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Growing for Dummies Part 1

Soft Secrets begins a new series, aimed at beginner level

growers with absolutely no previous experience. As you start

out, we’ll be there with a step by to explain not just the terms

and sayings of the growing world, but to lend a hand as you

strive towards constructing a simple growing space in your

home. A series ‘for Dummies’ then, who after they have read

all of it and have successfully trimmed their first harvest, will be

able to call themselves Soft Secrets-certified growers!

So you want to grow at home,

but don’t know where you

should begin? Begin by read-

ing! If you’re starting out for

the first time you are already

way down the path by having

discovered Soft Secrets, even if

at the moment you don’t quite

‘get’ everything that’s being

talked about here – especially

some of the technical terms

that are used. As with all other

forms of business you have

first to get yourself a theoreti-

cal foundation.

several months cruising the

forum, looking at lovely pic-

tures of buds, reading others’

experiences of growing, and

answerin g that remaining 20%

of your many questions, you’ll

be qualified to call yourself

– in theory – a fully fledged

grower. But as you all well

know, putting theory into prac-

tice is rarely as smooth as you

anticipate.

Earth

The next step is to gather your

growing things. What do we

all need if we’re going to grow

cannabis? Pots to put soil in,

which should not pose any

major problems. By soil I mean

an earth mix, of course, and in

this you have a huge range to

choose from. Cheap bags of

earth as sold in many gardening

centres will work, but can pose

many problems for the begin-

ner. The earth contains little

nutrient and is not airy enough.

Well aerated soil is important

for good development of the

roots of our cannabis plant.

By ensuring you have a well

aerated soil the plant will grow

more vigorously, be stronger,

more healthy – just better all

round. You can achieve this

by adding small, white, light

stones called perlite to your

earth, which make it airier.

So go find yourself some books

on indoor growing, check out

all the cannabis media, vid-

eos and talk to other growers

in the many cannabis forums

available on the Net. The Net

forums especially are a per-

fect place to get your knowl-

edge up to scratch. You’ll find

all levels of grower willing to

share their experience, from

rookies to pros and commer-

cial growers. They’ll do this

with pleasure, and answer your

questions really fast. This is

the great advantage of a forum

over reading a book, which

can often leave you with unan-

swered questions. These can be

asked straight away online, and

this speeds up the whole learn-

ing process.

Exhaust + filter

But you do still need to have

read a basic book on the indoor

growing process. This will

answer 80% of your questions

about growing your own can-

nabis in this way. You must

read this book as much as pos-

sible, at least three times all

the way from back to front

and front to back. Everything

you don’t understand you can

keep in mind and then ask in

a forum.

Maxlight Lamp

But why make things hard

for yourself when they can be

easy? Thanks to the many grow

shops in the UK you can simply

buy earth that was designed for

growing cannabis in from the

outset. These high-quality soil

mixes contain enough of the

right n utrients for the whole

grow cycle once you have done

a two week pre-grow. The soil

is airy too, since many have

perlite mixed in. It will cost

you a bit more but the added

value these soils offer makes

them worthwhile. Earth is very

important. Your plant sinks its

roots into it after all, so why

skimp on it? If you want to

save money, do that every-

where else but on your soil.

Better you buy cheaper seeds

than to try and raise plants

from expensive seeds sown in

cheap soil. One more disad-

vantage of using cheap soil is

that it soon gets hard and dries

out. If you really, absolutely do

not have room in your budget

to get the good stuff, then it’s

best you buy cutting compost.

This is the best quality of the

cheaper soil mixes and at once

the most expensive too.

Above all do not buy com-

post used for raising flowers or

suchlike. These composts are

made for growing specific sorts

of flowers and plants and are

usually more acidic because

that is how these plants like it.

Our cannabis plants, however,

really do not like this.

You can also come here for

additional information. After

Now it has to be said that can-

nabis plants will pretty much

grow on anything; after all it

is and remains a weed. But try

and indulge the plant as much

as possible and she will indulge

you in return come harvest time

with a large yield. So make your

way over to the local grow shop

if you can. The biggest advan-

tage of using good quality earth

such as that from Plagron is that

you have nothing or very little

to do. So you do not need to add

extra nutrients, for example.

and that of new varieties (basi-

cally, R&D), adds to the price.

