Cannabis growing

2009.04.26

Growing cannabis is not as though as it looks. Actually it is a very simple process though one needs to have available to him good seeds, soil, small and large pots depending on whether he or she is going to grow cannabis indoors or outdoors.

There are a few tips and instructions that a person growing cannabis needs to follow to get maximum return from his investments.

Firstly, one should use only organic methods of pest control as all other methods would be dangerous for the plants. Secondly, any cannabis plants which seem to be molding or have molded should be burned immediately or destroyed. If the molded plants are not destroyed than they will damage other crops as well. Moreover after harvesting these cannabis crops need to be dried of and so the growers are advised to turn them upside down to dry until their stems crack. Moreover, there are certain times when harvesting cannabis seems right and is most beneficial. It has been advised than one should harvest cannabis plants within a 2 to 3 day window when the hairs on the calyxes have turned to golden brown and plants crystals are overflowing from THC. One important thing to remember is that in the last two weeks before harvesting these plants should be fed with water only nothing else so as to flush out the nitrogen compounds from the fertilizers.

Most of the people who smoke cannabis seem to want a sleep inducing and painkilling effect instead of feeling tired and washed out whenever one smokes cannabis. So cannabis growers should try growing only pure Indica based strains which contain a higher CBD percentage than their counterparts.   

While growing cannabis outside; effective cannabis growing tip is that one needs to prune the plants so as to increase the yield received from them. Moreover to increase the height as well as the size of outdoor cannabis, the stems of the plants should be bent. This will result in the plant fighting back and trying to push its stems to grow upwards. One should bend the stems one way for a couple of weeks than another way so as to get fatter plants.

On the other hand if one wishes to grow cannabis indoors instead than one should place the plants very closely together and put them in their flowering mode as soon as possible. This is known as the sea of green technique and using it will result in a large number of crops with a good size cola. The grower can from these crops get at least 4 to 5 harvest before rendering them useless.

You should as soon as possible get rid of the male cannabis plants as they will germinate the female plants and hence render all of them useless i.e. you will get a zero yield out of them.