Are you thinking about growing marijuana, but you don’t know whether to grow it indoors or wait to grow it outdoors?
In this article, we are going to talk to you about the benefits of indoor cultivation for marijuana. We are going to contribute our experience and that of our growers. We hope to help you make the decision that suits you best.
What is an indoor or indoor crop?
We refer to the cultivation of marijuana that is carried out inside a room, closet or closed area, enabled for the development of a plant or also for a plantation, from germination, until the end of flowering.
Another characteristic of indoor crops for marijuana are LED lamps or spotlights, which allow us to adjust the light that the plant needs for its growth stage, until flowering.
Many growers decide on the indoor option, because you can have a harvest every 3 months and throughout the year. Which translates into greater production and continuously.
When we grow outdoors, we need the plant to have more than 12 hours of light during the growth phase, this occurs during the spring-summer season, then with the arrival of autumn-winter, the number of hours of light is reduced to day, and the plant takes it as a warning to start flowering.
Outdoor planting usually lasts 6 months, except autoflowering, while indoors we can speed up the process and speed up its development.
With indoor cultivation, we are not dependent on seasonal changes and can grow at any time. We just have to automate the hours of light with the timer and water marijuana plants, either manually or through a water pump and drip system.
Other important factors to take into account in an indoor crop are humidity, ventilation and temperature, if we exceed or lack any of them we will put the health of our plant at risk, and as a consequence its performance.
In the line of the equator, the temperatures usually vary little during the change of seasons and the hours of light are usually more constant, however, in the rest of the areas or places the temperatures are more variable and growing outdoors is not viable unless you have a greenhouse to control environmental variables.
Outdoor harvests are reduced to 1 a year and indoors we can get a maximum of 4 harvests, the difference is important.
Benefits of using indoor cultivation
We all know that cannabis cultivation can be done in different ways. But in this article we are going to focus on the benefits of using marijuana indoors, especially in grow cabinets. Also called indoor cultivation, it is increasingly widespread worldwide. And it is that grow cabinets are the best option for both novice and experienced growers.
Below we name the main benefits of setting up a marijuana interior:
- Greater production at the end of the year and on a regular basis. The crop is standardized, achieving similar results in each cycle, regardless of the time of year or weather conditions.
- It is more discreet than abroad, in some countries self-cultivation is allowed or decriminalized, as is the case in Spain, but with limitations, for that reason it is a preferential option.
- Less prone to insect pests or climatic changes that make the plant suffer or lose the harvest.
- We have control of the crop and year after year we will improve the technique, better control the variables and turn you into a professional grower.
- They can’t steal your crop so easily.
A well-equipped marijuana cabinet with an indoor growing kit is essential to get the best conditions and obtain a good harvest. With all this equipment, we guarantee to obtain the best harvest and of the highest quality.
Indoor Growing Defects
Indoor cultivation is more entertaining than outdoor cultivation and therefore we need to learn and spend more time.
- By controlling all the variables you will have to spend more time on it, until you have enough experience.
- If we do not use renewable energy such as solar panels, the cost of electricity will be higher and therefore the environmental impact more negative.
- Outdoor plants are larger, because much of the necessary moisture and nutrients are supplied and replenished by nature itself. Plus it has all the space it needs and sunlight it needs to thrive.
- It is more expensive, at the beginning the investment in materials is higher, then with the passage of time, that investment is recovered.
Types of Marijuana Cabinets
There are a large number of types of marijuana grow cabinets, each with different equipment for cultivation, but they cover all the most specific needs of both the plant and the grower himself.
These indoor grow cabinets are nothing more than a perfect space in a house for growing and self-supplying cannabis. A vast majority of cabinets for the cultivation of marijuana have a metal structure, covered with a black canvas on the outside and with a reflective surface on the inside.
By having their own equipment, grow cabinets offer better conditions of ventilation, humidity, lighting, temperature so that your harvest is of great quality. The most standardized measures are: 80x80x16, 100x100x200, 120x120x200.
All these conditions will mean that we only have to worry about irrigation, fertilization and phytosanitary treatments for cannabis. Grow cabinets recreate the environmental conditions necessary for the growth of all kinds of plants. The most important feature of grow cabinets is versatility, being able to organize your space to suit the grower.
Benefits of using indoor cabinets
One of the most important benefits is that the grow cabinets will allow us to harvest cannabis at any time of the year, without giving importance to the outside climate. What the cabinet achieves is that our harvest is kept at a stable and favorable temperature and enjoy all the advantages of a privileged environment and away from diseases and pest outbreaks.
And to finish, it should be noted that indoor cultivation gives us total discretion for the cultivation of our plant.
The use of grow tents for self-supply at home is becoming more and more fashionable. The cultivation facilities they provide mean that anyone can have medicinal cannabis at home for their own consumption. The versatile structure of these cabinets allows us to make better use of space at home.
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