After touring a Lowell Farms cultivation facility in California that uses bio365 living soil, the German Consulate in San Francisco shared a tweet saying, “Quality organic cannabis starts with living soil.” This observation could have a significant impact on the quality of cannabis and cannabis products that are eventually available to German consumers.
Read MoreCannabis cultivators know that buying the cheapest doesn’t equal cutting costs, especially when it comes to substrate, but how do you quantify the difference? How can you prove that spending a bit more per plant can deliver measurable results, including higher quality crops and increased revenue? We ran some numbers based on real-world cannabis grower experiences, and have some clear answers.
Read MoreMost cannabis cultivators think they’re running a clean facility, but many facilities are actually not clean, which adds significant unnecessary risk to the entire operation. The truth is there are sneaky ways that grows get contaminated. In fact, you may have problems in your grow and wide open opportunities for contaminants to get in right now and not even realize it.
Read MoreThere is a common misconception in the cannabis industry that larger containers equal more cannabis buds and larger plants. However, the correlation between container and plant size is not nearly as tight as people think, and if you believe it, you’re costing your grow operation money every cycle.
Read MoreThere is a big trend in cannabis cultivation to cut costs by buying the cheapest substrate, especially in depressed markets and highly competitive markets. However, buying the cheapest does not equal cutting costs. In fact, the result is quite the opposite. The truth is buying the cheapest substrate adds costs and ends up accelerating your losses.
Read MoreAccording to the Los Angeles Times, “Clean weed is about to be everywhere.” Cannabis cultivators who aren’t already making necessary changes to grow the clean cannabis that consumers demand (and demand is projected to grow significantly in the coming years), then they’re missing a very big – and possibly critical for survival – opportunity.
Read MoreWater shortages and restrictions are hurting farmers across the country, including cannabis growers. More than 50% of the United States is in a drought right now, and drought conditions are affecting 232.3 million acres of crops across the country according to the National Integrated Drought Information System.
Read MoreGood manufacturing practice (GMP) is a set of guidelines to consistently meet specific standards of quality to ensure products are safe for consumers, and the concepts are just as relevant and important to cannabis cultivators as they are to manufacturers.
Read MoreHop Latent Viroid (HLVd or HLV) is on the rise again in parts of the United States, and every cannabis grower should be following critical HLVd preventative practices to protect their crops and their revenue.
Read MoreAs competition increases in the cannabis industry, particularly as we move closer to federal legalization and interstate commerce, the cannabis cultivators who will win are the ones who understand nature knows best and that it can be mimicked in clean ways within controlled environments.
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