Light is essentialfor cannabis to grow strong, healthy medicine. All plants grow and evolve under Mother Nature’s sunlight and care. Plants are accustomed to natural sunlight and have adapted to her spectrum, intensity, and photoperiod. Light is comprised of separate wave­lengths or bands of colors. Each color in the spectrum used by plants sends them […]

Fresh air is essential to grow healthy gardens. Greenhouse and indoor gardens depend on a supply of fresh air. This precious resource often defines crop success or failure. Outdoor air is abundant and packed with the carbon dioxide (CO2) necessary for plant life. For example, the level of CO2 in the air is about 0.039 […]

This chapter gives an overview of various inexpensive meters and tests available today, what they measure, and how to use the information they provide to help make medical cannabis gardens more efficient and productive. Meters allow gardeners to measure specific elements so each can be incrementally improved. Meters also help you find the weakest point […]

The Internetdominates information today. We can check https://earth.google.com/web/ and see actual cannabis gardens with big plants in northern California. Amazing views of legal cannabis gardens! Security issues have changed immensely during the last few years in the United States and countries that allow or tolerate medical cultivation of the cannabis plant. As legal patients and […]

Humboldtlocal is a cannabis garden­er from Garberville, California, 40.1° north latitude, about 20 miles (32.2 km) from the Pacific Ocean, tucked into a valley behind the King Range of moun­tains and the Lost Coast. The winters are rainy and summers are hot. Cannabis gardens require irrigation. This garden is located on the border of the […]

After adecade of living in Spain where I could legally grow cannabis for personal consumption, I returned to the USA. Even though I was examined by a doctor and prescribed a Medical Marijuana Identification Card from the State of California, my new home, I still felt uncomfortable with the legal sys­tem. When I left the […]

Toni is a passionate and precise medical cannabis gardener. He knew nothing about cannabis until 2006 when he was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, a painful and debilitating disease. After seeking relief through prescription pills and, later, through cannabis, Toni found that consuming cannabis makes his days less painful. Cannabis also gives him an appetite and energy […]

A rough drawing of the garden rooms and garage was an essential tool when the garden­ers were in the initial planning stages. A detailed drawing with precise measurements was made before starting construction. Two growers, Mitch and Tim, personify many new growers that have learned the basics of crossing and feminizing cannabis. They are crossing […]

Growingmedical cannabis outdoors is the first option for most gardeners in states and countries where growing medical cannabis is legal or tolerated. Cannabis evolved naturally and grows best outdoors naturally. Growing medical cannabis outdoors is ecolog­ically sound and works in concert with Mother Nature. Sunlight and air are virtually free; water and nutrients are also […]