Cannabis is a flowering plant and for that reason, it is vulnerable to insects and other pests. Experts do not recommend that cannabis growers use pesticides on cannabis plants. It is not environmentally safe and it could cause harm to anyone who inhales or ingest it when it is harvested. As a cannabis grower, you must consider using organic treatments on your marijuana plants in order to control pests. If you are going to use pesticides, be sure that you are using a product that is labeled “safe for use on food crops.”

Insects and Pests

With the summer over, many companies have begun thinking about capturing consumer attention in the run-up to the holidays.

With e-commerce sales during the 2015 holiday season having grown 13.3% year over year, this year is set to be a bumper holiday season for retailers, and they are busy kicking off campaigns even as we speak.

If pay-per-click (PPC) advertising on search engines like Google and Bing is in your marketing plan, here are a few tips to help you get ahead (and stay ahead) of your competition this holiday season.

1. Start putting your campaigns together now

Long gone are the scary days of Reefer Madness and an insurmountable societal fear of cannabis. CNN's Sanjay Gupta recently blew up a 70-year myth about the enigmatic herb, confirming its medicinal properties. This, while some states are legalizing the herb's recreational use, and even more states already permit medical marijuana and its derivatives.

With recreational cannabis there are so many advancements outside of smokeable and ingestible product companies entering the sector. Social media apps that are angled to cannabis connoisseurs are the future of cannabis marketing and something that any entrepreneur should know about. Each social app takes it’s own approach to combining various features from popular app giants like Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Twitter and even Tinder. These apps have created a safe space that has never existed in the cannabis social media community before which opens up an entirely new playing field in terms of social media marketing. Here is the quick play by play of each relevant cannabis social media app worth knowing about as of today.

Legal marijuana in Oregon is still in its infancy, but the state is hoping to become the epicenter of cannabis research and development. 

"I think it helps overall to have people feel like pot is gaining legitimacy," said Barry Schubmehl with the German company Fritsch. 

Eighty people ranging from scientists to doctors came to Chalice Farms' corporate headquarters in Northeast Portland to learn more about the science behind marijuana. 

Depending on where you live and your sociopolitical education, your view of the cannabis industry might be skewed. Many people still hold this antiquated view of a bunch of hemp wearing unkempt hippies sitting around in a circle stuffing marijuana into bags. Most of us know better. In states where marijuana is at least legal for medicinal use a strong technical infrastructure is being built around the cannabis business. From dispensary management software to mobile applications and cannabinoid research, the cannabis industry is getting a 2.0 upgrade.

At Meadow, technologists and cannabis enthusiasts are building the future of weed (and the industry to support it).

Mention the name "Meadow" to anyone in San Francisco's startup community and the conversation is instantly hijacked to a long discussion about America's first boom industry in the last three decades.

Everyone wants to know where "the industry" is heading, and how they can get into it. (Oh, and by the way, what exactly is the difference between a sativa hybrid and CBD?). The technologists and entrepreneurs at Meadow are leading that discussion.

THE WAREHOUSE 

Duby allows users to create content, or "Dubys," which they pass to the people closest to them.

Unless you've been hiding under a rock, you know that cannabis is rapidly becoming a multi-billion dollar industry—in spite of existing regulations. To learn more about the companies fueling this growth, we’ve done a series of profiles of startups, including Strainz, Eaze and Dixie. 

Here are three landscaping and garden supply companies that stand to benefit big time from legal weed.

Some experts say that if you can growth a healthy rosebush, you can grow a healthy marijuana plant. But it'll be a long time before 1-800-Flowers (FLWS) starts delivering marijuana to your front door.

Canada’s medical marijuana space, due to the country’s first mover advantage over many other nations, has attracted international attention. The sector has not disappointed, delivering solid, sometimes spectacular, returns to investors at home and abroad.