Drying and curing cannabis are the last two things to do after a big chunk of all the work is officially complete. One of the biggest mistakes ever made in the cannabis industry is assuming the work is done as soon as the crop has been chopped down and harvested. How you dry and cure your freshly harvested cannabis plants does matter, so follow this complete guide if you're ...
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Trimming Marijuana for Creating Beautiful Buds
When harvest time rolls around, trimming marijuana is probably not on your mind. With your latest grow op is done, you're likely thinking it's time to sit back and relax with a massive joint of home-grown cannabis in hand. Yet there's still a big job ahead of you: trimming your buds. It's not rocket science, but trimming marijuana does come with its challenges. Deciding ...
Guide to Hydroponic Systems for Cannabis In Canada
Ever thought about hydroponic systems for cannabis and ditching the soil in your next indoor grow? Soilless growing, AKA hydroponics, is a more advanced concept since it's all about using a different kind of growing medium: water. Growing with water instead of soil has a lot of advantages, which is why many things are grown hydroponically these days - tomatoes, lettuce, ...
Diagnose and Fix Cannabis Nutrient Deficiency in Canada
At some point most every grower faces a cannabis nutrient deficiency in their operation. Just like humans, marijuana plants require a certain combination of nutrients to survive and thrive. Plants are actually very good at communicating their needs by sending signs and signals to their growers. So when your crop isn't getting a healthy diet, you'll be able to ...
Best T5 Grow Lights in Canada for Cultivating Cannabis
Even though it's just one aspect of running a grow op, choosing between lighting systems like T5 grow lights or another kind is an important step, and many growers argue that it's the most important. You should be thinking of your light system as the foundation of the entire operation, paving the way for fat buds when it comes time to harvest. Many growers think that the ...
Best Digital Microscope for Cannabis Growers in Canada
Observing your plants' progress is an important step in any grow op, and when we say observing, we're not talking about giving them a quick once-over at the end of the day. To stay on top of plant health and overall quality, you really need to get in there with the best digital microscope. This is the easiest way to observe all aspects of your plants' progress. The ...
Best HPS (High Pressure Sodium) Grow Lights
Even though it comes with tons of perks, growing weed indoors does have a few disadvantages to outdoor growing. The main one is that your plants aren’t exposed to natural sunlight, but this isn’t so much of a problem thanks to the best HPS grow lights. HPS lights, short for high pressure sodium, are capable of delivering the intense light that cannabis plants need to ...
A Guide to Using Reverse Osmosis for Growing Cannabis in Canada
There’s been a lot of debate on whether or not using an RO system is the best choice for watering your cannabis plants, so we’re here to set the record straight. Some growers say that there’s not much point in using water that has undergone reverse osmosis, but we disagree. Think of it as a way to start with a completely clean slate and know exactly what is contained ...
Best Rosin Presses in Canada 2020 – Reviews and Buying Guide
Rosin is the new kid on the block when it comes to cannabis concentrates. It’s been steadily gaining popularity for both recreational and medical use, and not just because of its extreme potency. The main reason that so many Canadian ACMPR growers are choosing to transform their bud into rosin is that the rosin extraction process is completely solventless. This means ...
5 Best Weed Growing Kits and Indoor Growing Kits
If you’re like us and you’re all about making your medical grow op as easy as possible, you’ll love everything about indoor grow kits. The best grow kits include everything you’ll need to make your grow op a success - even simple pieces of equipment like pots and measuring tools. Complete grow kits typically include major equipment like a tent, lighting system, ...
A Guide to Grow Light Reflector Hoods in Canada
No matter how amazing your grow room lights may be, your plants won’t be able to meet their full potential without the proper grow light reflectors. If you were to set up your grow room with no reflectors at all, your plants would lose out on a huge amount of light. And every ACMPR grower knows that wasting precious light is a big mistake. Luckily, there’s an easy way to ...
