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Canopy Growth Acquires AV Cannabis Inc.

April 5, 2021 Leave a comment 114 Views

Article by Toronto.com Canopy Growth Corp. has purchased AV Cannabis Inc. in a bid to build more brand loyalty with customers. The Smiths Falls, Ont.-based cannabis company says it has acquired Ace Valley, a Toronto company that makes vapes, gummies and pre-rolls. Financial terms were not immediately available. Rade Kovacevic, Canopy’s president and chief product officer, said his company was ...

Crossroads Cannabis Raises More Than $14,000 For Support Our Troops Fund as Business Prepares To Expand

April 4, 2021 Leave a comment 196 Views

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Open more share options Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News Crossroads Cannabis raises more than $14,000 for Support Our Troops Fund as business prepares to expand Customers of Crossroads Cannabis in Stratford have helped raise more than $14,000 for the Support Our Troops Fund through the cannabis retailer's weekly Red Friday initiative. Author of the article: Galen Simmons Crossroads Cannabis in Stratford has brought in more than $14,000 for the Support Our Troops Fund through the business' Red Friday initiative, which sees a dollar from every purchase on Fridays go to support current and former members of the military and their families through programming and financial support. Submitted photo jpg, SF

Article by Galen Simmons, Stratford Beacon Herald As Stratford’s first cannabis retailer prepares to open new stores in Woodstock and Hanover, management and staff at Crossroads Cannabis are celebrating another milestone – raising more than $14,000 for the Support Our Troops Fund through its weekly Red Friday initiative. Owner Bob Rowe and his staff at the Stratford store have been ...

RAW Getting Downright Artful With Its ‘Rolling Championship of the World’ Competition This 4/20

April 4, 2021 Leave a comment 197 Views

The grand prize is US$2,000 ($2,520), an obnoxiously large supply of RAW rolling papers and an all-expenses paid trip to RAW HQ. / PHOTO BY RAW WORLD ROLLING CHAMPIONSHIP, INSTAGRAM Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Open more share options Breadcrumb Trail Links WTF World News News Legalization 4/20 RAW getting downright artful with its ‘rolling championship of the world’ competition this 4/20 Big and bold will be on full creative display as rollers vie to light up 4/20 during company’s first annual competition. Author of the article: Angela Stelmakowich

Article by Angela Stelmakowich, Growth Op This article is similar to @National_Joint_League In what can only be described as the most apt convergence of form and function, RAW Natural Rolling Papers is marking the stoner-cherished 4/20 “holiday” with a mind-bending, joint-rolling competition. But no regular joints will do on this most important day on the cannabis connoisseur’s calendar; the virtual ...

Region’s Power Supply Needs to Quadruple To Meet Expected Demand From Greenhouse Industry

April 4, 2021 Leave a comment 181 Views

Article by CBC News Hydro One will need to quadruple the power supply to the Windsor-Essex, Chatham-Kent area over the next 15 years to meet the expected electricity demand from expanding greenhouse operations, according to the independent manager of Ontario’s power grid. The Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) is recommending a transmission line project that could cost between $210 and $290-million be built between ...

Tilray Is Facing Several Lawsuits From Investors Via Their Most Recent 8-K Filing

April 4, 2021 Leave a comment 170 Views

Article by Michael Berger, Technical420 After the market closed on Friday, Tilray, Inc. (TLRY)filed two important documents with the US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) as it relates to the previously announced merger agreement with Aphria Inc. (APHA.TO) (APHA). When the agreement was announced, the market responded favorably and both Aphria and Tilray bounced higher. We have been closely following the trend since ...

U.S. Customs Clean Up When ‘Paper Towels’ and ‘Dishwasher Detergent’ Turn Out To Actually Be $3 Million in Cannabis

April 4, 2021 Leave a comment 177 Views

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Open more share options Breadcrumb Trail Links World News News Legalization U.S. customs clean up when ‘paper towels’ and ‘dishwasher detergent’ turn out to actually be $3 million in weed Peace Bridge witnesses yet another multi-million-dollar cannabis bust. Author of the article: Angela Stelmakowich The subsequent physical inspection revealed multiple vacuum-sealed packages within the pallets. / PHOTO BY U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION Article content U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers working at the Peace Bridge Cargo Facility last Friday discovered 1,227 pounds (557 kilograms) of cannabis in a commercial shipment manifested as paper towels and dishwasher detergent.

Article by Angela Stelmakowich, Growth Op U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers working at the Peace Bridge Cargo Facility last Friday discovered 1,227 pounds (557 kilograms) of cannabis in a commercial shipment manifested as paper towels and dishwasher detergent. The truck and trailer were undergoing a non-intrusive examination when anomalies inside the trailer were identified, notes a CBP statement Monday. ...

Legal Cannabis Shops Hope To Eventually Smoke Out Their Street-Level Counterparts

April 4, 2021 Leave a comment 177 Views

Article by Shawn Gibson, Barrie Today The illegal cannabis market is taking a hit thanks to the legal shops that have been sprouting up throughout the province and here in the city. Representatives of Barrie’s Star Buds and One Plant spoke to BarrieToday about how their shops — and others like them — are helping to fight against the illegal trafficking of cannabis. One Plant was Barrie’s first ...

