Nutrient Management

After years of chasing big numbers on my meter, I have become a lot more interested in what I call my EC-sensitive picks. These are cannabis varieties that simply do not want heavy feeding. Give them a low EC nutrient schedule, steady environment, and a little patience, and they quietly turn into some of the tastiest, cleanest flowers in the room. This article is a hands-on look at the seeds that prefer light feeding in my garden, how I recognize sensitive …

As a grower who has spent the last decade in a fairly obsessive indoor grow setup, one pattern keeps repeating: some plants are “Cal-Mag lovers.” Give them a little extra calcium and magnesium and they reward you with thicker stems, denser flowers, and fewer burnt edges. Hold back and you start to see the early signs of calcium magnesium deficiency cannabis growers dread—rust spots, weak petioles, and mid-flower fade that should not be there. This article breaks down how I approach …