High Time to Start Growing Pot
Source: Danny Danko Blog on Open Salon
Spring is the time to plant those seeds and begin the mystical technique of growing outdoor pot plants which may be \” knee high in July\” and lead to heavy harvests come Autumn.
By Danny Danko, Senior Cultivation Editor, High Times Magazine
Recent events have placed marijuana use squarely into the public eye and never has the time been better fitted to a real discussion of what legalization would entail and how we\’re gonna get there. This isn\’t the place for that however. This blog post will assume you already consider pot to be legal to your mind (or your state) and now want to grow some out for yourself.
Whether you\’re looking to economize, learn a trade or control the quality of your cannabis (or each of the above), growing your personal comes with a couple of challenges and getting those seeds popped properly and at definitely the right time is one of them.
This guide is specifically for the outdoor gardener with some space in their backyard or on a remote deck or rooftop. Outdoor pot plants will thrive when treated properly but may even die quickly if neglected. They must go out strong and stay strong a good way to fully acheive their potential.
Seeds ought to be planted in cups or trays of moist soil mix on a sunny, not drafty, windowsill. It doesn\’t hurt to place some clear plastic wrap over them until you spot the seedling popping out of the end. Clones (cutting rooted from female mother plants) will save you time but could be hard to come back by. Anyone can order seeds in the course of the many online resources (Google it Holmes – I ain\’t doing the whole be just right for you).
Once sprouted, the seedlings need at the least 12 hours of direct light to thrive. In the event you don\’t get enough sun, you have to supplement with some fluorescent lighting or low-wattage growlight (125 to 250-watt Metal Halide High-Pressure Sodium HPS lights work well for this).
After the threat of frost or crappy weather has subsided, the plants are able to go outside. First that you must transplant them into larger containers. Water them in and acclimate them slowly to the outdoors – a number of hours at a time for about a days, then add more hours daily until they are able to stay out for the duration.
They\’re going to grow out vegetatively throughout the summer. This implies the plant will continue growing new shoots and leaves. As it grows it’ll need increasingly more water and nutrients to feed it so adjust accordingly. I always recommend using a touch below recommended unless I see signs of deficiencies.
As summer turns to fall, the loss of daylight will trigger the plants to start flowering. When you\’re growing from seeds, it really is the time you would determine the sex of your plants and discard the males, keeping only the females throughout the rest of the flowering process. But that\’s an entire different blog…
In the meantime, have a look at my High Times Microsite at: Danny Danko\’s Get Growing Now. There\’s numerous info there to get started, including six of my favorite beginner-oriented articles from past issues of HIGH TIMES in addition as my favorite pot growing videos on youtube. Specially, stay safe and luxuriate in the process. Get growing today!
