Indoor growing

Growing marijuana indoors can be a challenge but it is a hell of a lot easier than outside sometimes! Indoors you have control of everything! All you need is the right information. When you grow indoors, there are some things to consider. What you are going to grow in, what type of lighting is needed, what is the best temperature and humidity, what ventilation do you need and where are you going to get power? Another issue is schedule. Everything has to say on the same schedule and that is hard to do without timers.

Some people use 5 gallon pails and some build elaborate systems including pumps, timers and fans. Growing marijuana indoors is done best with an automated system that way you don’t have to access it as often and cuts down on any unneeded attention. A rack or table with a slight angle will allow water pumped up to drain back in the reservoir so it can be pumped back up. Buckets can have fittings with hoses that run back to that same type of tank, that sits lower than the table with the pump in it!

Hydroponic is the method of using a base for rooting and pumps to send water over the roots at given intervals per day and night. Usually small gravel is used so it drains well and the roots dry. The pumps pump this mixture of water and fertilizer several times a day to feed the plant with enough time between for the roots to dry! If you have a lot of lighting, drying shouldn’t be a problem and you can set the timers so they pump nutrients to the plant 3 to 4 times a day. The roots have to dry or they will mold and rott.

Lighting is also set up on timers so you can adjust the time of the lights. For starting and growing you should set the timers for about 16 hours a day and when you want to start the flowering process then just turn the time down to under 12 hours and they will be flowers in roughly 6 weeks.

Lighting is all dependent on you! If you go with lower output lighting its going to take longer to get to maturity. The brighter stronger the light the faster they will grow and flower when you turn down the time the light is on!

You will need some type of PH test set or test strips so you don’t let the mixture of water and food to get too high (Alkaloid) or too low (Acidic) or they will die quicker than sh*t! Marijuana prefers a little alkaloid so if a strip or tester is used then it should be about a 6 or 7 out of 10 and with a test strip, depending on the type could either show you colors or a range. Neutral is 5.