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Protecting Marijuana Plants from Animal Pests

Protecting marijuana plants from animal pests

One of the most serious enemies of marijuana plants is bigger pests such as cats, dogs, and rodents. This also includes wild animals like deer, rabbits, and raccoons. By nature, these creatures like to dig, nibble, and trample on plants. Obviously, this can be bad news to the cannabis crop and hence it is very …

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Marijuana Plant Hormones

Marijuana plant hormones

Although many marijuana growers don’t know much about plant hormones, the fact is that they are hugely important to any marijuana plant (or any plant at all, for that matter). They signal to the body of your plant that it’s time for the plant to perform certain processes as well as produce certain parts the …

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Bigger Marijuana Yields

How to Maximize Cannabis Yields

Did you know you can train your marijuana plant? Plenty of experienced growers use a variety of techniques to shape their plants and encourage bigger yields. These advance growing techniques make indoor growing more efficient and help them to get bigger marijuana yields. Your marijuana plant may not look like it’s doing anything, but it …

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Magnesium deficiency in cannabis plants

Magnesium Deficiency In Marijuana Plants

The purpose of magnesium is to encourage strong, healthy veins and stimulus on the creation of marijuana leaves. It also plays a role in producing chlorophyll and breaking down enzymes. Magnesium deficiency can happen in any plant medium and hydroponic system. But this rarely occurs when growing marijuana outdoors. When signs of deficiency occur if …

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grow lights and marijuana plants

Maintaining optimal lighting for cannabis plants

When growing cannabis, lighting is essential. The best possible lighting is the natural light produced by the sun.  It has the perfect mix of UV rays that plants crave, and the closer you are the equator, the better those rays become. Marijuana needs plenty of light to produce quality plants and buds. On average a marijuana plant …

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Russet mites marijuana pest

Russet Mites

Russet mites are tiny but powerful. Their ability to destroy your precious marijuana plants comes from the fact that there’s never just one russet mite — there are usually hundreds before you even notice an infestation. This can lead to a number of problems, so better to be safe than sorry and learn a bit …

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Why are my Marijuana plant stems purple

Why are my marijuana plant stems purple?

Seeing your marijuana plant with purple stems can be a little scary. You may become quite worried about the overall health of your plant, but this may not be as bad as you think. Below are some things you need to know about cannabis purple stems. Purple marijuana stems Let’s say you are growing your …

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How to solve fungus gnats

Fungus gnats on marijuana plants

Fungus gnats on cannabis plants are a common problem for soil growers, but if you know what to do they’re actually easy to get rid of. Fungus gnats are extremely small (two millimeters in length) and are gray, black, or brown in color with long legs. Female fungus gnats lay two hundred eggs per week, and …

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Tobacco mosaic virus on marijuana plants

Tobacco mosaic virus on marijuana plants

The tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) is a disease that attacks not only marijuana plants, but also tomato, pepper, eggplant, tobacco, spinach, petunia, and marigold. It isn’t very selective, but it does have a high impact. Read this article and learn how to recognize and treat TVM. Make sure to download my free Grow Bible for more information. What …

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growing marijuana indoors using soil

Best soil for weed plants indoors

Indoor marijuana growers face a unique dilemma when deciding how to grow their crop: should they grow in soil or in a hydroponics system? If you haven’t before considered a hydroponics system and you have a larger budget, you may want to look into it. Many growers opt for soil when they are starting out. …

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Growing Cannabis Safely at Home: A Beginner’s Guide

So, you’re thinking about dabbling in a bit of horticulture and starting your own weed grow at home? Well, that’s awesome! Growing your own cannabis plants can be an incredibly rewarding process, and even testing, at times. The beauty of DIY is that you get full control over what you grow, how it’s grown, and—best …

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Nutrient deficiencies in marijuana plants

Nutrient deficiencies in marijuana plants

Nutrient deficiencies in marijuana plants are not just an annoyance for cannabis growers; they can also kill your plants. If you want to grow the best marijuana possible, you need to learn how to recognize and resolve nutrient deficiencies. Some of my favorite solutions for nutrient deficiencies are easy to do. You simply need to …

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