| Medical Marijuana & the Greenhouse Effect | | | | first, but it makes your plants fill out all around, |
| Even in a warm climate growing State like | | | | similar to pruning. |
| California, gardeners still make use of the | | | | In colder climates, it’s probably best to use |
| Greenhouse. The so-called “greenhouse | | | | large pots of soil medium/fertilizer mixes for your |
| effect” ensures that heat from the sun is | | | | plants. Utilizing the winter sun to keep the |
| trapped inside the greenhouse. Sunlight enters as | | | | Greenhouse effect, is foremost in the colder |
| short-wave radiation which can pass through glass. | | | | States. |
| Once reflected by the plants and soil, it becomes | | | | Many growers have an indoor garden, outdoor |
| long-wave radiation which cannot penetrate the | | | | garden, and Greenhouse – operating all at |
| glass to get out. | | | | once. The indoor garden may be a “seeder |
| The Medical Marijuana grower now takes over, | | | | crop”, designed to produce an abundance of |
| and nature is relegated to a back-seat driver | | | | seeds, possibly leading to the next hybrid as well. |
| status. Cultivation under the Greenhouse effect | | | | The outdoor garden could have only the smaller |
| allows for total control of the plants environment | | | | Indica plants growing, and the Greenhouse could |
| – soil, water, temperature and light. | | | | have Sativa’s, mixes, and sometimes |
| The object of the Greenhouse is to increase the | | | | year-round cultivation going on. As long as your |
| range of plants grown, or to lengthen their useful | | | | plants are fairly warm, you’ll enjoy the |
| season Medical Marijuana is also afforded some | | | | Greenhouse effect. |
| privacy, as prying neighbors or rip-off artists, do | | | | Caution: make sure you are well hydrated before |
| not need to see your lush medicinal wonderland. | | | | entering in the Greenhouse to work. While |
| The best type of Greenhouse is one with a | | | | weeding, watering, or checking for pests, you |
| topsoil bottom. A 10x10 box frame of corrugated | | | | may get a little light headed from the heat |
| fiber-glass and 2x4s works wonders. This type of | | | | build-up, especially during summer months. Try to |
| lay-out is great for growing huge Sativa strains or | | | | garden in the morning or late evening, to avoid |
| Sativa/Indica mixed varieties. When the plants | | | | the Greenhouse effect, affecting you. Have fun, |
| reach ceiling high, the main stem (cola)can be cut, | | | | and keep growing American. |
| or topped off. You may be hesitant to do this at | | | | |