Rooting Hormones
Marijuana Grow Basics by Jorge Cervantes Rooting Hormones Rooting hormones help initiate roots and are available in liquid, gel, or powder form. Use only products that are approved for human…
Rooting Mediums
Marijuana Grow Basics by Jorge Cervantes Rooting Mediums Set cut stems in rockwool, Jiffy (peat), Oasis root cubes, or fine soilless mix. All cubes are convenient and easy to transplant.…
Get Ready to Take Clones
Marijuana Grow Basics by Jorge Cervantes Get Ready to Take Clones Clones go through an enormous transformation when they change from a severed growing tip to a rooted plant, their…
Mother Plants
Marijuana Grow Basics by Jorge Cervantes Mother Plants Any plant can be cloned, regardless of age or growth stage. Take clones from mother plants that are at least two months…
Clones and Mother Plants
Marijuana Grow Basics by Jorge Cervantes Clones and Mother Plants Making clones is the most efficient and productive means of cannabis propagation for most growers. A clone is a branch…
Intersex and Hermaphrodite Flowers
Marijuana Grow Basics by Jorge Cervantes Intersex and Hermaphrodite Flowers Intersex or hermaphrodite flowers may occur, sometimes near the end of the blooming cycle, though occasionally they appear earlier. Plants…
Sinsemilla Flowering
Marijuana Grow Basics by Jorge Cervantes Sinsemilla Flowering Sinsemilla is derived from two Spanish words: “sin” = without and “semilla” = seed. Sinsemilla is the word that describes flowering female…
Female Flowering
Marijuana Grow Basics by Jorge Cervantes Female Flowering Female cannabis is prized for heavy, potent resin production and weighty flower yield. ideal female plants grow squat and bushy with branches…
Male Flowering
Marijuana Grow Basics by Jorge Cervantes Male Flowering When given a 12/12 day/night photoperiod, male cannabis reaches maturity and flowers one to two weeks before females. However, plants do not…
Flowering
Marijuana Grow Basics by Jorge Cervantes Flowering Cannabis is an annual plant that normally produces seeds to successfully complete its life cycle. Marijuana is a dioecious plant, being either male…
Female Pre-Flowering
Marijuana Grow Basics by Jorge Cervantes Female Pre-Flowering Female calyx formation initiates about the fourth week of vegetative grwth when they developed female pre-flowers. The appearance of pre-flowers does not…
Male Pre-Flowering
Marijuana Grow Basics by Jorge Cervantes Male Pre-Flowering Male pre-flowers are normally visible when plants are six to eight weeks old, after the fourth week of vegetative growth. The pre-flowers…
Pre-Flowering
Marijuana Grow Basics by Jorge Cervantes Pre-Flowering Marijuana is a dioecious plant, being either male or female. however, intersex (aka hermaphrodite or bisexual) plants with both male and female flowers…
When to Induce Flowering
Marijuana Grow Basics by Jorge Cervantes When to Induce Flowering After four to five weeks of vegetative growth, plants grow early male or female pre-flowers. Once these pre-flowers appear, plants…
Vegetative Growth
Marijuana Grow Basics by Jorge Cervantes Vegetative Growth Cannabis enters the vegetative growth stage after four to six weeks of seedling growth. Vegetative growth is maintained in most strains with…