What's Happening on the Farm?

It is a beautiful North Carolina Blue sky today! We are nearing the end of harvest season, and some of our harvest is now ready for sale on the Rocky...

We are amazed at the varied claims made in advertising on the Net about grow lights. Some companies make promises but don't supply the data to back it up. Others neglect to let you know which COB is being used in the light. BSF Grow always publishes the full set of data on our products. We conduct our own testing on light output using the industry-standard Apogee Light meter using the PAR range of 400 to 700 nanometers.

The hemp plants are growing in the North Carolina sunshine! We finished all of our planting by June 8th, and the plants are doing very well.  The BaOx in this picture was a mom in our cloning operation, so she had a head start on growth.

It is time to plant! Our goal is to produce hemp plant clones on the farm. It has been great having the Broomstraw Farm Grow Lights in our mom / clone operation. We used two BSF3590.6 units to keep the moms happy, and a BSF3590.4 to help the clones’ transition from low light domes to hoop house diffused sunlight. Having the ability to control light intensity on each of these units made it easy to adjust the amount of light for each stage of growth of our plants. The moms loved the 400 - 600 micro moles of PAR spectrum, and the clones were nurtured in 40 - 50 micro mole PAR spectrum.

BSF Grow Lights exhibited the high intensity full spectrum Chip on Board LED lights at the Chatham County Agricultural Center Hemp Event sponsored by the NC State Extension Service.

Last week we had three days of beautiful Carolina Blue sky and mild temps.  Talk about spring fever!  Then it rained again.

It is time to plant. This is a statement not often heard in January in North Dakota or even North Carolina. Maybe not even in SoCal or Florida. But it...

What is the best way to clone a new plant? We use the regular trimming process to provide healthy stems for new clones.  Here is how we clone our cannabis plants for increased CBD production.