Common Cannabis Growing Problems

Starting a cannabis garden is now easier than ever, with an array of products to make sure your plants thrive from seed to harvest. More states are legalizing cannabis for medical, recreational, and cultivation use which allows many gardeners to take advantage of this growing trend.

Growing cannabis can be super simple as long as you take the time to carefully plan and research how to successfully grow cannabis. Seedbanks have become a force to be reckoned with providing hundreds of strains and resources to help cannabis growers reach their full potential.

Your garden can be limitless as long as you care for your plants appropriately. Many first-time growers can face multiple problems occurring at the same time and for long periods if you're not actively taking steps to minimize your problems when they first appear. Even experienced growers lose crops, and experience problems throughout their grow so don't feel discouraged instead research and note how to fix these problems.

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Common problems in the vegetative growth cycle

1. Light burn - your lights must remain a specific distance away from your canopy or you can cause a light burn that can affect the entire life of the plant if not properly monitored.

2. Nutrient Deficiencies - maintaining a measured feeding cycle is vital if your plant receives too little or too much of certain nutrients it can potentially affect your flower yield and health of the plant.

3. Bugs - can rapidly take over gardens its important to know exactly how your growing environment will affect your ability to control and minimize bugs in your garden.

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Common Nutrient Deficiencies

Nitrogen

Potassium

Phosphorus

Growing Environment

All growing environments need all the same basic elements in order to grow your flowers to their highest potential. Doing your research before even purchasing your seeds is the best starting point and more successful than diving right in. Flowers can be grown indoor, outdoor, or in a greenhouse. Knowing what growing environment is optimal for the specific strain you choose is more successful than growing what you want how you want. There is plenty of genetics out there that don't have a specific growing environment and are better suited for beginning growers.

If you choose to grow indoors you need to consider your lighting, ventilation, growing medium, and a growing area that's either a room, closet, tent, etc. Choosing to grow outdoors also comes with things to consider like your growing zone, temperatures, frost dates, and where you choose to grow outside as growing cannabis is not legal in all states. Choosing strains with low odor during flowering as well as smaller growing strains are optimal for outdoor growing if your choosing to keep things hush growing plants that do well around cannabis can give you a way to shade your cannabis from onlookers.

Greenhouse growing gives outdoor cannabis growers a way to better control the elements that your flowers are growing in and can deter pests, unwanted eyes, shield from rain, and keep your plants from unwanted cooler temperatures as the growing season transitions into fall. The most monitored aspect of growing inside of a greenhouse is making sure your plants don't get overheated or too dry as that can happen quickly during the summer months of July thru August in hotter climates.

Indoor growing is ideal for beginners because you can control every aspect of growing cannabis a key skill you'll have for growing your first crop and making it through all growing stages with minimal to no issues. Outdoor growing is suited more for those in legal states and a bit more experience with common cannabis problems. Greenhouse growing is best suited for intermediate growers who want to branch out from indoor growing but don't want their plants exposed to all the elements and conditions of outdoor growing.

All in all growing your own potent flowers can be an absolute breeze with proper planning and research. Be sure to obtain your research from reputable sources. Asking a friend how they grow may or may not be the advice you need. It's important to find a growing style that best works for your time and schedule. Cannabis may produce flowers but are completely different from growing beautiful daisies or sunflowers and require more attention to detail.

Seeking advice from blogs, articles, and professional cannabis growers all aid in the knowledge you'll need at some point during your growing cycle whether it be your first grow or a strain you don't have much experience with. Keeping a grow journal can put you on a path to having successful crops more frequently. documenting any changes that affect your plant and what you did to solve the problem may help you down the line when you just can't seem to figure out what's going on with your plant. Staying active in a cannabis community can also help develop more advanced skills that you may not otherwise be able to find by just researching.

We recommend growdiaries.com for keeping up with your plants if you are not the best at keeping a grow journal. On grow diaries you can remain completely anonymous while still sharing the plants that you have put so much time, money, and effort into keeping alive. After creating your profile you can start diaries for one or multiple plants with all potential variables available to add into each diary every day or at your leisure including pictures that allow you to track your progress from seed to harvest. Grow diaries is equipped with a growing community that you can build or simply just ask questions and admire other grower's work.

So, are you ready to get started?