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GROW TIP Identifying Marijuana Plant Diseases and What to Do About It

 

Diseases on marijuana plants and infections usually create the worst possible issues for your plants. They have a tendency to be much harder to treat than pests. Diseases in your plants will usually come in one of two major categories: fungal or bacterial. Fungal diseases are often caused by environments that are too damp or humid, or places which lack airflow. Fungal spores float around in the air looking for a suitably damp place to root down and if the environment is right, that suitably damp place might be on your cannabis plant.

Bacterial infections are often sneakier and harder to notice. They are spread by a number of different possible vehicles, ranging from insects and humans to rain and unclean soil or substrate. Bacteria can sometimes get into a plant and then leave it mostly untouched unless the plant is weakened by external stresses, at which point they can quickly take down the whole plant.

Proper treatment of a fungal or bacterial disease requires a knowledge of the potential symptoms, which we’ll list below. As always, the best defense against disease is prevention. Do your best to create an environment which is healthy for plants and inhospitable for fungus and bacterial growth.

Algae  
Bud Rot  
Leaf Septoria  
Powdery Mildew  
Fusarium  
Verticillium Wilt  
Root Rot
Damping Off

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Starting Marijuana Seeds by Subcool

Marijuana seeds have many benefits when compared to growing from clones.

The most helpful benefit is that marijuana plants grown from seed do not introduce pests or problems into a garden like clones can.

Another benefit seedlings provide is health and vigor. Sometimes marijuana mother plants and/or clones can be old, tired, or even diseased without it showing visibly.

Many growers opt for feminized seeds, but I feel that you do best, and can have efficient seasons, using regular marijuana seeds.

One key factor for good germination is to select the right brands and strains of seeds.

When selecting seeds, do homework online and find out what marijuana strains the  most successful marijuana growers are growing.

Find out which companies are creating the best seeds, and choose carefully.

A seed needs moisture and the right temperature so it can germinate.

I recommend germination temperatures between 70-80 degrees. 

Temperatures in that range tend to produce a higher ratio of female marijuana plants. Temps higher than that create a higher ratio of male marijuana plants.

Many marijuana growers still use the tried and true method of germinating cannabis seeds in a wet paper towel.

With the invention of rapid rooters, you can get better germination. 

They’re made from composted organic materials bonded together with plant-derived polymers.

These plugs are manufactured using a scientifically controlled process that yields large populations of beneficial microbes in the medium. We started using them to clone about three years ago and when I tried starting marijuana seeds in them, I knew I would never do it any other way.

I flip the cone-shaped rooting plugs upside down so they have more stability.

They’re made to fit into sectional trays, but that just adds cost and I try to keep things simple and low frills.

Wash your hands well with a disinfecting soap to remove any oils or contaminants before you handle marijuana seeds.

Make a small hole with a poker and place the seed point side up into the plug about ½ inch deep into the rooter.

Place the plugs into a domed container and place it under florescent lights. I like to use plastic/Tupperware shoe boxes stacked on top of each other. 

They’re low cost and easy to find at any department store. Not everyone has access to a hydroponics grow shop at all times.

Don’t let the cubes dry out.  That is really the only thing to worry about.

It’s best not to drown them, but as long as they don’t dry completely I have always had great success using this method.

Once the marijuana seeds sprout, I transplant them into one gallon pots filled with good quality potting soil, but make sure the soil isn’t too nutrients-rich, or it will be too nutritionally “hot” for your plants and will damage your seedlings.

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The Facts About the Contact High

A recent study by Johns Hopkins University revealed that given the right conditions, contact high’s are very real. 

The study was published in the journal, Alcohol and Drug Dependance, and confirms that second hand marijuana smoke can cause even nonsmokers to become mildly inebriated. Though weakened, the effects of marijuana were shown to elicit minor problems with memory and coordination. The tests by John’s Hopkins showed that under the right conditions, second-hand smokers could even test positive for THC in a standard workplace drug test.

Don’t cancel that job interview yet though, the conditions in which this study took place were conducted in a worst-case (best-case?) scenario, like being locked in a Mini Cooper whilst smoking ten joints. The leading author in the study, Evan Herrmann, Ph.D spoke to the conditions saying, “It could happen in the real world, but it couldn’t happen to someone without him or her being aware of it.” Basically, if you have a forthcoming drug test; don’t get in that Mini Cooper.

The new research is said to be the most comprehensive study of it’s kind since the 1980’s. Similarly, those studies also concluded that THC could turn up in nonsmokers’ bodies after an hour or more spent in small spaces with large amounts of marijuana smoke. The new research is groundbreaking in that the lab also tested the cognitive effects associated with a contact high. 

Now you may be thinking, “Where the hell was I when this study was being conducted?” Not so fast champ. In this small-scale study, six smokers and six non-smokers were placed in 10 by 13 foot rooms for one hour, where each smoker was given ten marijuana cigarettes to consume. Subjects were placed in one of two rooms, with the treatment group in a fan-ventilated room and the control group on a non-ventilated room; windows up! My guess is that even with an oxygen tank, one might still emerge with a serious case of the red-eye. 

After being exposed to copious amounts of marijuana smoke, each subject’s blood, urine, and saliva were tested for THC. All six non-smoking subjects who sat in the non-ventilated room had detectable levels of THC in both their urine and blood. Even hours after the experiment ended, one of the nonsmoking subjects tested positive for THC at the cutoff level used in federal workplaces (50 nanograms per milliliter).

In the ventilated (control) room, none of the subjects tested positive for THC. Nor did they report feeling high. In the non-ventilated room, subjects reported pleasant and tired feelings. The author of the study reported, “The behavioral and cognitive effects were minor and consistent with a mild cannabis effect.” So that does it. Yes, you can get a contact high, albeit not all that strong. 

Conversely, if you have been exposed to marijuana smoke at a concert or party, you probably shouldn’t be worried. After all, it would likely take 6 people smoking 60 joints in a small, unventilated room to warrant a cause for concern.

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