Drying, Trimming, and Curing Your Harvest: the Basics

At this point, you have spent at least 10 weeks lovingly caring for your crop and are now ready to harvest. What you may not know is that what happens over the next 2 weeks can ruin an otherwise amazing harvest. I recommend that you put just as much thought into drying and curing as …

Can I harvest yet?

A looming harvest is a very exciting time. It is also possible that you will get bitten by the harvest bug. It’s not a real bug, but none-the-less, its bite will give you an extreme desire to harvest. Don’t fall for it! A grower with whom I consult called me excitedly this last weekend and …

Seeds, Clones, Auto, Photo, oh my! A Cannabis Primer.

For those just getting started in legal Missouri Medical Marijuana Program cultivation, it can be a challenge to understand the basics. There are 30 ways to do everything and are gads of technical jargon and abbreviations that add to the confusion. I mean, what’s OLSOrganic Living Soil More anyway? Can’t we just type it out? …

DIY – 1/2 price soil recipe

Most water-only organic living soils on the market will cost the cultivator $20 per cubic foot or more, before shipping. I’ll share with you how to get this done for half that price, with a higher quality product. I don’t take credit for these recipe’s as they were established many years ago by academics and …

Your first grow light

There is a huge selection of lights to choose from and you’ll get 12 different recommendations for every 5 people you ask, so what can you do? Read on, we’ll make this simple. We will eliminate high-intensity lighting (HID) given that these lights are not good for a beginner for a number of reasons. Fluorescent …

Choosing a location to grow indoors

According to Missouri state guidelines, patients who receive their certifications to grow cannabis can do so in any locked and enclosed area that is not accessible from above and not visible to the public. The cultivator should be the only person with access to this location. This means you can grow just about anywhere you …

Soil or Hydro?

One of the first decisions a home grower will need to make is whether they should grow their cannabis hydroponically, or in good old fashioned soil. My advice is simple: Unless you are certain you want to try hydro, you should be growing in real, living soil. Although we are unaffiliated with KIS Organics, whose …

Free Confidential Missouri Patient and Patient Cultivator Consultation

If you are working on an application for Missouri Medical Marijuana Program Patient and/or Cultivator certification and have questions, we have the answers. If you are trying to riddle out the best way to setup a personal grow space, we have the answers. While we can’t provide legal advice, we are very familiar with Article …

Managing cannabinoid tolerance

Tolerance can be an issue with any medicine and medicinal marijuana is no different. Most research regarding cannabinoid tolerance has to do with THCTHC is the most famous cannabinoid and is psychoactive.  TH…, it’s primary intoxicating ingredient. This is likely because THCTHC is the most famous cannabinoid and is psychoactive.  TH… produces the most pronounced …