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Friday 420 Podcast: Home Cannabis CultivationA Life-Long Love Affair with the PlantI thought growing cannabis for 23 years was a long time, but it was so cool to sit down with someone who’s been cultivating it twice as long as I have! Tony Grech’s journey growing this plant began in San Francisco in the 60s when he picked up a copy of Bill Drake's "The Cultivator's Handbook." Here are a few other things we found out:* Tony’s been practicing organic, living soil cannabis cultivation for over 50 years!* His love for long-flowering sativas runs deep and he believes that patience is key to unlocking their full p...
2025-09-0150 min
Friday 420 Podcast: Home Cannabis CultivationThe Lost Art of Slow CannabisLast week, I had the pleasure of speaking with Dave Perkins, CEO of the family-owned brand Budularo, whose 3,000 sq ft greenhouse in Mendocino, California, specializes in growing long-flowering cannabis varieties. Dave’s passion for long-flowering cannabis was sparked by his father-in-law, Tony, a legacy grower with over 50 years of experience, who made a surprise appearance and shared the origin of the "Budularo" name.At the heart of our discussion was the "Pearls" variety, a unique phenotype of the Destroyer strain (Thai/Colombian/Mexican) that Tony had been searching for since the 1970s, seeking to replicate the transcendent ex...
2025-07-2243 min