Tag: CBD

You Can Make CBD Topicals At Home

Is buying your CBD getting a bit too pricey? No worries, we understand. CBD and other cannabis related products can charge a pretty penny, especially if you are relying on these substances to get through the day without chronic pain or anxiety. If you are unfamiliar with what CBD topicals are, let me go ahead and tell you about them. There are many health benefits associated with CBD topicals.

While some people use creams and salves to help with chronic pain management, others use CBD topicals to help with wound care or surgery recovery and healing. Either way, there is no doubt in my mind (nor in scientific studies and clinical trials) that CBD has great health benefits and is great for many individuals who rely on its healing properties. So what kind of stuff can you make at home? Honestly, it depends on what you’re in the mood for. You can make everything from lip balm, lotions, ointments, soaps, shampoos, to oils and lubricants.

The creativity is all up to you, my friend. Interestingly, some people even use CBD in the form of toothpaste or mouthwash. If you’re looking for different recipes for making your own CBD topicals, I unfortunately do not have any for you today.

However, I do know of several places where you can go to get them. Pinterest is a great place to start and has more recipes than you can count. I go there to find all sorts of recipes or instructions on how to make CBD topicals and other products. You can also add in other ingredients to your topicals to really make them special and unique to you, like green tea extract, matcha, charcoal, raw organic herbs and spices, and other types of concentrates.

In some states, medical marijuana patients are allowed to grow cannabis in their own home. If that’s the case for you, then you have a great opportunity to make your own CBD or hemp products at home. Natural plant extracts help with localized pain relief and can even enhance your mood and reduce stress. Some people like to use aromatherapy in this way. Honestly, the possibilities with cannabis are endless. So if you have some time at home because of the pandemic and want to try your hand at making CBD or THC topicals, what can you start making? Well, like I said, you can really try anything. It is worth noting that hemp is more affordable to buy than cannabis, and you can use the seeded flower to crush and make your own topicals at home.

One of the main types of CBD topicals involve skin care, which is a huge industry in the beauty world. There are numerous benefits to using CBD products for your skincare routine, and cannabidiols have powerful antioxidant properties that can help you combat dry skin, wrinkles, and other forms of aging or dying skin. There is even evidence of cannabidiol helping skin conditions like acne or hives, since it is a strong anti-inflammatory. CBD topicals can help reduce the redness, swelling, and itching associated with most skin conditions or problems. This makes skincare one of the most popular uses for CBD topicals.

Another very popular CBD product to make at home is soap. Whether you want to make bar soap, shampoo, conditioner, or bath bombs, CBD topicals have your back. These types of products soothe dry, cracked, and irritated skin in ways that other topicals simply cannot. I hope that this article was helpful for you and that you can try your hand at making CBD topicals for yourself at home this winter!

Cannabis Bloom busters 

Growing weed may seem like a challenge from an outsider’s perspective, with many plant species growing perfectly with the least amount of intervention. You may wonder why cannabis requires so much more so that it doesn’t get messed up. You may wonder if it’s absolutely needed. However, because it’s a good cash crop, many people who grow this are willing to put the money in there to have good plants, and the success in a market that’s thriving is something that promises harvest through the use of a bottle. 

Bloom busters are something that’s commonly used to help cannabis plants get the growth that they want, but there is some controversy surrounding this. Here, we’ll go over what they are, and if they’re worth it. 

The controversy 

There is some controversy with these, even though they are supposedly filled with the nutrients necessary to have resinous buds that have a ton of cannabinoids.  The major controversy involves the redundancy and the salt buildup. Bloom busters do have nutrients via salts, and this is something that is created through reactions of acids with a base, and a lot of these are soluble via water. 

There are tons of salts out there, and while they usually are beneficial due to the nutrients that they offer, and that they can fix a lot of the problems with a plant, a buildup of this is what creates a problem for the item that’s growing. Usually, when it has too much salt, it can impact the nutrients of the plant, making it more acidic, blocking out a bunch of nutrients, and creating nutrient lockout and burning of the tissues in the plants. Because there are such high concentrations of this, some people don’t believe that this is a good option for growing plants. 

Do plants need this? 

Some people may think that they do, the same way that you buy different health and food compounds even though you don’t necessarily need this. Bloom busters aren’t necessarily useless, but they’re not needed in every single circumstance. For example, if you look in the woods, you notice that everything’s growing just fine without the use of fertilizers, since the interactions of the organisms, both micro and macro organisms can definitely help create better nutrient cycling, and this is something that helps all of these plants grow. 

Nitrogen is one f the most common examples, and it’s something that helps a lot of plants grow, and it’s something that a lot of microorganisms, including worms and whatnot, are able to eat.  Usually, in wild plants the nitrogen in the ties us aboveground get broken down. 

Nitrogen is something that does get immobilized in a lot of creatures bodies, and then it gets mineralized to become ammonia, and then become nitrates that are plant types. Those cells that are in microorganisms and other compounds play a huge part of the nutrient cycling, allowing for the plants to thrive. The growers can improve this by keeping their roots within the ground after harvesting, mulching, sowing these crops that are on the cover, and not using tilling.  When cannabis is growing a lot, bloom boosters do become redundant in most cases, but sometimes, this is a good way to boost the system. 

Bloom busters are good for cannabis plants if you want to give the plants a little bit more power to flower better. Those that are starting from nothing, or are beginners, may want to consider using these cocktails for improving the soil life, and through the compounds within, they’re able to create larger, more profound cannabis products that do benefit their yield.