Growing Methods

Growing Methods

Style of Growing: SOG and SCROG
Many indoor growers are challenged by the height limitations of their lighting systems. One solution is to grow shorter plants and focus on developing the canopy, as the buds in the top portion of the plant tend to contain more cannabinoid content than those on lower branches.[1] There are two growing styles to achieve this: Sea of Green (SOG) and Screen of Green (SCROG).[2] [1] https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11010140 [2] Variously spelled “sea of green” and “screen of green” (uncapitalized), as well as SoG, SCRoG, …
Growing Methods

Starting with Seeds, Clones or Tissue Culture
Growers can start cannabis cultivation from seeds, clones or tissue culture. Starter plants are crucial to successful cannabis cultivation. They are the foundation for high-quality genetics and cannabinoid-profile consistency. But they can also introduce problems out of the gate, particularly pests and diseases. For example, hop latent viroid (HLVd), also known as dudding disease, one of the biggest threats to cannabis production,[1] can easily spread through infected propagation material. Deciding whether to start with seeds, clones or tissue culture depends on a …
Growing Methods

Choosing a Growing Method
Cannabis can be cultivated outdoors, in an open field, or indoors, either within the protection of a greenhouse or in a grow room, a sophisticated indoor controlled growing space that uses artificial light and other inputs. Deciding which growing method to use depends on climatic conditions, available resources and cost.Differences between growing methodsThe primary difference between outdoor and indoor cannabis cultivation is the level of control growers have.Outdoors, cannabis is grown like most traditional agricultural crops: in soil, often unmulched, …
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