Growing

The Sensi Seeds community of growers is a vast and colourful one. We are always happy to read their grow reports and strain reviews, and curious to learn more about their experiences navigating the ever-changing topic of cannabis cultivation! On May 1^st, we asked our social media followers about their readiness for Spring. That’s right, the outdoor season for growing cannabis has started! Let’s see below how cultivators are handling it.

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According to data from the last three years recently published in the 2017 Marijuana Business Factbook, the average startup cost for a large-scale wholesale cannabis grow-op is $42 per square foot.  However, the actual startup costs also end up varying based on a number of factors. Outdoor and combination methods of cultivation tend to cost between $10 and $17 per square foot, and greenhouse grow setups average at $50 per square foot.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions directs prosecutors to seek toughest drug charges, harshest practices of the drug war.  How will cannabis industry professionals respond to Jeff Sessions memo?In a two-page memo sent to more than 5,000 assistant U.S. attorneys across the country and all assistant AGs in Washington, the policy orders prosecutors to “charge and pursue the most serious, readily provable offense.”The tough approach had fallen out of favor in recent years with a bipartisan movement to undo the damaging effects of mass incarceration.

Nevada Senate Bill 396 (S.B. 396) – intended to legalize the cultivation of industrial hemp in the Silver State – has successfully passed the Assembly’s Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining.  
Now headed to the full Assembly for additional deliberation, S.B.

In addition to legalizing recreational weed in California, Proposition 64 allows individuals who have been convicted of low-level marijuana offenses to have their convictions reduced or dismissed.

SANTIAGO Chileans are increasingly growing their own cannabis for medical purposes as the conservative South American nation begins loosening legal prohibitions on the formerly illegal plant.In 2015, Chile legalized the use of medical marijuana, following a wave of other Latin American nations that are slowly making the cultivation, distribution, and consumption of cannabis easier.Earlier in May, pharmacies in the capital city of Santiago began selling cannabis-based medicines, the first time such treatments have been offered by drugstores in Latin America.Boosters of the plant are making sure Chileans with chronic pain have the know-how to grow marijuana, even as doing

In this interview, Javier Puig, president of the FAC, discusses the main issues surrounding cannabis in Spain: the Supreme Court's rulings, the new political initiatives and the shift in public attitudes. Society is ripe for change and we must take this matter up in Parliament. As we have already commented in this blog, the political climate for cannabis in Spain is changing and this change is occurring rapidly. Javier Puig presides over the FAC, Spain’s primary and oldest cannabis federation.

Now that Maine residents have approved recreational legalization in their state, it's up to the Maine Legislature to set the rules for the new market. The newly passed Marijuana Legalization Act limits the amount of growing space for recreational weed to 800,000 square feet, or 18.4 acres. However, lawmakers are now debating whether lifting this cap would weaken the state's marijuana black market or make it stronger.

Proponents of the cap believe that if cultivators overestimate demand and grow too much weed, they will be tempted to sell their overage to the black market.

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California’s latest effort to legalize recreational marijuana has brought forth a massive interest in people who want to grow their own pot.
Growing cannabis from seeds requires extensive work and attention, but purchasing clones derived from an existing plant cuts down the cultivation process immensely.
The demand for clones has risen exponentially due to their relative ease, which has exposed a dark side to cannabis cultivation that involves the use of pesticides and other chemicals not suitable for human consumption.
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