Cultivation

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Learn tips about monitoring environmental conditions to further improve yields.

HVACD Controls for Plant Health, Product Quality, and Energy Efficiency in Cultivation and Drying Processes

From setting up a grow to tracking each plant, a look at new cultivation technology solutions designed to both improve  efficiencies and create more data analytics.

Cannabis Cultivation: The New Agriculture Tech Playground

This article discusses the difficulties of reining in the intense energy use of the cannabis industry from the perspective of the most energy efficient state: Massachusetts.

How to Rein in Cannabis Industry Energy?

Here we explore the role that terpenes play in plant immunity, defense, and signaling.

Back to the Root The Role of Botany and Plant Physiology in Cannabis Testing, Part III: Genetic and Environmental Factors Associated with Terpene Synthesis in Plants

A closer look at the benefits of incorporating drone technology into commercial cannabis operations.

Invasion of the Drones: How Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Can Help Cannabis Growers Improve Crop Quality, Lower Costs, and Save the Planet

With grow light technology constantly advancing, Noah Miller, CEO of Black Dog LED, discusses the research behind grow light technology and its future in cannabis.

The Science Behind LED Lights

Here a scientifically based representative sampling plan for hemp grows is presented, detailing how to collect composite samples, how many to collect, and how to analyze them.

A Proposed Representative Sampling Plan for Hemp Grows

 A novel mid-infrared spectrometer that measures total THC in dried, ground cannabis plant material in 2 min is discussed as well as the applications of this analyzer for law enforcement, forensic laboratories, and regulatory agencies.

Distinguishing Hemp from Marijuana by Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy

Marguerite Bolt discusses the Purdue Hemp Extension Program, hemp cultivation, community education efforts, and more.

America’s Heartland Tackles Hemp Cultivation with Education

Dr. Arno Hazekamp discusses the formation of the new coalition as well as their goals, research, and education initiatives.

The Legal Cannabis Coalition: A Closer Look at How Dutch Horticultural Companies and Scientific Partners Joined Forces

Todd Statzer, the Vice President of Environmental Sciences at urban-gro, offers some tips for pesticide use in cannabis cultivation.

Best Practices for Pesticide Use in Your Cultivation Facility

A recent press release (1) announced the formation of a group called the Legal Cannabis Coalition (LLC), which consists of a dozen Dutch horticultural companies.

Dutch Horticultural Companies and Scientific Partners Form the Legal Cannabis Coalition

Here we discuss the ways in which chemical pesticides interact with plant physiology.

Back to the Root-The Role of Botany and Plant Physiology in Cannabis Testing, Part II: Plant-Pesticide Interactions and Plant Defense 

Let’s explore some options for growth substrates that are essential to the health of your plants.

The Root of Success:  Using the Right Growth Substrate

A closer look at how cannabis cultivation management platforms can track data for you and make recommendations based on intelligence and logic discerned from the numbers.

Cannabis Cultivation is More Math than Science: The Role of Data in A Successful Grow Operation

An interview with Todd Bell about the experiments and findings his group is working on with controlled atmospheres in cannabis cultivation.

Low Oxygen: A New Method for Cannabis Cultivation

Part I of this article series focuses on the physiology of heavy metal transport and translocation into and within plant tissues.

Back to the Root-The Role of Botany and Plant Physiology in Cannabis Testing, Part I: Understanding Mechanisms of Heavy Metal Uptake in Plants

Zac Hildenbrand, Karan Kapoor, Autumn Karcey, and Roger Kern offer advice on the most important thing newcomers to cannabis cultivation need to learn.

Ask the Experts: Cultivation, Part IV: If You Were Teaching a Class on Cannabis Cultivation, What Is the Most Important Thing that Newcomers to the Field Would Need to Learn?

Some of the most common pesticides monitored within the cannabis industry are examined here and the function and chemistry of these agents in cannabis pest control is broken down.

Debugging the System: Understanding Pests,  Pest Control, and Pesticides

The Resource Innovation Institute (RII) recently published its Best Practices Guides on LED Lighting for Cannabis Cultivation and Controlled Environment Agriculture and HVAC for Cannabis Cultivation & Controlled Environment Agriculture.