The GreenState ultimate cannabis gardening guide 2018

Worker Wilber Castaneda adds soil to a marijuana plant at Harboside Farms in Salinas, Calif., on Thursday, July 20, 2017. | Photo Gabrielle Lurie
Worker Wilber Castaneda adds soil to a marijuana plant at Harboside Farms in Salinas, Calif., on Thursday, July 20, 2017. | Photo Gabrielle Lurie

Tuesday marked the vernal equinox and the first day of spring, which means now’s the time to start your legal cannabis garden. One in five Americans lives in a legalization state, and all legalization states but Washington allow personal cannabis gardens. Growing marijuana isn’t as easy as a shopping trip to the nursery for seeds, starts, potting soil and gloves, though. Check out GreenState’s multi-part guide to getting your garden growing.

Books

Grow with the flow: Marijuana gardening books reviewed


Marijuana grower Sunshine Johnston of Sunboldt Grown smells Skywalker OG terpenes at her farm in Redcrest, California, on Tuesday, May 10, 2016. | Photo: Connor Radnovich
Marijuana grower Sunshine Johnston of Sunboldt Grown smells Skywalker OG terpenes at her farm in Redcrest, California, on Tuesday, May 10, 2016. | Photo: Connor Radnovich

How To


Law

Look up your local California cannabis law to see if you can grow indoors-only or outdoors as well. Check out:

What is my local marijuana law in California?


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