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Stoney Tark

Stoney Tark is MSNL Seeds' lead cannabis cultivation writer. He has extensive experience as a grower, breeder, and author with more than a decade of experience in the cannabis industry. His cultivation advice is based on years of hands-on growing experience, with a particular focus on cannabis breeding, plant training, and maximizing yields. Over the course of his career, Stoney Tark has contributed cultivation content to a number of leading cannabis publications and organizations, including High Times, Soft Secrets, Skunk Magazine, Emerald Magazine, Atami, Royal Queen Seeds, ILGM, and Oaksterdam University as well as being a published author. Since joining MSNL, Stoney has written dozens of cultivation guides covering everything from beginner growing techniques to advanced plant training methods, helping growers around the world improve their harvests through practical, experience-led advice. Over the course of his career, Stoney Tark has contributed cultivation content to a number of leading cannabis publications and organizations, including High Times, Soft Secrets, Skunk Magazine, Emerald Magazine, Atami, Royal Queen Seeds, ILGM, and Oaksterdam University as well as being a published author. Since joining MSNL, Stoney has written dozens of cultivation guides covering everything from beginner growing techniques to advanced plant training methods, helping growers around the world improve their harvests through practical, experience-led advice.

  1. Best Temperature and Humidity for Autoflowers: A Stage-by-Stage Guide
    Grow Guides
    Best Temperature and Humidity for Autoflowers: A Stage-by-Stage Guide
    Growing top-quality cannabis is a sweet science that combines genetics, light, carbon dioxide, temperature, and humidity. With autoflowers, getting the environment right from th...
  2. Cannabis VPD Guide: Managing VPD for Optimal Plant Health
    Grow Guides
    Cannabis VPD Guide: Managing VPD for Optimal Plant Health
    If you want more control over your grow-room environment, understanding cannabis VPD is a great place to start. Vapor pressure deficit shows how temperature, humidity, and leaf ...
  3. Boron Deficiency in Cannabis: Symptoms, Causes, Fixes & Prevention
    Plant Problems
    Boron Deficiency in Cannabis: Symptoms, Causes, Fixes & Prevention
    Cannabis plants need the right balance of macro- and micronutrients to grow properly, and boron is one trace element that plays an important role in new growth, root development...
  4. Cannabis stretching: diagnosis in each growth stage
    Grow Guides
    Cannabis stretching: diagnosis in each growth stage
    Cannabis plants naturally gain height as they develop, but there is a difference between healthy growth and excessive stretching. Long internodes, thin stems, an uneven canopy, ...
  5. Can You FIM an Autoflower? A Step-by-Step Guide
    Grow Guides
    Can You FIM an Autoflower? A Step-by-Step Guide
    Can you FIM an autoflower? Yes, but because autoflowering cannabis plants have a short vegetative stage, timing and plant health are especially important. FIMming an autoflower ...
  6. Sea of green method for autoflowers: a complete guide
    Grow Guides
    Sea of green method for autoflowers: a complete guide
    Sea of Green, usually shortened to SOG, is a growing method that uses several smaller cannabis plants to create a full, even canopy rather than relying on a few larger plants to...
  7. Can You Grow Autoflowers Hydroponically? A Complete Grow Guide
    Grow Guides
    Can You Grow Autoflowers Hydroponically? A Complete Grow Guide
    Autoflowers can be grown successfully in hydroponic systems, giving growers direct control over nutrients, pH, oxygen levels, and conditions around the root zone. The trade-off ...
  8. Stunted Autoflower: Signs, Causes and How to Prevent It
    Grow Guides
    Stunted Autoflower: Signs, Causes and How to Prevent It
    Autoflowers have a limited amount of time to build healthy roots, stems, and foliage before they move into flowering, so a slowdown in growth can have a noticeable effect on the...
  9. What are the strongest autoflower strains?
    Strain Reviews
    What are the strongest autoflower strains?
    Autoflowering cannabis has come a long way from the small, lower-potency plants that first introduced growers to automatic flowering genetics. Today, the strongest autoflower st...
  10. How to Supercrop Autoflowers: A Step-by-Step Guide for Bigger, Healthier Plants
    Grow Guides
    How to Supercrop Autoflowers: A Step-by-Step Guide for Bigger, Healthier Plants
    Learning how to supercrop autoflowers can help you create a more even canopy, improve light penetration, and strengthen branches when performed at the right stage of growth. Sup...
  11. High Stress Training Autoflowers: A Complete Guide
    Grow Guides
    High Stress Training Autoflowers: A Complete Guide
    High stress training autoflower plants can be an effective way to improve canopy structure, maximize light exposure and increase the yield potential of healthy cannabis plants. ...
  12. How to maximize autoflower yields
    Grow Guides
    How to maximize autoflower yields
    If you're wondering how to increase autoflower yield, the good news is that producing bigger, healthier harvests is largely within your control. From choosing high-yielding gene...
  13. Autoflower Lighting Guide: The Ideal PAR, PPFD and DLI for Maximum Yields
    Grow Guides
    Autoflower Lighting Guide: The Ideal PAR, PPFD and DLI for Maximum Yields
    Growing high-quality autoflower cannabis indoors starts with understanding how PAR, PPFD, and DLI affect autoflowers throughout every stage of growth. These lighting metrics hel...
  14. How to Scrog Autoflowers: A Complete Guide to Bigger Yields
    Grow Guides
    How to Scrog Autoflowers: A Complete Guide to Bigger Yields
    Scrogging autoflowers is one of the most effective ways to increase yields from a limited grow space. By training branches beneath a mesh screen, you create a flat, even canopy ...
  15. How many autoflowers can you grow in a tent? Grow tent size guide
    Grow Guides
    How many autoflowers can you grow in a tent? Grow tent size guide
    Growing autoflowering cannabis indoors is one of the most rewarding ways to produce a top-quality harvest within as little as 10-12 weeks. Many first-time growers start with a g...
  16. What Is the Best Temperature to Grow Cannabis? (Seedling, Veg & Flowering Guide)
    Grow Guides
    What Is the Best Temperature to Grow Cannabis? (Seedling, Veg & Flowering Guide)
    Getting the temperature right when growing cannabis indoors can make a major difference in plant growth, root development, bud quality, and overall yields. Temperatures that are...

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