https://www.budtrainer.com/blogs/learn/topping 2026-10-07T09:48:24-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0528/5507/9112/articles/Cannabis_plant_after_topping_JPG_ff652a19-622e-430f-9086-2bb34b412417.jpg?v=1784306389 How to Top Cannabis Plants: When, How & Why It Works (2026 Guide) Cannabis plant recently topped above the 5th node, the cut that splits the main stem into two even colas. https://www.budtrainer.com/blogs/learn/transplanting 2026-10-07T09:45:52-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0528/5507/9112/articles/BudCups_Transplanting_Cannabis_Seedling_3a3e9aa2-1946-4ca3-8467-7a7f9f992504.jpg?v=1783450529 How to Transplant Cannabis: When, How & Why It Works (2026 Guide) Cannabis seedling being removed from a black BudCup with a fully developed white root ball, ready to transplant into a BudPot. https://www.budtrainer.com/blogs/learn/seeds 2026-10-07T09:59:19-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0528/5507/9112/articles/27_Cannabis_seeds_on_white_top_043a85bd-ac3f-4d26-9d8e-4ebb759f963e.jpg?v=1788005030 Types of Cannabis Seeds: Autoflower vs Feminized vs Regular (2026) Cannabis seeds laying on a white surface, focused on the middle of the image and blurry on the sides https://www.budtrainer.com/blogs/learn/planting 2026-10-07T09:48:17-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0528/5507/9112/articles/Planting_a_seed_in_the_BudCups_64efdb78-f692-4486-9a79-aed66c4cdf12.jpg?v=1779271975 How to Plant Cannabis: Indoor & Outdoor Setup (2026 Guide) Cannabis seed held in tweezers on top of the BudCups yellow from BudTrainer, filled with soil, ready to plant https://www.budtrainer.com/blogs/learn/training 2026-10-07T09:48:24-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0528/5507/9112/articles/thumb-training.jpg?v=1784219113 Cannabis Training: Every Plant Method and How to Use Each (2026 Guide) Two cannabis plants side by side showing what training does: an untrained plant grown tall and narrow with one dominant top, beside a trained plant grown low and wide with many even tops held down by yellow clips to form a flat canopy. https://www.budtrainer.com/blogs/learn/lst 2026-10-07T09:48:26-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0528/5507/9112/articles/Training_cannabis_branch_on_the_BudPots_bc0be6eb-f6bc-4811-a6b0-539ae1fe38cc.jpg?v=1783350115 How to Low-Stress Train Cannabis (LST): The Complete 3-Stage Guide (2026) Cannabis plant trained with LST in a black BudPots fabric grow pot, with branches spread evenly outward using yellow garden wire and LST clips to create a flat, even canopy. https://www.budtrainer.com/blogs/learn/defoliating 2026-10-07T09:48:25-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0528/5507/9112/articles/3_Defoliated_cannabis_plant_with_the_BudPots_BudHuggers_and_trimmers_e7f84110-fea5-4ae4-9005-dcb49da2a734.jpg?v=1784207850 How to Defoliate Cannabis: The 3-Stage Method for Bigger Yields (2026 Guide) A defoliated cannabis plant in a BudPots fabric grow pot with BudHuggers tie-downs and trimming shears, showing the open structure left after shade leaves are removed. https://www.budtrainer.com/blogs/learn/trimming 2026-10-07T09:45:53-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0528/5507/9112/articles/3.0_Manicuring_marijuana_dried_bud_2ae5ba8d-58ef-4e26-a6e2-132a9ee40cb6.jpg?v=1784207862 How to Trim Cannabis: Wet or Dry Trim, Step-by-Step (2026 Guide) A dried cannabis bud being manicured with trimming scissors, removing the sugar leaves after the dry. https://www.budtrainer.com/blogs/learn/harvesting 2026-10-07T09:48:27-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0528/5507/9112/articles/2_-_Cutting_down_cannabis_plant_at_harvest_a59491b8-d709-4505-b295-42b5e5891c05.jpg?v=1785529348 When & How to Harvest Cannabis: Read Trichomes and Time the Cut The bare main stem being cut off at the base with pruning shears after the