Learning to grow marijuana and filtering the many resources available is the difference between a successful harvest and an average one. Too often growers invest hundreds or thousands of dollars and many hours to grow marijuana plants. Opposite, they do not spend enough time and money learning the best techniques and pitfalls from successful growers. Discussed further in this post are the marijuana resources we use on a regular basis. We recommend you try them out and we guarantee you will have more success on your next grow.
The Cannabis Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to Cultivation & Consumption of Medical Marijuana by Jorge Cervantes
First of all, the Cannabis Encyclopedia is the perfect first step if you are just starting off. Reasonably priced for the information, Jorge Cervantes second book on growing Cannabis has all your basic questions answered and more. For less than half the price of a textbook, this marijuana resource will help you grow excellent bud forever. At anytime during the grow season you can pick up the book and diagnose your plant and make the next best move. Pests in the Garden? No problem. Learn to grow from seeds? That’s included. The one book you should own is hands down The Cannabis Encyclopedia by Jorge Cervantes.
CannaInsider: Interviews with the Leaders of The Legal Cannabis – Marijuana Industry
Podcasts are wonderful and if you want to learn more about the industry, Mathew Kine has an excellent show. Each week on the CannaInsider Mathew Kine interviews leaders in the Marijuana Industry for a 40-60 minute episode. Interviewees include expert growers, product inventors, legal experts and other leaders from all sectors of the industry. Each episode will give you a detailed viewpoint of an emerging market in the industry. One of my favorite episodes is with Mark Williams, the inventor of the FireFly and FireFly 2 Vaporizer. If you want to learn more about soil, Michael Beck from Royal Gold discusses optimal growing mediums and common grow mistakes everyone makes. A recent episode featured Nick Hice from Denver Relief talk general plant process and care. You can pick and choose, but as far as marijuana resources go, I think every show is great.
YouTube: Search Marijuana, Cannabis, Cannabinoids, Terpenes, Oil, Wax, Growing – You Name It
YouTube is among the best marijuana resources available allowing the research of How-To and specific videos on every topic. Instead of your next Netflix show binge, try a binge on Growing Marijuana Videos. It is easy to get lost and can be a lot of fun learning new tips and tricks to grow healthier larger yielding plants. The more specific you are, the more detail you can get. Recently I learned all about Terpenes and the Endocannabinoid System and how these play a role with cancer and pain via Mara Gordon.
Try these popular searches next time your looking for some guidance or become curious;
- When should I re-pot marijuana plants
- Best soil for marijuana
- How to make a garden bed
- Harvesting marijuana 101
- Marijuana growing hydroponics
- Marijuana garden pest control
Balance Blog: Growing Advice, Marijuana Resources
We are actively spoon-filling our own advice and taking in all this information ourselves. When we find a good topic that applies to the many patients and customers we talk to, we want to share that information with everyone. We have topics ranging from lights, transplanting, outdoor growing, clones and many more relevant topics. Our focus lies most in organic outdoor growing in Southern California, but many topics can be applied to your specific grow. Check out our Growing Advice Blog and I bet we have some information to help you with your next grow.
Online Forums: Rollitup, GrassCity, THCTalk, THCFarmer
Forums are a very great way to gather information from other growers. Forums gather topics and users and share information with one another. Anyone can respond and their articles are found easily with a simple google search of your descriptive topic. Most good forums have great moderators making sure users stay on topic and keep the focus on positive feedback. You can post questions, or reply to questions sharing your own experience or advice. One important general rule however, before you make a new posts is to search before you posts. This keeps topics from repeating and focus on new and unique conversations.
Marijuana News: Local News, National News, Periodicals, Newsletters
Many more marijuana resources are available free of charge online providing no excuse to be up to date with current events. In our changing political landscape, Marijuana is in the news more the ever. On the cusp of legalization, and a war on drugs looming on the other side, everyone’s eyes are on the potential for this billion dollar industry. Every week I am on the website HighTimes.com which shares popular marijuana news and tips on growing marijuana for beginners. I visit stopthedrugwar.com monthly to learn about legal landscape shifts and what congress in all states are talking about regarding marijuana laws. A new trick I started using weekly is to type in my local news website in search, then add “marijuana news”.
Keep checking our blog for more growing advice and marijuana resources, cheers!