If you are at home without any work and you want to pass your time. So, you can plant plants. It is considered as the best time pass. It will give peace to your mind. This article may give you the right idea of how to grow marijuana from seed. You should remember that growing marijuana plant is illegal in some areas. It may give you a fine of around 1 lakh or maybe more than that. If you are growing this plant in your home then you must decide whether you want to plant it indoors or outside as they both are giving the best advantages of growing.
But if you are growing outside then it may harm people and if you are growing inside the house then, it requires a lot of investment. It is the best decision to grow a marijuana plant in the pots on the balcony. If you are not able to decide, then you must read all the advantages and disadvantages and then inside.
How to procure seed?
The marijuana plant is divided into male and female plants. A Female can be the best choice because it will produce plumb, flowers, and seeds. It is having many psychoactive compounds which will get you so high. As compared to female plants, the male plant is having small flowers and no one likes to consume them. If you want to grow marijuana plants at home, then you must choose clones instead of seeds. Clones are considered as part of the female plant and having stable genetics. It is very much easy to grow. It is not having any risk of having poor characteristics.
The procedure to sow seeds:
Mostly marijuana plant is grown outside, the best time to grow is April to October. If you grow a marijuana plant in the month of august then you must see flowers on the plant but not that much as in March. It takes at least 3-5 months to grow. To grow a marijuana plant, they are only ten steps that should be followed by you.
1. You choose the place where you want to grow
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How to grow marijuana indoors?
It is best to grow inside the house because you can easily control the growing than outdoors. Growing marijuana plant indoors is very cheap in starting and maintenance only if you are planning to grow only a small quantity of plants. You can grow marijuana anywhere whether it is a spare room, garage, or tent.
When you are planting marijuana inside then you should also notice the temperature. As per the study, the new plants of marijuana are planted very fastly when there is a warm temperature (20-30 degrees Celsius).
When the plants are in the flowering or the budding age, then they should be kept at a cooler place (18-26 degrees Celsius). The plants grow faster when the temperature is controlled by the grower. If you are growing a plant in the room, you have to install an air conditioner with an exhaust fan so that the temperature should be maintained.
If you are growing it in a tent, then you should keep a fan so that the hot air which is produced by the light should be removed from the tent so that plant should grow properly.
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How to grow marijuana outdoors?
Growing marijuana is cheaper as compared to indoors because you do not have to generate the temperatures according to the plant growth. But growing a plant outdoors may give you an about pollination, people staring your plant, people stealing your plant.
If the environment is safe and you think that marijuana will grow safely outside then you must prefer to grow it outside as the environment will provide everything to them. As light would be provided by the sun accordingly. But you have to give proper care and treatment as when there is heavy rainfall then you have to protect it and when there is dry weather then you have to provide water to it.
Marijuana plants are suffering hot and windy climates as humans are suffering. They may die when there is too hot and windy a climate. You have made some arrangements to grow marijuana outside the house so that it may grow properly.
2. Choose the correct source of light for your marijuana
- Sun: if you want the plant should grow properly then it must get 8 hours of heat directly from the sun. the best time for giving them heat is 10 A.M. to 4 P.M. as it requires high heat as compared to the other plants. They are not able to grow on the window side.
- Household lightning: you should use the normal bulbs which are mostly used in every household which are compact fluorescent light bulbs and household LEDs. you can easily buy them from the big shops or showrooms. It is very much easy to use and even dirt-free.
- Another fluorescent lighting: they are mostly used for growing plants that have lighter intensity as compared to marijuana. They cannot be used in the starting age but can be used in the flowering stage. It gives direct light to the plants.
- Another fluorescent lighting: they are mostly used for growing plants that have lighter intensity as compared to marijuana. They cannot be used in the starting age but can be used in the flowering stage. It gives direct light to the plants.
- LEC grow lights: it is a big brand name of the light which are used for growing plants. It is mainly used for growing marijuana plants. It is having a yellow light that helps the grower to easily diagnose the problem and even the light which is given by it is as similar as the sunlight.
- LED grow lights: it is very much powerful as compared to the other fluorescent lights. They are having a very attractive look and they are not considered old-fashioned. It is having a very vast technology which is released within 10 years.
- Metal halide: it is having a combination of MH/HPS which is mostly used for growing marijuana plants indoors. They are very much cheap to use and set up. It is producing a very good result as compared to other fluorescent lights.
3. Choose the medium in which you want to grow
Every medium which is used for growing marijuana has different caring and watering abilities.
- Soil: If you choose soil, then it would be very much easier for you to grow marijuana.
- Soilless mix: it is including coco coir, perlite, and many more substances which the soil is not having.