buds have been removed, the last step of a cannabis harvest. https://www.budtrainer.com/blogs/learn/manifold 2026-10-07T09:45:53-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0528/5507/9112/articles/BudPot_Manifold_eb838d68-b3a4-4ef1-b7a0-1ef655ae5f93.jpg?v=1784207862 How to Manifold Cannabis: Grow Large Symmetrical Buds (2026 Guide) A manifolded cannabis plant growing in a BudPots fabric grow pot, showing the symmetrical framework of evenly spaced colas. https://www.budtrainer.com/blogs/learn/mainline 2026-10-07T09:45:53-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0528/5507/9112/articles/mainlined-cannabis-budtrainer-budhuggers-budpot_439dae45-253d-40f2-b119-6c3d32eb04c7.jpg?v=1785335891 How to Mainline Cannabis: The 8-Cola Symmetric Training Method (2026 Guide) Cannabis plant in a fabric grow pot secured with BudTrainer BudHuggers tie-down anchors, demonstrating early mainline training to spread branches outward, reduce apical dominance, and build a wider, more even canopy. https://www.budtrainer.com/blogs/learn/basics 2026-10-07T09:59:20-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0528/5507/9112/articles/1._Cannabis_Flowers_with_BudTrainer_Banner_Background_5f7e4827-df39-4680-89df-7d5e73342f1d.jpg?v=1784207849 How to Grow Weed: A Beginner's Guide to Your First Grow Dense cannabis flowers at the end of a home grow, the result the full seed-to-jar process is aiming for. https://www.budtrainer.com/blogs/learn/brokenbranch 2026-10-07T09:45:53-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0528/5507/9112/articles/20._Broken_Cannabis_plant_branch_fixed_with_a_yellow_tape_from_BudTrainer_48c51f23-3a63-46e5-8554-0026367a4746.jpg?v=1789566429 How to Fix a Broken Cannabis Branch: Repair or Cut It (2026) A broken cannabis branch splinted with yellow BudSavers tape wrapped directly over the break, holding the two halves together while it heals. https://www.budtrainer.com/blogs/learn/budpotscomparison 2026-10-07T09:45:53-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0528/5507/9112/articles/budtrainer-budpots-fabric-grow-bags-retail-display_5312ab9c-ed2a-4ee3-8f88-c31c4063e548.jpg?v=1782834385 Best Fabric Pots: 4 Brands Tested & Compared (2026) BudPots fabric grow pots displayed in retail store showing rigid rim structure, aluminum LST grommets and stacked 3 gallon training pots for cannabis growers https://www.budtrainer.com/blogs/learn/root-development-science 2026-10-07T09:45:53-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0528/5507/9112/articles/Root_development_in_cannabis_across_every_stage_7bddc026-b1c6-464e-98c7-c6f091f56fc7.png?v=1783353189 Cannabis Roots: Root Development & Root Zone Science (2026) Cannabis plants with roots exposed at different stages of growth https://www.budtrainer.com/blogs/learn/how-to-use-budclips 2026-10-07T09:45:53-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0528/5507/9112/articles/Installing_BudClips_on_main_stem_f497cb7b-c8c5-4c74-8577-c856c1764ede.png?v=1783350038 How to Use LST Clips: The Complete BudClips Guide (2026) Close-up of BudTrainer BudClips installed on a cannabis branch while a grower positions the stem by hand, demonstrating how BudClips hold a controlled bend for cleaner canopy structure, improved light exposure, and easier low-stress training (LST). https://www.budtrainer.com/blogs/learn/budclips-comparison 2026-10-07T09:45:53-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0528/5507/9112/articles/BudClips_vs_Other_LST_Clips_1_05ba3388-4367-4d9b-a740-548546de21ce.png?v=1788005033 Best LST Clips: BudClips vs Generic vs 3D-Printed (2026) Green LST clip support tool attached to a broken plant stem with leaves in the background https://www.budtrainer.com/blogs/learn/canopy-development-science 2026-10-07T09:48:28-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0528/5507/9112/articles/Lower_Canopy_Shading_fb122141-5623-45db-86dd-e25cff642f9c.png?v=1784207797 