How to Grow Marijuana Indoors: A Beginner’s Guide
So, you've decided to embrace your green thumb and try your hand at growing marijuana indoors. Choosing to grow marijuana is not as easy as going to the store, picking up a seedling, and tending to it the way you would other plants. Growing cannabis is a nuanced art that requires patience and practice.
In this article, we'll break down the basics of how to grow marijuana indoors. Even if you have absolutely zero growing knowledge, by the end, you'll understand where to begin and how to make all of your grower dreams come true.
Grow in Soil or Hydroponically?
Cannabis can successfully grow in several different ways. Perhaps the simplest method is in soil. But it will grow well in coco fiber, clay pebbles, rockwool, and any number of different hydroponic systems where there is no soil. All that matters is the roots get nutrients and oxygen. It is called weed for a good reason.
The grow tent
The marijuana grow tent is where you will keep your Cannabis plants inside growing safely and securely. Fitted with an extraction kit that will keep the air being blown out Carbon fresh, the other purpose of the tent is to reflect light and to also prevent any light entering or exiting.
Pretty useful when the name of the game is discretion, so a grow tent is where all the magic happens. Tents are available in all shapes and sizes starting from small sized for clones and young plants, to commercial popularised bedroom units such as 1m, 1.2, 1.5 or 2m squared. Large grow operations may be able to house a tent that is much larger than 2m, however for beginner growers, it is wise to start small and understand the mechanics of how everything functions from the equipment to the cannabis plants.
Nutrients
Many beginners go with the $60 ‘2 Part Dual Fuel Kit’ that contains six 500-mL bottles, including two fertilizer mixes, a flavour and aroma enhancer, a carbohydrate, a propagation solution and a bloom formulation. It comes with a feeding schedule and contains everything needed to take four plants all the way to the last weeks of flowering.
What kind of grow light should I use?
For indoor growers, you will need to choose a specific type of light. Growers use CFLs, LEDs, MH lamps, HPS grow lights, and more. CFLs are most commonly used by beginners since they are so inexpensive. If this is your first time, it might be a good choice. LED grow lights are higher in power and higher in cost (significantly) but they require less electricity than MH or HPS. The latter cost less than LED upon purchase and highly powerful but require quite some more electricity. If you have a small grow setup, however, CFLs are likely the simplest choice for you. If you feel like splurging on the very best, go for a smaller MH/HPS grow light instead.
Fresh Air is the Lifeblood of Healthy Cannabis Plants
Rather, what you need to do is make sure that you have a good flowing of air across your entire plot. Depending on the size of your grow room, this can simply be done with a portable fan on one side of the space (usually sitting on the floor), and an exhaust fan on the other side up towards the ceiling.
Choose a perfect container or canna-trainer to grow weed indoors:
After deciding the growing medium whether soil or hydroponics. It is time to choose the type the containers in which you will grow your marijuana plants. You can either use a 5-gallon grow pot or regular container for the cultivation. But keep in mind that weed plants don't grow in the river or pond. So, make a hole at on the bottom of the container or bucket.
How To Grow Weed?
After you've planted your seeds or rooted your clones, it's time to get them growing. Lower your reflector so that it's closer to the plants rather than making them stretch to reach for light. Raise the lighting system as your plants grow. Set your light timer to be on for 18 hours per day and off for 6 hours. During this vegetative stage, the plant will grow leaves and branches but no flowers (unless it's an auto-flowering plant).
Avoid overfeeding and overwatering your plants at all costs. Err on the side of caution as it's always easier to add more nutrients or water than it is to take them away. Marijuana roots prefer a wet/dry cycle so lift up your buckets and you'll get a better idea for if they need watering or not by the weight. The first sign of overfed plants is burnt leaf tips. The first rule of how to grow weed is to learn to stay off of its way sometimes.
In this article, we'll break down the basics of how to grow marijuana indoors. Even if you have absolutely zero growing knowledge, by the end, you'll understand where to begin and how to make all of your grower dreams come true.
Grow in Soil or Hydroponically?
Cannabis can successfully grow in several different ways. Perhaps the simplest method is in soil. But it will grow well in coco fiber, clay pebbles, rockwool, and any number of different hydroponic systems where there is no soil. All that matters is the roots get nutrients and oxygen. It is called weed for a good reason.
The grow tent
The marijuana grow tent is where you will keep your Cannabis plants inside growing safely and securely. Fitted with an extraction kit that will keep the air being blown out Carbon fresh, the other purpose of the tent is to reflect light and to also prevent any light entering or exiting.
Pretty useful when the name of the game is discretion, so a grow tent is where all the magic happens. Tents are available in all shapes and sizes starting from small sized for clones and young plants, to commercial popularised bedroom units such as 1m, 1.2, 1.5 or 2m squared. Large grow operations may be able to house a tent that is much larger than 2m, however for beginner growers, it is wise to start small and understand the mechanics of how everything functions from the equipment to the cannabis plants.
Nutrients
Many beginners go with the $60 ‘2 Part Dual Fuel Kit’ that contains six 500-mL bottles, including two fertilizer mixes, a flavour and aroma enhancer, a carbohydrate, a propagation solution and a bloom formulation. It comes with a feeding schedule and contains everything needed to take four plants all the way to the last weeks of flowering.
What kind of grow light should I use?
For indoor growers, you will need to choose a specific type of light. Growers use CFLs, LEDs, MH lamps, HPS grow lights, and more. CFLs are most commonly used by beginners since they are so inexpensive. If this is your first time, it might be a good choice. LED grow lights are higher in power and higher in cost (significantly) but they require less electricity than MH or HPS. The latter cost less than LED upon purchase and highly powerful but require quite some more electricity. If you have a small grow setup, however, CFLs are likely the simplest choice for you. If you feel like splurging on the very best, go for a smaller MH/HPS grow light instead.
Fresh Air is the Lifeblood of Healthy Cannabis Plants
Rather, what you need to do is make sure that you have a good flowing of air across your entire plot. Depending on the size of your grow room, this can simply be done with a portable fan on one side of the space (usually sitting on the floor), and an exhaust fan on the other side up towards the ceiling.
Choose a perfect container or canna-trainer to grow weed indoors:
After deciding the growing medium whether soil or hydroponics. It is time to choose the type the containers in which you will grow your marijuana plants. You can either use a 5-gallon grow pot or regular container for the cultivation. But keep in mind that weed plants don't grow in the river or pond. So, make a hole at on the bottom of the container or bucket.
How To Grow Weed?
After you've planted your seeds or rooted your clones, it's time to get them growing. Lower your reflector so that it's closer to the plants rather than making them stretch to reach for light. Raise the lighting system as your plants grow. Set your light timer to be on for 18 hours per day and off for 6 hours. During this vegetative stage, the plant will grow leaves and branches but no flowers (unless it's an auto-flowering plant).
Avoid overfeeding and overwatering your plants at all costs. Err on the side of caution as it's always easier to add more nutrients or water than it is to take them away. Marijuana roots prefer a wet/dry cycle so lift up your buckets and you'll get a better idea for if they need watering or not by the weight. The first sign of overfed plants is burnt leaf tips. The first rule of how to grow weed is to learn to stay off of its way sometimes.
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