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Advanced Cannabis Growing Techniques


Have you already mastered the basics of growing weed? Are you ready to move on to some of the more advanced stuff? Don't worry, 'advanced' doesn't mean hard. In fact, a lot of the advanced stuff is actually really easy!

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Grow Short & Bushy Cannabis (Marijuana Growth Control & Training Methods)

How to Grow Short and Bushy Marijuana Plants - Growth Control

Introduction
Choose the Right Cannabis Strain
Provide Your Cannabis With Enough Light
Get a Properly Sized Container
Force Your Cannabis to Flower Early
Defoliation: Remove Leaves to Control Growth
Low Stress Training (LST): Change Cannabis Grow Pattern With Bending and Supercropping
Topping and FIMing: Cannabis Control Techniques that Involve Cutting

 

Introduction

Don't Grow This Marijuana Plant! Grow Short Plants With Dozens of Buds!

This Marijuana Plant was allowed to grow WAY too tall and uncontrolled

This Marijuana plant was growing using several of the growth methods in theis article under CFLs and LEDs. Notice how she has DOZENS of bud signs in a flat plane that's easily covered by the grow lights

There are a couple of different techniques that you can use to get cannabis to grow more bushy as opposed to growing tall.

I'm going to try to list them all including information about strain, proper conditions, as well as some information about training and cutting techniques such as bending, topping and FIMing the marijuana plant.

When learning how to grow your own weed indoors, one of the first things to realize is that you don't just have to just accept the way the weed grows naturally.
 
As a gardener, it is your duty to ensure that your weed grows the way you want. The following techniques will give you the power to grow a short, bushy weed plant that fits in whatever space you desire.

How to make your own feminized seeds using Colloidal Silver or Rodelization (also learn how to make colloidal silver spray)

There are two main methods to create your own feminized cannabis seeds:

  • the colloidal silver spray method or
  • using rodelization.

Both the colloidal silver method and the rodelization method are described in detail below if you scroll down.

For whatever reason, when colloidal silver solution is sprayed regularly on a  female cannabis plants during the early flowering stage, she will grow male "balls" (which are full of female pollen) instead of growing buds.

Can you grow marijuana with LED grow lights?

Please note: This article was written in April 2012. Since then, LED grow lights have been improved to produce even better results when growing marijuana.
Click here to read our 2013 LED Grow Light Review of the Pro-Grow 550 LED light by HydroponicsHut.

You may or may not know about the LED grow light craze for marijuana growers.

7 Tips to Growing Truly Star-Quality Marijuana Buds

Have you ever smoked weed that knocks your socks off? The kind of buds that people brag/warn their friends about?

Yeah, the really really good stuff. 

The truth is, you can successfully grow weed with very little effort, make a ton of mistakes, and still harvest weed that does the job.

But have you ever wondered how people grow truly top-shelf buds? 

How to Make Your Own Feminized Cannabis Seeds

Making Feminized Marijuana Seeds at Home is Easy!
(How To Breed 2 Female Plants Together For Seeds)

by Nebula Haze

Ever wondered how those marijuana seed banks make feminized seeds?

It's actually pretty easy, and you can easily make your own feminized marijuana seeds at home using the following technique.

(Experienced Growers Only) Controversial Defoliation Increases Marijuana Yields

by Keef Treez "The Defoliator"

Defoliation is an extreme marijuana growth technique. It's not to be done lightly.

In fact, the topic of defoliation is one of the most controversial subjects in the marijuana growing field. People on both sides defend their position vehemently. 

How to ScrOG (Screen of Green) Your Marijuana Plants

by Nebula Haze

For those who might not be familiar, the term "ScrOG" (Screen of Green) refers to a marijuana growing technique that uses a net or wire mesh to control the height of the plant.

How to Grow Weed in 20 Minutes a Week

by Sirius Fourside (with Nebula Haze)

If time is the critical factor in your life, then I am going to show you how little time it can take for you to grow weed indoors in a spare closet or space.

The grow method I'm about to share will actually take less of your time than buying weed from a dealer or a medical marijuana dispensary!

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