Cannabis Canopy Management: The Science of Structure & Light (2026) Cannabis canopy development overview showing healthy plant structure, light capture, and how an even canopy improves light distribution to lower bud sites. https://www.budtrainer.com/blogs/learn/grow-massive-cannabis-plants-outdoors 2026-10-07T09:48:23-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0528/5507/9112/articles/36._Cannabis_plants_topped_multiple_times_outdoors_in_a_garden_-_BudTrainer_57edf5cc-9f93-4fab-9b61-21cb0903df87.jpg?v=1784057210 Growing Cannabis Outdoors: The Complete Grow Guide (2026) Massive outdoor cannabis plants trained with a trellis net https://www.budtrainer.com/blogs/learn/how-to-germinate-cannabis-seeds 2026-10-07T09:45:53-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0528/5507/9112/articles/Cannabis_seedling_after_germinationg_inside_a_BudCup_70615ebc-d62f-4b24-aabe-729a0caf5426.jpg?v=1784207863 How to Germinate Cannabis Seeds: 4 Methods Compared (2026 Guide) A newly germinated cannabis seedling emerging from soil in a yellow BudCups nursery pot. https://www.budtrainer.com/blogs/learn/how-to-use-budcups 2026-10-07T09:45:53-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0528/5507/9112/articles/budcup_transplant-19_cdbc3a5c-a5c6-4561-83be-2b8d1084ce6a.jpg?v=1784226422 How to Use the BudCups: Planting and Transplanting Guide (2026) BudCups yellow nursery pot beside a healthy cannabis seedling full of roots https://www.budtrainer.com/blogs/learn/drying-cannabis 2026-10-07T09:45:53-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0528/5507/9112/articles/13_-_H_harvesting_marijuana_plants_and_hanging_03990876-3ee9-406c-b390-e30aaabe1f73.jpg?v=1783349877 How to Dry Weed: The Complete Cannabis Drying Guide (2026) Harvested cannabis plants drying upside down on hangers in a temperature-controlled drying space, with both whole-plant and branch-by-branch drying methods shown side by side. https://www.budtrainer.com/blogs/learn/curing-cannabis 2026-10-07T09:45:53-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0528/5507/9112/articles/9._Cannabis_buds_curing_inside_a_mason_jar_069feff7-0ad5-47e4-bbb8-b09613143828.jpg?v=1783538443 How to Cure Cannabis: The 62% RH Jar Curing Guide (2026) Dried cannabis flower inside a glass jar on a white tabletop with a BudTrainer logo on the right corner https://www.budtrainer.com/blogs/learn/flowering-stage 2026-10-07T09:59:23-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0528/5507/9112/articles/1_-_Flowering_cannabis_bud_ready_for_harvest_9d356ae7-722a-432a-a7fd-f7bbf44e1fea.jpg?v=1783450449 Cannabis Flowering Stage: Week-by-Week Guide (2026) Close-up of a cannabis flower in the late flowering stage, showing dense buds, orange pistils, milky-amber trichomes, and sugar leaves coated in resin. https://www.budtrainer.com/blogs/learn/scrog 2026-10-07T09:48:29-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0528/5507/9112/articles/screen-of-green-scrog-cannabis-plant_566bcd57-50f8-4c13-b8dc-cdbe3cb4232e.jpg?v=1784207849 Screen of Green (SCROG): The Complete Cannabis Guide (2026) A cannabis plant trained through a screen of green (SCROG) net, its branches woven horizontally to fill the screen evenly. https://www.budtrainer.com/blogs/learn/how-to-grow-weed-indoors 2026-10-07T09:48:18-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0528/5507/9112/articles/budtrainer-indoor-cannabis-grow-tent-healthy-plants-grow-like-pros.jpg?v=1784058148 How to Grow Weed Indoors: A Beginner's Guide (2026) Healthy cannabis plants growing under an LED light inside a BudTrainer grow tent, the controlled environment that makes indoor growing consistent for beginners. https://www.budtrainer.com/blogs/learn/cannabis-deficiencies 2026-10-07T09:48:27-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0528/5507/9112/articles/thumb-cannabis-deficiencies.jpg?v=1784219112 