Growing Cannabis

Learn the art and science of cultivation with 50 years of expertise from The Ghost. From master-level techniques like manifolding and LST to sustainable organic methods, this section provides the essential ‘Grow Bible’ knowledge needed to take your plants from seed to a high-yield harvest. Whether you’re a first-time grower or a commercial veteran, discover the secrets to growing top-shelf cannabis in any environment

D'Qar Cannabis Plant grown in the Simcoe Mountains of Washington.
Growing Cannabis

Why Vigorous Genetics are the Ultimate Pest Defense

In that secretive world, you quickly learn a few brutal truth: pests and pathogens aren't your primary problem. They are merely the cleanup crew sent to finish off the weak. If your plants are being "taken out" by spider mites or powdery mildew, you need to look deeper than the bug itself. Usually, you’re looking at a failure of vigor... a genetic deficit that makes your crop weak and susceptible. Or a poorly grown crop that is having issues.
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Purple Lemonade Cannabis Flower one of the beautiful hybrids made at JCS.
Growing Cannabis

The Thrill of the Hunt: Growing a Mystery Pack

Some growers want a label on everything. They want a certificate and a timeline before they even pop a bean. But for the rest of us? The ones who grew up when you just called it "kind bud" and hoped for the best? There’s a specific kind of magic in the unknown. That’s exactly why I put together jerrys special mystery cannabis seed pack. It’s for the hunter. The guy who trusts his eyes and his nose more than a fancy sticker.
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Cannabis plant beginning to die from old age...
Growing Cannabis

Yellow Leaves in Flower: Flush or Feed?

Seeing yellow leaves as the plants begin flower can send a grower into a panic. Your first instinct is usually to dump a gallon of high-nitrogen "grow" nutrients on them or, conversely, to flush them with ten gallons of water because you think you’ve overdone it. Before you do either, you need to understand if you even have a problem.
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Identifying Bud Rot, an d Powdery Mildew in Cannabis Plants
Growing Cannabis

How to Stop ‘Bud Rot’ Before It Starts

Jerry here. There is no worse feeling for a grower than getting within a week or two of harvest, looking at a massive, sticky cola, and noticing a single, tiny grey leaf poking out of the side. You pull on it, and the whole center of the bud comes out as a mushy, grey, moldy mess. I have had to simply discard huge fully flowered 15 ft tall giants!
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cannabis Sativa Characteristics
Growing Cannabis, Sativa Cannabis Seeds

The Best Strain for High Humidity (Mold Resistance)

Jerry here. If you’re growing in a "swamp" spot or an area where the morning fog rolls in and sits until noon, you are in a constant race against high humidity. High humidity is the perfect breeding ground for bud rot and powdery mildew. In my fifty years of experience, I’ve seen entire harvests turn to grey mush because of bud rot, and have had powdery mildew cover just about whole plants.
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