Companion Planting for Cannabis
By Royal Queen Seeds If you are looking for a natural way to improve the conditions of your garden and even help with some pests, companion planting is an innovative yet not so new way to do just that. Companion…
Caterpillar Management – Identification and IPM Practices
Fall is here and so are the caterpillars, at least in Northern California. We have documented numerous instances of caterpillar damage and can officially say there has been a decent hatch this year. But how to deal with these…
Company Spotlight – California Organic Fertilizers Inc.
Based on our qualitative observations of farms using select products from this line of fertilizers, it is in our opinion that businesses, farms and co-ops, seeking to follow organic input standards, look into using this line of fertilizers. California Organic…
Fermented Plant Juice
“What Is Fermented Plant Juice (FPJ)? FPJ is used in solutions for seed and soil treatments and plant nutrition. It consists of the young shoots of vigorously growing plants that are allowed to ferment for approximately 7 days with the…
Plants to the Rescue of Plants
“Maybe it’s because of their wine-making heritage, but the French are obsessed with fermenting various plants into special insecticidal, bactericidal, and fungicidal brews to use on…other plants.” In a world gone mad with pesticides and fungicides, it’s time we take…
Product Spotlight – OG BioWar
OG BioWar is a product that has been used rather extensively by a group of conscious minded farmers here in Humboldt County. The root pack is a microbial inoculant. It is a blend of highly concentrated beneficial fungi and bacteria…
Sustainable Agriculture Techniques
From Union of Concerned Scientists “What is sustainable agriculture? What is regenerative agriculture? We will be covering these topics more in depth as we evolve our mission. This particular article, written by the Union of Concerned Scientists covers the basics…
Homemade Plant Rooting Hormone – Willow Water
It’s always a fascinating learning the DIY process. Mixed with failures and great rewards, it truly is inspiring to the pure cannaculturist. Here is a wonderful DIY article from Deep Green Permaculture. We have not yet experimented with this ratio…
Why Every Gardener Should Consider Using EM-1
Effective Microorganisms® Amendments For Agriculture Effective Microorganisms® has been used in agricultural applications since 1982. Farmers have documented vast benefits of EM·1® on 6 continents, demonstrating that EM·1® Microbial Inoculant works in all soil types, all farming systems and all…
Eating the Hand that Feeds You: Rhizophagy and Plant Nutrition
Those crazy scientists have done it again, throwing generally accepted theories of life science out the window. A group of Australian researchers have shown that plants are able to consume whole bacteria and yeast cells. Prior to this, our understanding…