The Basics of Rooting Clones Unlike growing cannabis during its vegetative cycle or its flowering cycle, cannabis that is being newly cloned does not have any huge light requirements. In fact, rooting clones is one of the few times when cool white fluorescents are one of your best options for lighting. The light schedule for […]
Basics of Cloning Cannabis As a first-time grower, you may have heard about a propagation technique for your marijuana known as cloning, and naturally you may wonder what all the fuss is about. Well, this is what all the fuss is about: successful cloning cannabis is the number one way to ensure you have an […]
Indoor Growth: Choosing Your Strain When you’re picking out a strain for indoor growth, there are certain traits that you’ll generally look for. Usually, you’ll want a plant that is shorter, bushier and higher yielding; ergo, you’ll be looking into either a straight indica or an indica-sativa hybrid. First and foremost is Northern Lights #5, […]
Medicinal Benefits of Marijuana If you’ve had much of any experience with cannabis, you are no doubt familiar with the different effects of indica and indica-dominant strains as compared to sativa and sativa-dominant strains. In the simplest of terms, sativa strains are known for imparting a more cerebral, so-called head high, whereas indica strains are […]
What are Hybrid Strains? Offering an excellent middle ground for growers who seek the best of both worlds, hybrid strains are some of the most popular of all for indoor cultivation. Hybridization offers growers the opportunity to achieve the cerebral effects associated with sativa strains with the shorter, faster growth and greater yields that come […]
Knowing the basics of plant training can help save you trouble later on.Plant training can be very simple. Whether you’re growing a sativa strain that must be topped and tethered to keep its voracious growth in check, or you’re supporting the drooping branches of an indica laden with bud, chances are good that your cannabis […]
Indica Strains Indica strains are very popular for indoor cultivation on account of their smaller, bushier size and greater yield per volume. In addition to growing smaller and fatter, indica strains generally reach maturity and finish flowering much faster than their sativa cousins. Up first, Yumboldt is a potent indica strain that can sometimes be […]
Sativa Strains Since Cannabis Sativa originated in tropical and equatorial regions, adapting to an environment that encourages rampant growth, sativa strains are naturally best-suited to outdoor cultivation. A greenhouse offers an excellent choice as well, but for the devoted sativa smoker who must grow indoors there are some strains that can be managed more easily […]
Watering Techniques When it comes to watering your plants, you’ve got just about any many options as how to light them and how to cool your grow. Indeed, your method of watering may ultimately depend largely on how your grow area is set up, including your light and cooling systems. Luckily, you can always go […]
Auto Flowering Strains In the 1970s, various cannabis cultivators and breeders began to selectively breed their marijuana plants for early flowering and what is called auto flowering. Early flowering, as its name suggests, entails plants that naturally begin to bud and mature more quickly than average. Auto flowering strains are sometimes confused with early flowering […]