Jeffrey Hickey Writes Blogs

Category: cannabis

  • Everything Must Go

    First and foremost, I just mailed in my ballot. Proud to have voted. It has become Autumn here, all-of-a-sudden style, with hints and hues toward winter. There’s been a sudden, general reduction in certain insects, while experiencing frantic behavior from others, because they know the cold is coming and the…

  • Harvest Begins

    One more overhead of the beds in full sun before the plants start coming down. Sometimes, you get lucky with the weather, and that appears to be happening here. A few days ago, we had a stretch of high humidity 24 hours a day, with predictable results in the garden.…

  • Washing Cannabis

    I know that some of you are looking at the above flower, and you’re thinking there is no way you would dunk that beautiful flower into water, or hydrogen peroxide or lemon juice, or anything, other than your bong. The weather gods are giving us a tremendous break this week,…

  • Fall

    A few months ago, one of the trees came down along the southern hill line above our property, creating a window for the sun to shine through the canopy. At this point in the grow, a full blast of sun when it’s not expected, is very much appreciated. This coming…

  • Tapering off

    Purple Hindu Kush–40 days. I am getting to the “last time” point in the summer. It will shortly be the last time for compost teas and foliar sprays. The last time my cannabis or hemp plants received pure water was around the first of August. My tomato plants haven’t been…

  • Flowers in Process

    We are rapidly approaching that point in the grow where we watch the plants becoming shorter, even while the flowers continually grow fatter. The weight increases in each flower will cause some of the overmatched branches to sag. I have noticed that the height of plants can drop as much…

  • One Month Before Harvest

    The first phase of harvest is almost complete, with the jarring of almost all of the CBG plants. My prediction that this year’s CBG plants yield more than last year is proving to be true. The first plant, WCBG from bed 19, yielded 351 grams. Last year’s plants yielded 190…

  • Flowering Time

    Here come the tops! Flowering time is when it is the most helpful to be a weather nerd. Flowering coincides with the end of summer and the beginning of autumn. The weather begins to change, and conditions for the final month of flowering can be drastically different.  In my part…

  • Experiments

    After 5:00 pm, the only light they get is through the trees. Every year, I like to do something, at least one thing, that is experimental. It’s part of my constant evolution as a grower. It’s the only way I know how to test for something better. In most ways,…

  • Hints of Autumn

    This has happened a few times, literally overnight.  It’s that time of year when we need to be mindful while walking up and down the aisles. Flowers are being trained so that inner boughs benefit equally from the sun. From now until harvest, I have to be careful when I’m…