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Off-season marijuana crops outdoors

Many areas offer the chance to perform several outdoor crops per year. We don't need to be in Tropical zones and have an almost constant natural photoperiod to do so. By using autoflowering seeds or cuttings and a small outdoor greenhouse we can be sure that we'll have enough buds for our annual consumption.

What is Botrytis or Gray Mold?

What is botrytis or gray mold? Which are the symptoms and how to avoid this fungal attack? Are there any strains especially resistant to botrytis? In this post you'll find all the iformation on this fungus, a common pest in cannabis plants.

The SOG cannabis growing method

The Sea of Green - SOG - marijuana growing technique highly optimizes the available growing space while allowing us to perform more crops per year than with other systems. In this post we'll tell you a bit about this high-yielding growing method, following all the necessary steps to achieve excellent results.

Ventilation for marijuana grow rooms

The ventilation system is one of the most imortant aspects in every indoor cannabis growing setup. Which extractor do I need for my growing space? Are intractors and interior fans really needed? Do I need a cooltube? How can I reduce the noise generated by my ventilation system? Is there any way to eliminate odours? In this post you'll find the answers to all these questions, as well as several tips and advices...

Synthetic cannabis and cannabinoids

Synthetic cannabinoids are making their way into the market as a legal substitute for marijuana, because they can be packaged and sold in smart shops, where they are totally legal and can be bought as a substitute for the plant. But don't be fooled: products like Spice and others have nothing to do with marijuana. They are based on chemicals of dubious quality, which have not been tested on humans, and sold as recreational drugs, marketed with neither dosing instructions nor health warnings. Alchimiaweb strongly recommends NOT TO BUY THESE PRODUCTS for your own health safety.

Deficiencies and excesses of nitrogen

In this post we invite you to discover how nitrogen acts in the metabolism of the cannabis plant, discovering in a simple way what to do when symptoms of deficiencies or excesses of this important macronutrient appear, essential for the healthy and vigorous development of your plants.

Sativex

Sativex is a marijuana-based drug that acts on pains caused by spasticity in multiple sclerosis patients. The Spanish Ministry of Health approved the regulation of Sativex in July 2010. At this moment, Sativex is only approved and prescribed for spasticity in MS patients, but hopefully soon it will also be applied to cancer patients on chemotherapy and other conditions.

Growing autoflowering cannabis

In this post we will focus on how to grow autoflowering cannabis plants, step by step, in order to achieve good results. Ideal for those growers who use artificial lamps in their growing tents, or for those who make 3-4 outdoor crops during the year.

Growing marijuana with homemade compost

In this post, we show you different ways to use your organic waste to make top quality fertiliser in an easy and practical way. It is a widely used method by outdoor growers and its followers are increasing day by day in indoor crops by using bio fertilisers. So go for it and start composting!

Presentation of TGA Subcool's breeder

TGA Subcool is an American seed breeder specialized in strains with strong medicinal potential, which has gained a great reputation amongst growers, conoisseurs and cannabis clubs and dispensaries worldwide. In this article we introduce you their main breeder, as well as some of their most renowned strains.

When and how to move marijuana plants outdoors

In this post we show you the best way to move your marijuana plants outdoors avoiding the onset of flowering. Many growers, for one reason or another, grow their plants indoors and bring them to flower outdoors when temperatures allow them to do so, in the summer. By following these tips you can grow top quality marijuana plants.

Growing marijuana in the ground

In-ground marijuana crops give us the opportunity to offer our marijuana plants full freedom for their development. In this post we show you all the necessary steps to optimise the performance and health of plants grown outdoors in the ground.

How to hide your marijuana crop

In this post we show you a simple technique to hide marijuana plants camouflaging them in trees from gardens, lawns or your private land. In this way we prevent the nosy and curious from spotting our plants, and thus avoiding potential thieves of our valuable medicinal plants, so we can later enjoy their many qualities.

Drying and curing cannabis buds

Today we are going to explain all the necessary steps to correctly carry out the marijuana drying processes and its subsequent curing. If you have been careful when growing, you must be careful during and after harvest, otherwise you risk seeing the quality of your flowers seriously compromised, which would be a shame!

Growing marijuana basing on latitude

Growth and flowering of cannabis depends directly on the hours of light to which the marijuana plant is exposed, so it is very important to be aware of the geographical area in the world where each strain is grown. Daylight hours differ in each area depending on the season. This article tells you when it is recommended to start growing marijuana based on the country and the region you are... We also give you some advice on suitable strains for each area, according to your preferences and needs.

82 studies on the efficiency of marijuana against cancer

In this post, we will list 68 studies on the marijuana cannabinoids' efficacy to fight against the different types of cancer existing today in our society. Much research has been carried out, but the more research is done, the better will be the use of medicinal cannabis in the fight against cancer and many other diseases.