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CBD products are ideal for people who want the many
benefits cannabis offers without the intoxicating side effects.
Studies have shown CBD helps people keep a clear head
while easing their suffering from chronic pain, neuropathic
pain, sleep disorders, arthritis, musculoskeletal injuries,
muscle spasms, epilepsy, nausea, and headaches.
It also helps with psychiatric and mood disorders such
as schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, PTSD, addiction,
and post concussive syndrome. CBD can also be used as
a neuroprotective treatment for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s,
multiple sclerosis, and malignant brain tumors. In fact, it has
been shown to reduce the growth of tumors by modulating
different cell signaling pathways in gliomas, lymphoma,
prostate, breast, skin, and pancreatic cancer cells as well.
CBD has also been shown to have anti-inflammatory and
immunomodulatory benefits, which are beneficial to those
suffering from autoimmune diseases.
Benefits of Growing Your Own CBD
You can find CBD products everywhere nowadays. You can
find tinctures, capsules, lotions, and more at dispensaries,
pharmacies, grocery stores, and online. However, there are
many benefits to growing your own high-CBD cannabis plants.
First and foremost, growing your own gives you total quality
control. You can ensure that organic gardening practices are
used, especially when choosing fertilizers and pesticides, and
that there isn’t any mold in your final product.
Different strains affect different people in different ways, so
you can cultivate the strains that suit you best and use techniques
that increase the CBD levels as much as possible.
Although growing supplies and electricity can be costly
when growing indoors, you can grow your plants almost
entirely for free outdoors, which will save you plenty of money
and give you an abundance of medicine.
“Now that the many benefits of CBD
are becoming more well known,
there has been a resurgence in
breeding CBD-rich cannabis plants.”
Growing Tips for High-CBD Plants
Growing high-CBD cannabis is just about the same as
growing any other kind of cannabis plant, but there are a few
tips that can help you get your CBD levels as high as possible.
It’s important to note you cannot raise the CBD levels of any
plant higher than is genetically possible. In fact, seeds from
the same strain will produce varying CBD percentages. This
is why it’s important to keep a mother plant and take cuttings
once you find a plant you love. With clones, you’ll get the
same CBD levels every time.
If you’re starting out with seeds, you can test their CBD levels
at a lab when they are three to four weeks old. To test your
plants, trim off the top few nodes and dry them before sending
them into the lab. Once you have identified your plants with
the highest CBD levels, you can take clones and keep your
phenotype growing indefinitely.
A 2011 study found that certain conditions were associated
with higher CBD levels in hemp plants. Researchers found
that the more precipitation hemp plants were exposed to, the
lower the CBD levels, so be sure to keep your humidity levels
low and don’t overwater.
The most important tip of all is to grow a strain with genetics
that are naturally high in CBD. The following strains make
excellent additions to your garden.
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