We will try to describe from germination processes have functioned as best we cannabis growers in recent years. Our first decisions in a foreign crop should be where locate (soil, pot, garden ...) and what we want to use substrate. In the cultivation of marijuana transplants are a very extended with large structural benefits, we say transplants, a priori, are a positive (later will detail why and what can be a problem making them).
Whether we intend to grow in soil / garden as if big pot, you should use for a smaller pot steps in which the plant will develop (depending on size) or so days.
Pots for the Cultivation
As the substrate, marijuana, both indicated as cannabis cannabis sativa, are plants with a high yield, much work during each of its cycles compared to a normal plant. They are friends of substrates light and fluffy but will run better on substrates with improved nutrient load. In the market there are many brands of land that can be perfectly used for sharing the characteristics of the following, but we will detail a few for everyone to decide what type accurately and to provide examples of good substrates available.
Basically we can make two groups talking about substrates for organically grown cannabis marijuana:
- Substrates very subscribers (approximately nutritional resources for 3 weeks / 1 month) Allmix Plagron, Allmix Biobizz or type Canna Professional Plus. Both brands share the effort and land for organic farming offering 100% biological mixtures prepared from humus, peat ...
Allmix 50l Plagron
15,00€ 50l
All-mix Biobizz
9,00€ 20l
17,50€ 50l
Professional Plus Canna
13,80€ 25 litros
19,00€ 50 litros
Substrates bit lighter and subscribers (about 1 resource semana/15 days): Lightmix Biobizz, Lightmix Plagron or Canna Professional Plus. 100% organic substrates designed for the early stages of the plants or for plants that will be transplanted into a not very long period.
Light Mix Biobizz
6,00€ 20l
11,50€ 50l
Lightmix 50l Plagron
11,00€ 50l
Besides these there are other substrates labeled with their equivalents also, as the case may be very useful. Yes, Rule number 1: Do not want to poison your plants: Beware of land sold in the Chinese. Not saying unfit for other plants, but for cannabis can be highly damaging. In many cases contain no nutritional supplement in addition to very harmful ph.
Now that we know what we will use substrate and before transplanting to the final place we will use small containers for the plants full desarrolen is our moment to fill small pots with substrate choose light and proceed to wet the substrate .
Amount of water in irrigation: As this is the first irrigation we make in the life of the plant and just germinarla, it is important not to soak the soil, especially if the container is great because we can drown the roots. As a reference we can use the first joint of the little finger: A seed with newly sprouted his tail will be about that (about 2cm) so starting fresh pot watered carefully filled with 1 cup of water right in the center of the pot. Once wet, we must practice a mark on the ground to the depth of the joint and have our finger in that hole with the tail seed and seed securely attached but partially uncovered above form gives light. Why do so? Burying the seed too could be detrimental to their growth reaching to ruin our poyecto for lack of options to get to surface with their first two cotyledons and getting power to develop the first pair of leaves.
If we do our job placing the seed and not excessively wet, we can leave the pot in the sun ready to receive all that the star is willing to give. Just on there to control the earth to wet and dry periods. You have to use your head: we have said that it is good to have an excessively moist soil and it is clear that we do not want a land cracked and dry as the Arizona desert. Referencing the surface of the pot, if we see that we can no longer click with the wet finger into the soil to check for moisture in the center. Another reference can be the weight of the pot with moist soil compared with dry earth, the experience will do the rest.
Step by step we have been describing how to go from germination to the first pot, now, after about 1 week / 15 days of the first transplant, we should start thinking about moving forward not only by size but by nutrients and presumably exhausted or about to exhausted. If you have had enough sun and everything has gone smoothly, the plant probably has already developed two or three pairs of leaves or even more in some varieties very fast. For reference we could take it with 4 or 5 pairs of leaves (about 20-25cm) and transplanting should, if not the final pot / soil, no to any type slightly larger 10 or 11 liters.
Transplanting pot to pot to pot or soil is relatively simple. We must be careful after the plant is fragile but rest assured, it is to be careful but decisively.
Describe the process:
1 - Plant in 0,5 l pot to 3l. Transplantation is preferable to late in the day having not too wet land in that state and will come off best of the pot.
2 - 10-11 liter pot. Fill new ground without watering. We can use a nutrient substrate busier as we have a plant ready to consume a higher amount.
3 - We stuffed the small pots in the corners to get "disengage" the land of the walls of the pot.
4 - Put your left hand on the bottom of the pot, while the right hand placed so that the stem of the plant between your fingers we have left.
5 - We now return to the pot with the right hand holding down and the plant inrebés. Package unhooked the pot of soil and roots and leave aside while flip back to the plant to transplant it to the new pot.
6 - It is important to subject to the yoke of the plant for the future so that when you place it is preferable "to sink" a bit and give consistency. This addition to more firmly, gives us the opportunity to correct some minor stretching for light in the germination process.
