Growing Cannabis

If you grow cannabis indoors consider these suggestions:

When you grow cannabis the three stages prior to harvesting include:

1. Germination - takes 2 days
2. Vegetation - takes 4 - 6 weeks
3. Flowering - takes about 8 weeks

Germination is important to grow cannabis properly.
Use distilled tepid water - soak paper towel & ring out excess. Soak seeds for half an hour, lay them on half of the paper towel & fold over the seeds, and then place on a plate. Place bowl upside down over setup to maintain moisture and reduce light. Within approximately 2 days the seeds will crack and germination is complete. Avoid handling the seeds and place them sprout down to grow cannabis.

- Lighting
You'll need two 4' fluorescent light sets to grow cannabis properly. Set them approximately 6 inches above the plant. As plant grows the lighting must be raised up or plants will burn.

- Watering
Vegetative state: water approximately twice daily. Flowering stage: water once a day (at the time lights are turned on).

During the vegetation stage, use 20-20-20 fertilizers & ½ teaspoon of salt (some grow cannabis using miracle grow). Make sure humidity is about 90% and water twice a day. Keep plants well-lit 24 hours a day.

During flowering stage, reduce lighting to 12 hours a day. Change fertilizer to 10-20-10 or 5-50-17 (1 teaspoon). Include salt (1/2 teaspoon) + trace element food (1 teaspoon). Begin flowering stage when plant is 12 inches tall or taller. Reduce humidity by watering only once a day with lights on. When 80% of white hairs on the female plants change colors, harvest. Hang buds upside down in well-ventilated place for 2 weeks. Do not harvest too late or too soon.

- Location
Choose a good location to grow cannabis with moderate temperature. Consider buying/building a light tight closet 2 feet wide and 4 feet tall.

- Temperature
To grow cannabis well, always keep steady temperatures of approximately 65 degrees. Temperatures below 50 degrees stunt growth while those over 75 degrees will burn plants.

- Seed Selection
Seeds to grow cannabis are a personal choice and can be purchased over the Internet.

- Plant Selection
Once in flowering stage, some plants have white lines and pollen. These are the female plants. Keep them. The rest are males & must be eliminated; otherwise they will not enable you to grow cannabis.