If you’re trying to begin growing weed, here are a few facts I learned in the school of hard knocks. Someone new to growing weed can sometimes be overwhelmed by all the options they have for plant nutrients and additives. In the end you will find they are mostly all the same.
Stick with nutrients that work
When you’re growing weed and you use bottled nutrients, find a line that is reasonably priced and stick with it. Switching to the newest, fanciest brand will not increase your yields or quality. On the other hand, dialing in one chosen nutrient line will increase your yield. Of course, when you begin growing weed, knowing what nutrient line works with your weed strain choice is also crucial. Follow the label on the nutrient bottle at first and experiment with your weed strain to see if it does better with higher or lower nutrient levels. Remember, growing weed is a REAL science, which inevitably involves some trial and error (hopefully less of the latter).
Develop a baseline
Once you feel you have reached the sweet spot and developed a baseline for plant and bud growth over a few grows, start looking for additives to start growing weed faster. There are a lot out there. Just be weary of the expensive ones in fancy bottles. Test them out and see if you notice and improvement in growth or quality of the weed you’re growing.
In the end, if you are growing weed for personal use, you are probably more concerned with high quality than high yield. You will find that the full potential of the weed strains’ flavor and aroma will come from using less nutrient and additives, not more. Over fertilization masks the flavor of your cannabis when burned. That is why when you’re growing weed, you shouldn’t feed the plants in the last two weeks of their cycle. This is recommended by pretty much everyone (who knows what they’re talking about, bro science beware!)
Growing weed quality vs quantity
Over feeding your marijuana plants can slow vegetative growth or inhibit bud development, but either way, it will leave your wallet lighter than it should be (so can marrying the wrong person). The good news? If you can grow the finest burning and best tasting cannabis of all you friends, you might just find you get some of the best yields too. Consider it a win-win.
