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Cannabis leaf with pale yellow tips and blue-grey sheen showing copper deficiency.

How to Fix Cannabis Copper Deficiency: Yellow Tips, Wilting & Trace Nutrients

Cannabis copper deficiency shows up as yellow or white leaf tips, a metallic blue-gray sheen, and stalled new growth. It ranks among the rarest nutrient problems in cannabis, and it almost always traces back to pH lockout rather than a true shortage of copper.  You fix it by ... Read more
Healthy cannabis plant upper canopy with deep-green new growth, viewed from above.

How to Fix Cannabis Manganese Deficiency: Spots, Yellowing & pH Lockout

Cannabis manganese deficiency shows up as yellowing between the veins of new leaves, with small brown specks scattered through the yellow patches. It looks alarming, but it is one of the more fixable problems a grower runs into. In most cases, the plant is not short on manganese ... Read more
Cannabis plant with lower leaves beginning to yellow from magnesium deficiency.

How to Fix Cannabis Magnesium Deficiency: Yellow, Cal-Mag & Epsom Salt

Magnesium deficiency in marijuana plants shows up as yellowing between the veins on the lower, older leaves while the veins themselves stay green. Magnesium is the nutrient that builds chlorophyll and drives the enzyme reactions behind photosynthesis, so a shortage stalls new growth and drains color from the ... Read more
Cannabis plant with early calcium deficiency brown spots on new upper-growth leaves.

How to Fix Cannabis Calcium Deficiency: Brown Spots, New Growth Damage & Cal-Mag

Calcium deficiency in cannabis weakens cell walls and stunts new growth, starting with small brown or rust-colored spots on the youngest leaves near the top of the plant. Most growers know it as a “cal-mag deficiency,” since the standard fix is a combined calcium-magnesium supplement.  Hydro, coco, and ... Read more
Healthy cannabis plant in a grow room with slight nutrient burn on leaf tips.

How to Fix Cannabis Nutrient Burn: Brown Leaf Tips, Nute Burn & Flushing

Cannabis nutrient burn scorches your leaf tips when the roots take in more nutrients than the plant can use. It shows up as yellow or brown crispy tips that curl and turn brittle, and it’s one of the most common problems new growers face.  The good news is ... Read more
Cannabis plant with pale lower leaves showing early nitrogen deficiency.

How to Fix Cannabis Nitrogen Deficiency: Yellow Leaves, Causes & Recovery

Cannabis nitrogen deficiency is one of the most common feeding problems growers face, and it announces itself the same way: the oldest, lowest fan leaves fade to pale green, then yellow, while the top of the plant stays green. Nitrogen drives chlorophyll production, so when the supply runs ... Read more
Cannabis plant stem node where a branch meets the main stem, the spot to check for early sex signs.

Early Signs of a Female Plant: How to Spot Female Cannabis [With Pictures]

Spotting the early signs of a female plant saves you weeks of wasted effort and protects your harvest. Female cannabis plants grow the resin-rich buds you want, so you need to identify females early and pull the males before they pollinate anything.  The good news is that the ... Read more
Guava Strain

Guava Weed Strain

Guava is a sativa-leaning cannabis strain known for a talkative, focused and energetic feel, a fruity apricot-and-tropical flavor, and its roots as a Gelato phenotype. It’s earned a reputation for upbeat daytime effects, solid potency around 21% THC, and a sprawling family of Guava-named relatives. What Is the ... Read more
Raspberry Kush Strain

Raspberry Kush: Indica Strain Guide & Review

Raspberry Kush is an indica cannabis strain known for relaxing, sleepy effects, a sweet raspberry-and-cream flavor, and a myrcene-led terpene profile. Its reputation rests on a balance of sweet flavor, moderately strong potency, and forgiving grow traits that make it approachable for most growers. What Is the Raspberry ... Read more
Chile Verde strain

Chili Verde Strain Review 

[Effects, Genetics, Terpenes & Growth] The Chili Verde strain is an indica-dominant hybrid known for calming full-body effects, spicy peppery-citrus flavors and around 21% THC. Bred by HBK Genetics from Key Lime Pie and Lavender, the Chili Verde weed strain took first place at the 2018 Emerald Cup. ... Read more
Marshmallow OG strain

Marshmallow OG Strain Review 

[Effects, Genetics & Growth Traits] The Marshmallow OG strain is a balanced hybrid known for its candy-sweet butter and vanilla flavor. It delivers a relaxed, happy high backed by roughly 20% THC. Compound Genetics is largely credited as the original breeder of this Chemdawg, Triangle Kush and Jet ... Read more
Rainbow Chip Strain

Rainbow Chip Strain

Rainbow Chip is a hybrid cannabis strain from Exotic Genetix, known for uplifting, energetic effects and a sweet dessert flavor of mint, citrus and chocolate. Growers and smokers look it up to learn about its balanced high, terpene profile and Sunset Sherbert × Mint Chocolate Chip parentage before ... Read more
Blue Alien Strain

