Growing really comes down to a simple process that has roots as far back as 5,000 years ago. For the past 100 years, the nature of growing for your own use has been stigmatized and discouraged through lofty legal hurdles. The good news is that the world is always changing. If you are thinking of growing at home you are among the “groundbreakers”, who are taking their first steps into the fun and fulfilling world of home growing.
The reality of growing Rx products at home is less complicated than growing many other types of plants or fruits—it’s called “w**d” for a reason—so don’t worry if you haven’t grown anything before. That said growing is not for the weak. If not done properly it can be a long and arduous process that is filled with moments of confusion, and feelings of self-doubt about your grow.
Remember there are a lot of voices out there, so make sure you draw your information from genuine sources and not from an online voice that has a creative personality but little carnal knowledge on how to home grow.
1 The Main Reasons Why People Fail In Their Efforts To Grow At Home?
- Too Much Light: New growers often think light and water can only be good for their plants. Yes, they are both important but using too much is a shortcut to ending your grow in failure. Light burn in particular, when your light is too powerful for your grow setup it can be as bad as too little light! Don’t purchase a light based on power/wattage alone, light quality and spectrum are equally important.
- Over-watering: As stated above, too much water will cause more harm than good. It sounds simple but it’s the biggest killer. Water only as prescribed… over watering will rot your roots (Use a cloth/felt pot if possible)
- Cheap out of seeds, If you’re going to invest 3-months of your time on a grow it’s worth spending an extra $15 for quality seed.
- Filtration/Heat: Clean cool air goes a long way with a grow. If not you will suffer
2 Things To Avoid At-All-Costs When Growing At Home
- Don’t germinate all your seeds at the same time – stagger by 3-weeks. This will make your Harvesting experience a lot better – You can harvest 1 plant every 3 weeks and build up knowledge and learn plant by plant.
- Using only soil for your grow without the nutrients or super soil: You’re going to need to properly feed your plant with Nutrients.
- Avoid Artificial Nutrients: It will destroy the taste of what your growing
Dirty/poor tent Hygiene. It only takes one mistake to have your grow infested
3 The most important things for a successful home grow
- Information, Garner support from a knowledgeable growing expert or website/s only (there is a lot of incorrect information out there).
- Having a grow kit that is designed to work together. Tent, light, filtration system, Nutrients, and soils.
- Quality Soils/Nutrients: If your going to invest 3-months growing, it’s worth the extra investment to use the best (it does make a difference).
- Smaller Grow: Limit your grow to 1 or 3 plants to avoid being overwhelmed during the later grow process (you will learn with each grow you complete).
4 The Most important things to consider when starting a Home Grow?
- Knowledge… Put a grow plan in place “the simpler the better” for your first grow!
- Feeding your plant: “You are what you eat”! Make Sure Your Soil and Nutrient selection is premium or a poor yield will follow.
- Turning your light down. Young plants can only absorb so much light per hour
- Use a Quality tent – Cheap-out and your tent will likely be made of plastic that leaks odors and light and will make everything smell/taste of chemicals.
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