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Light, Nutrients, pH, Heat & Humidity for Rooting Clones

Grow Light

The Basics of Rooting Clones Unlike growing cannabis during its vegetative cycle or its flowering cycle, cannabis that is being newly cloned does not have any huge light requirements. In fact, rooting clones is one of the few times when cool white fluorescents are one of your best options for lighting. The light schedule for […]

Review of 2 Top Strains for Indoor Growth

Top 2 Strains to Grow

Indoor Growth: Choosing Your Strain When you’re picking out a strain for indoor growth, there are certain traits that you’ll generally look for. Usually, you’ll want a plant that is shorter, bushier and higher yielding; ergo, you’ll be looking into either a straight indica or an indica-sativa hybrid. First and foremost is Northern Lights #5, […]

Indica vs. Sativa: The Medicinal Benefits

Indica vs. Sativa

Medicinal Benefits of Marijuana If you’ve had much of any experience with cannabis, you are no doubt familiar with the different effects of indica and indica-dominant strains as compared to sativa and sativa-dominant strains. In the simplest of terms, sativa strains are known for imparting a more cerebral, so-called head high, whereas indica strains are […]

3 Best Hybrid Strains to Grow

Top 3 Hybrid Strains

What are Hybrid Strains? Offering an excellent middle ground for growers who seek the best of both worlds, hybrid strains are some of the most popular of all for indoor cultivation. Hybridization offers growers the opportunity to achieve the cerebral effects associated with sativa strains with the shorter, faster growth and greater yields that come […]

3 Best Indica Strains to Grow

Top 3 Indica Strains to Grow

Indica Strains Indica strains are very popular for indoor cultivation on account of their smaller, bushier size and greater yield per volume. In addition to growing smaller and fatter, indica strains generally reach maturity and finish flowering much faster than their sativa cousins. Up first, Yumboldt is a potent indica strain that can sometimes be […]

3 Best Sativa Strains to Grow

Top 3 Sativa Strains to Grow

Sativa Strains Since Cannabis Sativa originated in tropical and equatorial regions, adapting to an environment that encourages rampant growth, sativa strains are naturally best-suited to outdoor cultivation. A greenhouse offers an excellent choice as well, but for the devoted sativa smoker who must grow indoors there are some strains that can be managed more easily […]

Early & Auto-Flowering Strains: A Review

Early Flowering and Auto Flowering Marijuana

Auto Flowering Strains In the 1970s, various cannabis cultivators and breeders began to selectively breed their marijuana plants for early flowering and what is called auto flowering. Early flowering, as its name suggests, entails plants that naturally begin to bud and mature more quickly than average. Auto flowering strains are sometimes confused with early flowering […]