Better understanding of cannabis-related photobiology is helping LED grow light manufacturers produce lighting that increases crop yields and perhaps more importantly, cannabis quality.

Arizona legalized medical cannabis in 2010 with the Passage of Prop 203, and the first dispensaries opened their doors in late 2012.

The Cannabis Business Times conducted a survey and found that 80% of respondents grew at least part (or all) of their cannabis crops indoors.

LEDs are much more powerful than CFLs or any other fluorescent lighting. They are top-tier grow lights on par with HID lighting (HPS, LEC) when it comes to how much bud they can produce. They’re visually attractive and tend to be more appealing to growers because they’re not as ‘old-fashioned’ (thou......

ON ELECTION DAY IN 2012, voters in Colorado approved a ballot initiative legalizing the recreational use and sale of cannabis, making the state the first in the U.S. to do so. Fourteen other states, Washington, D.C., and Guam would go on to legalize the drug in the next eight years as public su......

Lighting has a significant effect on marijuana yield, but optimizing yield involves far more than just exposing cannabis plants to constant, bright light. Like all plants, cannabis benefits from cycles of light and dark light. Moreover, marijuana yields can be increased by controlling the relative i......