Thinking of growing my own marijuana, any advice?

This article was originally published on the Marijuana Patients Organization site on October 11, 2011.

I’m thinking about starting a garden in my free time. This will be my very first grow. Any advice as far as grow method? (soil, hydro, ect.)

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  1. I would highly recommend soil for a 1st grow. Once you gain a solid understanding of the plant and its needs, it will be much easier to experiment with other more sensitive methods to see which you prefer.

  2. Marijuana Strains

    There are two basic marijuana types, Indica and Sativa. The indica dominant strains are sedating, work as a muscle relaxant and works well for acute pain. Indica dominant strains also increase appetite and reduce nausea. Indicas increase dopamine levels. Sativa dominant strains are more activating and help with anxiety disorders and depression, as well as work to combat chronic pain. Sativa strains also improve focus and promote creativity. Sativas increase serotonin levels.

    INDICA
    DEVELOPED VARIETIES
    Afghani #1
    Bella ciao
    Butterscotch Hawaiian
    Early Girl
    Kush
    Lightstorm
    Mango
    Mazar
    Northern Lights #1
    Oasis (Northern Lights #2)
    Manghani (A very resinous Mango x Afghan)
    Southern Daze
    Millennium Bud
    Mongolian
    Mother of Mercy*
    Romulan
    Alaskan Thunderfuck
    Mad Shad
    Sour Bubble (ahx1)
    Superglue (SeediSm.nl)
    Taste Bud (SeediSm.nl)
    A flowering OG Kush plant. … Lightstorm is a 100% indica strain, known mostly for its deep purple color. … Northern Lights is one of the most famous strains of Cannabis indica ever to have been bred. …

    LANDRACE (PURE) VARIETIES
    Afghani (Lowland, Highland – Afghan kush)
    Arab
    Chinese
    Iranian
    Lebanese
    Moroccan (Kif)
    North Indian
    New Zealand Sativa
    Pakistani
    Tajikistani
    Turkish
    Uzbekistani
    Afghan Kush is an expensive variety of cannabis with prices at around $5,000 per pound. …

    SATIVA

    DEVELOPED VARIETIES
    Appl
    Bambata (tikiseedbank)
    Big Mother Sativa
    Haze
    Kali Mist
    Koon Sucker
    Silver Haze
    Super Silver Haze
    Silver Sage
    PG-13
    This article or section does not cite its references or sources. …

    LANDRACE (PURE) VARIETIES
    African (Durban Poison, Swazi Red, Congolese, Malawi Gold, Angolese, Lesothan, Nigerian)
    Brazilian (Manga Rosa, Santa Maria)
    Burmese
    Cambodian
    Colombian (Columbian Red, Santa Marta Colombian Gold)
    France (reunion island: Zamal)
    Indian
    Japan (Hokkaido)
    Laotian
    Mexican (Acapulco gold, Oaxacan, Zacatecas Purple, Guerrero Gold, Michoacan)
    Nepalese
    Panama (Panama Red)
    Paraguayan
    Swaziland (Swazi Gold,Swazi Red “redbeard”, Swazi)
    Thai (Juicy Fruit Thai, Chocolate Thai, Golden Triangle Thai)
    Vietnamese
    Pakistani
    Paraguayan
    Santa Maria is a variety of marijuana stemming from the Brazilian Amazon where it has been used in a spiritual context. … Columbian Red is a cannabis sativa cultivar genetically related to Panama Red. … Acapulco Gold is the traditional name of a legendary potent strain of marijuana () originating in Mexico. … Panama Red is a legendary cannabis sativa cultivar of the 1960s and 1970s, popular amongst cannabis afficiandos. … Chocolate Thai is a famous cannabis sativa cultivar of the 1960s and 1970s, popular amongst cannabis afficiandos. …

    Hybrids

    Hybrids are created to retain desired characteristics from Indica and Sativa lineages. By altering the ratio of sativa and indica influences, it is possible to breed cannabis hybrids for a desired ‘highs’, flavors, aromas, and growing characteristics. For example, Cannabis sativa subsp. indica generally exhibits superior indoor growth characteritics. On the other hand, the indica’s narcotic body stone is undesireable to many growers, so breeders may wish to selectively breed their hybrids in order to produce a strain with a sativa ‘up’ high, and indica growth and yield characteristics.
    Note: A F1 hybrid (stable crossing/ developed strain)can be produced from two landraces or from a hybrid and a landrace. It is not possible to make stable hybrids from two (or more) hybrids. Crossings between already crossed plants are like “mud puppies”. Seeds from these varieties will produce plants with huge fluctuations between them. This is because the genetic combination was scattered when it was reproduced. This means the offspring will look like (any combination of) the different ancestors used when the hybrid was made, and not nessecarily like the hybrid itself.

