How to Minimize the Need for Remediation in Cannabis Cultivation

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How to Minimize the Need for Remediation in Cannabis Cultivation

In recent years, some cannabis cultivators in states where remediation is legal have implemented a 100% remediation strategy wherein all crops are remediated – always. The goal is to ensure every plant passes contaminant testing. However, remediation shouldn’t be a blanket fix for potential contamination. A better strategy is to prevent contamination thereby reducing the need for and expense of 100% remediation.

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Simple Guide to Testing for Heavy Metals in Growing Media for Cannabis Cultivators

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Simple Guide to Testing for Heavy Metals in Growing Media for Cannabis Cultivators

The levels of heavy metals legally allowed in a finished cannabis product for human consumption are very different the allowed levels in the horticultural media cannabis crops are grown in. One of the main reasons for this is that plants actually need small levels of heavy metals from soil for optimum growth.

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The Importance of Plant DNA in CEA for the Cannabis Industry

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The Importance of Plant DNA in CEA for the Cannabis Industry

For centuries, cannabis plants have thrived in nature without human intervention, but in today’s commercial cannabis industry, human intervention is required – often to the detriment of the plants’ natural needs. In controlled environment agriculture (CEA), plants are even more sequestered from the things they want and need from nature, but there is a solution.

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