Marijuana is a hardy plant that can grow in a wide range of climates, in greenhouses or indoors all year round. now and Legal cannabis is becoming the norm across the United States and in many other countries of the world. So, you have come to the decision to grow your own cannabis. Cannabis growing is a skill developed over time. It is easy to learn but takes a happily stoned lifetime to master. Today we introduce How To Grow Marijuana Indoors [Guide For Beginners].
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1. CHOOSING YOUR CANNABIS SEEDS
Sativa, indica, ruderalis, any number of hybrids, all available at a click. With your personal taste in mind now consider your growing circumstances. Are you growing in a small cupboard or a nice big backyard where plants like autoflowering strains or indicas will be the most effective use of your space?
2. LED GROW LIGHTS FOR INDOOR CANNABIS GROWING
Although there are relatively inexpensive lamps available that will do the job, LED grow lights are much better for growing cannabis. LED GROW LIGHTS is going to be the most expensive part of the process. Modern LED grow lights can produce impressive results. These cannabis plants were grown completely under LED grow lights from seed to harvest!
Many modern LED grow lights are full spectrum or “wideband” spectrum (instead of only red and blue light diodes, which product a bluish purple light and are sometimes called “blurples”). Full spectrum light is easier on the eyes and adding at least some amount of green light to blurples typically results in healthier growth. Other spectrum colors like red, far red, and infrared are important for the budding/flowering stage. LED manufacturers have developed specialized lenses to point light directly to the plants and increase penetration, resulting in bigger yields for the same amount of light compared to older models. There are also many different form factors, with everything from the casing to the size of the diodes varying from model to model.
3. GERMINATION AND CANNABIS SEEDLINGS
STRAIGHT INTO THE MEDIUM: Place seeds directly into your medium, this way you can avoid any transplant shock. More often it is easier to germinate in a small pot of your chosen medium then pot on to the garden or bigger pots.
PAPER TOWEL: Seeds are placed on moistened paper towel on a plate and placed in a warm dark place. Usually covered with plastic or an upturned plate to retain moisture and humidity. After a few days to a week, your seeds have sprouted.
4. THE VEGETATIVE PHASE OF CANNABIS
INDOORS: Lights are set to an eighteen hour day, six hour night light regimen. This doesn't have to coordinate with the actual daylight hours, you can set it to times of day that suit you. Running electrical equipment during off-peak periods can save you a lot of money.
Your plants are happy in an organic soil or they are being fed nutrients designed for the vegetative phase. Lots of fan-forced breezes keep temperatures under control and strengthen your young plants. Exotic disciplines can be used like adding carbon dioxide to the environment. Low-stress training and scrogging can be used to increase the growth rate and flower potential of indoor cannabis.
5. THE BLOOMING PERIOD OF HEALTHY CANNABIS
Indoors you control when the flowering begins by changing the lighting schedule to a twelve hour day, twelve hour night photoperiod. Depending on species cannabis can bloom as a response to three possible traits.
Depending on species cannabis responds to hormonal changes that make it continue vegetating or begin blooming. There are typically two types APD and autoflowering.
APD or Absolute Photo Determinate plants rely on a hormone that is sensitive to light to keep vegetating. This hormone prevents flowering when it is active. It is rendered inactive in low light levels and as nights become longer. Twelve hours or more of night will induce flowering.
6. HARVESTING, DRYING & CURING FOR BEST QUALITY BUDS
Now covered abundantly in trichomes, pistils are shrivelling back and changing colour. Deep orange, mauve, brown or scarlet may emerge depending on species. The swollen resin sacks begin to change colour in waves all over the plant. First, going from clear to milky then milky to amber. The flower clusters are so swollen they seem to have turned inside out.
These signs mean it is time to harvest the results of your hard work.
For higher THC content harvest when trichomes are 20-30% amber.
For a broader cannabinoid profile harvest when trichomes are 60-80% amber. Watch carefully as the differences here may only be twenty-four hours.
Growing your own cannabis indoors is not difficult. Keep these tips about How To Grow Marijuana Indoors in mind, start now!