As a long-standing grow shop employee, I have had to look at disappointed faces from behind the counter time and time again, as ambitious home growers have only managed to produce a few sorry buds instead of the giant harvest they had been expecting. Usually, these failed harvests were caused by a combination of inexperience and avoidable mistakes.
However, despite an abundance of books, blogs, and video tutorials, many a home grower wishes to find their “own” way – whatever that may be – to grow cannabis at home. Since the arrival of the indoor culture in the 1990s, the same mistakes are made again and again in trying to achieve that. To oppose the many persistent half-truths and mistakes with a few facts, we would like to present you with the 10 most common mistakes when growing cannabis.
The wrong manure
This is often cited as the main culprit. However: All manure that is available through professional grow shops contains enough nutrition, in principle, to be effective, even in small doses. Problems are usually…