Choosing Which Cannabis to Grow
Cannabis is a warm-season annual that’s been grown historically for fiber and its medicinal and psychotropic qualities. Its yield is primarily the flowering tops and buds, which are cured and dried. This material is smoked, vaporized or made into edibles and consumed for its effects on the endocannabinoid system in the body. The main cannabinoids…
Harvest and Curing
Harvesting The best way to tell if your Cannabis plants are ready to harvest, both indoors and outdoors, is to look at the stigmas and trichomes. Stigma: The hair-like strands that cover the buds. They’ll turn from white to orange and will start to curl up when approaching readiness. Trichomes: The resinous glands all over…
Growing Cannabis
Keep a journal! Keep track of your Cannabis grow by recording your set-up, seed varieties, dates, fertilizers, harvest and curing details, as well as yield and your thoughts about the finished product. You’ll be able to make changes and improve over time if you’ve got good notes to review. Starting Seeds Cannabis plants start…
Setting Up Your Grow
Before you start growing, you’ll have to determine whether you want to grow indoors or outdoors. Cannabis can grow pretty much anywhere—its nickname “Weed” is well earned! It just depends what space, equipment, and resources you have available. Outdoor Growing If you choose to grow outdoors, MN state law requires you to grow “in…