Through many years’ experience

the quality of the seed is kept

high, as with big companies such

as Sensi Seeds, and the asking

price is high as a consequence.

But the eventual price depends

on many, many factors and my

own experience is that price is

not necessarily an indicator of

quality. You can have good and

bad experiences with expensive

and cheap seeds. Even seeds

picked out of your weed can be

raised into decent plants.

Seed

General crecimiento

We have filled out pots with

earth, so what do we need now?

Well obviously, raising marihua-

na without the cannabis plants

themselves can be a little diffi-

cult. The easiest way to get hold

of some is from seeds. These can

be sold in most countries and

you can order them without any

problems. Where can you order

cannabis seeds, I hear you ask?

But we still haven’t got our seed,

so which will we plump for?

There is way too much choice,

I must say. Each variety has

its own qualities and foibles in

growing. So the good news is you

can’t really make a wrong choice.

So don’t work yourself up into a

lather choosing. But to make it

easier for you: go for an Indica

variety. Why an Indica? You have

two basic sorts of cannabis plant:

Indicas and Sativas. Indicas don’t

grow too large and have a short

bloom period, with strong, broad

stems and wide leaves.

For a start we can go back to the

Net. Many sites offer cannabis

seeds but not all of them are,

shall we say, sincere. Buy a few

from several well-known seed

merchants is my advice. My per-

sonal favourite is Gypsy Nirvana

in the UK, which you can visit

physically or order from the Net

at www.seedsdirect.to. You will

find a large selection of seeds

from nearly all the seed breeders

from around the world for good

prices. Above all the speed with

which orders are processed is

outstanding, not to mention that

their delivery is secure and safe.

The Sativas are the opposite,

with a strong growth leading to

large plants with thin leaves, and

especially during flowering, are

much bigger than the Indicas.

You also have hybrids of the

two that are primarily Indica

with a little Sativa, or they can

be mostly Sativa with a dash

of Indica in them. Both sorts

are outstanding but for a begin-

ner there is a greater chance of

success with an Indica. Sativas

can be unpredictable and dur-

ing flowering can triple in size.

Indica varieties will double their

size at most during flowering,

which is way less (especially

when space is limited). Indicas

are therefore easier to deal with

and do not hold as many sur-

prises in store, as well as having

greater resistance to stress (with

less for the grower in turn).

I can hear the next question on

your lips: what sort should I

raise? And why are some seeds

so expensive and others cheap?

The simplest way to explain this

is that it is similar to the differ-

ence between branded clothes

and unbranded. Branded cloth-

ing costs much more but is not

necessarily better. The major

part of the price you pay is going

on the brand itself, and the same

goes in the seed world, where the

well-known names command

the highest prices. It also has to

do with the image; ‘expensive’

is associated with being ‘better’.

One company sells its seeds for

more expensive prices but sells

fewer than the seed company

which sells its wares for cheaper

prices. Also, the amount of work

put into a seed’s development,

Small grow operation

Leganes

Definitely for the grower with

just a few plants in a cupboard

I recommend the Indicas. Now

I don’t want to give the impres-

sion that a Sativa is hard to raise,

but if you want to maximise you

chances of a successful harvest

you have got to go for an Indica.

You will notice that there are

a lot of these to choose from.

Everyone has a personal opinion

as to what variety you should

go for, so choose for yourself,

as it is ultimately down to per-

sonal preference. So finally, after

much um-ing and ah-ing, you’ve

made a choice. Nice one!

of a ventilator that’s left to blow

across your plants is that they

will develop thicker and strong-

er stems, which will in turn pro-

duce a better crop later on.

Nutrition

Light

That our plants do not grow

themselves is a fact, which

means we also have to give

them food. Liquid organic nutri-

ent gets my seal approval just

as Plagron did. As I said earlier,

a good soil will have enough

nutrients in it to last the whole

grow. Only in the last weeks is

it an idea to give some supple-

mental feeding, and we do this

with liquid foodstuffs.

Our plants will not grow without

light and so we have to get a

grow-bloom lamp (a lamp that

can be used for both stages of the

bud-raising process). The lamp

will determine your eventual

harvest: the more light, the more

weight. So more light means

more weed and a larger yield.

Even with a light bulb you can

grow cannabis, but you’re better

off growing with what are known

in the trade as ‘TL-lamps’ – you

probably know them as fluores-

cent lights. In order to get a rea-

sonable yield of very good qual-

ity, then a 400w-600w sodium

lamp is needed. These lamps are

of average strength as there are

also 1000w and 2000w types, as

well as 150w and 250w.

