Tips For Growing Cannabis Seeds

Growing Indoors.

Growing Cannabis indoors can produce the highest quality buds. However, it requires investment in equipment, as well as paying for the running costs. These can include electricity, nutrients, additives, pest-control and replacement bulbs when necessary. The only way to keep your per-ounce costs to a minimum, is to maximize your harvests, producing the greatest amount of high-quality buds possible.

Growing rooms can be quite simple, or very complex, depending upon your level of investment. A single growing lamp can only emit limited light, of a set light-spectrum. Don’t expect big harvests of large, dense buds without enough, quality light. Your plants will also require fresh air and water, as well as protection from bugs, pests and molds.

Plants grow and develop by intaking water, containing soluble nutrients, through their roots. Sunlight and CO2, gathered from the leaves, then help to produce the energy for growth, through a process known as photosynthesis. Ensuring the plant has easy access to each of these, guarantees the best possible growth and development.

There are many top tips for growing Cannabis inside a grow-room. You can find out more by reading Tips For Growing Cannabis Indoors.

Growing Outdoors.

Growing Cannabis outdoors is one of the cheapest ways to produce your own buds. Cannabis plants grow best under the full spectrum of the sun, rarely achieved in many indoor growing rooms. An abundance of fresh air and wind-flow, helps to strengthen stems and branches. Which, with care and attention, can produce some of the biggest, tallest plants, yielding pounds of good quality Cannabis buds.

Germinate your seeds at the start of Spring, keeping them indoors until after the last frost. These first few weeks will help strengthen the seedlings, helping to develop its roots and branches. Plants can be ‘topped’ at this time, creating stronger main branches and a bushier growth structure.

Large outdoor plants develop a lot of roots, spanning a wide area. Before planting the seedlings outside, prepare a big enough area in the soil for the roots to properly develop. Many growers dig out large, deep holes and fill them with high-quality soil and growing mixes. This provides the plants with many of the necessary nutrients for development, as well as soft soil through which the roots can penetrate.

You may be more dependant upon nature, but with a little care and attention the yields can be extreme. Find out more with our Tips For Growing Cannabis Outdoors.

Nutrients and Additives.

Plants are living, complex organisms that require a wide range of nutrients and minerals to grow at optimum levels. Salts can build-up around the roots, affecting their efficiency. The acid and alkaline levels, known as the PH value, may require adjustment. Or diseases my attack the roots, rotting them and rendering them useless.

Certain strains are more ‘nutrient-heavy’ while others can cope with small errors and mistakes. Understanding your chosen strains preferences will help maximize growth and potential harvests. Nitrogen is necessary during the vegetative phase, promoting fast, healthy growth. Too much though will lead to ‘nitrogen-burn’ damaging your plants, sometimes fatally.

As your plants begin to flower, they will require a different combination and ratio of nutrients. complex formulas can be added to the regular feeds to enhance bud development, density and flavor. Pests such as Spider-mites and molds, such as bud-rot, can become an issue. These will require immediate attention, before they destroy your buds.

Understanding the needs of your plants is vital for good growth and a successful harvest. Find out more with our Tips For Cannabis Nutrients.

Soil Or Hydroponics.

The majority of new growers begin by planting their seedlings into pots of prepared soil, purchased from the local garden center. Although this isn’t wrong, neither is it the best option. Ultimately, all the plant requires, is for its roots to be moist and out of the light. Together with access, to the range of nutrients it requires.

If you’re growing in soil, it’s important to buy the best quality soil available. Specific preparations, designed for growing Cannabis, can now be purchased. These may be slightly more expensive, but they do contain the correct balance of minerals needed, during the plants first few weeks of growth.

More developed indoor growing rooms now run hydroponic systems. Plants cultivated this way can produce the largest harvests, but require greater levels of skill and understanding. Water temperature, aeration, nutrient levels and PH, all play a major factor in the overall yield and quality.

Different growing methods can produce a variety of results. Find out more with our Tips For Soil Or Hydroponics.

Low-Stress Training Techniques.

The term ‘Low-Stress Training’ refers to a set of techniques that can help maximize yields, without shocking the plant too severely. Cannabis plants are strong and hardy, growing under almost any conditions and can cope with immense amounts of damage. After all, it’s not called Weed for nothing!

Almost all training requires a small level of skill and patience. Choosing the best techniques for your plants, depends upon the strain and their characteristics. Allowing your plants to become tall, thin and with just a few large buds, will never yield the size harvests you read about and dream of.

If your plants are Indica-dominant, they will naturally be squat and bushy. These are perfect for Sea-of-Green growing methods. Sativa-dominant strains tend to grow taller, with long, thin branches. Screen-of-Green growing methods, topping and bending can help reduce height issues, as well as maximizing the number of future budding sites.

Understanding which techniques to use and when, can make a major difference to your potential harvest. Find out more with our Tips For Low-Stress Training.

What To Do Next.

Understanding how the vegetative stage has an impact on your plants yield, is a large part of learning how to grow Cannabis. Given perfect conditions, some strains can grow up to six-inches per-day.

Controlling this growth is the key to a successful harvest. Whether you are planning to grow Cannabis indoors or outside, learn as much as you can about how the plants grow and develop during the vegetative stage.

You can find a more detailed description of each of the tips above, by clicking through to the relevant article. There are many ways to improve the growth and yield from your Cannabis plants, some requiring more skill and detailed analysis than others. Learn the best techniques for your chosen strain, with relevant, up-to-date information.

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Instantly available as a download and completely free of charge, you can learn all the methods and techniques used by professional growers, generating ‘cash-crop’ harvests. Kept on file, or printed out, refer to this manual at all stages of the plants development, maximizing yields, flavor and quality.