Cannabis Deficiencies: How to Diagnose and Fix Them (With Chart) A single cannabis fan leaf split down the middle: the left half healthy deep green, the right half yellowed between its veins with rust flecks and browning tips, the visual signature of a nutrient deficiency. https://www.budtrainer.com/blogs/learn/cannabis-growth-stages 2026-10-07T09:59:22-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0528/5507/9112/articles/cannabis-growth-stages-master-timeline.jpg?v=1784671654 Cannabis Growth Stages: The Week-by-Week Timeline From Seed to Harvest Master seed-to-harvest cannabis lifecycle timeline showing the five growth stages in order - germination, seedling, vegetative, flowering, and harvest - with the typical duration of each stage and photoperiod versus autoflower bands. https://www.budtrainer.com/blogs/learn/male-vs-female-weed-plant 2026-10-07T09:48:21-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0528/5507/9112/articles/male-vs-female-weed-plant-featured-symbols.jpg?v=1784732863 Male vs Female Weed Plants: How to Tell the Difference A female cannabis plant with white pistils marked by the Venus symbol beside a male cannabis plant with pollen sacs marked by the Mars symbol. https://www.budtrainer.com/blogs/learn/cannabis-nutrients 2026-10-07T09:48:28-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0528/5507/9112/articles/cannabis-nutrients-essential-map-v4.jpg?v=1787669474 Cannabis Nutrients: What to Feed Your Plants, How Much, and When A field-guide map of the nutrients cannabis needs, grouped into three tiers - the macronutrients nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, the secondary nutrients calcium, magnesium and sulfur, and the trace micronutrients. https://www.budtrainer.com/blogs/learn/bud-rot 2026-10-07T09:45:53-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0528/5507/9112/articles/bud-rot-featured-cola-cutaway_9f3ea835-0d32-49fd-9df6-10670f13b2d3.jpg?v=1785253973 Cannabis Bud Rot: How to Identify, Stop, and Prevent Botrytis A cannabis cola cut open to reveal gray-brown bud rot decay inside while the outside of the flower still looks green and healthy. https://www.budtrainer.com/blogs/learn/how-to-clone-cannabis 2026-10-07T09:48:17-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0528/5507/9112/articles/clone-hero-taking-a-cutting-v2.jpg?v=1785416552 How to Clone Cannabis: A Step-by-Step Guide Backed by Research A grower in gloves holding a freshly cut cannabis clone in one hand and a small pair of bypass snips in the other. https://www.budtrainer.com/blogs/learn/state-of-home-growing-2026 2026-10-07T09:45:53-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0528/5507/9112/articles/state-of-home-growing-2026-hero-comparison.jpg?v=1786462259 The State of Home Growing 2026: 440 Growers on Costs, Yields, and Why They Grow Diagram comparing home-grown cannabis at $0.75 per gram with store-bought cannabis at $8 to $10 per gram, from the State of Home Growing 2026 survey. https://www.budtrainer.com/blogs/learn/best-soil-for-cannabis 2026-10-07T09:45:53-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0528/5507/9112/articles/best-soil-opus-best-soil-featured-v1.jpg?v=1788177836 Best Soil for Cannabis: What to Buy, What to Mix, and Why Three heaps of cannabis growing medium on dark slate, seen from above: dark bagged potting soil with bark and white perlite at the top, pale reddish coco coir at lower left, and light tan peat heavily flecked with white perlite at lower right. https://www.budtrainer.com/blogs/learn/how-often-to-water-cannabis 2026-10-07T09:45:53-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0528/5507/9112/articles/water-n2-featured-water-featured-v1.jpg?v=1789053885 How Often to Water Cannabis: Read the Pot, Not the Calendar A gray metal watering can pouring a thin stream of water onto a young cannabis plant in a black fabric grow pot with handles, standing