Getting Started Growing Pot

Getting Started (keep it in your pants, turbo)

Getting Started (keep it in your pants, turbo)

If you are going to start growing, here’s a basic guideline and some important questions to ask yourself before starting. First of all, smart move on growing indoors for yourself! You’ll find, if you haven’t already, that indoor gardening is a very satisfying hobby that tantalizes the mind and soothes the soul.

You’ll never regret having started to grow, but the more groundwork you lay in the beginning, the better off you’ll be during the process - and will make for less stress and a healthier garden.

The first question to ask yourself is, why? Or in other words, what is your motivation and goals?  If it’s just to try a new hobby or this is for personal use, you’ll want to start with one or two plants and scale up as you learn more. If it’s for personal use plus product to use for bartering and trade, you’ll want more plants, but keep in mind your budget and available space.  Once you’ve soul-searched, we can continue… (mild salsa music playing).

Very well.  Let’s get started.  First, decide on whether you’ll be growing in soil or hydroponically.  The advantages to soil are that it’s cheaper, easier to manage, and some say the taste of the final product is better. The advantage to hydroponic growing is that it produces faster plant growth, which can be good because your plants will grow faster - but bad, because you’ll have less time to correct any issues such as nutrient deficiencies or illness. Hydroponically growing requires more attention because of the rapidity with which things can go wrong.  Do some research before deciding, but either method requires the same in regards to your environment and lighting, which is what you’ll have to look at next.

For lighting and the environment, check out this basic setup in a hallway closet New Test Area. The light is a full-spectrum 900 watt LED and a basic fan circulates the air.  A first setup needs to have the basics of light, cleanliness, and air circulation, with plant-tolerant temperatures of 65-80˚F and humidity levels between 40-70%. I’ll go into more detail in upcoming posts regarding different kinds of lighting, controlling your environment and other aspects. 

Keep growing!!

Aaron

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