A ventilator is a definite must to keep the air circulating

For growing indoors we only

need bloom feed. Because even

the cheapest soil has enough

nutrient in it to complete the

growth stage, as long as we

do not spend too long on the

pre-growth. Every plant food

is different, but all are based on

nitrogen, phosphorous and pot-

ash (potassium). Nitrogen and

potash are the most useful for

growth, and a phosphorous and

potash mix is the most useful

during blooming. A good bloom

feed therefore contains plenty

of phosphorus and potash, and a

small amount of nitrogen.

that happens the plant growth

is retarded and it will be less

healthy. To prevent this happen-

ing we make sure that fresh air

enters the grow room by putting

in an air extractor. This sucks

the CO 2 -depleted air and expels

it outside, causing fresh, CO 2 -

laden air to automatically flow

into the space. In other words,

you do not necessarily need a

pump to blow fresh air back into

you grow space. You can if you

wish, but it is not essential.

The 400w-600w lamp is perfect

for us as it uses relatively little

energy for the amount of canna-

bis it can produce. It is certainly

in a different league than just

switching on a regular light bulb.

There are many types of light and

don’t let yourself get fobbed-off

with anything other than a sodi-

um light. Take the cheapest and

simplest design to begin with.

Air-cooled or water-cooled vari-

eties can better be left for trying

on future crops. A 400w bulb can

deliver 200 grams of bud and a

600w one up to 300 grams. This

is an estimated yield you might

hope for as a beginner. If you

get more, then count yourself

lucky. If you’re good, usually

after a several crops, then you

might hope for 300 grams from

a 400w and 400 grams from a

600w light. Both these power

lamps can illuminate one square

meter very well and give off a

reasonable amount of heat. Bear

this in mind.

Once again, choose the special

cannabis feeds since every plant

food is different and it is best in

the beginning to stick to using

only one feed supplement. By

working straight away with can-

nabis plant food you will get

a better feel for plant nutrition

- and better future crops - than

by starting out with domestic

plant food or suchlike, and then

switching to cannabis plant food

later.

Essential: food for the plants

The added advantage of having

an air extractor is that we can

also remove the typical smell

of the cannabis plants during

blooming, and to make sure that

this does not attract attention

outside we use a carbon filter on

the extractor to remove the smell.

Every extractor has a carbon fil-

ter that fits it precisely. A carbon

filter is a great big tube filled

with carbon. So-called active

carbon has the quality of absorb-

ing the chemicals that cause

odours and neutralising them.

That a carbon filter will not last

an age should be obvious. Once

full, they allow the odours to

roam free once more. A carbon

filter generally does about five

harvests, so lasts about a year

before needing replacement.

you’re just starting out, but just

try without one and see what

kind of problems you get. If

you survive being found out by

the smell from your plantation,

your yield from the plants will

still remain low thanks to the

low CO 2 in the air.

To ensure the fresh air that is

sucked in is evenly dispersed

through your growing space

we will also need one or more

ventilators to provide good air

circulation. By keeping the air

in circulation and constantly

mixing with itself, the ventila-

tor ensures that temperature and

air moisture as well as CO 2 are

evenly spread throughout the

space. Without a ventilator, one

side of your space may be 25

degrees, and the other side 20

degrees. The heat that comes

from the lamps, thanks to the

ventilator, is spread throughout

the space creating an even tem-

perature. An additional benefit

So now we have covered the

most important issues: good

soil, light, seed, ventilation and

air circulation. This is all we

need, or all that we have to

worry about, to grow good can-

nabis. It is not so much and not

very hard. The only drawback

is the capital outlay for your

equipment – an investment of

about 500 euros. Not so expen-

sive, but not exactly cheap either

The lamp in particular and the

vacuum extractor account for

the main part of it.

Via this insight we arrive at

our next purchase: a suction

pump with an active carbon

filter. Cannabis plants need

carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) in order

to grow, which they take out

of the air around them. If you

do not allow fresh supplies of

air to the room they are grow-

ing in, then sooner or later they

are going to use it all up. Once

A good extractor with decent

carbon filters is something you

really cannot afford to be with-

out if you want to grow can-

nabis. It will be one of the

more expensive purchases if

Still want to grow your own

cannabis? Stay tuned.

