The Growers' Knowledge Hub

The Truth About UV Light and Your Plants

December 3, 2020

A quick and clean review of the full UV light spectrum covering the benefits and risks of UVA, UVB, and UVC exposure for you and...

Jessica McKeil

What is pH and Why Does it Rise? A Complete and Updated Guide

September 7, 2020

If you grow cannabis indoors, you need to know about pH. pH levels are the invisible force influencing how well your plants absorb nutrients. Too...

Jessica McKeil

How to Install Blumat for Raised Garden Beds

August 27, 2020

There are many benefits to raised bed gardening. You'll have less trouble with weeds, warmer soil in spring, and usually, better yields. But what about...

Jessica McKeil

New Research on Cannabis Cultivation: Takeaways for Growers

August 21, 2020

Legalization has meant a brand new era for cannabis research. Cannabis farmers now have the baking of universities, laboratories, and research centers to help push...

Jessica McKeil

Become a Chili Master: Grow Hot Peppers Indoors

August 14, 2020

With the rise of the Carolina Reaper and everyone's favorite youtube series, Hot Ones, growing hot peppers has become a national phenomenon. Hot peppers are...

Jessica McKeil

An Introduction to SCROG (Screen of Green)

August 13, 2020

SCROG, also known as "Screen of green," is a riff on a cannabis cultivation technique called SOG or Sea of Green. Primarily designed for use in...

Jessica McKeil

5 Hacks to Keep Your House Plant Alive

August 12, 2020

Do you have trouble keeping houseplants alive? It's a delicate job being an indoor gardener. True, keeping plants indoors does avoid issues with pests, disease,...

Christopher McDonald

The Perils of Over and Under Watering Cannabis

August 11, 2020

Gardeners with a green thumb seem to have a feel for it. How do they intuitively know exactly when to water, and how much? But...

Jessica McKeil

A Cannabis Connoisseurs Guide to Home Storage

August 6, 2020

Let's talk about storing carefully harvested, cured cannabis. Even an award-winning harvest, if stored under the poor conditions, will taste-off, smoke poorly, and even turn moldy....

Jessica McKeil

Cannabis Training: The Low Stress Technique (LST)

August 4, 2020

Two cultivation techniques form the basis of most indoor growing methodologies: high-stress training (HST) and low-stress training (LST). As the names suggest, one method puts the cannabis...

Jessica McKeil

5 Tips and Tricks for the Blumat Automatic Irrigation System

July 29, 2020

The Blumat Automatic Irrigation System is a miraculous tool for indoor and outdoor growing. Yet getting the install right comes down to perfecting a few...

Jessica McKeil

Potassium Deficiency Cannabis & How to Fix it

July 28, 2020

If you've noticed some unhealthy changes in your cannabis plants recently, and you've ruled out both calcium deficiency and magnesium deficiency — is it potassium?...

Jessica McKeil