Marijuana Growing

13 Jun

Featured, International News, Marijuana Growing

World-record weed? Orangeburg man’s thistle is 3 feet taller than Guinness mark

• June 13, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

The world’s largest thistle may be located in Orangeburg County. An 11-foot, 6-inch thistle can be found in the back yard ...

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08 Jun

Featured, Marijuana Growing

Organic Farmers Are Using Flamethrowers to Weed Their Fields

• June 8, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

CAROLYN OLSON HAS A ROW-CROP farm in southwest Minnesota. There, she grows organic corn, soybeans, and alfalfa, among other crops. As w...

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06 Jun

Featured, International News, Marijuana Growing

This weed-killing AI robot can tell crops apart

• June 6, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

A slew of AI weed killers are on the horizon and have the potential to disrupt the multibillion dollar pesticides business. Among them ...

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05 Jun

Featured, Marijuana Growing

Esperance Port zone to enjoy free grower workshops

• June 5, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Australia’s peak grains research body will fund a number of free workshops for growers in the Esperance Port zone on testing weeds ...

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04 Jun

Featured, Marijuana Growing

A weed grows in Hoboken

• June 4, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Speaking of Hoboken’s backyard gardens (Hoboken Reporter, May 27), my neighbor has a big stand of bamboo, which (bamboo being a notorio...

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31 May

Featured, Marijuana Growing

How Much Energy Does It Take to Grow Weed vs. Mining Bitcoin?

• May 31, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

It's no secret that mining cryptocurrency-a largely automated process that uses powerful computers to find a specific hash value that v...

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24 May

Featured, Marijuana Growing

Weed-killing robots are threatening giant chemical companies’ business models

• May 24, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

AI-powered weed hunters could soon reduce the need for herbicides and genetically modified crops. How it’s done now: Current farming...

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24 May

Featured, Marijuana Growing, Weed

Robot weed killers poised to disrupt U.S. agriculture

• May 24, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

YVERDON-LES-BAINS, Switzerland  •  In a field of sugar beets in Switzerland, a solar-powered robot that looks like a table on wheel...

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22 May

Featured, Marijuana Growing

A Documentary Profiling Weed Growing Nuns Will Release This Fall

• May 22, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

The first time I smoked weed the friend of a friend’s mom walked in, but instead of getting mad she just murmured that if God didn’t wa...

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18 May

Featured, Marijuana Growing, Medical Marijuana

Organic Weed Management

• May 18, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Event date/time: Tuesday, July 24, 2018 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm Event location: Langwater Farm Featuring: Langwater’s Kevi...

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