Using Mother Plants to Clone Cannabis
Selecting a female cannabis plant is the first step to finding a great mother that you can clone from. To keep a plant for “mothering“, you will want to keep the plant under 18 – 24 hours of light to keep her in a vegetative state.
Most growers will use a high-efficiency T5 light to keep the mother in a vegetative state. Keeping the mother under a T5 light will ensure slow vegetative growth, so she does not grow too rapidly or large.
Cloning Cannabis to Create New Plants
Cloning is the process by which a branch-tip is cut and rooted to form a plant identical to the plant that it was cut from. Clones usually take 10 – 20 days to produce a strong, healthy root system and are given 18 – 24 hours of light during their life, for them to stay in a vegetative state.
Producing clones under ideal environmental conditions will help to ensure their growth and vitality. Clones that have developed a healthy root system can then be hardened and transplanted into a vegetative growing system. Let us know what you think.
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A new Fake Identification (ID) Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) training is now available that offers a fresh approach to mandatory identification verification procedures. As licenses are becoming ever easier to forge, fake IDs are growing more common and more accurate. If you’re in a position in the cannabis industry where you must verify someone’s age or identity – whether security at a dispensary or a cannabis cultivation facility checking a license for sales – it’s important that you know how to detect fake identification. This course goes beyond basic training. Learners can practice realistic scenarios where employees are particularly vulnerable to the risks of false identification. When verifying an ID, confirmation of authenticity often needs to be done quickly, which makes careful scrutiny of the driver’s license or ID card important. Our clients appreciate the interactive online training, which includes: testing, discussion forum, an eBook, certification of completion and the ability to report on the date that employees complete their required training as well as their grade or competency-level. Our eLearning solution for the cannabis industry provides clients online access to these types of Standard Operating Procedures that are created and maintained by Green CulturED’s team for compliance in the cannabis industry. We are focused on the cannabis industry and compliance since states and territories have been tasked with developing more secure identification. Many discussions focused on creating a national identification, but the end result of these discussions has been the development of many security measures and the production of high-quality advanced IDs whose overall design makes it more difficult to reproduce. With many advanced security features, states have chosen those features that they feel will help them the most in preventing the manufacturing of illegal documents. Despite these efforts, young people still find a way to create fraudulent and fictitious documents and use illegal ID’s so you will find the internet is full of resources available to savvy people willing to risk much to produce these illegal documents. While states try to maintain the secrets of their IDs as young people are dismantling the document and sharing information discovered so with a few keystrokes on the computer, the information may be obtained. A person wanting to obtain a fake ID can find resources to guide them in the creation of their own fake ID, or templates providing exact information on the desired document as well as actual sites that are willing to sell them a fake ID. Green CulturED works hand-in-hand with your team to determine the best strategy for a fully-managed training solution that provides employee development so you can maintain compliance in the cannabis industry. Let us know what you think. Pre-Flowering Your Cannabis Plants Pre-flowers on cannabis will begin to show around the fourth (4th) week into vegetative growth, depending on the strain. It is around this time that you will usually be able to determine the sex of your cannabis plants. Between the fourth (4th) and sixth (6th) node, you will usually be able to find the pre-flowers of the plant. The male cannabis plant will develop tiny, smooth, egg-shaped pollen sacks. While the female cannabis plant will develop small V-shaped white or pink hairs called pistils. Sometimes it may be hard to tell which are male and which ones are female if you are starting from seed. If you are unsure, you can let them grow for a longer period of time to be sure that you know which ones are which. If you want to ensure a seedless crop (sinsemilla), you will want to be sure to remove all males from your crop. Male cannabis plants have much lower levels of THC, CBD, CBN, etc than does female cannabis. Female cannabis plants are cultivated for medical use, due to their higher contents of cannabinoids. If you want to breed crops, you can keep the males to harvest their pollen for future breeding use and you will want to be sure to contain them from the female population so they don’t get pollinated.
