LED Growing Guide

LED Growing Guide and Tips

Over the next few weeks we will be publishing articles to answer growers questions that keep coming up about the “other” (non-lighting) areas and issues on growing plants.  Our objective is to offer a full LED growing guide and address media, nutrition, water, ventilation, security and any other subjects that you are wondering about.  Sign up for updates to stay up to date on our progress.

That said, the core subject we want to address for growers is …..what is the best grow lighting for your plants.

We STRONGLY answer that with “good LED Grow lights”!!!  We have researched and tested and the best thing on the market for success in lighting your plants is LED.  There are reasons some people pick other lighting, so in this article we will outline the other options so you can make your own informed decision on the right answer for you.

Growing great marijuana plants requires a basic knowledge of 7 subjects and the wisdom and will to do it the right way.  Do it right, because the cost and frustration of spending money and time in a grow project that fails, or produces an inferior product, is hard to recover from!!  Below is an outline of the seven important areas to manage and the articles we publish in this section will give you the knowledge you need to do it right.

  • Here is a general checklist of key areas to manage:
  1. Seed choices and plant management–
  • Strains of Cannabis
  • Plant life cycle
  • Train & trim – screens and sea of green
  • Harvest, Dry, Cure
  1.   Growing Medium – the foundation….or the problem
  • Soil and Soilless mixes – Coco, LECA, and perlite
  • Coco (Coconut husk) Medium – the best choice for ph and nutrition
  • Hydroponic systems
  1.  Nutrients – N + P + K + Micronutrients
  • Seedling formula and considerations
  • Grow and Bloom formula and considerations
  • Bloom formula and considerations
  • Maintaining chemistry
  1.  Water – not your tap water
  • PH is key
  • EC/PPM
  • Drainage
  1.  Lighting the right way, at the right time
  • Spectrum and intensity basics
  • Plant light needs by growth cycle
  • Why good LED is the right choice
  • Led setup and management
  1.   Air – the right air
  • Ventilation and circulation
  • Maintaining Temperature, Humidity and Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Enrichment
  • Odor and filtering
  1.  Grow Rooms
  • The right size and shape for your outcomes
  • Grow tents and small and large grow rooms
  • Controling pests and organisms
  • Security – detection, alarms, signatures and smell

In Summary –

1. Do the research

2. Know what you want to accomplish – size and product

3. Pick the right place, supplies and equipment for that plan

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