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How to Properly Oxygenate And Not Fry Your Roots

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How to properly oxygenate and not fry your roots The majority of growers starting out tend to cultivate in soil or coconut husk. Because of this sometimes certain cannabis cultivation knowledge that should be reserved for soil and coconut husk growers begins to become “mainstream”, such as the dry back methods they use. These methods […]

Learn How to Properly Project Your Cannabis Yields

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Learn how to properly project your cannabis yields Many of you are calculating your projected yields all wrong. In this quick article we’ll be teaching you how to correctly calculate your projected yields so that you know what to expect from your new indoor growing cultivation facility or grow room before you invest in it. […]

Unique Terpenes & Growth With Autfoflowers

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Unique Terpenes & Growth Using Autoflowers Cannabis is broken up into three distinct different families or subspecies. There’s the two mainstream families that we’re all used to, sativa and indica, excluding hybrid as a family. Today we are focusing on the third more rare family of cannabis called ruderalis, otherwise known as autoflower due to […]

How To Amp Up Your Yields Using Electro-culture

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For the cultivators looking to up their grow game and stay ahead of the curve, you may want to check into how electricity when used properly can help increase your growth and terpene production while reducing diseases and pests. Perfect, so just drop batteries into the reservoir? Nope, don’t do that! You will first need […]

Growing Success: Micro Cultivation Facility Planning

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As the owner of 4trees Cannabis Building, I have spent over 20 years cannabis consulting with cultivators, and I can tell you first hand that the planning stage is by far the most crucial point for any successful operation. Micro cultivation facilities, also known as craft cultivators, are becoming increasingly popular as more states and […]

Water Savings Between Recirculating Hydroponics & Drain to Waste

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Water Savings Between Recirculating Hydroponics & Drain To Waste The water consumption of your growing system is directly related to how much nutrients or money you need to shell out over time. This makes water savings within your grow system very important for not only saving the earth, but also your wallet! Let’s explore the […]

Basic Guide To Treetech Hydroponics

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Basic Guide To Treetech Hydroponics Hydroponics has been around since the sixth century B.C when king Nebuchadnezzar II built the extravagant hydroponics hanging gardens as a gift to his wife. Don’t tell Mrs. 4tree’s this.. It’s commonly used in parts of the world that have poor soil such as Japan and India. However, when it […]

What Is The Size Of A Typical Cannabis Cultivation Facility?

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The correct answer to this lies on whether or not you are a recreational cannabis cultivation facility or a medical grower. If you are an ACMPR in Canada or a medical license holder in the US then you will not require as much space to operate such as shipping and receiving rooms, quarantine etc. However, […]

What Every Cannabis Grower Should Know About Hydroponics

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Hydroponics has become a preferred growing method among professionals that are growing cannabis indoors. There’s a reason this method is as popular as it is. Hydroponics comes with several benefits including producing a higher quality flower, higher consistency and a lower risk of bugs or mould. Whether you’re just starting with hydroponics or you’ve been […]

What You Need To Know About Rosin Extraction

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Rosin is quickly taking the cannabis community by storm. With its higher terpene profile, increased potency and clean, solventless extraction methods that rival some of the most advanced hydrocarbon extractions out there, what is not to love? People prefer to grow their plants without chemicals and eat food without added chemicals, so it makes complete […]

Understanding Cannabis Cultivation Licensing

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So you want to start a micro cultivation, standard cultivator or medical facility? Our cannabis licensing guide will help you better understand the starting phases of setting up your licensing with Health Canada for the purpose of recreational or medical cannabis cultivation and sales through the government of Canada. STEP ONE: Understanding the licensing application […]

Understanding DWC & Feeding

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Deep water culture is a low maintenance, fast growing method of hydroponics. In this type of system plants sit in net pots with roots suspended in the grow chambers nutrient solution while aerated water recirculates throughout the growing system. If you have ever heard the term “look at your roots, not your fruits” then you […]