by Bill Fitzgerald | Apr 27, 2022 | High CBD Hemp Farming
Fertile Grounds There are so many options available for fertilizing your new hemp crop. Here are some thoughts that can help you make the best decisions when you choose. Introduction: What do my hemp plants need? Making sure that your hemp plants have the right...
by Bill Fitzgerald | Apr 4, 2022 | High CBD Hemp Farming
Spring is in the air, hemp growers! Even those in the northern latitudes have started seeing the seasonal transition reveal itself. Small shoots pushing up from the ground, buds appearing on trees and shrubs – all indications that the earth is waking up and preparing...
by Bill Fitzgerald | Mar 25, 2022 | High CBD Hemp Farming
Greetings, fellow growers! If you followed the advice from my January blog, Prepare Now for a Successful Planting Season you’ve spent a little time these past few weeks getting your operational house in order: equipment maintenance up to date, tools sharpened, storage...
by Bill Fitzgerald | Feb 24, 2022 | High CBD Hemp Farming
The Hemp Evolution Continues The hemp industry is still young and evolving! Naturally, there are still challenges with issues such as theunsteady supply chain and the immaturity of after-market processing. But there’s so much morebalancing out the positive side of the...
by Bill Fitzgerald | Feb 15, 2022 | High CBD Hemp Farming
No question about it – the pandemic has fueled a lot of stress and anxiety throughout our culture. Parents worrying about their kids and school. Retailers and hospitality workers stressing about lost sales. Vulnerable populations trying to stay out of the hospital....
by Bill Fitzgerald | Jan 11, 2022 | High CBD Hemp Farming
During the winter months as the land rests, there are things we can do to get a jump on the next growing season. Imagine being able to get right to work when the weather warms – all equipment clean, sharp, lubed, and charged…all supplies stocked and organized, ready...
by Bill Fitzgerald | Dec 7, 2021 | High CBD Hemp Farming
My November blog – Successful Indoor Hemp Growing – touched briefly on plant nutrition. It’s a big topic that deserves a bit more focus, so this month, let’s go in-depth on how to get the right nutrients to your hemp plants as they grow to maturity. The first thing we...
by Bill Fitzgerald | Nov 8, 2021 | High CBD Hemp Farming
There are a couple of reasons to grow hemp indoors over the winter months on a small scale. Some hemp farmers use the cold season to test grow several different strains of hemp to evaluate them ahead of a large-scale seed purchase. There are also those who enjoy...
by Bill Fitzgerald | Oct 9, 2021 | High CBD Hemp Farming
While some of you are using commercial facilities, there are a lot of us who do our own post-production work. Drying and curing our crops is part of our business model. In some cases, we also have to find ways to store hemp long term while we seek buyers. In this...
by Bill Fitzgerald | Sep 9, 2021 | High CBD Hemp Farming
Hemp is a new crop in the US, which means that many of our methods and materials are still in experimental stages. Next, add in the fact that our “newbie” uncertainties are compounded by the dynamic biological, meteorological, geological, and geographical factors that...
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