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2. Introduction
Growing your own marijuana can be a fun and exciting experience. It's not only ideal
for the small-time enthusiast, it can also lead into an extra income if you do it right.
Most importantly though it's a great way to grow your own top-shelf product
without having to shell out top-shelf prices to dealers.
There are a few different ways to go about growing marijuana, but there are 6 key
things you need to get started:
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Light: must be the proper spectrum, intensity, and duration
Water: must be abundant but not excessive
Air: must be ideal temperature, with consistent flow, and rich in CO2
Nutrients: must contain the right amounts
A growing medium: has to have the right texture and ingredients
Optimal environmental conditions: heat, humidity, etc.
These days it's actually really easy to grow your own hemp, and it's becoming a
major trend for people to get started with small operations in their own homes.
One of the major benefits of growing your own marijuana is that the quality of the
highs you can experience from your own plants is phenomenal!
Most of the stuff out there that is commercially grown is based on factors of the
buds overall look, and the plant's yield amount, which often neglects the actual high
itself.
So it's definitely worth the time and effort you have to make to learn how to grow
your own hemp, so you can enjoy seeing your little seeds sprout into some of the
most lovely and lush marijuana you've ever seen.
In this short report we're just going to go through some of the basics you need to
know to start growing your own marijuana so you can get a good idea of what's
involved in the process.
Now let's get started...

3. First Things First
Before you start doing anything, the first thing you need to decide is whether you
want to grow your marijuana indoors or outdoors.
There are of course advantages and disadvantages to both, so let's go through some
of the most important factors to consider.
Why Grow Indoors?
Growing indoors is probably the more popular option.
The major benefit of growing your marijuana indoors is that you have complete
control of the environment that you simply cannot have outdoors. So that means
you can regulate the humidity, the temperature, nutrients, lighting, and all the other
crucial factors that are essential for the plants to thrive, especially during their
delicate growth cycles.
As a result of this most people think that the quality of marijuana grown indoors is
far superior to that which is grown outdoors, as you simply cannot control the
elements outdoors in the same way you can indoors.
There are of course disadvantages to growing marijuana indoors. The major things to
consider are the lack of natural sunlight indoors and any ventilation issues that might
exist.
Natural sunlight is by far the best source of light for any crop, including hemp. You
can make modifications for indoor lighting but nothing beats the solar orb.
The other issue with growing indoors is that an enclosed area often generates heat
and lacks sufficient fresh air. This also can be overcome relatively easily by making
modifications to where you are growing your plants.
Another issue you have to consider is the space for your plants. Generally speaking,
when you grow hemp indoors the crops will not reach the heights they normally
would when they are grown outdoors. So you have to find a place that provides
enough space for them to grow and thrive, instead of being cramped.
So that's growing indoors, now let's look at the alternative.
Why Grow Outdoors?
Growing outdoors can save you a lot of money when it comes to lighting and other
maintenance costs, as you can use the greatest source of light, the sun, which is free.

4. Another benefit to growing outdoors is that you dont need to worry about the air
supply as it occurs naturally with an abundance of fresh air all the time being
supplied to your plants.
As a result of these two abundant elements of natural light and fresh air, the crops
that you grow outdoors tend to grow much bigger and the yields can be much
greater than what you would get indoors.
As with anything there are also disadvantages to growing hemp outdoors. Although
you have an abundance of natural light, you can't control the temperature and the
cycles of that light, which may end up doing more damage than good.
Furthermore a consistent flow of fresh air can also mean your plants might end up
being pollinated by wild pollen, which can reduce the quality of your yields quite
dramatically.
Perhaps the major downside to growing outdoors is that you have absolutely no
privacy. If you want to keep your growing efforts a bit on the quiet side, you need to
take some serious privacy precautions if you don't want your neighbours ruining
your fun.
So to break it down again, when you grow outdoors you can see greater yields, but
potentially of lower quality due to the lack of environmental control. On the flip side
when you grow indoors you might end up producing lower yields, but those yields
will be some of the highest quality hemp you'll ever produce.
There is also another major consideration you have to make...
Is It Better To Grow With Hydroponics or Soil?
Traditionally all crops have been grown in soil, and that's what's been used for
thousands ofyears.
However, newer technology has seen the recent practice of growing plants with just
water and nutrients but no soil.
If you're a first-time marijuana grower, probably the better, and more convenient,
option would be to setup your operation with soil. Hydroponics can often make
plants grow faster, but you really need to know what you're doing.
Only once you've got a few successful soil crops under your belt, should you then
consider making the jump to using hydroponics.
The major advantage of growing in soil is that the bud taste and flavor will be of