Reviews of Cross-Canada Cannabis From the SQDC

April 3, 2021 Leave a comment 198 Views

Article by Dave MacIntyre, Cult MTL First things first: thanks to those of you who read and enjoyed the first installment of the Best Buds column last month! The response I got was exciting to see, and I’m hoping my future adventures in exploring our government-approved weed repertoire will go down just as well. In a week that has been a pretty ...

Kirk Tousaw: An Open Letter To Health Canada on Personal Medical Cannabis Production, Part 1

April 3, 2021 Leave a comment 290 Views

Article by Kirk Tousaw, Cannabis Health Yogi Berra: “It’s like déjà vu all over again.” Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr: “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.” (The more things change, the more they stay the same) Michael Corleone, played by Al Pacino in The Godfather Part III: “Just when I thought I was out… they pull me back in.” This month’s column, and ...

How to Hold and Pretreat Cannabis Plants Before Transplanting Them

April 3, 2021 Leave a comment 190 Views

Holding plants Young plants can typically be held for up to 10 days without much issue or damage. Any longer, and it can get tricky – growers might need to think about applying supplemental nutrients. But it’s easy to overdo it with fertilizer, so Jeremy Klettke, founder and CEO of Davis Farms of Oregon, a hemp farm and genetics provider in Bend, advises holding off or applying a bio-inoculant instead. “That’ll get the plants moving without causing shock,” he said. “And they’re coming with a bunch of their own nutrients already to begin with. So they’re loaded with nutrition out of the gate, and it’s just so easy to burn them. “Generally speaking, we tell farmers (to) run a pretty inert media … and then don’t really add anything to it for the first 10 to 14 days.” It’s important to keep young plants watered so they don’t get stressed, Klettke said. But it can be difficult to keep the water level just right. “The difference between soaked and bone-dry is quick – it’s sometimes only a few hours – so you have to be really careful and cautious about that,” Klettke said. Growers might need to bring in water to ensure the proper pH. Well water might be off balance, said Hamilton Nelson, sales and operations manager with Square One Starts in Aurora, Oregon. One of the biggest concerns about holding young plants for more than 10 days is the danger of the plants getting rootbound “like a noose,” Klettke said. “You really only have maybe a 10-day window, maybe 14 on the outside, to get those plants in the ground from the time that they’re ready until the time that they’re just too mature to safely go in the ground and give you a good profit.” At that point, growers might need to consider whether they should cut their losses and ask the young-plants provider to start rooting new clones or seedlings. Requesting young plants in larger-sized 72-cell trays can often alleviate root circling, Nelson said. “You can hold a 72-deep a pretty long time, without too much worry,” he said. “I think some will look at the efficiency of how many plants are in a 128 tray versus the larger 72. But what they really should be looking at is what type of soil are you going into. “If you’re going into extremely moist, wet soil, a 128 is just fine. But if you’re going into sandy, dry soil, which most people are, a 72 is a much better product.” Pretreating before planting Growers should make sure they are starting with the cleanest plants available. The greenhouse should provide a certificate that confirms their shipment is clean. However, it’s smart to assume that young plants, especially clones, are infested with pests from mites and whiteflies to diseases such as hop latent virus and treat accordingly, said Michael Brownbridge, biological program manager, disease control management with Bioworks and a former research director for horticultural production systems at Vineland Research and Innovation Center in Ontario, Canada. “You name it, the threats come in,” Brownbridge said. “The mites are really hard to see, and if you don’t get a handle on them straightaway, you’re playing catch-up and good luck, you may never catch up with some of these.” Hop latent virus “has everybody freaked out,” he said, because plants can be infected without showing symptoms. “Take a selection of (young plants) from every batch and send them out for independent testing before planting them up, to make sure that they were disease-free,” Brownbridge said. A few controls are available for cannabis plants such as dipping clones into pest-control products before planting – a technique common in ornamentals production – that are in the application process for marijuana and hemp in Canada and the U.S., according to Brownbridge. “I would get on a preventative spray immediately with something like SuffOil to knock back the mite population and get a (biocontrols) program in place immediately,” Brownbridge said. If the young plants are being held indoors for any length of time before being transplanted outdoors, predatory mites will control pests like two-spotted spider mites and broad mites, although they don’t work well against russet mites, which is where the oil comes in, Brownbridge said. Root aphids are another problematic pest outdoors with few options for control. Brownbridge said a fungal drench is the only product approved on cannabis crops currently, though that differs from state to state. How to hold and pretreat cannabis plants before transplanting them Published 5 mins ago | By Laura Drotleff planning ahead cultivation (This is the fourth in a series focused on cultivation planning for marijuana and hemp growers. The latest installment is available here.) Conditions aren’t always ideal for marijuana and hemp growers to transplant young plants.

Article by Laura Drotleff, Marijuana Business Daily Conditions aren’t always ideal for marijuana and hemp growers to transplant young plants. Inclement weather, delayed labor or transplanting equipment and a host of other delays can leave cultivators facing a harrowing wait to get tender transplants in the ground. But this farming problem isn’t unique to cannabis. Marijuana and hemp growers can ...

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