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Dipping

Dipping

John January 31, 2012 Comments Off on Dipping

Foliar application of fertilizer, insecticide, and fungicide is common practice in both indoor and outdoor marijuana gardens.  Fertilizer products are absorbed through the leaf stoma and enter the plant’s system directly.  Most pesticides and

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Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations – Book Review

Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations – Book Review

John January 13, 2012 1

Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations by David R. Montgomery is not a book outlining marijuana growing techniques.  Dirt traces agriculture back to its earliest practitioners, explains its importance to the rise of great civilizations,

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Pruning Marijuana: Slugger’s Grow Room

Pruning Marijuana: Slugger’s Grow Room

John January 12, 2012 2

Recently we were invited to check out Big Slugger’s indoor medical marijuana garden in northern California.  When we arrived, we found him hard at work pruning and thinning out the lower branches of his

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Dosatron Fertilizer Injectors

Dosatron Fertilizer Injectors

John January 7, 2012 2

Dosatron offers a wide selection of injectors, and has been the standard in fertigation for 25 years. Regardless of your water situation, Dosatron makes a match for every outdoor marijuana grower. With dilution ratios

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Injectors for outdoor garden fertigation

Injectors for outdoor garden fertigation

John January 5, 2012 4

One of the best ways to fertilize a marijuana garden is through a fertigation system. Fertigation systems use injectors to draw a concentrated liquid fertilizer solution from a reservoir into a garden hose or

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Heat Management In Grow Rooms

Heat Management In Grow Rooms

John December 31, 2011 19

For many indoor marijuana growers, managing heat is a constant uphill battle. Grow rooms use an enormous amount of equipment and electricity to maintain suitable growing conditions for marijuana plants. I have visited grow

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Carbon Dioxide: Fertilizer For The Air

Carbon Dioxide: Fertilizer For The Air

John December 31, 2011 10

Plant growth is fueled by the production of glucose through photosynthesis. This process requires three components–water, light and carbon dioxide (CO2).  In other articles, we address lighting and watering. Here, the focus is CO2 –specifically,

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Understanding N-P-K

Understanding N-P-K

John December 7, 2011 15

Understanding how and when to fertilize is an important part of growing marijuana.  Each bag or bottle of fertilizer is labeled with a set of numbers representing three of the macro-nutrients used by plants. 

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California Lawmakers stand up to the Feds

California Lawmakers stand up to the Feds

John November 30, 2011 Comments Off on California Lawmakers stand up to the Feds

FEDs sued by Local California Lawmakers (via http://regulatemarijuanalikewine.com)

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Understanding Cannabis Landraces

Understanding Cannabis Landraces

John November 28, 2011 3

Understanding Cannabis landraces as well as their genetic history and potential is an important step in choosing the correct strains for your garden. A landrace can be defined as a wild growing cannabis strain

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