Growing for Dummies Part 2

Readers who have already got their hands on the previous issue

may already have read what I consider to be the essentials you

need to begin growing cannabis. The first step towards setting

to work growing is therefore getting your hands on these

essentials. Take your time in looking around, compare prices at

various shops on a range of products, composts, seeds, lamps,

and suchlike, before slapping down your wad. Each in its own

time, and make the right choice for yourself. A respectable

grow shop will not try and shove endless potions and gizmos

on you if it’s your first growing experience, so make sure you

advise them of your position.

In this issue we will be looking

a little deeper into general terms

used in growing with some

explanation of words and phras-

es from the growing world.

Why just 12 hours? Because

the plant needs light in order

to develop its buds and make

its THC. The more light, the

more bud growth and THC pro-

duction. The perfect boundary

therefore is 12 hours, so that

the plant can bloom well, while

developing a good, THC-rich

bud with a decent yield as it

does so.

Growing and Blooming

Here you can see clearly the THC crystals on a bud. Pressed

THC crystals are the ingredient for hashish.

The growth of a cannabis plant

depends on the number of hours

of light it gets each day. The

more hours light, the stronger

the plant will grow. The most-

used light period in cannabis

growing is 18 hours light per

day and 6 hours night. This

corresponds to the 21st June,

the longest day of the year, and

a sunny one at that. We kid the

plant that it is the always the

most lovely and longest day of

the year.

Now I can hear you thinking:

‘then I’ll just give the plant

even more light!’ But this will

simply prolong the blooming

period without adding anything

to the size or potency of your

crop. The length of the bloom-

ing period is dependent on the

plant variety and can be any-

where between 5-16 weeks. The

most common varieties though

all bloom after 8-10 weeks.

But you can just as well give

your plants 19 hours, 20 hours

- right up to 24 hours light

per day. With a 24-hour light

period your lamps are burning

continuously, of course. But if

you give the plants less than

18 hours light you increase the

chance that the plant will start

to bloom. Some varieties bloom

when given 15-16 hours light.

Difference between male

and female cannabis plants

and hermaphrodites

This is how you can see them, using a magnifier. The more

glistering the bud, the better the quality.

then banana-shaped pieces

become visible. Out of these

comes pollen that can fertilise

your female plants.

In this way you can determine at

quite an early stage of blooming

which are the males and remove

them to leave more room and

resources for the females to

develop. Hermaphrodites are

double-sexed plants, having

both male and female character-

istics. Within this sort we have

various types. Some hermaph-

rodites are 90% male and 10%

female, others are 90% female

and 10% male, or 50% male-

female. In the case of those that

are 90% female hermaphrodites,

we can still simply remove the

male flowers and in this way

still develop harvestable, unfer-

tilised - and therefore seedless

- buds. The pollen these her-

maphrodites produce will for

the most part produce female

seeds.

The female cannabis plant is

very easy to recognise from her

production of little white hairs.

The first white hairs are found

in the ‘armpits’ of the plant,

where two of them spring from

one pistil. The pistil is the place

on the plant where the leaf

is attached to the main stem

and from where a side branch

sprouts.

At the very beginning of

blooming, the male balls and

the female pistils look similar

because they are only a milli-

metre or so big, but by looking

carefully you will be able to

see that a male ball grows away

from the main stem, hangs on

a thread and multiplies itself

to form several balls. A female

pistil stays firmly close to the

main stem until, at a particular

moment once it is large enough,

the two white hairs emerge. So

if you see in one pistil two

balls growing then the chance

is already large that you are

looking at a male specimen.

Whenever we talk about

“putting the plant into bloom”

we are referring to the prac-

tice of putting the lamps on

a timer set for 12 hours light

and 12 hours night. This is the

optimal period for blooming. If

you give her more hours dark,

then the plant will come in to

bloom more quickly, but the

yield will be less, because you

have convinced her that winter

is just around the corner. This

is sometimes worth doing at the

end of your bloom period to tip

the plants into a ‘harvest-ready’

state a little earlier.

The male plant, by contrast,

makes no white hairs and is

therefore easy to tell from the

female plant. The male plant

has little balls that always

appear in groups that hang off

the plant by a thread. When

these balls pop open after a

lengthy period of blooming,

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