10 Ways to Reduce Mold in Your Grow

By Ketch DeGabrielle, Qloris Consulting

Regardless of whether your grow is indoor or in a greenhouse, mold is a factor that all cultivators must consider. After weeks of careful tending, pruning and watering to encourage a strong harvest, all cultivators are looking to sell their crop for the highest market value. A high mold presence, measured through a total yeast and mold count (TYMC), can cause a change of plans by decreasing crop value. But it doesn’t have to. There are simple steps that any cultivator can take that will greatly eliminate the risk of mold in a grow.

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Featured Quote

Vermont is poised to make history by becoming the first state to legalize marijuana cultivation and possession legislatively, rather than by ballot initiative. We applaud lawmakers for heeding the calls of their constituents and taking this important step toward treating marijuana more like alcohol.

— Matt Simon, New England political director for the Marijuana Policy Project

PerkinElmer: Your Resource Center for Cannabis Testing Solutions

Whether you are a grower, dispensary, contract lab, or government lab, PerkinElmer provides the largest support network to help you with all of your analytical cannabis testing needs. Our wide range of instrumentation coupled with our expert support staff will get your lab up and running in no time. Visit us online to learn more about our unique cannabis solutions for potency, Mycotoxins, Pesticides, Residual Solvents, Terpenes, and heavy metals.

Nevada Testing Lab Licenses Suspended, Then Reinstated

By Aaron G. Biros, Editor-in-Chief

When Nevada legalized adult use sales this past summer, the market exploded and undoubtedly flooded licensed testing labs with samples to get products on shelves. In August, roughly a month after the start of adult use sales, a Las Vegas cannabis-testing lab, G3 Labs, had their license suspended for an unknown compliance issue. Then in late December, the Nevada Department of Taxation, one of the bodies tasked with regulating the state’s industry, announced in an email they suspended two more cannabis testing lab licenses. Those licenses have since been reinstated.

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Mainstream Media Picks Up On Cannabis

By Marguerite Arnold, MedPayRx

The British online newspaper, The Guardian, has just begun to cover cannabis. Other notable publications and media outlets have significantly increased their coverage of cannabis as well. CNN has been reporting consistently on cannabis topics like legalization and U.S. federal reform efforts for some time now. Business Insider and Forbes have covered ongoing and growing investments and the financial side of things for several years. The Denver Post has its own entirely cannabis-focused subsidiary, The Cannabist.

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An Easy Way to Measure Moisture Content

Learn how to make a quick and easy measurement for moisture content in cannabis. Water activity is easily correlated to moisture content. This white paper explains the theory, measurement, instruments, and more.

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