The Secret Sauce
How to Build Your Own Living Soil for the Ultimate Organic Grow If you’re tired of measuring out liquid nutrients and worrying about chemical salt buildup, it’s time to let Mother Nature…
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Off the Grid, On the Bud
The Art of the No-Watt Grow Let’s be real: we love our high-tech setups. There’s a certain geeky thrill in monitoring CO2 levels from an app while your LEDs pull enough juice…
Cannabis Pollen and Use
Cannabis is a dioecious plant, which means that the male and female flowers develop on separate plants, although monoecious examples with both sexes on one plant are found. Sibling crosses draw genetic…
From Seed to Weed
Turning to the internet has become a jungle of information, most of which is trash, as everyone and their dog has begun blogging, writing, and filming their cannabis endeavors, clamoring over each…
Yerba Buena
When people hear “marijuana grow operation”, they often picture some stoner in a bathrobe, named Chazz, running up his mom’s electricity bill in the basement. What you don’t think of is 29…
What’s In Your Water?
Did you know water has a unique fingerprint? Quite often, it’s water’s very own unique fingerprint/chemistry that can challenge the most talented horticulturist. Shiloh Water Systems has over 35 years of experience…
The Future Of Cannabis Cultivation
If you’ve ever wondered what the future of cannabis cultivation will look like, take a peek into the 6+ acre California farm featured in this month’s garden tour at GrowingExposed.com. The facility…
Hemp Feature | Jerry Norton | The Johnny Appleseed of Hemp
Jerry Norton; he’s like the Johnny Appleseed of the hemp industry. For the sake of this article, I’ll refer to him by his well known alias Jerry Hempseed. You may wonder, what’s…
Back Country in BC
Nestled amongst an old-growth forest in a remote area of British Columbia is a custom-built indoor grow operation that takes quality very seriously. Here they grow a strain called “Super Kush” under…
Hifi Farms
Hifi Farms: The name itself has created enormous momentum for this little farm outside of Portland, Oregon. Their “Feminized” t-shirts are being worn all over the state. If you mention Hifi, people…
The Choice: Seeds Or Clones
How To Grow a Tree Recently Stoner Magazine asked me to talk about the difference between using clones or seeds outdoors. In this article, I will try and explain the differences between…
Cannaessentials
Grow Methods For Cannabis Snobs Recently there has been an explosion of laws that help commercial cannabis farmers mitigate risk and increase yield. Shortcuts around the new laws aimed at a higher…
Immaculate Medicine
Vancouver is considered to be one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and there’s no disputing this. Blessed with more natural beauty than you can imagine, home to rainforests, snow-capped…
Clone Wars
On one end of the growing spectrum, the serious cannabis farmers’ genetic libraries consist of vigorous, proven producers. Mother plants are topped frequently, given plenty of light, water, and fresh air with…
Selecting from Seed for Drug Traits and Medical Effect
I have spent most of my life germinating cannabis seeds and I’ve learned a lot during this process that I hope to pass on. While germinating, I was looking for special and…
Growing to New Heights
Now, what would you do if you had a warehouse the size of a football field at your disposal? Being a Stoner Magazine reader, we think it’s probably safe to assume that…
7 Points Oregon
7 Points Oregon Award Winning Clean Green Certified Flower Most Oregonians are weed connoisseurs simply because we grew up in Oregon; the state where our “bad” outdoors looks like other states’ good…
Compost Teas: Taking Compost to the Next Level
In this Growers Spotlight, we interview Jason Stirling of SPARC Dispensaries, Scott McBride of Global Garden Supply, and Steve Storch of Vortex Brewers® about compost teas. What are compost teas? As the…
Clandestine Gardens – Out of the Shadows
When Initiative 502 was passed by voters in Washington State, the liquor control board took charge of regulating the new marijuana laws; allowing growers like Ian Kaplan to open up his operation named,…
Deschutes Growery
Once again, while browsing Instagram, I came across Deschutes Growery out of Bend, Oregon. Their photos present their winsome plants like a portrait of a celebrity. Each plant has so much character;…