- Directly in water: Some plants grow faster when they are combined with the HID/LEC/LED.
- Less common types of hydro: some people used to grow cannabis in the fish tank but it is not common in the field of marijuana.
Which is the best soil?
The best soil does not require a lot of arrangements or requirements. The best option is the soil which is composed by you. If you are trying with the mixes of soil then you must prefer fox farms ocean forest soil as it is having many nutrients which are beneficial for marijuana. It is airy soil and is mostly used for growing marijuana. If you want limited soil then choose organic potting soil. It is available in the big stores very easily.
4. Choose the nutrients
- Soil growers: if you are growing plants in the soil then you should add some nutrients which give proper nutrients that are needed by your plants. If you are using FFOFS then also you have to add some nutrients to the plant because marijuana usually consumes a high amount of nutrients. You have to add nutrients till the flowering or the budding age.
- Soilless and hydroponic growers: if you have chosen the mixture of soil then you must add some nutrients so that your plants grow properly. It is recommended that if you are growing in hydroponic then must add a general hydroponic nutrient trio.
5. Nutrients: the importance of root PH
It is very important to check the PH of roots to maintain the proper nutrients. If you are adding water then first check the PH of the soil and then add water to plants according to their PH. If the PH level is not maintained then it will not get proper nutrients.
Some people do not get any nutrient deficient plants without checking the PH level but some get nutrient deficient plants so it is better to check the PH of the roots. If you grow the plant in the soil then you should have 6 to 7 PH. But if you grow a marijuana plant in hydroponic then the PH level should be 5.5 to 6.5.
6. Get your marijuana plants and choose your strain
Getting plants in the present days is very simple and easy. You can easily see that many dispensaries and marijuana collectors will sell you the clones of the marijuana plant. You should always buy the seeds from a trusted source. No one in the US has gone to jail for buying marijuana seeds online.
You should buy from the trusted companies because you can be in big trouble if you send marijuana from one place to the other. If you are getting seed you should buy tested and trusted seed. If you are buying clones, you should know that whether it is female or male.
7. How to grow marijuana from seeds?
If you are having the rooted seeds then you can skip this step and follow the next step. They are various methods to germinate marijuana seeds. One of the fastest and the easiest way of germinating the seeds is to keep them in the specialized starter cube. You have to keep the rapid rooters moist as well as warm. Seeds will pop within a few weeks.
Then you have to put the rapid rooters on the seedling heating mat. After the seeds hatched then you can place them in the hydroponic system or the medium.
8. Vegetative period: to grow your plants stronger and big
When the plants grow and produce leaves it is well known that it is in the vegetative stage. The young plants will grow easily and faster under the temperature of 20-30 degrees Celsius. If they do not get proper temperatures, it will not properly. You have to focus on the plant for getting strong and big not on producing buds and flowers.
If you see that plant is requiring nutrients then you should give only half the quantity because it can burn your plants also. You have to increase the quantity when you see the nutrients are getting lower as the lower leaves are getting lime green.
If you are growing outside then plants should be provided with 18 to 24 hours of light daily. If they are grown outside then they should be provided with direct rays of sunlight between 10 A.M. to 4 P.M.
9. Flowering stage
In the flowering stage, the plant requires 12 hours of light and 12 hours of darkness. It will show that the plant is whether male or female if any male plant is there you should get rid of it. If they are having white hair then they are female. If the plant is having balls or a pollen sac at the starting of the branches then it is a male plant. It is the main part of growing marijuana plants is to check the marijuana plant carefully.
10. Harvest your plant
You have to wait till the plant buds stop producing the white hairs and it will be having a very strong smell. when the color of the hair changes to the dark color and starts curling themselves it means it is ready. If the THC level is highest and 50 to 70% white hair changes its color to dark. It will give you an anti-anxiety effect when they are ready to harvest.
11. Store dry and newly buds
After cutting the new buds you have to hang them upside down in a place where there is proper ventilation and a dark and cool place. When they get dried, they will have a smooth surface, having a good taste, good smell, and give the best effects.
Then put them in a jar in a cool and dark place. In the first 2 weeks, you have to open once a day for a few seconds to get the fresh air and get the moisture out of the jars. If you still feel they are moist then open the lids and then close the jars when you feel that they are not moist now because if they are moist, they can make a mold.
Conclusion:
Cannabis is still illegal in some of the countries but they are trying to legal them as per the demand. They have been allowed to grow cannabis in the home. If you want to grow a marijuana plant in your home and it seems very difficult for you as you are not having the proper information to grow them. So, you can read this and grow marijuana plants in your home in an easy and attractive way.