The Ultimate Guide to Ventilation Systems for Your Grow Room
One of the most common mistakes among Canadian growers is forgetting the importance of grow room ventilation. So many growers simply add one or two fans to the setup and assume that’s all they need to do. Fans are great for circulating air, but they don’t do much in terms of ventilating. For that, you’ll need to invest in some sort of ventilation system kit for air ...
Best Indoor Grow Tents for Growing Cannabis in Canada
Growing indoors is the ultimate way to control climate and keep pesky critters from destroying your crop. But controlling indoor climate can be difficult without a high-quality grow tent for growing cannabis. If you have a small to medium-sized operation with your ACMPR license to grow, investing in an indoor grow tent can make all the difference. The question, though, ...
Best PH and PPM Pens and Meters for Growing Cannabis in Canada
There are so many moving parts to a successful grow room that having the right tools is essential. One of the most essential pieces of equipment is a high-quality pH or PPM pen. If your plants are experiencing nutrient deficiencies, the reason could be that the pH is all wrong. Even if you’re pumping them full of nutrients, a pH that is too high or too low can stunt ...
10 Best LED Grow Lights in Canada for Marijuana Growing
Choosing the type of grow lights you use for your ACMPR grow op is a major decision. We can’t tell you which one to use, but we can tell you that LEDs have been steadily gaining popularity over the past decade or so (even though they’ve been around since the 60s). So why have they become so popular? First off, LEDs are a lot more affordable than they were in the ...
Best Books for Marijuana Growing in Canada
The internet is an amazing place to find any piece of information imaginable, including info on cannabis cultivation. But not all growers learn best by browsing the web… If you’re the type of person who gets more from flipping the pages of a book than you do from clicking through web pages, this post is for you. Here are our top choices of cannabis growing books for ...
Best Ceramic Metal Halide Lights for Growing Cannabis
One of the most difficult decisions for any ACMPR grower is deciding on the type of lights to use for an indoor grow op. LED, HPS, CMH, CFL… all of these letter combos can start to get confusing fast. We’re not going to sit here and tell you that CMH grow lights are the best in every way, but growing with CMH bulbs does come with some benefits. CMH, short for ...
Top 10 Temperature and Humidity Controllers for Growing Cannabis
Every grower knows that climate control is a major aspect of setting up the perfect grow op. Failing to control climate factors like temperature and humidity can lead to some major problems. We’re talking root rot, mold, over drying, and if things get really bad, the entire crop could be a dud. Luckily, you’re not on your own when it comes to controlling the climate of ...
3 Products Under $20 That Every ACMPR Grower Needs
Growing your own weed from home might seem like a cakewalk at first, but it doesn't come without challenges. Temperature issues, humidity problems, lack of nutrients, pH quandaries… these are all things that we've dealt with as medical growers. Getting from seed or clone to a successful indoor harvest takes knowledge. But the good news is that you don't have to solve grow ...
Canadian Cannabis Clinics That Prescribe High Grams Per Day
The majority of Canadian Cannabis Clinics and physicians are unwilling to prescribe high amounts of medical marijuana… If they’re even willing to prescribe it at all. The main reason for this is that many doctors and NPs are ignorant about how patients use medical marijuana. A healthcare professional often assumes that a low grams-per-day prescription is all that it ...
Medical Marijuana Clinic that Prescribes High Grams Per Day
Any ACMPR grower will tell you that the most difficult aspect of the ACMPR licensing process is finding a medical marijuana clinic or a Canna Clinic. Not just finding one, but finding one that will prescribe you the number of grams per day you’re hoping for is the real challenge. What many doctors don’t realize is that medical patients often need a high prescription ...
ACMPR Calculator | See How Many Plants You Can Grow
Figuring out the exact amount of plants you’re legally allowed to grow with an ACMPR license can be confusing. Luckily, using an ACMPR calculator makes it simple. Before we get into the specifics on using this helpful tool, let’s quickly cover the basics of Health Canada plant counts. The amount of plants an ACMPR license holder can legally grow depends on a few ...
