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Sky-High: The Tallest Cannabis Strains
When it comes to growing marijuana, outdoor cultivators can produce
some super-tall cannabis plants. Tallest among the marijuana strains is
the aptly named Monster, a behemoth that can easily reach more than
13 feet tall. Monster (80 percent sativa/20 percent indica) was created
through a breeding project. A full-grown Monster can produce about
six pounds per plant after 10 weeks of flowering. Another behemoth
strain is Moby Dick, which is a cross between White Widow and Haze.
Outdoors, it can grow to 11.5 feet and result in about 1.5 kg per plant
with 10 weeks of flower time. Number three on the list is Malawi Gold,
a 100 percent landrace sativa. It reaches the sky but takes up to 16 weeks
in flower before harvest. Then there’s Dutch Dragon, a strain that
rewards growers with 2.2 pounds per plant. At No. 5 is Jack La Mota
which can reach 10-feet tall with up to 11 weeks in flower.
— cannaconnection.com
Scientists Hope Cannabis Can Treat or Prevent COVID-19
A team of Canadian scientists says it believes it has found high-CBD
strains of cannabis that could help prevent or treat coronavirus infections,
according to interviews and a study. Researchers from the University of
Lethbridge say a study in April showed at least 13 cannabis plants high in
CBD that appeared to affect the ACE2 pathways the bug uses to access
the body. “We were totally stunned at first and then we were really happy,”
says Olga Kovalchuk, one of the researchers. The results, printed in the
online journal Preprints, indicated hemp extracts high in CBD may help
block proteins that provide a “gateway” for COVID-19 to enter the body.
Kovalchuk’s husband, Igor, suggests cannabis could reduce the virus’s
entry points by up to 70 percent. The study gives hope that cannabis,
if proven to modulate the enzyme, “may prove a plausible strategy for
decreasing disease susceptibility” as well as “become a useful and safe
addition to the treatment of COVID-19 as an adjunct therapy.”
— nypost.com
Weed Grows Following The Who Stadium Concert
You’d expect there to be plenty of joints flying around at a The Who concert
in 1976. However, the British band’s show at Angels Stadium in Anaheim on
March 21 led to a small field of cannabis sprouting up days later. Turns out
thousands of fans outside the venue pushed their way in through the center
field fence, crushing into concert goers who ended up dropping weed seeds
onto the grass. Days later, young seedlings emerged. As workers repaired the
fence that was knocked down by the mob of fans, they ignored the cannabis
growing among the grass. The baseball season was only a few days away and
groundskeepers discovered about 500 marijuana plants growing throughout
the field, and while nobody knows how long it took them to solve the issue
or if any players noticed while getting in some fielding practice, eventually
management was made aware of the situation.
— faroutmagazine.co.uk
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