REGENERATION CLOSING LOOPS IN CANNABIS
CULTIVATION BY RACHAEL CARLEVALE
The soil food web powers the life of plants; when we model this natural order, we can grow cannabis in a perpetual closed loop system. When we create the proper environment, we can grow the nutrients our plants need in our gardens, without having to purchase synthetic varieties of nutrients. These principles can be applied indoors in no-till living soil containers, and outdoors in living soil. They can also be applied from small home grows to large-scale operations, by way of regenerative farming practices.
THE USUAL
The first step is to create and mimic the natural soil food web: the network of microorganisms serving to decompose organic matter, and fix nutrients and minerals into available forms for plants. The benefits of growing regenerative cannabis include carbon sequestration, less labor inputs, lower financial inputs, and a clean, healthy, beyond organic end product. Nature has created a perfect system that when bypassed, as conventional agriculture attempts to do, negates these benefits and creates unnecessary problems. Rather, by modeling nature’s designs and rhythms, we can develop regenerative cannabis farms that are healthy for the environment, the plant, and the end user.
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THE SOIL FOOD WEB POWERS THE LIFE OF PLANTS