    Listed Format: Strain Name (Breeder) [Lineage]

    BALANCED (50/50 SATIVA-INDICA) HYBRIDS AND UNKNOWN LINEAGES
    John Newsom x Skunk
    Matanuska Tundra (A.K.A. Alaskan Thunderfuck)
    Blue Velvet
    Consequence Kush
    Bubblegum (from Indiana)
    Fruity Thai (Ceres) [Thai Sativa x Dutch Indica]
    Full Moon
    Greece Coat
    Juicy Fruit (Sensi) [Golden Triangle Thai x Afghani]
    Kushage
    Mistletoe
    Northern Lights [Thai x Afghani]
    Northern Lights #2 [Hindu Kush x Northern Lights]
    Northern Lights #5
    NYC Diesel (Soma) [Sour Diesel x Afghani Hawaiian]
    Sour Romulan
    Pakalolo
    Skunk Passion
    Skunk Red Hair
    Silver Pearl (Sensi) [Early Pearl x Skunk #1 x Northern Lights]
    White Smurf (Ceres)
    White Widow (Green House) [Brazilian X South Indian]
    Yumboldt (Sagarmatha) [Afghan x Himalaya]
    Developed by THSeeds in Amsterdam, Kushage seeks to do for Kush what SAGE did for sativa. …

    INDICA DOMINANT HYBRIDS
    Aurora Indica (Nirvana) [Afghani x Northern Lights]
    Blueberry (DJ Short) [(Oaxacan Gold x Chocolate Thai) x (Highland Thai x Afghani)]
    Bubblicious (Nirvana)
    Holland’s Hope (Dutch Passion) [Big Bud x Skunk #1]
    lemon stinky (crazy x seed’s)[sensi star x chronic]
    Northern Berry (Peak Seeds, Hygro) [Northern Lights #5 x Blueberry]
    Northern Lights x Skunk (Ceres)
    BC Purple Star (BC Bud) [Purple Star (Holland) x BC Purple Indica]
    Shanti Devi (Tikiseedbank)
    Shulam (Tikiseedbank)
    Skunk Kush (Sensi) [Hindu Kush x Skunk #1]
    Snow White (Nirvana)
    White Indica (Ceres Seeds) [Afghani x Afghani x Skunk#1]
    White Rhino (Greenhouse Seeds) [White Widow x Unknown Indica]
    Yarkoum (Tikiseedbank)
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    SATIVA DOMINANT HYBRIDS
    AK-47 a.k.a. Special-K (Serious Seeds) [Colombian x Mexican x Thai x Afghani]
    California Orange aka “Cali-O” [Thai x (Afghani x Acapulco Gold)]
    Celtic Cross “CC” Celtic stone X F420
    Choco Diesel “Choco D”(Chocolate Trip x Sour Diesel)
    Cinderella 99 aka “C99″ (Mr. Soul) [Princess x Princess 88]
    Citrus Skunk [Skunk #1 x California Orange]
    Early Pearl
    Early Skunk (Sensi) [Skunk #1 x Early Pearl]
    Euforia (Dutch Passion) [Unknown Skunk x Unknown Skunk]
    FourWay (Sensi)
    Flo (Dj Short) [Purple Thai x Afghani]
    Floater [Flo x Jacks Cleaner x Blueberry]
    Green Devil (Tikiseedbank)[Bambata x Shulam]
    Hawaiian Skunk (Seedsman) [Hawaiian Indica x Skunk #1]
    Hempstar (Dutch Passion) [Skunk x Oasis x Haze]
    Jack Herer (Sensi) [Skunk #1 x Northern Lights #5 x Haze]
    Lambsbread Skunk (Dutch Passion) [Jamaican Lambsbread x Skunk #1]
    Lemon Skunk (Jordan of the Island) [Citrus Skunk x Skunk #1]
    Lifesaver (BOG) [Jack Cleaner x DJ Short’s Blueberry x BogBubble]
    Life Star (BOG) [Lifesaver x Sensi Star]
    L.S.D (BOG) [Lifesaver x NYC Diesel]
    Neon Super Skunk (Subcool) [Super Skunk x Black Russian]
    Neville’s Haze [Thai x Colombian, with a 1/4 NL#5]
    Orange Crush [AE77 Cali-O x DJ Shorts Blueberry]
    Purple Skunk (Dutch Passion) [Purple #1 x Early Skunk]
    SAGE (THSeeds) [Big Sour Holy x Afghani]
    Shaman (Dutch Passion) [Purple #1 x Skunk]
    Shiva Skunk (Sensi) [Skunk #1 x Northern Lights #5]
    Skunk #1 (Dutch Passion) [Afghani x Thai x Colombian Gold]
    Skunk #5 (Effettoserra) [(Afghani x Acapulco Gold x Colombian Gold) x Dutch Skunk]
    Skunk Berry (Peak Seeds) [Skunk x Blueberry]
    Skunk Haze (Seedsman) [Skunk #1 x Original Haze]
    Strawberry Cough (Dutch Passion) [Strawberry Fields x Haze]
    Super Silver Haze (Mr. Nice) [(Northern Lights #5 x N. Haze) x (Skunk #1 x N. Haze)]
    Super Silver Sour Diesel Haze (Reservoir) [Super Silver Haze x Sour Diesel]
    Super Skunk (Sensi) [Skunk #1 x Afghani]
    Turtle Power (Amsterdam Marijuana) [Purple Power x Early Girl]
    White Skunk (White Label)
    Ultra Skunk (Dutch Passion) [Swiss Skunk x Skunk]
    AK 47 is a strain of cannabis, and placed 2nd at the 2003 Cannabis Cup in the Indica Cup category. … Jack Herer is the author of The Emperor Wears No Clothes (ISBN 0-9524560-0-1) (several editions since c. …

