Cloning Your Medical Marijuana Plants

That’s right!  I’m going to cover cloning, step-by-step, for all you medical marijuana caregivers out there.  It’s really not too complicated.  Hopefully, you already have an established plant to take a clipping from or a trusty caregiving friend that will let you clone from their mother plant.  Remember, you can clone any time in during the vegetative stage.  You could cut clones like crazy, if you wanted to.  Just remember, every cut you make on your marijuana plant causes stress.  So, I wouldn’t recommend getting too wild.  Don’t cut too much right before flowering either.  It would be best to take a few clones off of the bottom of each strain of cannabis that you have.

Cloning Marijuana

• Get a bowl of water.
• Adjust the pH in the water to 5.5.
• Put a few drops of SuperThrive in the water (Advanced Nutrients has Organic B, which is similar, never used it though).  

Water & Nutrients in your Marijuana Hydroponic Setup

Water & Nutrients in Hydroponics

Obviously, your water is extremely important when you are using hydroponics.  This makes sense, right?  Water is the medium you are using to grow your medical marijuana in.

You’ll want to keep your water topped off.  Some growers like to add their nutrients when they do this, but you don’t have to.  Yet, it might be easier for you to remember.  You’ll want to change your nutrient solution every two weeks.  It’s helpful to do this but not absolutely necessary.  You can go 2-3 months with only adding water and checking the pH.  However, the more often you do this, the less chance of error you’ll have in producing healthy marijuana.  When you change your nutrient solution, discard the old solution.

Wash and rinse the reservoir your marijuana plants are in.  Also, clean the pumps, air stones, tubing and other equipment with hot water.  Take the pump off of the reservoir.  Put the tube on it.  Run it to a drain, sink or outside and turn the pump on.  After cleaning, wipe things down.  Add fresh water and then your nutrient solution (if you’ve decided on adding it at this juncture).  

Marijuana Grow Room Checklist

Weekly Grow Room Checklist

I can’t stress how important it is to keep a checklist!  Every marijuana grower should have a checklist.  You will only spend about 10 minutes per day on this, and it will provide you with productive growth.  This is probably the simplest thing you can do to ensure a successful grow outcome.  You’ll be able to see what you are giving your plants and how they are reacting.  You can determine what is working well for your marijuana plants, as well as problem areas.  Well, some of you are probably thinking, “I hate writing things down!  I don’t even know what I should be writing down, anyway.”  Well, I’m here to tell you exactly what you should write down!  If you absolutely hate writing with a passion, pull out your laptop, smartphone or tablet and keep an electronic log.  If you go this route, just make sure you keep it safe.  My point is, there’s absolutely no excuse to not keep a checklist.  If you don’t mind writing (remember it’s only maybe 10 minutes a day), get a composition book and record the following data:  

Important Aspects of Growing Medical Marijuana

Let’s just quickly go over some points, we’ve discussed so far on growing your medical marijuana plants.  Then, we’ll move on to bigger and better grow info.

• Rotate your plants every day or so.  This will promote even growth and foliage.
• Double your yield with good light distribution and rotation.
• Keep your plants spaced as far apart as possible.
• You’ll want to use some kind of reflector.  A reflective hood would be a good choice.  Some reflect better than others.  You can double your grow area with a good reflector.  A good hood can be close without burning your marijuana plants.
• As far as lighting, HPS through both vegetative and flowering stages is okay.  MH through both is okay.  MH for the vegetative stage and HPS for the flowering stage is very good.  MH and HPS through both stages is the best.  You’ll want to be heavier on the blue (~60/40) for the vegetative stage and heavier on red/orange (~60/40) for the flowering stage.  

Essential Nutrients for Growing Medical Marijuana

Proper nutrients are one of the most important components of a successful, productive medical marijuana grow.  You’ll get the nutrients to your plants through your water.  You need to have a reliable, clean source of water, which will be discussed later.  You’ll also need the required nutrients to help your plants grow and thrive.  Here, we will cover the basics of cannabis nutrition.

Nutrients for your Medical Marijuana

Choosing the right nutrient combination for your cannabis is key.