Weed in Canada is legal now. In Ontario, that means you can grow up to 4 cannabis plants per household (landlord permitting). There is no height restriction on these plants or storage limit. This is exciting news, especially if you’ve always been a bit of a closet stoner. Not only is it legal to carry your cannabis around and smoke it in public, but now, you can actually grow your own cannabis at home! Now that you’ve decided on taking the plunge, you need to choose a setup.

HARVESTING AND CURING

After harvesting (by removing the buds and the leaves curling around them), you will need to cure the buds in a way that makes it smoke able (and enjoyable). After drying the plant matter by hanging it upside down in a cool, dry room for days at a time, store the dried plant matter in clean glass jars, closing the lid tightly. Leave some extra room in the jars because the extra air will be helpful in the curing process.

START SMALL TO BEGIN

When people are first looking at growing their own marijuana plant for the first time, they generally end up reading about how to set up a big, successful operation. While success is certainly something you should be looking for, the fact is, that growing marijuana for only yourself does not need to be a huge endeavor. Why not start out with just 1-4 plants?

THE ROCKWOOL METHOD

You just need to trim the healthy cuttings from healthy plants. Make sure to clip off most of the leaves, but leave the top ones intact. Dip each of the cuttings in rooting gel or powder and then place it in a Rockwool cube and place it under a CFL light.

The ideal temperature is around 22-24*C and the humidity should be over 90%. The roots should start showing up in about 8-12 days.

Make sure to soak the rock wool cubes in pH 5.5 water for a few hours. We sell rockwool cubes and absorbent on our Online Store