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What is hydroponic cannabis? Pros and cons

The Cannigma

First, let’s clear up that slang you heard at a party when someone was referencing their weed with terms like the “Sweet Dro’”, or “Hydro weed” and tackle the question: “What does hydroponic mean?”. Simply put, hydroponics is the technique of growing a plant in water. Hydroponic grow systems vs growing in soil.

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6 Essentials For Establishing a Hydroponic Grow

SpeedWeed

For decades, commercial growers have increasingly moved to using hydroponic systems to feed and water plants more effectively, and the cannabis industry has taken note. For decades, commercial growers have increasingly moved to using hydroponic systems to feed and water plants more effectively, and the cannabis industry has taken note.

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ScottsMiracle-Gro Announces Creation of New Investment Entity to Enable Investments in the Cannabis Industry

Cannabis Law Report

The Hawthorne Collective to Invest $150 million in Canadian-based RIV Capital. To that end, The Hawthorne Collective will provide a $150 million convertible loan to Toronto-based RIV Capital (TSX: RIV) (OTC: CNPOF), a cannabis investment and acquisition firm currently listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. MARYSVILLE, Ohio, Aug.

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Cannabis Sustainability: Minimize Wastewater

Cannabis Law Report

Because hydroponic growing is a water-based cultivation method, some people erroneously assume that it requires more water. The constant need to water soil, particularly outdoors, eventually adds up to a much greater volume of water than the constant water source necessary for hydroponics. Rainwater Collection.

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Cannabis Cultivation: 9 Advice Points No One Will Tell You

Otherside Farms

We’ve put together a selection of tips from the collective wisdom of successful growers. If you’re growing hydroponically, stick to it. Similarly, if you’re growing in soil don’t dabble with integrating hydroponics. Ontario cannabis cultivation is beginning to flourish since marijuana laws changed.

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Cannabis Sustainability: GACP and GMP

Cannabis Law Report

On April 22, 2019, United Nations-based cannabis correspondent and global drug policy analyst Sara Brittany Somerset took advantage of our collective national climate focus to address the “ cannabis carbon footprint ” issue with her pertinent Earth Day Begs The Question: Is Cannabis Farming Sustainable?

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Potential for lucrative cannabis industry in South Africa

Cannabis Law Report

South Africa has ideal conditions for growing cannabis, particularly in the provinces of KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Eastern Cape and Western Cape, although with modern growing techniques, including hydroponics, the crop could ostensibly be grown anywhere.