5. much higher quality. People will pay premium prices for the best quality, so soil is
ideal for this reason. It is also much easier to setup and much cheaper too.
With hydroponics, the garden's nutrient and root setup aids in faster plant
development, but it also requires a lot more monitoring. The nutrients have to be
present throughout the liquid mixture so the root system does not have to be as
extensive as with soil-based plants. This meants that the plant can devote more
nutrients and energy to growth above the root system, which is the kind of grwoth
that leads to potent big buds.
Another thing to consider is that with soil-based cannabis, as the plant grows larger
the root system begins to cramp. They then must be placed in a larger container. On
the other hand hydroponically grown plants do not need to be transplanted as their
roots remain much smaller in size, which saves you time and increases growing
efficiency greatly.
Hydroponic growing is definitely an improvement over traditional soil when it comes
to speed of production and overall yield, but for the newbie grower it is much more
convenient to grow with soil.
While it's not overly difficult to setup and operate a hydroponic system, they do
need constant monitoring as just one detail like a faulty irrigation timer can cause
devastation to your crops if not immediately corrected.
On the other hand a soil-based plant may not need any additional fertilizers for the
entire life of the plant if the soil is well prepared with the right nutrients.
You also need the right nutrients for hydroponically-grown crops. Most people will
use the basic stock solutions that contain fertilizer salts in a readily available form,
but the problem with these stock solutions is they tend to leave a metallic taste in
the precious produce.
Experienced hydroponic growers know how to leach their plants before harvest to
remove residual salts from the buds for a truly clean, pure taste. The leaching time
varies from grower to grower, from two days to two weeks, and usually involves just
plain or distilled water, while others simply use a very diluted feed solution.
For the newbie grower, soil is definitely the right choice. Hydroponic setups take up
more room, are less stealthy, plus the care and monitoring of the system and the
high costs involved are often too much for the newbie just starting out.
But once you get a bit of experience under your belt, hydroponic grow mediums are
definitely an improvement over traditional soil as the speed of production and
overall yield is much greater.

6. Time To Start Growing
There are a few processes you need to go through to actually grow the marijuana,
and the first is germination.
During germination moisture, heat, and air activate the hormones of the seed. Soon
the seeds outer protective coating cracks and the root, which is a tiny white sprout,
will push it's way outside.
Next the seed leaves emerge out from within the shell as they search upwards for
light.
What you need to do then is water the plant with just regular household water, as it
contains all the nutrients it needs to germinate properly. Once the seed sprouts,
fertilizer is added about 2-4 weeks later.
The first thing you need to know about the germination process is that out of every
10 seeds you plant, about 2 will germinate into strong healthy female plants (which
is ultimately what you want), while the rest of them will end up being weak, male
plants or they just won't germinate at all.
If you have mostly healthy, vigorous seeds (that are under a year old and have been
kept at 21-32 degrees celcius), they will usually begin to sprout within 2-7 days, but
if you have stored your seeds for too long then they will tend to germinate much
slower and have a higher failure rate. Some of these seeds can take up to a month to
germinate, even if the best conditions are met. So always make sure you germinate
your seeds when they are healthy and strong. On average though most of your seeds
will germinate between 2-3 weeks.
As your seedlings mature, you need to pay close attention to their health. What you
need to do is remove any sickly, male and underdeveloped plants from your garden.
You should focus your attention and time on caring for the strong female plants that
have the potential to create a massive harvest for you.
As a result of this, most experienced cannabis growers will end up planting twice as
many seeds as they need because they know some of them will eventually need to
be removed from their garden.
Once your plants start to grow it's usually just a case of monitoring their progress
and making sure they have the right nutrients, air, and temperature to thrive.
If you are completely new to growing marijuana, or anything for that matter, you'll
still have a lot of questions about what the best way to go about it is.

7. As we mentioned at the start of this report, this was supposed to be a basic
overview of what you need to know to start growing your own cannabis.
If you really want to get serious about growing hemp from your home, then you
need a much more comprehensive guide that takes you every single step of the way,
from what seeds to purchase, how to store them properly, and what you need to do
to germinate them quickly.
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