First off, let’s start with what tissue culturing is not: tissue culturing is not genetic modification. Rather, it is a biotechnological technique to propagate clonally identical plants from a “mother plant”. While many strategies exist for propagating plants, only tissue culturing allows the grower to propagate genetically identical, disease- and pest-free clones of a ... Read More
What’s the Hype With Greenhouse Cannabis Growing?
As the legal propagation of cannabis expands across the country, marijuana growers are seeing more and more greenhouse facilities go up to meet the market demand for commercial cannabis. But why are commercial growers choosing greenhouses over indoor warehouse conditions? Workplace Quality: Why be stuck in a building all day when you could be in a space with natural light ... Read More
The Energy Costs Associated with Cannabis Growth
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