by Roo Grostein | Jul 29, 2021 | Growing Tips, Plant Identification
Nipping seeds in the bud is a key aspect of growing hemp — particularly hemp for cannabinoid oil production and smokable, boutique hemp. Preventing seed formation not only concentrates hemp plants’ energy into cannabinoid and resin production, but also avoids...
by Roo Grostein | Aug 27, 2020 | Labs, Testing & COAs
Making or breaking hemp sales, compliant certificates of analysis are essential. Hemp producers need COAs in hand, ready to share with potential buyers — at the moment they’re requested. Who wants to waste valuable time only to find out a current test result isn’t...
by Roo Grostein | Jul 9, 2020 | Farming, Growing Tips
Gazing across a hemp field as morning sun peeks over the horizon — versus after a long, hot July day — what do you see? Are the plants’ branches lifted to meet the first light, emanating a vibrant green? Or are they droopy and dull-colored — or worse, wilted...
by Roo Grostein | Jun 24, 2020 | Autoflower Hemp, Hemp Genetics
Turning a profit for legal CBD hemp challenges farmers to break free of the market’s pervasive, stagnant structure. The traditional schedule of the cannabis plant is familiar to many of us, as well as the economics tied to its timeline: 1. Plant in spring. 2....
by Roo Grostein | Jun 18, 2020 | Growing Tips
Methods and techniques for growing CBD hemp arise from basement “grow laboratories” in the high-THC cannabis industry. But that knowledge must be adapted to the legal, industrial U.S. hemp crop with its significantly scaled-up footprint nationwide since the passage of...
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