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Weed growing appreciation thread (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 months ago by BigWeed@hexbear.net to c/gardening@hexbear.net

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I love growing weed! I smoke maybe 4 times a year, but I find it to be such a fun plant to grow. Even if you find it hard to keep house plants alive, it's such an easy plant to grow (it grows like a weed)! It can cost a little bit to get going, but craigslist/facebook marketplace can get you going for only ~$200.

What you need:

A grow light (100w per plant w/ good lights)
Nutrients. I use General Hydroponics Flora Series
Media. I use Coconut Coir in fabric bags.
Smell control. A fan with a carbon filter.
A grow tent (if you don't have a closet)
A clone or a seed.

The plants grow in two phases, the vegetative and flowering phase. The first phase takes about a month and the flowering phase takes 8-10 weeks (depending on genetics). You'll need to water it every day with a nutrient solution, and make sure it doesn't get too hot or too cold, and make sure it gets the right amount of light. The plant will tell you what it needs! Weed grows like 1-2cm a day so it's fun to check on every day. I love it!

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[–] FrankLaskey@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 months ago

I had a micro grow in college and barely smoked any of it but found it to be a fun plant to cultivate. Easy enough to get an okay yield but challenging to get the flowers to really shine. It honestly got me into gardening more generally and even though I don’t smoke any more or grow it I still appreciate that cannabis was my ‘gateway crop’ 🌱😂

[–] happybadger@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

I love that it's a really pretty flower on its own. When I've grown it I've only managed to get to the quality of like a $200 ounce, but it's always taught me something new about horticulture and resulted in a flower with more sensory experience than any rose or peony. My vegetable gardening benefited a lot from learning how to grow cannabis.

[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

It's a very pretty plant! I should grow some again next year