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What are the benefits of growing cannabis at home?

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If you’ve decided to start growing cannabis and you already have a basic understanding of the best growing environment for your plant to thrive, then you probably are wondering whether you should grow your plants indoors or outdoors.

Growers on either side will insist that their way is the best way. Ultimately, your safety and success are the two most important factors you need to consider. Although growing cannabis indoors has its risks, the growing environment can be kept perfectly controlled according to your plants’ needs.

When cannabis is cultivated indoors in a marijuana grow tent, the caretaker has to artificially establish all the required conditions. Compare this to cultivation outdoors, where nature produces all the right environmental factors such as oxygen, water, sunlight, “ventilation”, nutrients and CO2.

What are the Benefits of Growing Cannabis at Indoors?

There is probably not a single weed enthusiast who hasn’t considered growing cannabis at home. This is even more likely for medical marijuana patients, who simply MUST have weighed up the economics of dispensary vs homegrowing. We understand that there are pros and cons to every argument. Maybe you’re not confident in the garden? Perhaps you feel intimidated at the thought of the time and effort needed to perfect the craft?

Economics

Buying from a dispensary is expensive. Depending on the location, strain and quality level, one ounce (roughly 30 grams) costs between $100 and $400 – sometimes even higher. For regular tokers, this soon adds up.

By contrast, homegrown cannabis is significantly cheaper. Sure, there is an initial start-up cost… you’ll need to buy all the kit, your materials, your seeds. You will see your utility bills go up and mistakes can be costly, but your initial investments are quickly recovered and your cannabis will soon set you back only $70 per ounce. You’re looking at a saving up to $320 for every ounce of weed you consume. If you are lucky enough to be able to grow outdoors, the savings will be even BIGGER.

Fact: cultivating cannabis at home saves money. Depending on the strain, desired yield and growing style, nurturing the plant from seedling to harvest may take anywhere from 2 – 5 months. If that sounds a long time it won’t feel it. When it comes to growing weed at home, the journey can be just as pleasurable as the destination.

Convenience And Accessibility

How many times have you visited your dispensary only to discover they have run out of your favorite strain? It happens too often, right? Recreational users might not mind this too much, seeing it as an opportunity to try out another strain. You won’t get the same feeling as a medical marijuana user, however. Some patients have spent a long time nailing down the perfect strain and when the dispensary runs out it can be quite traumatic.

Also, we shouldn’t forget that not everyone has a dispensary down the road. My grandmother has to travel nearly 5,090 miles to get to her nearest California dispensary… but she does live in Scotland so maybe she’s partly to blame. Anyway, you get the picture, sometimes it’s a long way to go to be disappointed.

It’s Gratifying

In some ways, growing your own cannabis has the same benefits as growing vegetables in your home garden. If you don’t know the feeling, let me tell you: a tomato just tastes better when you grow it yourself.

It’s hard to explain why, it’s just a rewarding experience to get your hands dirty, sweat a little, and eventually get to enjoy the (literal) fruits of your labor.

If growing your own supply is intimidating, or you just are looking for some new art to add to your abode, our friends at Goldleaf have a beautiful “guide to cultivation terms” print that is equal parts educational and artistic:

It Pays Off in the Long-Run

On top of that, growing your own cannabis can be a money saver in the long run. Of course, you’ll need a little bit of “seed” money to get you started (Seedsman is great place to buy premium strain seeds), even if you’re only growing a small number of plants. You should also expect to use more electricity by use full spectrum LED grow light and water when growing cannabis, so those monthly bills will become a little more expensive. 

But think about how much you spend every time you go to the dispensary. Once you start growing enough cannabis to meet your needs, those trips to the dispensary will become a thing of the past, and the money you would have spent there will stay in your pocket.

You’re Always Stocked

If you start growing cannabis at home, you can also say goodbye to the days of being left empty-handed. It shouldn’t take too much time to figure out how much you need to grow to meet your personal demands, especially if you have a favorite strand. 

Do you remember that time when your local dispensary ran out of your favorite strand? Those days will soon be over once you start growing plants at home. If you use cannabis for medicinal purposes, growing at home is even more important because you can’t risk running out. By growing at home, you can provide for your own needs and make the dispensary your Plan B.

You’ve Always Wanted to Try It

Why beat around the bush: What cannabis user hasn’t thought about it? Growing plants of any kind is a good way to add a little beauty to your home. Every place needs a few plants to spruce things up, so you might as well grow plants that you can put to good use later.

Guaranteed Quality, Purity and Safety

“Growing medicine as pure and clean as possible is important to me,” says Kyle Kushman – the world’s leading expert in indoor veganic gardening.

When buying from a dispensary or an unlicensed dealer, there is often no assurance of contamination-free flower. Many growers use chemical fertilizers and pesticides and contaminated buds can pass toxins to humans during consumption. We are not saying there are no responsible dispensaries, there are some fantastic places like Harborside and Magnolia in Oakland, but if you want to know EXACTLY what has gone into your bud, you need to grow it yourself.

By growing cannabis at home, you determine the purity and safety of the harvested flowers. You can choose to grow the plants organically or, even better, veganically. And you can use our resident genius, Kyle Kushman, to help you every step of the way.

As you gain experience and know-how, we guarantee your homegrown cannabis will be far superior in terms of potency, flavor, smell, smoothness and overall quality. And YOU will have made it.

Medicine On Tap

Remember it was medical marijuana legalization that paved the way for all the recreational use that people enjoy today, and there are still millions around the world that use cannabis first and foremost as a therapy. If you suffer from common ailments that cannabis can alleviate, such as chronic pain, multiple sclerosis, depression, insomnia, anxiety, PTSD, or even cancer then having your own independent source of medicine is a great reason to look into growing at home.

Fun

Finally, growing cannabis at home can be a fun and relaxing hobby. In this enjoyable journey, you are likely to learn many diverse skills including designing a full growing system. You can start small, and pursue this hobby at almost any age.

What's more, if you are a beginner, ECO Farm marijuana grow kit can give you more convenience.

ECO Farm 4*4FT(48*48*80inch)DIY Grow Package

 

Growing Marijuana at Home is Rewarding!

It’s a well-known fact that gardening can help calm the mind and is an incredibly rewarding hobby, so why should gardening cannabis be any different? The process of germinating and growing a seed from a sapling to maturity, and then being able to enjoy the harvest, is one of the most rewarding processes in the world. Many medicinal users confirm that growing cannabis is sort of a medicine itself, as it’s quite a therapeutic process – gardening is actually a recommended practice for patients recovering from serious illnesses such as depression.

As soon as you start growing, you’ll be daydreaming about sharing your harvest with friends if you’re growing recreationally or curing it until it’s the dankest it can possibly be for medicinal users.

Final thoughts

Growing weed at home is enjoyable and satisfying in a way that has to be experienced to be believed.

The legal right to cultivate cannabis at home is a privilege that really should be taken advantage of. If nothing else, spare a thought for the hundreds of millions of people worldwide who’d give their right arm for the same privilege.

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