Tag: outdoor growing

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August 8, 2014
08/08/2014
Medical Marijuana Patients Want Cleaner Air on California Coast

Medical Marijuana Patients Want Cleaner Air on California Coast

Marijuana patients claim in court that San Diego and the California Coastal Commission will foul the air, snarl traffic and force people to grow marijuana indoors, wasting...
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July 30, 2014
07/30/2014
Former Colorado Jail Might Transform Into a Massive Marijuana Grow Facility

Former Colorado Jail Might Transform Into a Massive Marijuana Grow Facility

In March, Colorado native Nicholas Erker purchased the town of Brush’s defunct Correctional Facility. Now, with more than six months of successful legal weed in Colorado’s history...
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June 26, 2014
06/26/2014
Cultivate: 4 Tips to Beat the Heat

Cultivate: 4 Tips to Beat the Heat

So far, 2014 has been a record year for California heat. While this may not be a bad thing for cannabis cultivators per se – some strains...
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June 16, 2014
06/16/2014
Can Cannabis Combat Pollution?

Can Cannabis Combat Pollution?

With the boom of growing commercial cannabis in Colorado and Washington (and the illegal grows that have been happening across the country forever) cannabis has caught a...
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June 5, 2014
06/05/2014
Lake County California Bans Outdoor Medical Marijuana Grows

Lake County California Bans Outdoor Medical Marijuana Grows

Medical marijuana growers in northern California’s Lake County were banned from growing cannabis outdoors Tuesday when voters approved an outdoor-growing restriction proposed by county supervisors.
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May 30, 2014
05/30/2014
$201-Million Marijuana Grow Seized in Los Padres Forest

$201-Million Marijuana Grow Seized in Los Padres Forest

Ventura County sheriff’s deputies found a $201-million marijuana grow operation hidden in canyons north of Lake Piru in the Los Padres National Forest. More than 50,000 pot...
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April 25, 2014
04/25/2014
Medical Marijuana Update (2014.04.23)

Medical Marijuana Update (2014.04.23)

llinois patients can have guns, but New Hampshire patients can’t grow their own medicine. And California counties stay busy as the legislature ponders actually regulating medical marijuana...
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March 19, 2014
03/19/2014
Illegal Weed Is Bad for the Environment

Illegal Weed Is Bad for the Environment

The above video from Mother Jones provides an unusual argument for legalizing cannabis: illegal grow operations can be very, very bad for the environment. The short clip follows Mourad Gabriel, a...
By: Andy Cush
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March 12, 2014
03/12/2014
The California Drought: Interview With Chris Van Hook

The California Drought: Interview With Chris Van Hook

One of the Leaf’s editors recently interviewed Chris Van Hook to get his expert perspective on the drought currently gripping northern California, and how cannabis farmers can...
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January 30, 2014
01/30/2014
Medical Marijuana Update (2014.01.29)

Medical Marijuana Update (2014.01.29)

The Colorado Supreme Court will take up an important medical marijuana employment rights case, Connecticut selects marijuana producers, Massachusetts gets ready to announce who gets dispensaries, California...
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December 18, 2013
12/18/2013
Fun, Music, and Cannabusiness at the Emerald Cup

Fun, Music, and Cannabusiness at the Emerald Cup

Whenever Felicity and I go to a medical marijuana event, such as The Emerald Cup held at the Santa Rosa Fairgrounds in Sonoma County, California last weekend,...
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December 17, 2013
12/17/2013
The Emerald Cup: 2013 Winners and Pics

The Emerald Cup: 2013 Winners and Pics

The Smell the Truth Blog’s David Downs announces the winners of the 10th annual Emerald Cup.
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November 21, 2013
11/21/2013
The Leaf: Covered? Winter Cover Crops for Big Fall Harvests

The Leaf: Covered? Winter Cover Crops for Big Fall Harvests

The Leaf Online’s Michael Adams explains the importance of winter cover crops for cultivated outdoor areas, which plants to use and how.
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November 20, 2013
11/20/2013
Local California Medical Marijuana Cultivation Laws

Local California Medical Marijuana Cultivation Laws

Even though California has a statewide medical marijuana program, there are many specific local California medical marijuana cultivation laws. Are you a California medical marijuana patient? Have...
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November 15, 2013
11/15/2013
Why Marijuana Legalization May Be Good for Agriculture

Why Marijuana Legalization May Be Good for Agriculture

Sami Grover suggests why marijuana legalization may be good for agriculture: fewer guerrilla grows and the efficiency of LEDs.
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October 24, 2013
10/24/2013
NorCal Outdoor Marijuana Harvest Arrives

NorCal Outdoor Marijuana Harvest Arrives

The main 2013 outdoor marijuana harvest has arrived in Northern California, bringing low prices and wide selection.
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October 23, 2013
10/23/2013
Oregon Grow Busted With Google Earth

Oregon Grow Busted With Google Earth

A medical marijuana garden was busted after police used Google Earth to follow up on a tip about the number of plants being over the limit.
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September 10, 2013
09/10/2013
DEA: Marijuana Plant Seizures Decline to Lowest Levels in Nearly a Decade

DEA: Marijuana Plant Seizures Decline to Lowest Levels in Nearly a Decade

DEA seizures of indoor and outdoor cannabis crops declined dramatically from 2011 to 2012 and are now at their lowest reported levels in nearly a decade, according to statistics released...
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September 6, 2013
09/06/2013
Federal Official: Pot Farmers Didn’t Start Yosemite Fire

Federal Official: Pot Farmers Didn’t Start Yosemite Fire

Over the weekend, we brought you the meta-story that a fire chief was quoted speculating that the cause of the massive Rim Fire in Yosemite National Park...
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August 31, 2013
08/31/2013
Someone Is Trying To Blame the Yosemite Fire On Marijuana

Someone Is Trying To Blame the Yosemite Fire On Marijuana

A recent story in the San Jose Mercury News really rustled my jimmies, because it was entitled “Rim Fire: Did illegal marijuana growers start the blaze?” Basically, the...
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