For the last two years, D. Gold has taught the free Sunday Afternoon Grow Class at Harborside Health Center in Oakland. The class starts at 2:00 every Sunday and goes until 6:00. Over a thousand patients have attended the classes, which are always free.
The classes emphasize the need for simplicity when beginning; more complicated high-tech enhancements are best added after initial success. The beginner’s course is designed to be as simple as possible, yet contain the necessary nutrients and additives to grow high-quality medicine the first time out, with the highest chances for success. Very soon, an instructional video of the entire process will appear here. It’s highly recommended that those with the capacity to do so attend the Sunday Afternoon Grow Classes. Specific questions relating to this growing method can be directed to D. Gold in the member’s forum / blog. Comments, tips, and other input by master growers is always appreciated.
A Simple Method for Organic Growing – indoors and out
Buy:
1. 5 gallon buckets @ Home Depot
2. #14 round plant saucers (if necessary to protect floor)
3. 1 gallon flower pots @ Home Depot
4. Foxfarm Ocean Forest Organic Potting Soil
5. Foxfarm Big Bloom Organic Fertilizer
6. Botanicare Pure Blend Pro Gro
7. General Hydro Subculture B + Subculture M
8. Ph Test Kit or pH meter 9.PH Down (or use lemon juice) and pH up
10. Moisture Meter
11. Mosquito dunks
12. GH Floralicious Plus
13. Rolling plant scooters (Wal-Mart / Home Depot / OSH)
14. Jorge Cervantes Medical Growers Bible
15. (2) large trash cans
16. Double fish tank pump, tubing, bubblestones (Wal-Mart)
17. Neem oil (Einstein Oil)
18. Botanicare Sweet
19. Hi – Lo Thermometer and hygrometer
Prepare Soil:
Mix one bag Foxfarm Ocean Forest, 2 tsp. Subculture B + M (even mix). Use for both 1 gallon and 5 gallon pots. Don’t pack but fill pots to top.
Prepare Water (if using tap water within acceptable TDS limits):
Bubble air thru trash can full of water for at least 2 days. Better yet, use R.O. or Spring water.
Adjust ph of water to 6.3. Put half of a mosquito dunk in can.
Grow plants in 1 gallon pots until root mass fills the pot and a number of roots protrude from the root ball. Don’t let go until roots circle the pot and become rootbound. (1 – 3 weeks for clones).
Saturate soil with pure aerated water and let drain well. Use Pure Blend Pro Gro (sparingly) if any deficiency is noticed in the first 3 weeks.
First Watering:
Mix aerated water, Foxfarm Big Bloom @ 1 oz /gallon, Subculture @ 1/4 tsp./ gallon, 1/4 tsp. floralicious / gallon. Adjust pH to 6.3 after mixing.
Prepare Home Depot buckets by drilling 5 big holes in bottom and filling with soil mix. Do not pack. After transplant, water every time with Big Bloom @ 75% of recommended every-time concentration, ¼ tsp. Floralicious / gallon, 1/4 tsp. Subculture / gallon. Keep pH @ 6.3. Flush monthly with 10 – 15 gallons pH adjusted water.
Flush with pure water for last two weeks before harvest. Grow indoors or out. Induce flowering via photoperiod control. If growing large outdoor plants, an additional transplant is needed into a much bigger container (or amended hole).
This is a simple recipe for growing healthy cannabis plants both indoors or out. Once one is comfortable with this basic recipe for success, many refinements and enhancements can be added. Section coming soon on setting up an indoor grow room.
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Sunday, August 23, 2009
D. Gold Cal 6-Pak
California law allows each patient to grow six mature plants anywhere in California. The law says that individual cities and counties may pass legislation to allow more, but no locality can pass a limit that is lower than the statewide standard. Here we will cover what I consider to be one of the easiest, least-expensive, and most sure-fire ways to grow a substantial quantity of high-quality meds indoors.
This is the method I have taught in the Sunday grow class at Harborside Health Center, and hundreds of growers have used this simple method to provide themselves and other patients with their necessary medications. We have strived to keep everything as simple and foolproof as possible, yet to still provide all the conditions necessary to produce top-quality medicinal cannabis.
As I say often in the class, spending more money on more complicated equipment in the beginning does not necessarily make the growing easier, or success more likely. In many cases, a complicated high-tech rig with all the bells and whistles may be too difficult for a novice to handle correctly. What is absolutely necessary to successfully grow good cannabis is to maintain the proper conditions and parameters in the grow space. There aren’t many of these factors, and they are easily monitored and regulated. They are: 1) temperature, 2) humidity, 3) light, 4) feeding, 5) pest and mold control.
Temperature. I was recently told by a grower of some wonderful GDP that he believes the ideal temperature for the grow room to be 73 degrees. Sounds right to me! I would put the range at between 60 and 80 degrees for high quality cannabis production with none of the problems that come from a temperature that is too high or too low. If the temperature occasionally goes above 80 but not above 85, that is usually okay. If it stays above 80 all the time, it is best to take steps to lower it.
Humidity. Right around 50% or 55% seems to be ideal. Worry a bit (and take mold prevention procedures) if it stays at 60% or more. If it is staying around 65%, do something fast.
Light. When growing indoors, it is almost always necessary to use a high-powered HID light made especially for the task and available from the grow store. Some growers are actually having some success with compact fluorescents, but on a very limited level (see See More Buds book).
Feeding. By providing the plants with the proper nutrients and growing them in the right organic potting soil, one can expect high-quality medicinal cannabis if all the other factors are met.
Pest and mold control. If all the above factors are accounted for, and pests are kept at bay or eliminated, good results can be expected.
Coming soon here: Building the ideal 6 plant indoor room and growing the ideal 6 plant outdoor garden. Stay tuned!
This is the method I have taught in the Sunday grow class at Harborside Health Center, and hundreds of growers have used this simple method to provide themselves and other patients with their necessary medications. We have strived to keep everything as simple and foolproof as possible, yet to still provide all the conditions necessary to produce top-quality medicinal cannabis.
As I say often in the class, spending more money on more complicated equipment in the beginning does not necessarily make the growing easier, or success more likely. In many cases, a complicated high-tech rig with all the bells and whistles may be too difficult for a novice to handle correctly. What is absolutely necessary to successfully grow good cannabis is to maintain the proper conditions and parameters in the grow space. There aren’t many of these factors, and they are easily monitored and regulated. They are: 1) temperature, 2) humidity, 3) light, 4) feeding, 5) pest and mold control.
Temperature. I was recently told by a grower of some wonderful GDP that he believes the ideal temperature for the grow room to be 73 degrees. Sounds right to me! I would put the range at between 60 and 80 degrees for high quality cannabis production with none of the problems that come from a temperature that is too high or too low. If the temperature occasionally goes above 80 but not above 85, that is usually okay. If it stays above 80 all the time, it is best to take steps to lower it.
Humidity. Right around 50% or 55% seems to be ideal. Worry a bit (and take mold prevention procedures) if it stays at 60% or more. If it is staying around 65%, do something fast.
Light. When growing indoors, it is almost always necessary to use a high-powered HID light made especially for the task and available from the grow store. Some growers are actually having some success with compact fluorescents, but on a very limited level (see See More Buds book).
Feeding. By providing the plants with the proper nutrients and growing them in the right organic potting soil, one can expect high-quality medicinal cannabis if all the other factors are met.
Pest and mold control. If all the above factors are accounted for, and pests are kept at bay or eliminated, good results can be expected.
Coming soon here: Building the ideal 6 plant indoor room and growing the ideal 6 plant outdoor garden. Stay tuned!
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