Best Advice to a Newbie Cannabis Grower

[grouchyoldman]

I was recently asked by a first time grower friend, what were the most important things she should know. That is a really great question.

And I don't pretend to have THE Answer, but I have my answer and I thought I'd drop it on this elite community and ask for your suggestions.

So, "What are the most important things a new cannabis grower needs to know?"

Here's my answer:
The biggest mistake I have seen new growers make is trying too many things at once. New tent, new lights, new soil & nutes and a half dozen exotic strains, on their first grow. Recipe for disaster.

Minimize the variables and adjust them one at a time.

Get a dozen or so sister seeds of a well known and stable strain and grow them out one or two plants at a time. Apply what you learn from each grow and tweak the variables (nutes, lights, watering…) to avoid the previous problems. Go slow. Pay attention. Keep a notebook so you can remember the when and how of your grows.

Refine your technique until you can grow that one strain really well. You’ll know what works and what doesn’t, what you like and don’t about the specific strain you are now intimately familiar with. Take that knowledge and run with it. You are no longer a newb.

Welcome to our addiction: Growing.

Jus my $0.02
-Grouchy

[growell]

Enviroment is one of the main ones and having all the gear before you start then make the mistakes cause you will and just keep going mate

[Cali]

Stay away from hydro shops. Mix your own soil. Re use it. Learn how to water the soil properly. One plant at a time.

[Ckbrew]

My first grow I did not try to produce a crop, I tried to learn how to do it. Not being concerned with the outcome gives you freedom to experiment and learn with out any pressure.