HAPPY 4/20 !

In this edition, you will find:

1. Lots of new blog articles!
2. Quick Tip: Use a Calendar!
3. Mini-Series: Harvesting Cannabis
4. Breeding Project Update

New articles from the Blog!

In case you missed it, we published quite a few articles in the last month. But don't worry, you're a Smoke Signal subscriber for a reason! We will summarize for you, so you can sort through what's useful and what's not.

Quick Tip: Use a Calendar!

You don't have to memorize everything or be a superhuman. Use a calendar, a paper copy, and hang it outside your grow tent or grow room. This is what the pros do in the industry, and not just us, but our peers. 

You can use a calendar for your feeding schedule, your watering schedule, and to post all sorts of reminders.

Here is a quick snap shot of how we use calendars to keep track of our chores and tasks. You can customize yours for what works best in your grow. 

Mini-Series: Harvesting Cannabis

Growing cannabis is great, but the fruit of your labor comes at harvest time, and all of the post-harvest chores: Drying, Curing, and Trimming. 

These post-harvest tasks are absolutely critical to getting the best quality product you can for all the time (and money) you spent growing your flowers. 

It's actually easier to screw it up in the drying phase than it is during the growing phase. Typically, mistakes can be mitigated and remediated in the growing phase. But a bad drying phase can completely ruin months of hard work, and make your flower either unsellable or unsmokeable. 

Here is a basic primer on the topic:

1. The Process of Harvesting Cannabis
2. When to Harvest Cannabis
3. How to Harvest for the Beginner
4. How to Set up a Dry Room

This is series is meant to be a basic primer for the beginner. If you're more advanced, we have some tips for you in the future. But for now, you may find this article helpful:

Breeding Project update

So this month, we just wanted to share a short video of our breeding room so you can see what's going on inside there. A lot of experimentation, but some exciting aromas are peaking our interest. 

We still don't have any timeline for releasing our own strains yet, as we are currently just playing with crossing strains by other breeders. 

HOWEVER..... we've got some exciting news.

We just began a pheno hunt of some truly exotic landraces. Check out what we are currently hunting:

1. Kashmir Purple (India)
2. Iran Shiraz (Iran)
3. Aunt of Farouk (Pakistan)
4. Pakistan 1975 (Pakistan)

Let's talk about the word exotic for a second. Here is an exerpt from one of our blog articles:

If we look at the definition of Exotic, we see that it is an adjective meant to describe something “originating in or characteristic of a distant foreign country.” - exerpt from our article on Platinum Swabi Punch.

In current parlance, growers and consumers use the word "exotic" to basically refer to ultra new strains that have a consistent "glittering" look. And we like those kinds of strains! 

But the term actually refers to something very foreign. And what is more foreign to American stoners than ancient landrace strains from the middle east?!

For our new line of genetics we plan to release in the future (maybe next year), we wanted to incorporate some traditional cannabis genetics from around the world. 

We do not want to lose the heritage of international and ancient cannabis, and we believe that we can integrate landrace genetics into our current breeding projects. 

Afterall, if you think about the popular genetics of our generation, most of them trace back to the West Coast classics: OG Kush, Girl Scout Cookies, and the like.

But those famed strains were created by crossing various international landrace strains. OG Kush involved a variety of Afhani genetics, and GSC was created from the famed African sativa, Durban Poison. And those two strains alone are responsible for most of what's popular today.

So stay tuned, because we will be giving you updates all year long on our pheno hunts and breeding projects. We are on the hunt for greatness and when we find it, you will be the first to know and the first to try!

Until Next Time,

 Happy Growing and Smoking!