You might have learned the basics of Indoor Marijuana Growing together with its relevance, importance, and scope of the said practice in modern society where we live today. Indeed, this gardening movement is an important technique in these high times where most of the governments in our world.
However, as we go along this practice, you might have this dilemma in choosing the right soil for your Cannabis Seeds. Will you ever go for Potting Soil? Or with the Gardening ones? Which is Best for Indoor Marijuana Growing?
Highlighting the Soil
Soil is one of the universal elements in our world. It is the source of nutrition, home, and water purification for all of its living inhabitants. It is made up of different organic matters, minerals, liquids, gases, and various organisms. When mixed, they are effectively capable of supporting life.
For the plants, soils are the primary source of life. It is in these vast mixtures scattered in different parts of the world, from their humble seeds that germinated in time. These mixtures supported their needed minerals and managed to help them exist in the past billions of years.
Gardening Soil
Gardening Soilis the typical soil that you have seen in the farms or mountainsides which are full of minerals and nutrients that are good for your plants. It is the conventional topsoil where the trees in the forest are planted on. This type of soil is suitable for outdoor planting with natural conditioners such as those mixtures from the compost pit.
Potted Soil
On the other hand, potting soil is the mixture of organic compounds which are packed in a pot, meant to be used for plants for indoor settings. These plants have to grow far and relatively controlled exposure from the sunlight and other atmospheric conditions which may affect their growth when placed outside. Because this soil is not exposed outside, it has to be more concentrated to provide good nutrition for the hidden plants.
Factors to Consider for your Successful Indoor Marijuana Growing
• Types of Soil
a. Loam
The best and most used type of soil for the plants around the world, loam soils is the balanced mixture of clay, sand, and silt which helps the seed to germinate easier due to the said balance of the three important soils but are extreme.
b. Clay
The heaviest among the six types, this soil is relatively high in nutrients due to its liquid properties but is unideal for the plants that must grow in the rainy season or endure the scorching heat during the dry season. This soil is fragile and sensitive when it comes to the climate.
c. Sand
This is the most acidic in all of the soils, considering its low, dry, and light properties that makes an ordinary jungle plant may not grow on this type of soil. However, some plants can be easily planted in a desert and nobody will ever tell you on when to come back on that remote area, just to check your growing plant, in case if it grows.
d. Silt
This soil is light and convenient to use. It holds moistures better than the sandy soil. It is made up of medium-sized particles and because of this, the silt soil can easily get compacted upon usage.
e. Peat
One of the most common types of soils being used for garden purposes, peats are one of the most moisturized and rich in organic matter. This type of soil is good for ornamentals and other small plants that need to be separated with the other plants growing with loam.
f. Chalk
The most alkaline content in the rest of the soils, this type of soil is good for the plants who do not need acidic conditions for growth and are shallow, low in fertility but in other variants- it can hold greater nutrition than the clay soils and higher water capacity.
• Properties of Soil for Successful Marijuana Growth
a. Physical Texture
Your soil must be of natural formation to make it accommodating to the seeds needed to plant over them and create natural pockets and minimal rooms for ventilation and abundant nutrient supplies from the depths of this soil. At the end of the day, it’s your soil that must be primarily responsible for the successful growth of your plants.
a. Porosity
Your soil must be good enough to create spaces for water and gas deposits. This soil composition can help the roots of your plants to better absorb the liquids, minerals, and in rare cases, gases which can contribute to the growth of the plants.
b. Consistency
Your soil must be good enough to have a uniform texture and formation to avoid any deprived right for a plant to grow. If your soil has different types and was mixed, such as the loam and sandy, then chances are that the nutrition that your plant may gain in that soil will go lower and this will significantly affect the quality of your Marijuana Plant.
c. Temperature
Just like our rooms, your soil temperature matters, especially when you live in places where extreme weather conditions may happen from daily to monthly. As we all know, one cannot be able to survive so much coldness and immense heat because these temperatures can make our body systems malfunction and eventually stop. What more if the plants will face the same situation, considering their thinner body systems, more fragile parts, and smaller capacities which are susceptible to sudden change of atmospheric heat.
d. Color
Another thing to consider is your soil’s color which affects the buyers’ minds immediately. Your ideal soil must be in loam and if another strain mixes, it may result in weaker strains.
One may not consider buying light brown soils than buying the darker colors. Also, one must know that traditionally, the ideal soils must be a part of the vast topsoil in the world- which is usually dark brown.
e. Resistivity
Is your soil good enough to retract the current electric condition that can destroy your plant especially when it is dry? If your soil continues to be a good conductor of electricity despite being dry, it means that your soil is too metallic and may not be good for your plants’ growth, putting the minerals that can be absorbed by your plant be electrically charged, polarized and may not penetrate the internal systems of your plant.
• Nutrients and Minerals
a. Nitrate
This is the form of Nitrogen that your plants need. This is the mineral which gives your plants the vibrant colors they grow in the future- from green, red, violet or other ecological colors through the chlorophyll production. Nitrate also helps your plant to develop strong and enduring foliage.
b. Phosphorus
This mineral is the main factor that helps your plants develop good roots and flowers. It helps your plants endure the changing environmental concerns, such as drought and winter.
c. Potassium
It contributes to your plants’ early growth and development, as well as its water retention until it matures further for a few more weeks. It also helps them to fight diseases and harmful insect intervention.
d. Magnesium
Like the Nitrate, Magnesium is also responsible for the color development of your plants, especially your leaves.
e. Sulfur
It helps your plants to fight many diseases that it may acquire through the air or water. Sometimes, it may acquire through human intervention. It also assists your plant to develop other important minerals like Amino Acids, Vitamins, Proteins, and Enzymes.
f. Calcium
This mineral is the one responsible for the growth and development of cell walls of our strains. If well-developed, the cell walls of your plants will effectively combat the diseases it has to suppress and is necessary for the biological metabolism and nitrate uptake of your plant.
Conclusion
Depending on the strain, type of cultivation and your desired nature, your plants will still grow even if it is intended for Indoor Marijuana Growing or Outdoor displays.
Your Gardening Soil is good for the strains which need to be exposed by direct sunlight to produce good and high-quality foods, enriching their THC and CBD contents and are great for long-term use.
However, Potted Soil boasts another nature of Indoor Marijuana with its Ruderalis and other Indica Plants as the primary targets of the said indoor practice. This soil is good for keeping the plants healthy despite the absence of sunlight in their lives. After all, these are still plants- they have lives and choose to act well despite the setbacks being imposed by their owners or farmers.
In the end, you must choose on whether you will plant marijuana growing or plant Outdoors before continuing to check your supplier’s attention due to some problems with your purchased soil. Enjoy gardening!
