiting factor – ceiling height. Knowing …
Perfect moisture; watering weed like Goldilocks
I’m not talking about a blonde Rastafarian, this is a reference to the fairy tale character. You know, she doesn’t like too much, or too little – she prefers it just right. I believe that the top problems with home grows are over-watering, under-watering, and over-fertilization. The latter is a topic for another day. We’ll …
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Tips for transplanting cannabis
Everyone will need to transplant at one point or another. Transplanting new cuttings can be easy, while 3′ plants in fabric pots are challenging. For our purposes, we’ll assume it is a routine transplanting with a cannabis plant that is more than a handful and that you are transplanting from soil to soil. Most of …
Water sources for a Medical Marijuana grow
Discussing water in a cannabis growing forum is like talking about oil in a motorcycle forum. Everyone has an opinion on the subject and you’ll earn piles of information, good and bad. At the end of the day, hydroponically grown cannabis will be much more sensitive to pHa measure of the acidity or alkalinity of …
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$150 grow setup
My first ever grow was a bare-bones setup. I’m not selling anything, but I will explain what I believe to be the lowest cost setup that can grow good medicine, and you should be able to produce an ounce or two per month. Since seeds can cost as much as the rest of the setup …
Starting Medical Marijuana from Seed
This article outlines my method for starting seeds destined for organic living soil. There are 100 perfectly fine ways to go about it, and mine is only one example. However, this method is just about as simple as you can get and avoids the use of tweezers and fine motor control that I have lost …