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Becoming a Marijuana Farmer
By Ricardo Baca on August 6, 2017
Growing cannabis for the first time can alter a relationship with the plant. In November 2012, my Colorado neighbors and I voted to legalize adult-use...
Inside a Colorado Grow
By Ellen Holland on July 21, 2017
Exploring an indoor grow in Colorado that houses cannabis targeted for the recreational and medicinal markets. The pungent smell of cannabis permeates the air in...
Start Strong: Tips for Choosing the Right Clones
By Timothy Anderson on July 8, 2017
You can do everything right, but you won't get far if you start with the wrong clones. Here's some tips for picking the right genetic...
How-To: Curing Your Medicine
By Dru West on July 7, 2017
An excerpt from “Secrets of the West Coast Masters: Uncover the Ultimate Techniques for Growing Medical Marijuana” by Dru West. There is a widespread misconception...
Mean Gene: Making Marijuana Masterpieces
By Greg Zeman on July 2, 2017
With a lifetime of knowledge and a genetic archive reaching back decades, the award-winning Mendocino breeder spreads the foundational flavors of cannabis seed by seed....
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Book Review: ‘Idiot’s Guide: Growing Marijuana’
By Dave Carpenter on June 25, 2017
Big Lit makes a move on America’s new botanical sweetheart — cannabis. It finally happened. One of the “Big Four” publishing firms, Penguin Random House,...
Marijuana Migrations
By Dave Carpenter on April 15, 2017
How pot growers are adapting to a changing climate. By 2013, Jacob Sullivan had seen enough. Plagued by fickle growing conditions, consecutive scorching hot days,...
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World’s Largest (Legal) Cannabis Grow Coming to Canada
By Chris Roberts on March 21, 2017
Canada's legal marijuana market is still taking shape, but one of the big players early in the game — Aurora Cannabis Inc., a publicly-traded medical cultivator...
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Learning How to Grow Cannabis with a Master Cultivator
By Ellen Holland on March 13, 2017
Harry Resin is a world-renowned cannabis breeder and cultivator with figurative roots in Amsterdam — where he perfected his craft and made his name —...
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California’s Wine Industry Can’t Hold a Candle to Cannabis
By Chris Roberts on February 16, 2017
California wine has served as a vinicultural golden standard since the world-changing upset of the 1976 "Judgement of Paris" shattered the myth of French wine...
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The Many Appellations of Marijuana Country
By Chris Roberts on February 13, 2017
The concept of "terroir" is central to wine making — and branding. Now California cannabis, already a brand in the illusory sense, is making moves...
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Sheriff’s Stamp of Approval: Adapting to California’s New Medical Marijuana Laws
By Nikki Lastreto on July 24, 2016
I’m still feeling a little numb. This afternoon a Mendocino County sheriff’s deputy drove his huge white SUV through our gates — a sight I...
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Techniques to Grow 3 Lbs of Cannabis Per Light
By Dave Carpenter on July 15, 2016
A new, stunningly attractive book on cultivation details the straightforward techniques that can produce an astounding three pounds of indoor cannabis per light. Sometimes an...
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Ex-DEA Agent, Former Legislator & More Scramble to Cash in on Maryland MMJ
By Owen Poindexter on June 29, 2016
Open new cannabis markets and all sorts of characters come out of the woodwork for a piece of what is sure to be a very...
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The Pesticide Dilemma
By Ricardo Baca on May 21, 2016
Like the entirety of traditional agriculture, marijuana cultivators are obsessive about the pests that regularly threaten their crops’ health. And those daily battles with spider...
Mendo Dope: A New Strain of Sound
By Ellen Holland on March 13, 2016
The rhythm of a sultry beat repetitively pulses through the cannabis garden in the early morning hours as Daniel and Bryan Eatmon, AKA Old E...
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Growing Happy Girls
By Angela Bacca on February 8, 2016
On July 1, Oregon’s voter-backed legalization initiative, Measure 91, went into effect. At just around midnight, thousands of people gathered alongside Portland’s Burnside Bridge for...
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CA Governor Signs Emergency Amendment to Medical Cannabis Law
By Ellen Holland on February 4, 2016
California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed an emergency bill to rectify a “drafting error” that resulted in bans of medical marijuana cultivation in cities and...
Nature’s Root: The Fruits of a Hemp Economy
By Ellen Holland on February 1, 2016
When Colorado voters opened the door for adult-use cannabis in November 2012 they also ushered in a new chapter for American hemp. Unlike other states, which...
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Cannabis Cultivators Look Towards Energy Efficiency
By Cannabis Now on January 15, 2016
It would be inaccurate and disrespectful to countless prohibition era pioneers to say the current cannabis industry sprouted up overnight. Its literal and figurative roots...