With Missouri medical marijuana dispensaries starting to open up, many patients are beginning to think about applying for their card. Trying to find the right information can be difficult, so we here at SouthWest MOgrown put together this little guide to help you navigate this new industry. It really is a simple process and can be done in as little as three steps:
When I was researching for my first grow, I found myself panicking at the number of options available. What type of medium do I want to use? Dry amendments or liquid nutrients? And, about a million and a half other questions. One product I noticed kept popping up regardless of growing style was Real Growers Recharge. This product kept crossing my path. I couldn’t find many bad reviews. It also didn’t hurt that Recharge belongs to the co-host of one of my favorite YouTube channels. With so much positive press, I decided to give Recharge a shot. Here are my results.
Continue reading “Real Growers Recharge | Squatchmo Reviews.”CBD has become quite a hot topic over the last couple of years. Hemp and its byproducts were federally illegal until 2018. The Farm bill of 2018 changed that with some provisions from the Hemp Farm bill. This bill would remove hemp, defined as cannabis with less than 0.3% THC, from the Schedule I controlled substances list. This law would enable states to regulate the cultivation and processing of hemp and its byproducts, including CBD. So how can CBD improve your quality of life? Let’s take a deeper look into CBD and see what the fuss is all about.
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Everybody knows the litany of side effects associated with consuming cannabis. Lethargy, red eyes, decreased short term memory, and of course, the dreaded munchies. There are a multitude of positive effects as well, such as reduced anxiety, pain relief, and myriad other benefits. Something I did not expect, though, was a sort of spiritual awakening. I knew cultivating would be a nice little hobby, and would even be calming. However, the connection I feel with this life I have created from seed and soil is nearly indescribable. In just a few short weeks, these ladies have brought a joy into my life that I worried was gone forever.
Continue reading “How Growing Medical Marijuana Changed My Life”Where exactly does one start when they are a complete beginner to cannabis cultivation? For an outsider looking in, growing at home for the first time can seem quite daunting. With prohibition slowly crumbling, the market is becoming flooded with new technology, seed banks, and varying opinions on how, exactly, to grow the best buds. I personally spent months researching before I ever put seed to soil, and still found myself a prisoner to my own indecision. Perhaps the biggest lesson I learned was to just pull the damn trigger. It’s easy to hem and haw over this or that product, soil or hydroponic, synthetic or organic, and on and on. Making the decision to just dive in and do it, was by far the most freeing step in my entire process.
Continue reading “Growing At Home: The First Steps”If someone would have told me, twenty-some-odd years ago, that I would find myself, at 38, not only using cannabis as medicine but cultivating my own, I would have told them they were nuttier than squirrel shit. Since my early teens, I have been an avid user, but I don’t think I truly believed in the medicinal properties. I blame this, in part, on the stigma that has always surrounded this wonderful plant. I was made to feel like a loser, that I was lazy, and that only lowlifes partook in the old jazz cabbage. I couldn’t have been more wrong.
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