How to Grow Your Own Cannabis at Home?

Have you thought about growing your own cannabis?

If yes, you are in luck! There has never been a better or easier time to start learning how to grow your own cannabis plants.

Before you start, make sure you look into the laws and regulations in your area about owning and growing cannabis in your home.

Most people start out with just a few small plants to get a feel for the process. When they are already quite comfortable raising a few plants, they move on to a few more. The number of plants you can have will greatly depend on your location.

In areas where cannabis is legalized, some homeowners can have up to 3 plants, while others can have 6 cannabis plants for medicinal purposes.

Getting started isn’t hard, but it does take a little time, patience, and a small investment to get the right equipment and tools.

Here are some proven ways you can grow your own cannabis at home.

Pick a Spot

You might be inclined to pick a bright, sunny spot to grow your cannabis plants. But be aware that they are not like regular household plants.

They actually need a lot of sunlight and they don’t grow well in damp, dark places. Depending on the bud species you are growing, you may need to adjust the lighting and temperature of the room you are using.

It’s best to find a shaded area outside to start growing your cannabis plants. This way, you won’t have to worry too much about the temperature of the house or lighting.

If you have some money to invest at this stage, it would be the best solution to spend on indoor lighting or a cannabis pod house that you can use to store your cannabis plants. These pods help regulate temperature and lighting with ease.

Gather the Materials

You’ll need a few key things to start growing your cannabis plants.

The first is a container of some sort to house your seeds.

If you are planting your seeds outside, you might consider a small container garden or private area on your property where you can grow them. Make sure there is some good sunlight in the area.

Next, you’ll need healthy soil, which you can make by mixing fertilizer and potting soil. Some soil comes complete with fertilizer already, but if money is of concern, you can make your own.

You’ll also need some sort of water source as your plants will need a great deal of water. Also, this can be easily achieved by bringing a watering can to your garden location.

Be sure to not over plant the seeds. Too many seeds don’t yield a healthy garden. Give each seed space to grow and thrive.

You can also choose to use clones to grow your cannabis plants. Although, that is sometimes trickier than just starting from scratch because you need to mimic the original conditions in some cases.

In addition, you can choose to grow different strains of cannabis.

If you are growing it for medicinal purposes, you’ll need to ensure you have purchased the right kind of seed or clone to get the desired effect.

Different strains of cannabis provide different results.

 

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Harvesting the Cannabis

Once you’ve successfully started growing your cannabis plants, you’ll need to keep an eye on them to ensure they don’t become overgrown or contract any kind of fungus or disease.

And yes, plants get diseases, too.

You’ll need some more tools for harvesting your plants. These can include a magnifying glass to inspect the leaves and buds on the plant, a trimming tool to clip your buds when ready.

Also, you’ll need an air-tight container to store them in when you have successfully harvested them. But first, you need to make sure the plants are ready to harvest.

This can take a keen eye, but with practice, you’ll understand what to look for and harvesting will become second nature.

If your plants look wilted or bright, they aren’t ready. You want to harvest plants when their buds have a distinctly darker color than they did before.

Newer plants that are not ready to harvest will look brighter and whiter than their counterparts that are mature. The buds will start to look “fuzzy” in many cases.

Be sure to take only the buds that look mature. Otherwise, you run the risk of collapsing your plants entirely.

What’s more, you don’t want to miss your window of opportunity to harvest your cannabis so be sure to pay close attention to the way the buds look.

Clear, “crystal” hairs on the cannabis plants mean that your plant is too young. You want to look for an amber-colored bud to signify it’s harvest-ready.

Storing Your Cannabis

When it comes to storing your cannabis, you don’t want to make sure you have a dark, dry place to store it. After harvesting, you may choose to ready the buds for storage or use them right away.

If you are going to use them right away, when they are at their freshest, enjoy! If you choose to store them, make sure you follow these key instructions:

• Don’t allow light to penetrate the storage container. It’s the main reason your cannabis will be ineffective down the road;
• Don’t allow too much moisture to get into the container;
• Don’t allow too much of a temperature variance when you open and close the container. For example, don’t seal the container in one temperature and then open it in another extreme of that climate (hot vs cold);
• Don’t store it for more than 2 years.

Whether you choose to grow cannabis for pleasure or medicinal reasons, ensuring that you have done your homework is a vital part of successfully growing these plants.

You may find that at first, it is difficult to yield a crop that is worth using. But if you are patient and continue to attend to your plants, you will eventually get a harvest-worthy crop that you can celebrate.

And don’t be shy about asking others who have done this for help. They’ll know your struggles all too well and can help you figure out where you are going wrong.

Once you figure out the right approach for your climate, location, soil, and species of the cannabis plant, you’ll be off to the races!