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Sea Kelp and how it benefits your Cannabis plant. Kelp meal (also known as seaweed powder) is a natural fertilizer based on dried seaweed that improves the health, vigor and tolerance to stress, pests and diseases of cannabis plants. A great option for vegan growers who'd rather avoid using animal-based products like bone meal or blood meal. Plus it’s a renewable and sustainable resource. Long story short, a full-on Swiss knife for organic cannabis growers. What is Sea Kelp - Sea Kelp for Cannabis Kelps are brown-colored seaweeds that belong to the order Laminariales. They have an extremely high growth...

How To Harvest Ahh we’ve made it to harvest! The moment we have all been waiting for.... Chop Day! All that hard work, and dedication has paid off. You have proudly, grown your own beautiful, sweet, sticky cannabis plant, nurturing it from seed or seedling, and it has now grown into a fully matured cannabis plant. So, you are ready to chop.... Or are you? Let’s talk about it! So how do we determine when to harvest our cannabis plants?   There are numerous indicators that will help us determine when we are ready to harvest. Every plant and strain...

Silica is one of those things you’ve likely heard of a million times, but you might not actually know what it is, much less what it does. So, what is silica exactly? According to the dictionary, silica is “a hard, unreactive, colorless compound that occurs as the mineral quartz and as a principal constituent of sandstone and other rocks.” Glass is made of silica, sand is often made of silica (depending on the rocks that ground down to comprise it), and of course, it’s also found in soil. In fact, the mass of the Earth’s crust is 59 percent silica...

Purple cannabis flower is aesthetically very pleasing and I join the many cannabis aficionados who love the look of it. Before I was tasked with writing about purple cannabis flower, I just assumed that the purple color was due to a specific terpene content. However, this is not the case. There is also some confusion about whether or not purple strains are more potent and/or more medically beneficial than other cannabis strain colors. In this article, I will explain why some cannabis strains are purple and will present the facts and the myths surrounding purple cannabis strains. What Gives Purple...

The vegetative phase is a period of the growing cycle that takes place after germination and before flowering. It is a period of growth where a plant focuses on getting big and strong. During this stage the plant is only growing stems and leaves (No Buds). The vegetative stage is where the plant's growth truly takes off. At this point, you've transplanted your plant into a larger pot and the roots and foliage are developing rapidly. This is also the time to begin topping or training your plants. Be mindful to increase your watering as the plant develops. Indoor growers can keep...