Tag: Defining Soil

  • Precision Growing & Super Soil: The Foundation of Healthy Soil

    Precision Growing & Super Soil: The Foundation of Healthy Soil

    Healthy soil is the foundation for producing a cannabis crop that is potent and plentiful. Adding compost, monitoring and adjusting pH, and inoculating with beneficial bacteria and fungi are all ways to take your cannabis to the next level. However, the soil you begin with is the most fundamental factor in successful plant growth. All…

  • Composting: the Basics and the Benefits

    Composting: the Basics and the Benefits

    The act of composting is as old as farming itself. There are many documented cases of composting in history, yet there’s still a sense of mystery surrounding it.  From green bins in kitchens where we toss away our vegetable peelings, into rich, fertile soil, where does the transformation happen? When do food scraps become compost?…

  • The Foundations of Fertilizer

    The Foundations of Fertilizer

    It’s common knowledge that fertilizers give your plants an extra boost, but how? In this article, you’ll learn basics on fertilizers, what an NPK ratio is, and five reasons why an organic fertilizer is the best choice for savvy growers. What is Fertilizer? Fertilizers are natural or synthetic products that contain the essential nutrients for…

  • The Significance of Soil: Part II

    The Significance of Soil: Part II

    Welcome, budding soil scientists. We have arrived at the Significance of Soil – Part II, and we are about to get our hands dirty in defining soil. In our previous post, The Significance of Soil – Part I, we took a trip through history, discovering our human relationship with soil. But one could argue, that this is…