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systems. The better the lighting kit, the better the lumens it will cast. Lumens have more to do with the design of the light t ...

LUMENS AND MARIJUANA GROWING Now for the big question. How many Lumens do I need? Well this depends on three things. (1) How mu ...

to grow 4 plants. Then what we should aim for is a light that casts 45000 Lumens. This means we should buy a 600-Watt HID syste ...

LIGHTING FACTORS AND HOW TO GET THE MOST FROM YOUR LIGHT The reflector part of the lighting kit can also cause a difference in ...

MIRRORS ABSORB LIGHT. This means that only a small amount of your light is reflected back towards your plant. What you need is ...

Figure 5.16 - Mylar in the grow room by Shipperke It is also recommend that you keep a spare bulb at all times in case your oth ...

It is also wise to remember that plants need water and lights use electricity. Both these factors when mixed are extremely dang ...

Figure 5.17 - Nice Indica plant from BushyOlderGrower. ...

SOIL Soil comes in many types and varieties. What you will find as you go along is that you will add various ingredients to you ...

be looking for a pH of 7. It should tell you this on the bag. Going above or below this mark can cause your plant problems duri ...

you will see that the % of each part is stated. Such as 20:20:20. This means 20% N, 20% P, 20% K. The remaining 40% is just oth ...

should say on the packet whether the soil is a wet or dry one. Try to find a balance between the two. Wet soil will sometimes c ...

Sand and Silts: Figure 5.19 - Sand. Sand soils can be pure sand or a mixture of sand and soil. The problem with sandy soil is t ...

used on their own to grow cannabis. Mostly it is mixed with other soil types. Clay: Figure 5.20 - Clay Is a stiff tenacious fin ...

Loam: Figure 5.21 - Loam Loams tend to be a mix of all of the above. The combination of the mix is always stated on the bag. In ...

Humus: Figure 5.21 - Humus Is the organic constituent of soil, formed by the decomposition of plant materials and can be bought ...

POTS Figure 5.22 - Pots Basically pots come in all shapes and sizes. Marijuana plants are best kept in pots that are somewhat l ...

More advanced growers use pots that do not contain perforations at the bottom. This is because advanced growers never water or ...

Figure 5.23 - Picture by Chrisesq. ...

Figure 5.24 - This is a great picture of a method known as double-potting which helps create a thicker stem. During vegetative ...