Growing cannabis indoors requires a lot of energy—lighting, fuel and electricity for drying, as well as access to water and nutrients to help them grow. In fact, The Washington Post recently reported that a kilo of cannabis produces as much carbon emissions as an average of 3 million vehicles. As cannabis usage becomes more widely accepted, regulators and industry leaders ... Read More
3 Benefits of Growing Cannabis Outdoors
In the past, the only way that most growers in the U.S. could produce cannabis was indoors in order to avoid punishment from prohibitive federal laws. However, now that such laws are slowly being overturned on a state-by-state basis, that stigma is starting to diminish. This means that the need to grow medicinal marijuana indoors is beginning to diminish, as well. Growing ... Read More
Using Organic Nutrients to Grow Top-Shelf Cannabis
Anyone who has eaten organic food understands the superior taste and quality… The same idea can be applied to cultivating cannabis. As explained in this piece from TRiQ Systems: …every successful cultivator knows organic nutrients are also key to healthy, thriving cannabis crops. One example of an effective organic nutrient is peat and sphagnum, which looks like ... Read More
Recent Research Shows Legal Cannabis Fastest Growing Industry in U.S.
Research from a cannabis investment firm, ArcView Group, found the legal cannabis market grew by 74% last year from $1.5 billion in 2013 to $2.7 billion in 2014. Surveys were sent to hundreds of retailers and other “ancillary” operations in the cannabis industry. In an interview with the Huffington Post, ArcView CEO Troy Dayton explains: In the last year, the rise of the ... Read More
Pot Businesses Now Have a Bank Available
One of the big challenges facing marijuana businesses is banking – most financial institutions will not open accounts from pot-related businesses because of the risks of breaking federal laws. Although marijuana is legal in several states now, banks have to follow federal laws and regulations, which still say marijuana is illegal. But that may soon change thanks to a new ... Read More