From Seedling to Harvest: A First Grow, Week by Week

A first grow succeeds or fails in the planning week, not the flowering week. Before a seed touches soil, decide three things: the space you can dedicate, the light you can afford, and the number of plants your jurisdiction allows.

Weeks one and two belong to the seedling. Keep humidity high, light gentle, and resist the urge to feed — a seedling burns easily and recovers slowly. Most first-grow casualties happen here, from too much love rather than too little.

Vegetative growth is where habits form. Set a feeding schedule, log runoff pH, and top the plant once it has five nodes. The canopy you shape in veg is the yield you harvest in autumn.

Flowering rewards patience. Switch the light cycle, watch trichomes rather than calendars, and flush in the final week. When half the pistils have darkened and trichomes turn cloudy, you are close.

Harvest, dry slow, cure slower. Sixty percent humidity for fourteen days in glass will do more for quality than any nutrient line. Take notes — the second grow starts the day the first one ends.