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Issue #381 - Sunday, August 4, 2019
Dear Fellow Grower,
In today's issue...
- What's the best grow medium for raising cannabis plants? Is it soil? Living soil? Coco coir? Hydroponics? We're going to go through all these and decide which is truly the best grow medium!
- I took this entire article, and boiled it down to a super-short list that tells you everything you need to know. If your patience runs out, click the link towards the bottom for the "Grow Medium Roundup"!
- Wow, it happened again! What's going on? Why are you all sending in so many awesome trophy pics? Wait, I love it and I don't care why! This week features trophy pics from 4 different growers since I couldn't decide again!
Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside (founders of GrowWeedEasy.com)
"This is the precept by which I have lived:
Prepare for the worst; expect the best;
and take what comes."
~Hannah Arendt
What’s the Best Growing Medium:
Soil, Coco or Hydro?
by Nebula Haze
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Introduction to Cannabis Grow Mediums
When talking about growing marijuana, what is a “grow medium”?
A growing medium or grow medium is what you’re growing your cannabis roots in, whether that substance is soil, perlite, coco coir, Rockwool, vermiculite, water, etc. Your marijuana plant will thrive as long as the roots have room to grow and have consistent access to fresh water, oxygen, and the proper nutrients in proper levels. There are a variety of ways to satisfy all these needs of a cannabis plant while
growing, and each has its own pros and cons!
Every Grow Medium Must Help Roots Get What They Need: Water, Oxygen and the right Nutrients
Best Growing Mediums for Marijuana
The three main types of grow mediums for marijuana plants are soil mixes, soilless mixes and hydroponics (water). Let’s do a quick breakdown of each one, along with the pros and cons for marijuana growers!
Soil or Compost
Soil or compost is one of the most popular growing mediums for marijuana plants because it is natural, easy to use, and available everywhere.
Good cannabis soil naturally contains at least some amount of nutrients, which means it will provide the nutrients your plants need for at least the first few weeks of life.
Example of Great Cannabis Soil
If you decide to grow cannabis with soil, try using sterilized, loose, non-peat based potting compost. Often these are listed as an “organic potting mix.” I recommend soil mixes with at least 20-30% of a soil conditioner like perlite (little white rocks in the soil). This will provide drainage and keep higher amounts of air/oxygen in the soil, which causes cannabis plants to grow faster.
Plants in soil grow a little slower than in coco or hydro, but soil-grown buds tend to have a stronger smell/taste. Although using a standard soil potting mix and giving nutrients in the water gets results similar to coco, using amended and composted living soil tends to produce buds with a powerful and complex scent/taste profile.
Example of Amended and Composted Living Soil – Just add water!
With living soil, a colony of microorganisms in the soil creates an ecosystem that mimics the best-of-the-best soil in nature. The nutrients are slowly broken down from organic sources and delivered directly to your plant roots. For some reason, plants grown in this type of root environment tend to produce very strong-smelling buds. One thing that’s really great about living soil is you usually don’t need to use any added nutrients.
The result is strong-scented buds grown only with natural processes and all you have to do is just add water and let the soil do the magic! The biggest downside to living soil is that plants tend to grow a little slower than with other grow mediums, and some people don’t like the smell of the composted soil, especially in the house.
Common Cannabis-Friendly Soil Mixes in the US:
Example of Great Soil – Fox Farm Ocean Forest is rich and light, plus it’s packed with nutrients in the right ratio for growing cannabis!
You've already finished a considerable amount of this article!
Why not continue to the rest and complete your knowledge on the subject? You're just minutes away from the answers you need!
Best of the Best:
Grow Medium Roundup
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Get the best brand of cannabis grow medium to match your preference and grow style.
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Click here to skip to the conclusion and see which medium is the best!
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"Growing cannabis can be a relaxing hobby in and of itself, but it also saves you money and keeps you from having to deal with shady characters. Cannabis is much easier to grow than people give it credit for, and growing in water
doesn't increase the difficulty much, if any. But whether you want to grow in water, coco, or a different medium, we'll show you how easy it can be!"
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