Category: Grow

The Cold Stops the Clock: How Fresh Frozen Cannabis Becomes Live Rosin

September 12, 2026 No Comments

Fresh frozen holds the flower at the moment of harvest, keeping much of the terpene profile and color that curing takes away. Benjamin Lind of Humboldt Seed Company, Jeff Wirt and Dan Michaels of Jaunty, and Federico Vázquez of The Dab Club explain the trichome trifecta that decides which genetics can handle it, why the cold chain is a barrier almost nobody clears, and what a hash library actually is.

Who Gets to Name a Weed Strain? Nobody. Everybody.

August 30, 2026 No Comments

There is no registry for strain names, no copyright and no authority to appeal to. James Loud, Jorge Cervantes, Kyle Kushman, Denise Yacar, Ramiro Gopar and Sergio Puerta explain who earns the right to name a plant, why the mother’s name comes first, how Jack Herer got its name, and why reputation is the only enforcement mechanism the culture has ever had.

Weed Can’t Get Past 34%. The Labels Go to 42%. The System Rewards the Lie.

August 28, 2026 No Comments

Someone bought fifteen cannabis products off Denver shelves and sent them to a lab. Two came back legal. On average the labels claimed 34.2% more THC than the products held. A Spanish engineer who has spent sixteen years scanning flower explains why the incentive to inflate runs through every link in the chain, why California calculates that fixing it costs four times what consumers would gain, and what would actually break the loop.

Trump Signed an Order Paying Farmers to Heal Their Soil. Weed Growers Get Nothing.

August 26, 2026 No Comments

In June, Trump signed an executive order paying farmers to rebuild their soil. Hemp growers qualify. State-licensed cannabis growers do not. Inside the certifiers and the small farms doing the work anyway, from mycorrhizal inoculation to a Vermont field fed by dairy manure and spent brewery grain.

Stop Spraying and Hoping. Your Pests Already Outsmarted You: Inside the Everswarm

August 10, 2026 No Comments

Fungal pathogens account for more than 70% of reported disease in U.S. cannabis, the corn earworm has evolved past insecticides, Bt and biocontrols alike, and powdery mildew has been adapting to plants for 100 million years. IPM specialist Matthew Gates calls the answer the Everswarm: stop treating pests as static enemies and build a rotating, holistic defense that expects them to adapt. Jorge Cervantes lays out the science, the 2026 threat map and the playbook.

Resistance Is Fertile: A Conversation With Logan Grendel of Focused on Infinity

June 23, 2026 No Comments

Artist and organizer Logan Grendel uses cannabis, gardening, and mutual aid to cultivate community and radical local connection in Harlem.

There’s a Mountain in Morocco Where Growing Hash Sent Men to Prison. Now It’s Legal, Worth $15 Billion, and the Farmers Are Getting Cut Out.

June 18, 2026 No Comments

For half a century, Morocco jailed the farmers who grew its world-famous hashish. Last year, the king pardoned 5,000 of them. A dispatch from the Rif Mountains and the men who never stopped growing.

AI Is Growing Your Weed Now

June 6, 2026 No Comments

A machine called the Spyder never sleeps. It patrols an 86,000-square-foot cannabis facility in New Brunswick, scanning every leaf and bud site around the clock. Yields are up 20 percent. And that’s just the beginning.

It’s Never Too Late to Grow Fire

May 13, 2026 No Comments

A 52-year-old first-time grower goes from fluffy buds to fire, proving it’s never too late to start growing weed, and get it right.

Full Disclosure: The Pentagon Released UFO Files. The Smart Move Is To Grow Your Own Weed.

May 8, 2026 No Comments

The Pentagon released the first tranche of declassified UFO files on May 8, 2026, under President Trump’s PURSUE program. A High Times take on cannabis, sovereignty and the humble power of growing your own.

‘Mutant Marijuana’ Is Changing How Weed Is Grown. It’s Not What You Think.

May 7, 2026 No Comments

Triploid cannabis has been around for years. Outdoor growers are increasingly putting it to the test — and the results are complicated.

$1,566 For A Single Cut: Inside California’s Biggest Clone Release Weekend Ever

May 6, 2026 No Comments

California hosts three major cannabis clone release events in May 2026, with elite cuttings of Tire Fire OG, Tom Hill Haze, Toad Venom and PCG’s Habibi selling for up to $1,566 each. Hendrx Nursery, Purple City Genetics, Haze Valley Nursery and Green Dragon are among the breeders releasing top-tier genetics at Clonetopia in the Bay Area and at separate LA events.