Sea of Green (SOG) is the theory of harvesting lots of small hemp plants, matured early to get the fastest production of buds available. Instead of growing a few hemp plants for a longer period of time, in the same space many smaller hemp plants are grown that mature faster and in less time. Thus, […]

Indoors, 2000 lumens per sq. ft. is about as low as you want to go indoors.  If you get under this mark, plant growth will certainly not go as fast as possible, and internode/stem length will increase. Also, light distance to hemp plants will be much more critical. Daily adjustments to the lamps will be […]

Shelf gardening with fluorescents may be the trend of the future, since the materials are so inexpensive, and easy to obtain. Fluorescent lamps are great for shelf gardening. In this system, many shelves can be placed, one above the other, and fluorescent lamps are used on each shelf. Some shelves have 24 hour lighting, some […]

A small indoor space should be found that can be used to germinate seeds; these vegetative starts are placed outside to mature in the spring after last freezes are over. The space can be a closet, a section of a bedroom, a basement area, an attic or unused bathroom. Some people devote entire bedrooms to […]

One of the best solutions to energy verses output for most home gardeners is to use outdoor light for flowering and use continuous light indoors for germination and vegetative growth. This will take advantage of the natural light/dark cycle and cut your energy use in half compared to the same operation indoors. A small greenhouse […]