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Tips to avoid stretching cannabis plants

To control the height of the plants is a crucial aspect in cannabis cultivation, especially indoors, but also outdoors if discretion is needed. In this article we tell you some tips to avoid (or promote if necessary) stretching plants, particularly at the beginning of the flowering stage.

Rooting clones with Green House Feeding Bio Enhancer

Powder Feeding Enhancer is a new organic root stimulator that provides explosive growth to the root system, improves nutrient uptake and protects the plants against diverse phytopathogens. In this article we'll test Enhancer to root some clones without any rooting hormone, also after transplanting the clones.

Bubble hash: Fresh-frozen vs dry flowers

Without a doubt, hashmaking is an art. Many different techniques have been used throughout the History, each of them with pros and cons. In this article we compare both yields and quality of dry flowers versus fresh frozen, one of the latest techniques developed to separate resin glands from plant material.

How to grow cannabis plants in clay pebbles

In this article we focus on explaining how to properly use clay pebbles or expanded clay to grow cannabis, a hydroponic growing medium widely used to get large, tasty and powerful buds.

Limonene: An essential terpene in Nature

Limonene is a monoterpene widely used in the industry and with a presence in many modern cannabis varieties. Its organoleptic and medicinal properties have place it in a privileged position when compared to other terpenes, while the scientifical community is increasingly interested in its multiple effects. In this article we tell you more about this facsinating compound.

Origins and evolution of Moroccan hashish

Traditionally, and before people started to grow their own pot in Spain, Morocco had become the main source of hashish for most European countries. While hashish production in Morocco dates back only some decades, since the 60s it has become - along with Afghanistan - one of the major world producers of this cannabis resin concentrate. In this article we tell you more about the origins of Moroccan hashish and the evolution experienced during the past years.

Cannabinol (CBN): The Cannabinoid Against Insomnia

CBN or cannabidiol is a common cannabinoid found in marijuana which is mainly produced by the degradation of its main constituent, THC. Over the past years, the interest on this cannabinoid has skyrocketed due its amazing properties, among which sleep aid stands out. In this article you'll find everything you need to know about this compound.

Juanita la Lagrimosa, the origins of CBD

The origins of modern CBD-rich varieties date back from 2004, when Reggae Seeds created Juanita la Lagrimosa. This Reina Madre x NYCD hybrid represented the first step towards what we know today as CBD strains, for it was widely used to develop countless medicinal hybrids.

Cannabichromene (CBC): a cannabinoid with therapeutic potential

While cannabichromene (CBC) may not be the most popular cannabinoid, the lastest scientifical research shows a very promising future for this cannabis compound, which is focusing the attention of both the medical community and many marijuana breeders and seed companies.

How to grow cannabis plants in coco coir

What are the main aspects to keep in mind when growing cannabis with coco coir? In this post we tell you more about this interesting growing medium, focusing on watering, flushing and EC and pH of the nutrient solution. Choosing the correct range of nutrients is also crucial to get best results, so we'll also list some of the most commonly used fertilizers with this substrate.

Foliar spraying and cannabis

At some point almost all cannabis cultivators will need to apply a foliar spray of one kind or another to their plants. They could be in need of a fungicide or an insecticide; or maybe want to fertilise, to correct a nutrient deficiency or just give plants a boost. Whatever the reason, we think it's worth doing the job properly, and in this post we’ll outline some basic measures to take every time to make sure we get the best possible results and avoid damaging our plants.

Guerrilla growing cannabis

Cannabis guerrilla growing is the only option for many users to grow their own pot. In this article we tell you how to successfully harvest your guerrilla-grown plants with minimal risk by just following a few simple steps.

Cali Terpenes, 100% natural cannabis terpenes

Cali Terpenes presents their new range of 100% natural terpenes at Alchimiaweb with a collection of different strain-specific cannabis terpene profiles. Thanks to the use of terpenes, we can modulate the effect of cannabinoids, improve a cooking recipe or add flavour and aroma to cannabis resin concentrates, using the terpenes as efficient solvents for diluting them. The dilution of cannabis extracts with terpenes makes it possible to use a large number of different concentrates in electronic cigarettes or vaporisers.

Growing automatic cannabis plants outdoors in Smartpots

In this article we will show you the diaries of two automatic cannabis strains from Royal Queen Seeds and Samsara Seeds, to test the utility of the Smart Pots. To do this, we will carry out an outdoor crop sowing two seeds, one of each variety, in a smart pot of 18 L. To compare them we will sow other two seeds, using a traditional rigid white lower pot and a Smart Pot of 11 l. Next you will find the entire development process and lots of photos of the all growing phases of plants grown indoors.

Vacuum ovens to purge BHO

Cannabis resin concentrates made with solvents have been increasingly used over the past decades - especially during the last years with the popular BHO - although properly removing the solvent from the extract is relatively new. In this article we present you Touch Science vacuum drying ovens, an ideal tool to purge the solvents from your extracts in the best possible way.

Vapour pressure deficit (VPD) in cannabis cultivation

Temperature and relative humidity play an important role in indoor marijuana cultivation since much of the plant's activity depends on these factors. Incorrect values of these two parameters will result in an invalid VPD (vapour pressure deficit), which will in turn result in poor plant development. In this article we explain how to properly adjust these values so our plants can enjoy a good climate for an amazing development.