How do you grow weed using hydroponics?
Hydroponics consists of growing medical marijuana plants in something such as gravel, with no soil or vegetable matter in the mix. The gravel will be contained in pots or troughs. Water with a light mix of special fertilizers will be either poured through the gravel, or the troughs will be flooded with the fertilizer several times throughout the day. If you view roots grown in hydroponics versus those grown in plain soil, you will see an immediate difference. While roots grown in soil have a big tap root, the roots grown in hydroponics will have no major tap root, but …
How do you grow medical marijuana with aquaponics?
Aquaponics is a combination of two traditional food production techniques: Hydroponics & Aquaculture. The concept of aquaponics is based around the idea of raising fish and growing plants together in one integrated and soil-less system. The fish and the plants form a symbiotic relationship in which the fish are providing the plants with a food source, and the plants are acting as a natural filter to cleanse the water the fish live in. When operated inside a climate-controlled greenhouse, aquaponics systems are capable of producing premium quality, organic plants and fish anywhere, during any time of the year. Click …
Pre-Flowering and Early Flowering Tips For Growing Cannabis Indoors
Last time in our home growing series here at Medical Jane, we discussed pre-veg and vegetative growth for cultivating medicinal cannabis indoors successfully. Some of the things we talked about included knowing how much space to leave for growth once flowering begins and what kind of spacing and plant numbers a grower might need to achieve their desired yield levels with the strain(s) selected. Pre-flowering Tips And Tricks For Growing Indoors If you started your plants from seed, your crop may be showing you signs of pre-flowering. Once …
Pre-Veg and Vegetative Growth Management in Medicinal Marijuana Crops
Our last article in this series about growing quality medical marijuana discussed why plant propagation is such an important step in the process. We also learned about the differences in starting from seed versus clones and how to perform these two very important processes in a reliable and easy to follow method. Once plants have developed a small root system and can support their water intake needs without a humidity dome, most people will say it’s time to step into the next phase of marijuana crop development: vegetative …
Cannabis 101: How To Start Growing Cannabis From Seed, From Clone
Welcome back again to our series aimed at delivering what prospective horticulturalists seeking to grow medicinal cannabis need to know to get started and improve. So far we have talked about strain selection, choosing a place to grow, and finally, an overview in constructing the cultivation area. We also discussed how to effectively use/install grow lights, as well as ventilation equipment. With the infrastructure in place, it’s time to …
How To Build Your Own Indoor Medical Marijuana Garden
Welcome back to our series aimed at teaching what you need to know to grow quality medical marijuana reliably, effectively and safely indoors using grow lights and climate control. In site selection we talked about the importance of things like providing a safe and secure location to keep the growing activities on the down low. We also talked about making sure there was easy and safe access to ample water and electricity. Since that’s out of the way, we can start to build our indoor garden. Cultivation Environment: Grow …
Choosing The Right Cannabis Strain For Your Indoor Garden
Last time in this practical series about growing medical marijuana from home, we talked about some of the important things that need to be weighed in on in considering a site or location to grow indoors, under lights, on a scale that suits your needs and limits. Now let’s look at a few factors to consider when choosing which strain(s) to grow. Not only will you be forced to choose which strain you want, but you’ll also want to consider whether cultivating from seed or clone is the best option. It’s worth noting that the growing environment can …
Things To Consider When Preparing Your Home Grow
For some licensed medical marijuana production facilities, it just may not be feasible or economically viable to produce certain varieties, assuming the facility even has access to the genetics. So, patients who have very particular requirements that may otherwise not be adequately satisfied from their local supplier often decide to grow their own. The same can be said of patients who are after the therapeutic benefits of THC-A and therefore require fresh material for juicing. “Through this series of installments here at Medical Jane, we are going to break the cultivation process down into its …
So You Want To Build A Grow Facility…
The green rush is on! As everyone knows, Colorado is on the forefront of the cannabis revolution. Numerous other states, most notably Washington, on the adult-recreational side, and many others on the medical side, are following close behind. Recent statistics shared by Chris Walsh with Marijuana Business Daily, at the CannaBusiness Money Show in Boston last week, put the legal cannabis industry at well over a billion dollars in 2014. The industry is then expected grow 40-60% annually for the next several years. The Boston Money Show …
Greenhouse Growing For Efficient Medical Marijuana Production
Greenhouse Growing Combines Best Of Both Worlds Growing plants in a greenhouse is a tried and tested method that has been around for centuries. In fact, 13th century Italian explorers used glass greenhouses, called botanical gardens, to house the tropical plants that they brought back from their world travels. “A greenhouse is one of the best places to grow medicinal marijuana.” — Jorge Cervantes Expanding on the Italians’ design, French botanist Charles Lucien Bonaparte is credited with designing the first modern greenhouse in Holland …