Wondering how to grow cannabis in soil? Let us take you over the different stages involved. The more you understand the process of how to grow weed seeds at home, the easier the growth will be. The page here offers a complete rundown of the whole process involved!
Germination
The main aspect of successful sprouts is placing the germinating seeds directly into the soil. Place the seeds in a damp paper towel and leave them in a warm and darker place. The taproot will start emerging from the seed after a day or two. They are now prepared to be planted into the soil and any type of medium that you select.
Seedling Stage
For a start, create a mix of the soil using the referrer. Add sufficient water for moistening up the soil mix but not making it soaking wet. Fill up a smaller starter pot with the soil mix creating a half an inch deeper hole in the center. Gently place the seed into the hole and cover them up with loose soil.
You will have to transplant them to the larger pot when they are bigger enough if you start by planting your seeds in the smaller starter pot. Using the starter pots becomes easier in terms of handling and maintaining the sprouts. It also offers you a stronger root base.
Vegetation Stage
Start feeding the plant with the cannabis nutrients once they have about 3-4 sets of leaves. Start with the reduced dose of growth in the first week, a medium dose in the second, and a complete dose every additional week.
The plant should start growing quickly as it is the best time to train your plant for optimized growth. You need to manipulate the branches to grow in specific directions. The plant will grow "au naturel" will start growing tall since the individualized branches will start fighting with each other for light. Your plant will make better use of the horizontal space by soaking up more light energy by tying the branches down.
Flowering Stage
It is time to switch over to using the Bloom once you switch to the 12/12 light cycle or the buds start to form once more.
Start with a low dose of Bloom on the first week of flower, A medium dose in the second, and a complete dose each additional week.
The growth can be optimized with the removal of any leaves that do not get direct light at the start of the flowering stage.
Flush & Harvest
When the hair on the buds is 80% orange, your plant then matures. Use the microscope to check the trichomes for greater accuracy. Your plant is all prepared to flush while being harvested if 80% of the trichomes become cloudy.
Excessive nutrients from the soil can be removed by flushing your plant and thereby improving the quality of the harvest. Give them plenty of pH-balanced water; twice the volume of the planter will be enough in order to flush your plant. Before harvesting, get this done one week prior.
You need to clip the branches and the buds for harvesting your plant. Trim off any leaves and allow them to dry in a cooler place for about 5-7 days.
The buds have dried completely and are prepared for consumption once the stems snap being bent.
Drying racks are an impressive tool for drying cannabis as much as possible in a low amount of space.
Cure the buds in order to improve the quality and the taste. The curing will allow time for breaking down the chlorophyll and carbohydrates to significantly improve the end product. After you know how to grow weed seeds, you will come to know the way to cure your buds, and to do this, you need to place them in an airtight container. Remove the lids about twice or daily for about 20 minutes, and it is considered burping. Burp the containers for about 2-3 weeks, adding a two-way humidity pack to this container.