    Clone Only Cultivars

    Cloning refers to asexual propagation of cannabis by taking cuttings from branches, and rooting them into new plants. A clone contains the exact genotype of the plant it was cloned from, theoretically allowing exceptional strains to be preserved forever. This method is far more precise than growing plants out from seeds; plants grown from seeds will exhibit numerous variations in growth, high, aroma, etc. whereas clones are exact replicas of the plants they are taken from (additionally, growing clones means the grower knows in advance what sex his plants will be). However, clones are less widely available than seeds are, and are generally passed on amongst individual growers.

    35 Day
    84′ University of Washington Hashplant
    85′ Oregon 4-way
    Accidental Haze
    Aeric 77 Cali-O
    Afgooey
    Albert Walker
    Aloha 98 WW
    Apollo 13
    Arcata Trainwreck
    Arcata Wreck
    Armenian Raspberry
    Artisan
    Asian Slore
    Backstage
    Banana / Bonanno / Bwananna
    BC Hash Plant
    Berks
    Big Blue Dump Truck
    Big Sur Holyweed
    Black Africa
    Black Death (Celtic Stone Seeds)
    Blackberry
    Blowfish
    Blue Moon
    Blue Mountain Jamacian
    Blue Dot
    Blueberry
    BR – 13
    Bubba Kush
    Bubba Kush mint
    Bullrider
    Caesar’s “Salad”
    Cafe Girl
    California Big Bud
    California Dream
    Cali-O Sativa
    Catpiss
    Celtic Cross (Celtic Stone Seeds)
    Champagne
    Cheese
    Chem Dawg
    Chemo
    Cherry Bomb
    Cherry Slyder
    Coral Reef
    Corn
    Chocolate Thai
    Chocolate trip
    Kotton Kandy Kush
    Strawberry Cough #1
    Cuddlefish Hash Plant
    Dabney Blue
    Black Domina
    Diesel
    Dirty Diaper
    DOG
    Dogshit
    Dumpster
    Durban Thai Highflier
    Elvis
    Emerald Triangle
    Four Way
    Fuzzy Wuzzy
    G-13
    Garlic
    Gasolina
    Ginger Ale
    Genius
    Gilgarj
    GOD
    Golden Goat
    Golden haze
    Grandaddy Purple
    Grape Ape
    Grasshopper
    Gravity
    Green Crack
    Green Dot
    Green Dragon
    Green Pimp
    Grimm White Widow
    Hash Plant
    Hawaiian Webbed Indica
    Herijuana (aka Hero)
    High Octane
    Hogs Breath
    Holland’s Hope
    HP13
    Humbolt snow
    Hurricane, The
    HydroKronic’s Kreeper (Kronic Kreep)
    Jacki-O
    Jack’s cleaner
    Jedi
    Jesus
    Killer Queen
    King’s Kross (King Kush, King’s Blend)
    Kong
    Kryptonite
    Kryptonite
    Krystal Spike
    Lemon Bomb
    Lemon G
    Lemonaid
    M-16/MI6
    M32
    Magic
    Manic
    Mass. Super Skunk
    Matanuska Tundra (A.K.A. Alaskan Thunderfuck)
