Cannabis Sativa (Hemp). Rowan McOnegal. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) In a previous article, we explored the so-called Low-Stress Training techniques, which allow for increased plant productivity, especially in tight environments such as grow-boxes and home grows. Some other techniques aim for the same goal, only with a more...

Credit: Wellcome Collection. Licence: Public Domain Mark Cannabis plants tends to grow straight up, sometimes reaching 3 meters in height and taking on a “Christmas tree” shape: not exactly the ideal shape for a plant to grow indoors, especially if Christmas is months away. Aesthetics and clutter aside, over the...

If you Google "Marijuana cultivation" for images, the result tells us the familiar stories of large outdoor plantations, perfectly arranged rows in huge greenhouses, industrial plants capable of producing kilograms of inflorescences destined to specialty stores, or... the black market. These stories match the collective imaginary: the cannabis plant is...