Transplanting: Outdoor and Greenhouse

The most challenging aspect of moving from traditional to tissue culture clones is the acclimation and transplanting process. Tissue cut clones are not exactly like the traditional clones; TC plantlets require different care when they arrive at your farm. Below are some tips that work well for us. If you find something that works well for you, our Product Development … Read More

Transplanting: Indoor

If there’s anything challenging for new cultivators of tissue culture plants, it is the acclimation and transplanting process. It’s not quite like the traditional clone that we, as cultivators, are used to. The plantlets require different care when they land at your facility. Here are some tips and tricks we’ve found that work well for us. If you find something … Read More

CA State Fair Cannabis Awards: MOCA Wins With Tissue Culture

Congratulations to MOCA Humboldt for winning multiple medals in the CA State Fair Cannabis Awards. MOCA’s winnings include two silver medals for harvests using Conception Nurseries tissue culture clone strains Tuscan Gelato and Caffeine. The 2nd annual awards competition is based in the California capitol of Sacramento and awards farmers and cultivators on lab tests alone. MOCA shared their excitement … Read More

Grow & Tell Podcast: Tawnie Talks Tissue Culture And Genetics

Conception’s very own Tawnie Scarborough appeared on the Grow and Tell podcast to talk about tissue culture and genetics. Watch Tawnie discuss her journey from homesteading and growing cannabis to cannabis activism and now blazing trails for tissue culture with Conception. “There’s this drive; there’s this passion. There’s this pursuit of excellence. They are trying to achieve the impossible. I … Read More

To Be Blunt Podcast Featuring Kristian Andreassen

Listen to Conception’s Kristian Andreassen on the To Be Blunt Podcast hosted by Shayda Torabi. Listen Here Cultivating the Future: Innovations in Cannabis Tissue Culture Tune in to hear Kristian’s journey in the industry, from tissue culture cultivation to working with brands to protect their genetics and applying traditional agricultural practices to cannabis. [00:00 – 08:12] Introducing Kristian Andreassen: Pioneering … Read More

Hop Latent Viroid – The Dreaded Crop Killer

Hop Latent Viroid (HLVd) is an infectious single-stranded, circular RNA that is completely dependent on its host plant’s metabolism for replication. As the name suggests, HLVd occurs worldwide in hops, but it can also infect hop’s close relative – cannabis. If your previously healthy plants have suddenly started becoming stunted or “dudded” in growth, then a Hop Latent Viroid infection ... Read More

CannMed Summit Workshop Features Conception Nurseries

Conception Nurseries is proud to announce that you can see our VP of Product Development, Kristian Andreassen, speak on the panel at the 2023 CannMed Summit Cultivation Workshop on May 15th in Florida. Kristian, along with his fellow panel speakers, will discuss the top issues facing cannabis cultivators in today’s industry. “The CannMed Cultivation Workshop will demonstrate that the increased … Read More

Tackling 4 Common Cannabis Pests and Diseases

Cannabis sativa L. is a plant family that has grown and evolved alongside humans for millennia. From more temperate equatorial climates to the colder and harsher conditions of Eastern Europe and Russia, these plants have learned to live and thrive in a variety of environments.While its long history and evolution have given this family a certain vigor and resilience, there … Read More

Mario Guzman Talks Tissue Culture and Coming Up in Cannabis

Mario Guzman, AKA “Mr. Sherbisnki” discusses his experience with growing and breeding cannabis pre-legalization and how he’s working with Conception Nurseries to preserve the future of his genetics.   Conception Nurseries is proud to roll out new, exclusive strains from Mario’s Selections, a collection of cultivars pheno-hunted by Mario and only propagated through tissue culture. Now available for pre-order: L.A. … Read More

We’re Celebrating 420 With a Paid Holiday

Cannabis ag-tech innovator pays homage to its employees and its industry SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 5, 2023 — Cannabis tissue culture specialist Conception Nurseries proudly announces it has made April 20th (4/20)—widely known as an international holiday for the celebration of cannabis and the legalization movement—a paid day off for all employees at its California and Oregon operations. “The paid holiday … Read More