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Growing in the light of research
Eight articles that set small-grow practice next to the research in CannaTinker’s library — light, flushing, disease, genetics, climate, the nutrient solution, post-harvest and the law. With perspective: what was studied, and what it means for a 1×1 tent.
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Growing in the light of research
Eight articles that set small-grow practice next to the research in CannaTinker’s library — light, flushing, disease, genetics, climate, the nutrient solution, post-harvest and the law. With perspective: what was studied, and what it means for a 1×1 tent.
01/08 17 min readLight: intensity, daily light integral, spectrum, far-red and UVWhat cannabis lighting trials say about intensity, daily light, lamp efficiency, blue, UV and far-red, and how much of it carries over to a 1×1 m home tent.Read 02/08 15 min readFlushing: where it came from and what the trials showWhy growers finish on plain water, what the first controlled flushing trials measured, why their results may not fully transfer to a home tent, and a moderate way forward.Read 03/08 16 min readIndoor diseases: bud rot, powdery mildew, root rot and HLVdWhat the research says about the four diseases a small indoor grow is most likely to meet, how each spreads, what favours it, and why prevention beats cure.Read 04/08 16 min readWhy the THC:CBD ratio is in the genesHow one precursor and two competing enzymes set a plant's THC:CBD ratio, what light, stress and harvest timing can and cannot change, and why seed labels deserve a lab check.Read 05/08 17 min readAir: VPD, stomata, leaf temperature and CO₂What vapour pressure deficit measures, how leaves answer it, why steady air beats swinging air, how warm leaves run under LED, and why bottled CO₂ rarely suits a small tent.Read 06/08 17 min readThe nutrient solution: pH, EC and what the plant actually takes upWhy pH decides which nutrients a root can reach, what an EC reading does and does not tell you, how to sample the root zone, and what the few cannabis feeding trials found.Read 07/08 15 min readAfter the harvest: drying, curing, decarboxylation and terpenesWhat happens to water, cannabinoid acids and aroma after the cut, what a thin research base shows about slow drying and mould, and which curing habits remain untested practice.Read 08/08 15 min readUK law and GACP: a standard, not a manualWhat the Home Office factsheets say about growing cannabis, prescriptions, hemp and CBD in the UK, and what the GACP quality standard for medicinal plants is for.Read