Blue Alien Strain Review

[Effects, Genetics & Growth Traits] The Blue Alien strain is an indica hybrid known for sleepy, relaxed and euphoric effects. It also brings sweet berry flavors and a mid-to-high THC range. You’ll find it under the alternate name Blue Alien Kush, and consumers reach for it when they ... Read more
passion fruit Strain

Passion Fruit Strain Review

Passion Fruit is a sativa-leaning cannabis strain known for uplifting, giggly energy, a tropical citrus flavor, and very high THC from Dutch Passion genetics. It’s a favorite for daytime use, pairing motivating energy with a bright grapefruit-and-orange flavor that few fruity strains match.  This review covers its effects, ... Read more
Kitchen sink cannabis strain

Kitchen Sink Strain Review

[Effects, Genetics, Terpenes & Grow Guide] The Kitchen Sink strain is a balanced hybrid known for relaxed, creative and euphoric effects. It pairs a vanilla-and-gas flavor profile with 50/50 indica-sativa traits. Originally bred by Cannarado Genetics, this Sundae Driver x GMO Cookies cross blends dessert-sweet smoke with a ... Read more
Critical Hog

Critical Hog Strain Review

[Terpenes, Effects & Genetics] The Critical Hog strain is an indica-leaning hybrid known for heavy relaxation, earthy tobacco flavors and generous yields. With Critical Mass and The Hog genetics, this evening strain suits users who prefer a body-focused experience. Critical Hog weed strain data points to myrcene-led terpenes, ... Read more
Meat Breath Strain

Meat Breath Strain Review 

[Effects, THC, Genetics & Growth Traits] The Meat Breath strain is an indica-dominant hybrid known for relaxing effects, peppery chestnut flavors and dank diesel aromas. With Meatloaf and Mendo Breath genetics, Meat Breath commonly tests between 25-29% THC. This guide covers the Meat Breath weed strain in full, ... Read more
Male cannabis plant showing small pollen sacs growing at the nodes.

Early Signs of a Male Cannabis Plant (With Pictures)

A male cannabis plant can pollinate your whole grow in a single afternoon, turning a seedless harvest into a seedy one. The good news is that males give themselves away early, often weeks before flowering, if you know which node to check.  This guide shows you the early ... Read more
The slender plant represents the male weed plant, which usually grows taller with fewer leaves and forms pollen sacs. The fuller, leafier plant represents the female weed plant, which produces pistils and later develops the buds growers usually want.

Male vs Female Weed Plant: How to Tell the Difference

Male and female weed plants differ in one decisive way: female cannabis plants produce the cannabinoid-rich buds growers want, while male plants produce pollen sacs. That single difference decides almost everything about how you treat each plant. You keep females for their flowers, and you separate males before ... Read more
Jenny Kush

Jenny Kush Strain

Jenny Kush is a sativa-leaning hybrid cannabis strain known for uplifted, relaxed and happy effects, a sweet citrus-and-berry flavor, and a charitable namesake that gives the cultivar its story.  Its genetics, caryophyllene-led terpene profile, and reported potency in the high-20s to low-30s THC shape a daytime-friendly high that ... Read more
Close-up of first class funk marijuana bud

First Class Funk Strain Review

[Genetics, Effects, THC & Growth Traits] The First Class Funk strain is an indica-dominant hybrid built on GMO and Jet Fuel Gelato genetics. It carries a reported 26% THC and a distinctive garlic-diesel flavor profile. This First Class Funk strain review covers effects, genetics, terpenes, appearance and growth ... Read more
Cluster of smooth round pollen sacs at the node of a hermaphrodite cannabis plant with no white hairs

Early Signs of a Hermie Plant: How to Spot & Stop Them

A hermie plant shows its earliest sign when small male pollen sacs or yellow banana-shaped anthers appear among the white female pistils. These male parts are the only confirmed early signals that a cannabis plant has turned hermaphrodite. Catching them before the sacs open and release pollen is ... Read more
A hand holding yellowing cannabis leaves.

Cannabis Deficiencies: Identify and Fix by Leaf Symptom

Cannabis nutrient deficiencies show up first on the leaves, and the leaf tells you most of what you need to know. A pale lower leaf, a scorched edge, a purple stem, or yellowing between the veins each points to a different missing element.  This guide reads those symptoms ... Read more
Duct Tape Strain

Duct Tape Strain

Duct Tape is a balanced hybrid cannabis strain known for heavy 23 to 25% THC potency, a diesel-and-chocolate flavor, and effects that move from euphoric and creative into deep body relaxation.  Growers and consumers are drawn to its Original Glue and Do-Si-Dos genetics, its sticky resin-heavy buds, and ... Read more