    Maui Waui
    Millies
    Mother Ship
    MSM’s Mr. Nice
    Ninjica
    Norcal Cript
    OG Kush
    Old Blue
    Outback Jack
    Orange Friesland
    Oregon Funk
    Oregon Purple Thai
    Ortega
    P91
    Pacific’s G-13
    Pacific NorthWest Big Bud
    Pez
    Pineapple Thai
    Pine Bud
    Pink Kush
    POG (Purple Kush X OG Kush)
    Poon Sauce
    Princess
    Pukeberry
    Pure Kush
    Purple Haze
    Purple Indica
    Purple Kush
    Purple Urkle/urple
    Purps aka Mendocino Purple
    Rainbow Kush/Rainbow Sherbert
    Rene
    Romulan (Pine Pheno)
    Romulan (Grape Pheno)
    Salmon Creek Big Bud
    Schrom
    Sharon
    Skunk #2
    Socal Bubbleberry
    Socal G-13
    SoQuick’s AK99
    Sour Kush
    Spirit of 76
    Squirt
    Stella Blue
    Strawberry Cough
    Strawberry Fields
    Superfruit
    Super Funk
    Sweet Skunk
    Sweetie
    Tarantula
    Tashenk
    Terminator
    Texada Timewarp (Twister)
    Trainwreck
    Trinity
    Ultraviolet
    UW
    Vision Thai
    West Coast Nice
    Wheel Chair
    White Monkey
    Witchcraft
    William’s Wonder
    Yumboldt
    G-13 is the codename for a strain of marijuana, supposedly a mutant variety cultivated by the American government during the 1960s. … This article or section does not cite its references or sources. … Purple Haze is a common street name for marijuana that has predominately purple (as opposed to green) calyxes or flowers. …

    Unclassified cultivars

    Aphrodite
    Arctic Sun
    Baby Shit Bricks
    Belter [Sunycheba’s Floater x BOG’s Lifesaver (BeAn)]
    Big Blue
    Big Snow
    B’s (aka Bilbo Baggins Bag of Buds)
    Bjorn (Celtic Stone F1 Male)
    Blue Velvet
    Buddha’s Green
    Buddha’s Little Sister
    Bluberry Kush (L.A. Specific)
    Cheese Bx (Queijo Lies)
    Chocolate Haze
    C-4
    Candlestick Kush
    Chuffa Puffz
    Dawgie Style
    DTC(aka Durban/Thai/Cinderella99)
    Emerald Haze
    Freeze
    Ganja Pillar
    Garlic
    Grapefruit
    Grapefruit Cross
    Grapefruit Haze
    Green C
    Green Dot
    Green Dragon
    Green Pimp
    Hawaiian Goo
    In The Way
    Ingrid (Celtic Stone F1)
    Jack Hair
    J Kush
    Jock Horror
    Kenosha Gloo
    Lemon Kush
    Lowryder [autoflowering]
    M-39
    Mango
    Medicine Man
    Nazar (N.C. Specific)
    Noely Noel
    Northern Lights #5
    New York Sour Diesel
    Poopa
    Puna Budda
    Purple Frost
    Purple Passion
    Pussy Kush
    SaxonAxe (DL)
    Secret Sauce
    Shishkaberry
    Snow
    Super Jack
    The Willies

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