Marijuana is so damn versatile. It can be processed as dabs, hash, bubblehash, oils, medibles, and tinctures. In this article, I’m showing you how to make glycerin-based marijuana tincture. And if you know my other articles, you’ll know this tincture is great for use as a sexual oil! Glycerin-based marijuana tincture is very versatile and a […]
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A year ago I published an article about dry sift marijuana concentrate. You can read that article here. Readers told us they were glad to hear about this relatively unknown cannabis concentrate. It’s like a cross between old-school screen hashish and bubblehash, but far easier to make than bubblehash. I made the dry sift a […]
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In a previous article, we looked at ways marijuana legalization is affecting black market marijuana growers. We noted that the black market marijuana growing industry is losing market share to the white market (legal) marijuana retail industry. These losses are happening mostly in Colorado, Washington, and Oregon, with Colorado seeing the most shift away from […]
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Why are some marijuana strains better for outdoor marijuana growing than others? Because some marijuana strains are more naturally resistant to pest, disease, daylength, and environmental issues associated with outdoor marijuana growing conditions. Note when I talk about “outdoor marijuana” I’m referring to marijuana grown outdoors from early seedling or clone to harvest—not marijuana grown totally […]
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One of the most professional and helpful things you can do for your marijuana growing business is to keep a grow diary. A grow diary includes as many details as you can record about your marijuana strains, their growing characteristics, your hydroponics nutrients feed program, grow room environment, harvest weight, and harvest quality. You can […]
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A friend of mine running a 10-light deep water culture net-supported cannabis garden tells me he has excruciating pain in his knees, hands, and shoulders. He says this pain comes from injuries he’s gotten because of growing marijuana. “To tend, trim, thin, and harvest net-supported plants, you have to crawl in under the trellis nets. […]
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Marijuana plant spacing for maximum production and plant health in your indoor garden is a serious topic we need to talk about right now. One factor affecting marijuana plant spacing is the differing ways reflectors, hoods, and various types of hydroponics bulbs affects the amount of square feet that have enough light intensity for your […]
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This is the second of two articles about getting 3+ pounds of dried buds per 1000-watt light from your indoor marijuana garden. In the first article (read here), hydroponics nutrients manufacturer and long-time professional grower Michael Straumietis of Advanced Nutrients shared the following advice to maximize your marijuana garden yields: Add C02 to 1200 parts […]
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One thing a beginner marijuana grower learns right away is that marijuana isn’t a weed. It takes skill, investment, and work to make cannabis plants grow right and produce big, stoney buds for you. Some people think all you do is plant cannabis seeds or buy clones, add water and light, and then in a […]
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High Intensity Discharge (HID) marijuana grow lights are the choice of serious home marijuana growers and professional growers worldwide. Sometimes cannabis cultivators use LEDs, fluorescent, CFL, or plasma lighting, and these lights are good in some applications, especially because they cut down on heat and on watts burned. But HID metal halide and high pressure […]
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Almost all of us growing marijuana are growing hybridized strains. Hybridized marijuana strains are those with complicated genetics resulting from breeding programs that combine Sativa, Indica, Kush, and Afghanica genetics. These combinations result in hybrid strains that are often very powerful, with knockout body highs and psychedelic head highs. The cannabinoid percentages of hybrid strains, […]
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BigBudsMag.com for many years has been reporting that home marijuana growers, sometimes known as black market marijuana growers, feel there are plusses and minuses of marijuana “legalization.” We all want the police, courts, and governments to let us grow and sell marijuana in an open market. But what we’ve seen in most marijuana legalization states, […]
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Happy 420! If you’re a marijuana grower who wants bigger yields and stickier buds, this article is our 420 gift to you. The magazine went live in May, 2011, and has lived up to our commitment to help marijuana growers grow bigger and stronger buds, with less cost and more efficiency, with less security risks, […]
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Marijuana flowering phase is the payoff phase for growers, and we’re giving you success secrets so you get bigger, more potent buds. Here we go… Control Temperature & Humidity: Lights-on grow room temperatures above 74F in grow rooms without added C02, and above 83F in grow rooms with added C02, make buds airy and poorly-formed. […]
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Finally, after so many years spending big money on LED grow lights that don’t deliver high yields and potent buds, a pioneering Michigan company has delivered LED grow lights equal to and in some ways better than HID grow lights! This is very big news because marijuana growers have long hoped LED grow lights would […]
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The pots, containers, whatever you call them that you’re planting marijuana in have big impact on your grow op success. Not only do they shield roots from light and provide an environment where marijuana roots absorb water, oxygen, and hydroponics nutrients, they can shape, prune, or harm your roots. Before deep water culture and other […]
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In our first article in this groundbreaking series on LED grow lights, we introduced you to Matt Johnson, founder of Lush Lighting. Matt’s the only guy in the LED lighting industry who has the guts to publicly acknowledge he designs LED grow lights that boost marijuana health, growth rate, cannabinoid percentages, and harvest yield… even […]
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This is the second in our article series for a newbie marijuana grower. In the first article, we noted that growing your own marijuana saves money, ensures your safety, and provides marijuana that gets you high the way you want to get high. In today’s article, we discuss basic needs for growing top-shelf marijuana. Among […]
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With summer coming and electricity rates rising, energy waste in your marijuana grow op is a hot topic. There are standard methods for reducing marijuana grow op energy waste: Make sure the marijuana grow op room is sealed. We’re talking all openings including ducts, window frames, door frames, vents, floor to wall joints, etc. Make […]
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This is the third article in our groundbreaking series on LED grow lights made specifically for marijuana. In the first two articles, you met Matt Johnson, founder of Lush Lighting… the only LED grow lights manufacturer courageous enough to acknowledge he makes LED grow lights that boost cannabis growth rate, yield, and potency. In today’s article […]
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