As mainstream businesses cope with surging inflation and the threat of a recession, many adult-use marijuana companies – growers, retailers and ancillary businesses alike – are struggling with their own… Continue reading Adult-use marijuana companies struggle to stay afloat amid overproduction, falling prices
Category: Cultivation
Environmental Impacts of Legal & Illicit Cannabis
Cannabis has been long considered to be the core that is “green” and connected to eco-friendly activism. But, as legalization for recreational and medicinal use picks up momentum across the globe, Monga… Continue reading Environmental Impacts of Legal & Illicit Cannabis
Aspiring craft growers in Illinois rejoice after being awarded licenses after years-long wait
After years of hoping and waiting for the Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDA) to issue cannabis craft growing licenses, some applicants are seeing light at the end of the tunnel.… Continue reading Aspiring craft growers in Illinois rejoice after being awarded licenses after years-long wait
What’s in Illinois’ legal weed? Sometimes contaminants, Sun-Times testing finds
Nearly two years and $1.9 billion in sales since recreational marijuana was legalized, consumers can’t be sure the heavily taxed legal weed they buy is free from mold, yeast and… Continue reading What’s in Illinois’ legal weed? Sometimes contaminants, Sun-Times testing finds
Illinois craft cannabis grower bill highlights tension between big companies, minority entrepreneurs
Back in 2019, many marijuana industry experts trumpeted Illinois as setting a new bar for social equity: State lawmakers created a potential blueprint to provide greater opportunities for minority entrepreneurs in Illinois’… Continue reading Illinois craft cannabis grower bill highlights tension between big companies, minority entrepreneurs
Craft grow licenses released from legal ties, Illinois could issue licenses soon
Sixty new craft grow licenses could be issued by Illinois regulators in a matter of days, following a judge’s decision to lift both a stay and an injunction limiting the… Continue reading Craft grow licenses released from legal ties, Illinois could issue licenses soon
Cannabis Propagation: 8 Tips
Cannabis plants have basically three growth stages in their life cycle: propagation (whether from tissue culture/clones/seeds), vegetation, and flowering. Each of these stages has different requirements to maximize the crop’s… Continue reading Cannabis Propagation: 8 Tips
Cannabis Vegetation: 7 Tips to Increase Quality and Cut Costs
Once clones, seedlings and/or tissue cultures graduate from the propagation room, they can be moved into vegetation areas. During the vegetation stage, the plant is focused on cellular division for… Continue reading Cannabis Vegetation: 7 Tips to Increase Quality and Cut Costs
Cannabis Flowering: 9 Tips for Success
Following the propagation and vegetation stages of cannabis cultivation, plants will enter the flowering stage, where growers can see the literal fruits of their labor. At this stage, cultivators need… Continue reading Cannabis Flowering: 9 Tips for Success
Illinois cannabis MSOs pushing back on social equity bill, report says
The Cannabis Business Association of Illinois formally decided at a board meeting last week to oppose the legislation, SB3105, according to Grown In. The association is dominated by MSOs such as… Continue reading Illinois cannabis MSOs pushing back on social equity bill, report says