Cultivating Cannabis: 5 Techniques To Grow At Home

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Cannabis comprises three plants – cannabis indica, cannabis Sativa, and cannabis ruderalis. It comes with nearly 120 cannabinoids, out of which the two most popular are CBD and THC. Though these are easily accessible in many stores and dispensaries, cultivating cannabis on your own is a very satisfying experience, as well. The biggest reward of doing it is you can start saving money. You don’t need a bomb to begin growing cannabis. With no standard cost for the process, the difference between buying cannabis outright and growing them in-house is enormous.

What you need to grow cannabis

Here’s a list of conditions that every cannabis plant needs to thrive and grow.

Light: Cannabis plants are somewhat distinctive from other regular plants. They have specific light needs to produce the best bud quality. Thus, using CFLs, LEDs, and HID lights are best for indoor planting. But refrain from burning the plants.
Growing Medium: While soil is essential, different platforms and hydroponic media like coco coir, perlite, vermiculite, and hydroponic balls also play a pivotal role in your hybrid weed production. The soil should have a pH level of 6.0 for better yields.
Air: Any plant vegetation will grow healthy if placed in direct contact with fresh air. When cultivating your cannabis, you must find a well-ventilated space with good air communion to suit your plants. The ideal condition must have a slight breeze.
Temperature: Cannabis is very sensitive to extreme temperatures. Overexposure to such conditions can kill them. They prefer a temperature between 20 degrees and 30 degrees centigrade during the day, while at night, the right temperature is 17-20 degrees centigrade. It is best not to keep them under adverse weather conditions if it’s hot for you.
Water: Cannabis requires water at room temperature or 20 degrees centigrade for survival and growth. Its amount depends on the seeding, size of the plants and pot where you are growing, weather, and soil composition.

Now, you have set all the conditions right.

5 advanced growing techniques

Follow these five advanced growing techniques to increase yields at home.

1. Topping

Topping is a widespread plant grooming technique where you cut the plant’s top to let it grow sideways so that the plant gains volume and remains healthy. This might sound nonsensical to chop off the top of a perfectly healthy plant, but it is an age-old agricultural hack that farmers practice worldwide.

Rather than letting your plant grow vertically, you must apply topping to help it grow laterally. It will keep more of the plant under the direct light, thereby encouraging collective growth. This is a tried and tested trick that contributes to the further development of the plant.

2. Fimming

Similar yet very different, fimming is more like giving your plant a haircut. You don’t need to chop off the whole top but concentrate on the rough edges to encourage bushy growth for quality yields. While topping is more suited for bigger plants, fimming is ideal for young plants. Despite the applicational difference, fimming is a great way to increase your yields if topping seems very traumatic for you.

3. Lollipopping

It is another popular technique for trimming cannabis plants. For lollipopping, you will have cut the lateral and small lateral branches on the plants. This allows your plant to channel all its energy into the primary or spinal components. You should consider lollipopping to remove small branches when they are sucking the life of your plant. This is very identical to the regular pruning done on familiar plants and vegetation.

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4. Screen Of Green

This technique also draws some parallels from topping. There are instances when some overarching screen or a netting restricts the growth of a plant. This is very much effective in keeping the plant as tall as the preference. Once the plant meets its ceiling, the cannabis starts growing laterally, thereby making the plant wider. Plants that are wide in structure consume light uniformly. ScrOG or SCROG is a widespread cannabis cultivation technique among its countless aficionados.

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5. Monster Cropping

Very true to its name; this technique results in exponential flowering. Initially, you have to make clones of your plant while it’s still flowering to replant them. The purpose of this process is to cultivate several flowering plants, all at once. It is essential to know that clones taken during the growing phase flower quickly as well. While you need to do topping and fimming physically, flowering clones relieves you from that – flowering clones grow bushy with nodes and side branches.

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Bonus tip – Flushing

If your plant looks stressed out, you may want to change the growing medium and nutrients. You will have to pour clean water into the plant soil to flush away all its nutrients. Some growers find this technique very rewarding due to the final output.

The Bottom Line

Cultivating cannabis can become a sustainable project, as most plants produce ounces of cannabis flowers. With time and experience, you would manage successful crops with a controlled indoor growing system. Abide by the conditions and techniques mentioned above so that you can grow cannabis properly at home

This is a guest article, here’s a little about the author

Sharon is a full-time content marketing specialist. She has been closely following the Cannabis Healthcare and Medical Industry trends for quite some time. She has dabbled in various domains before the Cannabis industry. On her off days, she likes to spend her time at the nearest animal shelter, lift weights, or be nose deep in a novel. She is a fan of Sidney Sheldon’s Novels.

About the publisher

plant-lover

Plant Lover is Free the Tree's founder and a passionate grower of plants. Mostly from the city, I work on my computer all day so about 4 years ago, on my off time, I started growing to have some more green in my life. I never imagined I would fall in love with botany and discover so much about this plant. Since then I keep learning everyday, meeting new awesome people of our community and which keeps me growing constantly You can always get in touch with me on our Instagram!