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The company has evolved significantly over the past decade. They sell their own brand of cannabis seeds – Seedsman, but also stock 1500 strains from over 80 seedbanks from every corner of the globe. Seedsman.com offer a wide range of payments including credit card, cash, bitcoin, and bank transfer. Customers are rewarded by their Loyalty Point system, Free Seeds with every order and free seeds with over 50% of the breeders they sell on their store. They also offer guaranteed delivery products which covers you if your order goes missing when in transit. Depending on how much you spend you can get up to 20% off your order. They also pride themselves on their customer support. Seedsman’s company mission is to help preserve cannabis genetics for future generations whilst promoting the need to control and regulate cannabis under a legal framework. We believe cannabis genetics need to be preserved to ensure a diverse gene pool remains when politicians begin to better realize the therapeutic applications of cannabis and the possibility that the best way to minimize harm to individuals is through regulation of cannabis and its derivatives under a legal framework. A more diverse gene pool makes cannabis less susceptible to diseases and pests and provides a larger scope for research. We sell a diverse range of medically beneficial seeds on Seedsman.com. Here is a short overview regarding these strains. Feel free to edit the listed breeders to suit your website. Recent research into the positive medicinal benefits of cannabis has led to overwhelming demand for strains that contain holistic medical properties. Scientific discovery has suggested that over 50 various ailments can be arrested, abetted and even cured with the right cannabis treatment. Seedsman.com have a comprehensive library of seeds that are considered medically beneficial, including collections from breeders CBD Crew, Medical Seeds, Barney’s Farm and Dutch Passion. Seedsman.com only select the best breeders and strains to be listed on their seed store. These breeders are carefully selected from a long list of companies wishing to sell their products on Seedsman.com. They are selected based on CBD content, THC content, therapeutic value, flavour, lineage, genetics and the breeders reputation. Cannabis plants need a minimum of 16 hours of light to stay in the vegetative state, but can provide maximum lighting time of 24 hours a day can also be used to speed their growth. As the cannabis matures, their root systems take on specialized roles. The center, older and more mature roots contain a water transport system that may also store food for the plant if needed. The tips of the roots extend and push deeper and further into the soil in search for nutrients and water to supply its growth. These single-celled root hairs are the essential key for the cannabis plants to be able to uptake water and nutrients for growth. These roots are extremely delicate and must be handled as quickly, gently, and carefully as possible if doing any kind of transplanting. These roots are prone to dry up and die very easily if they lack water so they may also be damaged by open air and sunlight if exposed for too long. Similar to its root system, the cannabis’ stem grows and stretches higher to catch more sunlight. Stems and Nodes of the Cannabis Plant The plants will produce nodes and buds along its stem, depending if it is plant’s genetics are Sativa or Indica, the nodes will be at varying distances between each node. Lateral and side branches branch out to develop buds and leaves to capture light. The central stem’s primary function is transmitting water and nutrients from its delicate root hairs up and throughout the entire plant. The foods for the cannabis plant are produced in the leaves, where sugars and starches are manufactured. The stem produces strong cellulose, which supports the plant’s weight and growth. Cannabis that is growing outdoors where it is exposed to wind, rain and other elements will cause the plant to produce more cellulose to support the plant and keep it from being uprooted. On the opposite side, cannabis that is being grown indoors produces less cellulose due to environmental factors and will need staking to support its growth so the plants do not fall over. Photosynthesis During Cannabis Horticulture As the leaves on cannabis grow, the plant starts manufacturing carbohydrates for food and the chlorophyll within cannabis plants gives them their green color. Chlorophyll converts carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air, with water and light, into oxygen and carbohydrates. This process is defined as photosynthesis. Water is drawn from the roots, through the stem, and into the leaves, where it interacts with carbon dioxide that makes the chemical process occur. On the underside of the leaves are very tiny microscopic pores called stomata and they take in CO2, where it interacts with the water, which is delivered from the roots within the plant.
For photosynthesis to occur, the plant and leaves of the plant must remain moist and hydrated. Stomata are the regulators of moisture within cannabis plants, preventing dehydration and also allow the leaves to exhale water vapor and oxygen as a (byproduct of photosynthesis). It is of the utmost importance that these stomata pores stay as clean as possible for the plant to continue its growth and breathing. Be sure to wash off the leaves if you are spraying the leaves for pests and molds because if the stomata become clogged they will slowly suffocate. Let us know what you think. |
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