Top Three Health Benefits of Medical Marijuana: Cannabinoids in Indicas Vs Hybrid Strain
When it comes to growing marijuana, most new users focus on the flowers and leaves alone. Many times flowers alone are all that is present in a marijuana plant. However, many experts now agree that the “best” marijuana is a mix of the flowers and the roots. Some even consider the stems to be secondary grade. Regardless of how you wish to view marijuana, the fact of the matter is that the plant contains more than just the obvious flowers and leaves.
One thing that all strains have in common is that they all begin in the same position in the seed. All marijuana plants start out in the top chamber of the pot. Once the small flower buds reach the top, they begin their flowering phase. Every time a bud blooms, it sends off pollen to the next one waiting to take its place. In order for a cannabis plant to continue flowering it must push this process along.
Strain characteristics are present throughout every single type of marijuana plant. It has been discovered that some strains can produce large amounts of CBD, while others produce little or none at all. It seems as if some strains are highly prolific when it comes to producing large amounts of CBD, while other less prolific plants do not produce any. Some of the least prolific plants are the ones that do not contain any CBD at all. The leaves and flower buds on these plants will simply not bloom at all.
Most marijuana growers are aware that some of the cannabis strains currently on the market are highly-effective when it comes to producing high-grade medicine for various medical conditions. However, with the current crop of “medicine friendly” seeds it is possible to grow cannabis plants that will produce small amounts of CBD. These plants are very easy to grow and yield small amounts of CBD, which is why many amateur cannabis grower’s are enticed to purchase them in bulk. But why do you need to harvest CBD from cannabis plants?
Harvesting CBD from cannabis seeds can be accomplished in a number of different ways. Two of the most popular methods are by hand and by machine. Many newbie cannabis growers often start out by hand harvesting their seeds because it is easier and more convenient than using a machine. Harvesting by hand is accomplished by manually removing the top of each and every seed. Harvesting machine seeds does not provide the same level of simplicity.
Hand harvesting your hemp seed is not only safer, it is also more time consuming. Imagine having to walk through a field, finding a little patch of dirt where a seed could just be sitting. Then you have to start digging to get to the seed. This could take hours! This process could prove tedious during extreme weather conditions.
There is another way to harvest CBD from your marijuana crops that is fast becoming very popular. That method is called the RFID or radio frequency identification. Just like our DNA samples are tagged with our fingerprints in a prison, so too are many cannabis plants’ seed samples and sold to pharmaceutical companies for development and research. The technology of RFID harvesting is poised to revolutionize the medical marijuana industry.
RFID is an acronym for radio-frequency identification. The idea behind RFID is to track the medicinal properties of a cannabis plant. Medical marijuana growers can scan the sensitive leaves, stems and roots and then create a virtual map of the plant’s “identity” that can be scanned using a handheld device. Once the map is created, it is read by machinery and interpreted. Based on the information contained in the scan, the gardener can determine the right strain to cultivate for therapeutic benefit.