on a wooden surface against a plain cream wall. https://www.budtrainer.com/blogs/learn/powdery-mildew-on-cannabis 2026-10-07T09:45:53-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0528/5507/9112/articles/powdery-mildew-on-cannabis-featured-v2.jpg?v=1789499331 Powdery Mildew on Cannabis: How to Identify, Treat, and Prevent It A single cannabis fan leaf lying flat on a dark gray background, its green leaflets dulled by grayish-white powdery mildew blotches along the midribs. https://www.budtrainer.com/blogs/learn/vpd-chart-for-cannabis 2026-10-07T09:45:54-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0528/5507/9112/articles/hygrometer-at-canopy-height-in-grow-tent-v2.jpg?v=1790004113 VPD Chart for Cannabis: Targets by Stage in F and C Close-up of a small white square digital thermometer and hygrometer hanging on a cord among healthy green cannabis fan leaves inside a grow tent, its display reading 77.0 F and 55 percent. https://www.budtrainer.com/blogs/learn/spider-mites-on-weed 2026-10-07T09:45:54-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0528/5507/9112/articles/spider-mites-on-weed-stippled-fan-leaf.jpg?v=1790351028 Spider Mites on Weed: How to Identify, Kill and Prevent Them A cannabis fan leaf in a grow tent covered in fine pale pinprick stippling from spider mites, with a patch of fine silk webbing between two leaflets holding tiny pale mites. https://www.budtrainer.com/blogs/learn/foxtailing-weed 2026-10-07T09:48:22-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0528/5507/9112/articles/foxtailing-weed-cola-under-led-light.jpg?v=1790631166 Foxtailing Weed: What Causes Foxtail Buds and How to Stop It The top of a frosty cannabis cola in a grow tent under a black LED light, dense with orange pistils lower down, with several pale lime-green foxtail spires of new calyxes and white pistils rising from its tip toward the lamp. https://www.budtrainer.com/blogs/learn/cannabis-pests 2026-10-07T09:45:53-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0528/5507/9112/articles/cannabis-pests-yellow-sticky-card-grow-tent-v2.jpg?v=1790784505 Cannabis Pests: How to Identify and Get Rid of Bugs on Weed Plants A yellow sticky card with a black grid hanging from a hook beside young cannabis plants in a grow tent under an LED bar, its catch showing as tiny dark specks scattered unevenly over the card, with a loose clump near the bottom and a few white flecks. https://www.budtrainer.com/blogs/learn/grow-tent-humidity 2026-10-07T09:45:53-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0528/5507/9112/articles/46._Cannabis_flowers_under_trellis_net_inside_tent_with_the_BudTrainer_Banner.jpg?v=1791210076 Grow Tent Humidity: How to Lower It, Raise It, and Size a Dehumidifier Cannabis plants in flower growing through a trellis net inside a grow tent, frosty colas across the canopy, a yellow BudTrainer banner on the back wall and a hygrometer hanging at the top. https://www.budtrainer.com/blogs/learn/grow-tent-temperature 2026-10-07T09:48:22-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0528/5507/9112/articles/grow-tent-lights-on-at-night-dark-basement.jpg?v=1791210346 Grow Tent Temperature: How to Cool It, Heat It, and Size the AC A dark basement at night with a black grow tent standing open and glowing from inside, flowering cannabis plants under the light, a silver duct leaving its top and a small basement window showing deep blue night. https://www.budtrainer.com/blogs/learn/cannabis-light-schedule 2026-10-07T09:45:53-04:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0528/5507/9112/articles/cannabis-plant-grown-12-12-from-seed.jpg?v=1791380696 Cannabis Light Schedule: 18/6, 12/12 and Autoflowers by Stage A small cannabis plant grown 12/12 from seed in a black fabric pot inside a silver grow tent under an LED panel, with one main cola of young white-haired buds and only a few short side branches.