Avoid Legal Trouble – Switch from MMPR/MMAR to ACMPR in 4 Easy Steps
The ACMPR has been in full effect since 2016. Even so, there are tons of Canadian medical marijuana patients still growing their cannabis under the MMPR and MMAR programs. This is because the government has allowed many growers to keep their old licences that were issued before the ACMPR. The purpose of this was to make things easier on medical patients in need of homegrown ...
Personal Use Production License Health Canada | Guaranteed Approval
There are two ways to start legally growing weed in Canada. Either four plants recreationally, or up to 500 plants with a personal use production license Health Canada. This is also known as a Health Canada ACMPR license, and it allows Canadians to grow medical plants from the comforts of home. You might be on the fence about this, especially if you think there’s no ...
ACMPR Application Forms: Health Canada 2021 Updates
When you first see that the paperwork for the ACMPR application is 11 pages in total, you might feel like Health Canada is trying to rain on your weed-growing parade. But don't worry, we have created this guide to help make sure you are approved. Before we get started, please note that you need to have a special ACMPR prescription from a medical doctor (not a nurse ...
Where to Buy Cannabis Suppositories & How They Work
Chances are you have heard of a cannabis suppositories before, but the odds of you ever using one aren’t as high. Using suppositories is an unconventional way of getting your daily dose of the medicine you need. And when we say unconventional, that is putting things lightly. What is even more unconventional is that people are starting to use cannabis suppositories to ...
Doctors Who Will Prescribe Medical Marijuana in Ontario
Hoping to receive your ACMPR license to grow in Ontario? The process is fairly straightforward, and you can get started immediately. But this does not mean it comes without challenges. Finding doctors who will prescribe medical marijuana in Ontario is by far the most difficult aspect of the entire process. Doctors and nurse practitioners are often unwilling to write ...
Using Medical Marijuana to Treat Trauma – Can Cannabis Help?
Most of us have experienced trauma at some point in our lives, some people more than others. In this article we will cover these topics related to marijuana for trauma: The different types of traumaHow trauma is normally treatedBenefits of marijuana for traumaThe 8 best strains for traumaHow does CBD help PTSD?How to get started growing medical weed for trauma in ...
How Many Plants Can a Medical Patient Grow in Canada?
With the Cannabis Act officially in place, more Canadians are starting to grow their own weed plants and asking themselves how many plants can a medical patient grow in Canada. The new recreational laws allow for 4 plants per household in only some provinces. Medical patients on the other hand have essentially no limits when it comes to plant counts. In this article we ...
3 Important Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations
For those of you who have applied for your ACMPR license to grow, there are a few things you need to know before you get started. Just as there are laws for recreational smokers to abide by, there are also marihuana for medical purposes regulations that need to be followed. Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations If you have obtained your personal use production ...
The 9 Best Strains for Anxiety and why Weed Helps
In this article about the best cannabis strains for anxiety: Common anxiety disordersWhy you should use medical marijuana to treat anxietyThe best daytime anxiety strainsThe top-rated Indica strains for anxietyMost dynamic medical hybrids for anxietyWhy you should grow your own medical weed for anxiety There has been much debate over whether or not medical marijuana ...
The Best Marijuana Strains for ADHD/ADD
Groundbreaking studies have found the link between marijuana and ADHD. Medical research has proven certain weed strains to be extremely effective for treating the symptoms related to ADHD. In this article, we will look at the 5 best weed strains for ADHD and the research to back it up. Believe it or not, medical marijuana and ADHD is more beneficial than the ...
ACMPR Renewal the Easy Way – How to Renew your Grow License
If only our ACMPR grow licenses lasted forever, and we didn't have to deal with the government paperwork our lives would be bliss. That said, if done properly with the right help from the right people, your ACMPR renewal can actually be quite easy and painless, and NOT the major f-around it appears to be. Renewal time is also the perfect time to get two birds stoned at ...