7 - We water the pot with about a pint / 1 liter (water with root stimulator) according to size, and we in the position to continue growing.
Once we have the plant in a pot a little older we have to consider that as the substrate we have chosen have between 15 days and one month for transplanting to pot up or down. Otherwise we start to pay it because the land resources are exhausted or nearly exhausted.
A few days after transplantation would be advisable to start preventing pests. Although we can only apply Bloom biological insecticides, growth now is the time to apply effective insecticides, miticides or fungicides. This type of insecticide is more powerful and whenever we are not in bloom will allow us to eradicate any pest only two or three applications.
We recommend:
- Apply every week one and cash them interspersed throughout growth until we come into bloom.
- Always apply the bottom up: All insect is at the bottom of the sheet. At the same time, while the upper blade is responsible for capturing the light, the lower is through which we give as nutrients or pesticides is the absorbent area.
This ensures enter the weakest phase of the plant thoroughly clean and free of pests.
Once the plant is still growing cycle and, if not transplanted should add fertilizer. We can do this in two ways:
Solid fertilizers or humus or Greendel growth fertilizer 1kg to be responsible for providing everything necessary for lush growth. Allow solid fertilizers be applied at intervals a week - 10 days directly to the surface of the earth. Just sprinkle or in the case of humus handfuls apply enough to cover the surface. When watered, the available nutrients nourish the earth worn.
Worm Humus 40l Biobizz
22,90€ 40l
Fertilizers liquid type of Biogrow Biobizz, Alga Grow Plagron, Bio Vega Canna, Mother Earth Tea Grow or Iguana Grow Advanced Nutrients. All biological and highly recommended them for the demands of any grower. Liquid fertilizers are equally or more effective for growing due to their rapid uptake by the plant. That's right: It is important to note that consistency in the use of these liquids as well as the appropriateness of the doses in each moment is what will make the final result. Not acceptable "dope" much to the ground one day and then spend a week without giving because the plant does not have the necessary and yellow ...
8,00€ 500ml
12,00€ 1l
50,00€ 5l
Bio Vega Canna
8,00€ 500ml
12,00€ 1l
50,00€ 5l
Alga Grow 1l-5l Plagron
13,50€ 1l
58,00€ 5l
Iguana Juice Grow Advanced Nutrients
17,37€ 1l
47,58€ 4l
If our goal from the 11-liter pot is pass it to the final or proceed down to:
- Whether a pot as if the ground will transplant the same way as in the previous step, this time taking Polystyrene prepared a pot of 30 liters (or equivalent plastic pot type 25, 30 or 40 liters) or failing the ground. If we choose the soil is recommended to make a hole about 50 litros capacity to be filled with a quality substrate.
- Once transplanted irrigating with a mixture of water and root stimulator types: Root Juice Biobizz, Power Roots Plagron, Biorhizotonic Canna ... This will reduce transplant shock and multiplied by the speed and root development.
Root Juice Biobizz
14,60€ 250ml
50,00€ 1l
Power Roots
13,50€ 100ml
171,00€ 5l
Bio Rhizotonic Canna
16,88€ 250ml
37,50€ 1l
143,92€ 5l
We already have our plants with certain size in their definitive position getting sun all day and growing at rapid rates. Now what should we keep this pace torment is explosive growth and healthy green leaves.
Some interpret the falling leaves is normal on the ground and yes, it is, but it is normal, why are not giving compost that cries! That fall leaves if the plant has no nutrients to keep it logical, but what should make us think that's when we must nurture our plant before choking herself! If a point we become obsessed with leaves and maintain a green structure, one can say that we'll probably have a plant producing much more healthy. Must the leaves as the element that captures sunlight. Come on, that the leaves are responsible for getting power to then the roots can absorb water and nutrients and send them where necessary.
Conclusion: Fertilize your plant regularly when resources are exhausted substrate. Start with low doses and increasing them as the plant looks so go asking. Important: less is more. Increasing the dose does not have to be good if not the opposite, can negatively affect the plant showing as excess. What is important in the process of subscriber is going up gradually the dose: Start with a certain amount (the lowest recommended by the manufacturer) and if the plant shows signs of yellowing up the dose.
Precisely to prevent excesses can use Cannazym, SensiZym, Pure Enzime, or even a unique product as it cleans Biobizz Bioheaven of excesses while providing a low dose of micronutrients.
Cannazym Canna
11,98€ 500ml
18,90€ 1l
78,07€ 5l
147,06€ 10l
Sensizym Advanced Nutrients
16,70€ 1l
47,58€ 4l
Bio Heaven Biobizz
22,50€ 250ml
39,00€ 500ml
77,81€ 1l
311,24€ 5l
The extension of this care to early flowering (genetic as between mid-August and mid-September), ensures a healthy plant, pest clean and in full bloom ready to produce large, heavy flowers.
In later chapters talk about the Outdoor flowering, we hope we have been helpful to improve cannabis practices.
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