MAKING TINCTURES AND CANNABIS EXTRACTIONS

  Cannabis growers often find themselves, after harvesting and pruning the inflorescences of their plants, with many leaves that are poor in resin that they don’t know what to do. Leaves have much less THC level then buds and they’re not worth smoking. However, there are several ways we can use these leaves. Cannabinoids are compounds that are soluble in alcohol or fat. So there are basically two types of extractions possible here: those made with alcohol and those made with fatty substances such oils and butter. All extracts can…

BEST ORGANIC FERTILIZERS FOR HEMP PLANTS

  Organic fertilizers are first of all the most respectful for the environment, as well as safe for the plants and us. Organic fertilizers are unlikely to damage the plant when given in excess, while this is rather common and often happen using chemical fertilizers. It’s essential to provide plants with the essential nutrients they need and fertilize. Many novice growers tend to use industrial fertilizers in abundance resulting in serious problems and in same case the death of their plants. Plants in general are more tolerant with organic fertilizers,…

GUIDE TO GROWING CANNABIS INDOOR

  Whatever the motivation is, to grow cannabis indoors, we must consider that there are outdoor and indoor varieties when choosing the seeds to plant. Outdoor plants, even of great quality, would need an adaptation to the artificial environment that requires generations of selected seeds to achieve good results. Especially in the Netherlands, this has been done for years, so much so that in recent years there is a great number of seeds of guaranteed quality for all types of crops.  The genetics of a seed is the most important…

CANNABIS VEGETATIVE GROWTH STAGE

  Since at the beginning of the process we don’t know exactly how many females we will have.It’s always convenient to plant almost twice as many plants as we intend to grow (as long as feminized seeds are not used). If in the worst case we only get a female, we can continue the process by means of cloning. Cloning is a technique that consists in cutting sections of the branch of a mother plant (cuttings) inducing the development of the root. This allows us to obtain new seedlings with…