Growing cannabis at scale indoors in North Macedonia

Many big companies are putting their eyes on the European cannabis market, as multiple sources have projected its multi-billion dollar potential. Yet, one of the biggest challenges is to find a way of importing cannabis goods that is sustainable and profitable. The best way would be to have a cannabis…

What is the difference between Red/Blue vs. broad spectrum LEDs

Growers generally have two options when it comes to horticultural LED spectrums – “full spectrum” or “broad-spectrum”, which appears white light; and “red/blue spectrum”, which can appear as purple or pink light.    The red/blue spectrum LED luminaires are often referred to as narrow band spectrum lights – because the…

US (NV): Grower to triple flower canopy and production in its licensed facility

C21 Investments has announced the planned expansion of its licensed cultivation and production facility in Nevada. Expansion Highlights: 40,000-square-foot buildout to existing operations at the Nevada facility, including 11 new flowering rooms and two new vegetative rooms. This 200% of additional canopy…

CAN: CannTrust to start selling cannabis again after illicit production scandal

The head of CannTrust Holdings Inc. said the past year has been a "long slog" to begin selling cannabis products in the Canadian recreational market, after federal regulators…

US (CA): Columbia Care closes $69 million acquisition

Columbia Care has completed its acquisition of Project Cannabis, a cannabis cultivator, wholesaler and retailer based in Los Angeles, California. Total transaction consideration includes approximately $52.5 million in Columbia Care stock and an additional consideration of $16.5 million anticipated to be…

CAN (BC): Grower in the process of building indoor micro cultivation facility got acquired

BC Craft Supply has acquired a 100% interest in Olympic View Botanicals (“OVB”), a Vancouver Island, British Columbia based company. OVB is currently in the process of building an indoor micro cannabis cultivation facility, while it concurrently submits an application to Health Canada for a Micro…

US (TX): Growing-season hemp potency testing available through Texas A&M AgriLife

The ability to conduct potency tests for the state’s newcomer crop – hemp – during the growing season is coming to Texas A&M AgriLife soon with the new Texas A&M AgriLife Hemp…

US (MI): From seed to sale - cannabis cultivation facilities on the rise

Big Rapids, along with Osceola and Lake counties, have become “fertile ground” for companies and entrepreneurs interested in the cannabis industry. Since Michigan voters legalized recreational cannabis in 2018, several grow facilities and provisioning centers have been, or are in the process of being,…

US (VA): Medical cannabis company eyes Fork Union site

Fork Union may soon become part of one of Virginia’s newest business sectors. A start-up called YAE Wellness is looking to create a medical cannabis production facility and…

"People have realized that a screen is more than just a cloth for shadow"

Screen cloths have an important role in horticulture. Forty years ago, screen cloths were used to keep the sunlight out, now we see that screen cloths are used to create an optimal climate. Peter Ollevier, Sales & Marketing Director, Phormium: "Ten years ago, there was a turnaround. People started to…

US (OH): Joseph Bayern appointed as Curaleaf's next CEO

Curaleaf Holdings announced that its Board of Directors have unanimously appointed Curaleaf President Joseph Bayern as the Company's next CEO, effective January 1, 2021. Curaleaf's current CEO Joseph Lusardi will continue to work closely with Mr. Bayern to ensure a seamless executive transition. Mr.…

Pipp Horticulture

Pipp Horticulture announces patent-pending TRAK-FREE carriage system

For the past several years, Pipp Horticulture’s mission has been to help cultivators across the globe save time and money by creating a more efficient grow facility and help streamline operations. Pipp has not only developed a product line that was purposefully designed to serve the cannabis cultivation…

Are broad spectrum disinfectants safe for both plants and humans?

Economic uncertainty in the restaurant and hospitality sector and the increased sanitation protocols for staff caused by the pandemic has acutely affected the horticulture…

Can cannabis farms deal with wildfires?

The West Coast’s most destructive wildfire season on record raged this fall, in the midst of the country’s most pervasive drought since 2013. More than five million acres of land have burned, and many farms, cannabis and otherwise, have had to evacuate. While most crop farms are covered by insurance in…

Ilera Holistic Healthcare

US (LA): Inside a University's MMJ licensed facility

Workers inside a temporary medical cannabis growing operation in Baker are preparing hundreds of plants each month that are being used to manufacture cannabis products for patients across the state while a major expansion is under construction. For about two years, Ilera Holistic Healthcare has been the…

New discovery by SMART allows early detection of shade avoidance syndrome in plants

Researchers from the Disruptive & Sustainable Technologies for Agricultural Precision (DiSTAP) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) of Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore and Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (TLL) have discovered a way to…

First international growers discover the powerhouse that is VDB Green Eater

For the past eleven years, contractors and growers have gotten to know the brute strength of the VDB Green Eater. Without any trouble, this powerhouse can shred any crop during crop rotation in a matter of seconds. Something most growers don’t know is that the machine was not developed by the contractors…

Brigitte Nugteren new Managing Director Drive Systems at Ridder

Brigitte Nugteren is the new Managing Director of Drive Systems at Ridder. With the appointment of Brigitte, the next step of growth is being taken by the family business, which, in addition to drive systems, also develops and produces climate screens, climate computers, water treatment systems and labor…

US (VA): Medical cannabis facility could come to Albemarle

Albemarle County officials have given their support to Holistic Virginia, a company that wants to operate a medical cannabis facility on Avon Street Extended. Both the…

US (NY): Acreage holding enters $12M construction-financing loan

Acreage Holdings has entered into a construction financing loan with The Pelorus Fund, a cannabis-focused real estate investment trust, which will be used to complete the expansion of its Illinois cultivation and processing facility, which is expected to close on or about December 3rd, 2020. The loan…

US (OK): Blind grower uses heightened senses to grow better plants

Kenny Abbe took an Oklahoma growhouse by storm when he started growing some of the most beautiful cannabis plants without having the benefit of being able to actually see…

US (NJ): Court rules that state has to change 'unreasonable' system that grants MMJ licenses

A New Jersey court on Wednesday ruled that the state wrongly rejected medical cannabis licenses for several companies and said the system used to rate applicants lacks transparency and creates confusion in the small and competitive cannabis industry. A three-judge appellate court vacated the 2018…

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CO: PharmaCielo enters U.K. market with 500 kg initial shipment

PharmaCielo has delivered its first commercial shipment of medicinal-grade CBD isolate to a well-established bulk distributor and white label manufacturer based in the U.K., with sales and distribution operations in the U.K. and the E.U. In addition, the Company has reached an interim sales agreement…

UK: Reduce energy costs for winter

With the temperatures dropping and daylight hours reducing, now is a good time to assess things and ensure efficient energy use on-farm over the winter. Energy waste can be…

Bioradiance

It's a kind of magic: using a wand to improve your yield

Every grower strives to improve the yield and quality of their crop. Since the cannabis industry is still very young compared to more traditional horticulture, it is not easy to find the magic secret to achieve the best crop. Yet, it is not necessary to be a wizard to cast a spell of yield improvement on…

Digital initiative brings together cannabis cultivation community for virtual trade event

The Grower’s Source, a multifaceted digital initiative to support the cannabis cultivation community, opens registration December 7th for its first annual industry-supported…

Fertilizer Calculator helps growers... calculate fertilizer

To get the right amount of your fertilizers from your plant requirement and change them as your plant grows and prepare stock solution needs lots of calculations. As a solution, the Fertilizer Calculator is created, an easy and fast available solution to understand your soil and hydroponic culture.…

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