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To set up an indoor garden, you What Is the best way to
will need equipment to help
create a stable environment grow marijuana indoors?
that mimics the necessary The first step in creating a proper
periods of light and darkness to indoor growing environment is to
grow plants through the decide on the medium and irrigation
flowering stage. This includes methods you'll be using to supply
horticultural lighting, fans to your plants with the proper nutrients
recreate a gentle breeze, throughout their growth cycle. The
dehumidifiers to maintain the medium is a shelter for your plants'
proper humidity, HVAC (heating, roots that retains moisture. The
ventilation, and air irrigation method is the way you
conditioning), and all the basic deliver nutrients to the plants.
supplies that a plant needs to
survive, from water to grow Unlike outdoor cultivation — where
media to nutrients. you almost always use soil to grow
your plants — growing indoors offers
Planning, designing, and several different options for growing
implementing an indoor garden systems and media. Some media are
can seem daunting, but having a easier to work with than others,
firm understanding of the while some are a little trickier, but
basics goes a long way in offer more control over the finer
helping a new indoor grower details. Different media retain
get started on the path to a moisture at different rates, which in
healthy and bountiful harvest. turn determines how often plants
need to be watered. Some media
harbor beneficial microbes that can
help roots absorb nutrients better.
