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Collecting and storing cannabis seeds is essential for breeders and hobby gardeners. You can recognize ripe seeds by their dark brown color, firm shell and size. The optimal time to harvest is 4-6 weeks after pollination. After harvesting, the seeds must be carefully cleaned, dried and stored in an airtight container at cool temperatures. This way they remain viable and have a long shelf life. Knowing how to handle them correctly enables sustainable breeding and genetic diversity.

Cannabis cuttings are vegetative offshoots of an existing plant that are used to produce genetically identical offspring. Compared to growing from seed, cuttings offer consistent quality, faster development, and a higher success rate. To take cannabis cuttings, you cut healthy shoots from the mother plant, use rooting hormone to encourage root growth, and place them in a suitable growing medium. High humidity, moderate temperatures, and gentle light are crucial for success. Typically, cuttings take 7 to 14 days to form roots. Growing cuttings is a simple method for efficient and rapid propagation of cannabis, allowing one to obtain plants with...

Photoperiod cannabis strains are the classic variants of cannabis that initiate their flowering phase based on the hours of light. Unlike autoflowering strains, they require specific light cycles to flower. This post will give you a comprehensive guide on how to successfully grow photoperiod cannabis. What are photoperiod cannabis strains? Photoperiod cannabis differs from autoflowering strains in that the flowering phase is only triggered when the hours of light change. In nature, this happens when the days get shorter. For indoor growers, this is done by switching the light cycle to 12 hours of light and 12 hours of darkness....

Drying cannabis flowers is a crucial step to ensure the final product is high quality. After harvesting, this process is essential to preserve aroma, potency, and overall shelf life. In this blog post, you'll learn why drying is important, what steps you should follow, and what mistakes you can avoid. Why is drying important? Drying cannabis flowers is used to remove excess moisture from the plant material. This process has several advantages: Avoid mold growth: Too much moisture promotes the growth of mold and other microorganisms that can render the product unusable. Improves aroma: During drying, chlorophyll and other undesirable...