Cannabis cultivation - Botany

Cannabis cultivation is the cultivation of the cannabis plant. Species of cannabis include C. Sativa, C. Indica, C. Ruderalis, and "C. Hybrids". Cannabis is grown for a variety of purposes, including as a source of materials for use in various products, such as food, clothing, cosmetics and fuel and for the production of cannabis (drug) material (sometimes known as marijuana). This article concentrates however on cultivation for the the latter, and cultivation techniq ...

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• Cannabis cultivation - Botany
• Cannabis cultivation - Traditional indoor cultivation
• Cannabis cultivation - Lighting
• Cannabis cultivation - Atmosphere
• Cannabis cultivation - Germination
• Cannabis cultivation - Vegetative phase of growth
• Cannabis cultivation - Reproductive/flowering phase of growth
• Cannabis cultivation - Traditional Outdoor Cultivation Techniques
• Cannabis cultivation - Harvest and processing
• Cannabis cultivation - Ideal harvest timing
• Cannabis cultivation - Drying
• Cannabis cultivation - Curing
• Cannabis cultivation - Hash
• Cannabis cultivation - Alternative cultivation techniques
• Cannabis cultivation - Hydroponic cultivation
• Cannabis cultivation - Organic cultivation
• Cannabis cultivation - Screen of green
• Cannabis cultivation - Sea of green
• Cannabis cultivation - Sinsemilla
• Cannabis cultivation - Genetics and breeding
• Cannabis cultivation - Detection and the law

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Cannabis is a member of the family Cannabinacea, along with hops. Cannabis is an annual and usually dioecious, which means it has separate pistillate (female) and stamenate (male) plants. A shorter photoperiod (day length) towards the end of the growing season is generally required to induce the reproductive (sometimes called flowering or budding) phase of growth, however some cultivars of Cannabis are auto-flowering, which means that ...

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This section covers the traditional method of cultivating medicinal or recreational marijuana indoors, wherein the plants are grown in a soil-like medium and fertilizer is added when the plants are given water. Traditional outdoor cultivation techniques are covered in the next section, and alternative techniques, such as hydroponics and organic cultivation techniques, are discussed in the last section. Cultivating marijuana indoors is more complicated and expensive than growing outdoors, but it allows the cultivator complete control over the growing environment, and will ...

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As cannabis and its cultivation is illegal in most parts of the world, considerable resources are committed to the interdiction of cultivation. Outdoor cultivation is common in both rural and urban areas, with outdoor cultivators tending towards growing sativa-based strains for better response to sunlight and reduced emission of odours. Cannabis plants blend in easily with other plants to the point that they are unidentifiable by all but the most observant. Often simple camouflage techniques can avert detection, such as ...

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When cultivated outdoors, the chosen areas are those which receive twelve hours or more of sunlight in a given day. Northern locations are preferred (Humboldt County, California and British Columbia being particularly notable), but southern locations (such as Maui, Hawaii) are also known to be good producers. In general, a south facing exposure is preferred for maximum sunlight exposure. In instances where the local laws do not permit growing cannabis, cultivators may choose to grow in forests or rugged and rural areas where the local ...

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Cannabis cultivation - Ideal harvest timing. Buds are typically harvested when fully ripe. Generally, ripeness is defined as when the white pistils start to turn dark yellow, orange, light to mid red, etc. and the trichomes, "crystals", barely begin to turn milky from clear. Ideally, the professional uses both a decent power magnifying glass, brix meter (to measure "sugar" content), and microscope. The potential seed pods swell with resins usually reserved for seed production, thus improving the quality of the bu ...

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An important factor in extreme efficiency cannabis cultivation is selecting the best genetics for one's crop. This is frequently done by selecting one or more known strains, or strains with preferred genetics (in the case of marijuana, one might use seeds from a batch that was particularly enjoyed), and then growing a number of the seeds to find out which exhibit the characteristics most desirable to the cultivator. Plant characteristics which are generally selected for include: Overall yield Time to frui ...

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