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Colorado’s Grow-Off is like Iron Chef for marijuana, a competition to find out whose prowess reigns supreme under controlled conditions. Instead of receiving the same theme ingredient (i.e. pork), 40+ growers throughout Colorado received an identical clone of a mystery cannabis strain.
Without knowing the strain’s genetics, each of these growers spent six months nursing their clone from veg to flower to harvest. The harvest date was at the growers’ discretion, and varied from grow to grow depending on when the plant went into bloom.

As the cannabis industry continues to emerge with legalization, so do the various sectors within it.  Cannabis events and private cannabis-themed dinners and parties are one sector of the industry that we have seen growing across the country. This allows professionals from other industries, in this case chefs and others from the food and beverage industry, to use their skills in cannabis.  One of those professionals whom I have had the pleasure of meeting is Leather Storrs,Leather Storrs is the Chef and co-owner of Noble Rot in Portland Oregon and holds an extensive culinary background.

The upcoming Coachella Music and Arts Festival won’t be the only party filled with weed smoke in the desert next month.

Pot dispensary search engine Weedmaps is planning to hold a massive, fully legal “marijuana oasis” for VIP guest six miles outside of the Coachella festival grounds, reports TMZ.
The compound is said to include two grow houses, a greenhouse, and five dome-shaped enclosures to test top-shelf strains from GenX, Brass Knuckle and West Coast Cure.
Each dome station reportedly offers a different cannabis experience such as vaporizing, edibles, and good old fashioned smoking.

In this Grow Guide, we’re taking it back to the origins of agriculture and jumping headfirst into the original fertilizer — animal manure.
Bella the Alpaca at TKO Reserve’s Farm. Photo courtesy of Allie Beckett.
Back in the day, when human civilization first began cultivating plants for food, manure was the perfect animal byproduct that enhanced yields and overall health of the plants and soil.

At first glance, Southern California is one of the most gorgeous places on Earth, with its glitz, glamour, and beaches as far as the eye can see. But in reality, the lower half of California is a dry and unforgiving desert, one in which cannabis — and most other vegetation — struggles to thrive.
Luckily, just a short flight or long scenic drive up the coast is all that stands between Southern Californians and the best sun-grown marijuana farms in the world.