Growing Marijuana in Rockwool Summary The starting point for cultivating cannabis is successful climate control. This goes two ways: the plants do well and produce the greatest possible yield, and…

Growing Marijuana in Rockwool Plagues and Pests The most frequently occuring plague in cannabis cultivation is spider mite. A spider mite isn’t an insect, as many people think, but actually…

Growing Marijuana in Rockwool Diseases An easily preventable form of disease is deficiency- or deprivation illness. The plants lack some necessary ingredient in their feeding. A shortage of iron produces…

Growing Marijuana in Rockwool Diseases, Pests, and Plagues Plants are living material. They’ll stay healthy if we make sure all the climatological conditions are right. We’ve already stated earlier that…

Growing Marijuana in Rockwool Setting up the garden again After the harvest, you must make sure you can literally start the following growth with a clean slate. First remove all…

Growing Marijuana in Rockwool Skuff We’ll talk about ‘skuff’. This is the sifting of dried tops. When you sift your dried harvest first through a rough, then through a fine…

Growing Marijuana in Rockwool Harvesting and Drying In this book, we assume you’ve raised female cannabis plants from clones. When you’ve sprouted male as well as female plants, there will…

Growing Marijuana in Rockwool The generative phase After one week at maximum, we will shorten the illumination time, and adapt the irrigation schedule accordingly. We keep giving water 6 times…

Growing Marijuana in Rockwool The vegetative phase In this phase, the plants are illuminated 18 hours per day, and kept in darkness 6 hours per day. If all aspects are…

Growing Marijuana in Rockwool Cloning hemp Cloning hemp is a cheap, quick way to get plants. The average gardener has taken cuttings from his/her house plants at one time or…

Growing Marijuana in Rockwool Growing Cannabis In the previous chapter, we’ve told you what equipment you need to grow hemp. Furthermore you’ve been initiated into the secrets of good climate…

Growing Marijuana in Rockwool The irrigation system We do everything we can to promote plant growth. We provide optimal lighting and sufficient CO2. As a third component, regular irrigation is…

Growing Marijuana in Rockwool Water quality It probably goes without saying, but the water you use must be as clean as possible. For plants, however, ‘clean’ is a relative concept.…

Growing Marijuana in Rockwool Water With the short description of plant physiology, we already looked into the function of water in plants. Water has three functions: it is a building…

Growing Marijuana in Rockwool Temperature The high-pressure gas lamps we use for cultivation cause a considerable amount of heat in our closed-off grow space. This heat can be damaging to…