To grow medical hydroponic marijuana indoor you need to select your grow room carefully. Usually, a good place to set up your hydroponic grow room is in the basement. Since it is naturally insulated by the foundation, temperature management would be easier for you. Constant air circulation and fresh air is very much necessary for your indoor system. For that you need to install an oscillating fan. When using fans keep the fan in constant motion and not blowing directly on the plants as this can cause wind burn and dehydration. The larger your cannabis grow room is the greater your water demands. Make sure you have adequate and convenient access to water. If you are not using clones to start your garden, you need to germinate seeds by using rockwool cubes.

The size of your cannabis grow room will determine your light set up. Metal Halide (MH) or High Pressure Sodium (HPS) are generally used. Metal halide light is close to any regular room light and cool fluorescent light is best for vegetative growth period. Small growers can use portable lights and adjust according to the needs. During the vegetative stage, keep the light on for minimum 18 hours a day. For clones and seedlings you need T-5 high-output fluorescent lighting. Grow room humidity during vegetative phase should be between 40-55 percent. You should avoid excess humidity that allows mold and other harmful organisms to flourish, which can destroy your plants. Growing medical marijuana indoor requires a large amount of oxygen. They also need large amounts of carbon dioxide (C02), especially underneath leaves. Total C02 for the grow room should be between 800-1200 parts per million during lights-on cycle. Plant foods are usually measured in an N-P-K format, i.e. nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. If you are buying hydroponic nutrient from market, get the powder kind that mixes with water smoothly. An all purpose hydroponic nutrient solution with secondary elements like calcium, sulphur and magnesium, and trace elements such as boron, copper, molybdenum, zinc, iron, and manganese will get you through all stages of growth. Remember to change the nutrient solution in every 2 weeks to clean out the reservoir. After cleaning, you need to add tap water and nutrient solution properly to reuse it.

Marijuana plants produce a unique odor that you may occasionally smell, usually at dusk and dawn. Sometimes they can be strong enough to attract attention. To eliminate the smell, you need to install an ozone generator. If you are planning to store your weed for more than a year, you have to wrap them in an air tight container and store in dark, cool place.

Marijuana History

Marijuana, also known as cannabis possesses immense health benefits and has been used as an effective medicine for thousands of years. Throughout the world, various ancient cultures such as Chinese, Greek, Arab, Indian and Native American have relied on cannabis for its medicinal benefits.

The earliest known material identified as marijuana was found in an ancient burial site from the Chou Dynasty of early China. Archaeological data reveals that cannabis was first used in Chinese medicine around 3000 B.C. Evidences of medical marijuana have also been found in Egyptian archaeological remains dated as early as the 16th century BC.

Marijuana is considered as an excellent medicine for reducing nausea that is associated with various medical condition and treatments including chronic pain and swelling. Cannabis reduces intraocular pressure by 30% for patients suffering from glaucoma.

Marijuana was first introduced into the modern world by William Brook O’Shaughnessy, an Irish physician and herbalist of British India. He was the person who experimented with marijuana and wrote the first modern English medical marijuana history. After his findings, medical marijuana became a useful ingredient in many pharmaceutical products in western hemisphere. After the development of medicines for the treatment of pain, the use of marijuana was dropped and thereafter banned by the federal government in 1937.

In 1970, doctors started experimenting on medical marijuana again and found that marijuana caused a significant reduction in intraocular pressure within the eye. Between 1970 and 1980, the health departments of several states started experimenting with marijuana. Finally, in 1996,for the first time California approved marijuana for treating cancer, AIDS, chronic pain and other illnesses. In 1997, The Office of National Drug Control Policy commissioned the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to conduct a comprehensive study on the medical efficacy of cannabis.

The IOM report recognized that marijuana and its constituents possessed numerous therapeutic properties, including the ability to control pain, nausea, and anxiety. They urged the government to make it available for patients and researchers too for further study. Immediately following the IOM’s report in 1999, the White House promised to support independent research on medical marijuana.

In 2001, the regulation on accessing marijuana for medical purpose was first established by Health Canada. They defined two categories of patients who are eligible for access to medical marijuana. First category covers any symptoms associated with the physical ailments like severe pain, multiple sclerosis, and weight loss, severe nausea from cancer or HIV/AIDS infection, arthritis, and epilepsy. Second category is for applicants who have any devastating medical symptom, other than the conditions described in first category.

In 2003, the US Health and Human Service Department applied for the patent of medical marijuana cannabis and received the government approval of the same. They filed a patent application for the use of cannabinoids, the active ingredient unique to marijuana and have been used as antioxidants and neuroprotectants. Government found the cannabinoids effective at treating ischemic, autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, neurological problems like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. So far, the United States of America has legalized the use of medical marijuana for 15 states and the District of Columbia followed by Washington DC and today, 60% of Americans support legalizing marijuana for medical use.

Here’s a list of major researches that has shown promising results of the health benefits of marijuana.

Migraines:  Recent research has shown that tetrahydrocannabinol or THC, the active ingredient in marijuana cannabis, inhibits the release of serotonin from the blood of migraine sufferers during an acute attack, thereby reducing symptoms of pain.

Benefits of Medical Marijuana

Cancer: Researchers from Madrid and Spain have found that THC promotes the death of brain cancer cells by a process called autophagy. THC also helps to reduce tumor growth in common lung cancer by 50% and significantly reduce the ability of the cancer to spread.

Chemotherapy: When a patient is undergoing chemotherapy, they can have extreme dehydration and weight loss. In order to stop the weight loss, a patient can smoke, eat, or take medical marijuana to help the nausea subside.

Chronic diseases: Research shows that marijuana cannabis can help to treat the symptoms of chronic diseases like irritable bowel disease, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea.

Prevents Alzheimer’s: The THC found in marijuana works to prevent Alzheimer’s by clocking the deposits in the brain that cause the disease.

Treats glaucoma:  Some studies found that the use of medical marijuana helps lower intraocular pressure in the eyes of glaucoma patients.

Seizures: Marijuana has been proved as muscle relaxant and has ‘antispasmodic’ qualities which have proven to be a very effective treatment of seizures.

Pain management: Those who have chronic pain have reported better results with medical cannabis. Chronic pain is a broad category that includes arthritis, migraines, back pain, fibromyalgia, carpal tunnel syndrome, phantom limb pain, scoliosis, osteoporosis, multiple sclerosis etc.

AIDS: For the patients suffering from HIV/AIDS, medical marijuana helps to reduce neuropathic pain and muscle spasm.  It also improves appetite and sleep patterns by reducing nauseaand stress.

Asthma: Marijuana Cannabis can help to reduce the asthma symptoms byopening up bronchial tubes.

Epilepsy: Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disorder that characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures. In this case marijuana reduces attacks and muscle spasm by preventing loss of consciousness.

: For the patients suffering from parkinson’sdisease, MMJ reduces the symptoms by improving extreme slowness of movement, muscle rigidity and tremor.

Marijuana Cannabis is one of the most effortlessly obtainable drugs these days. Native from the hemp plant, the bud is the most common. Since it is abundant it is low-priced and a drug that many teenagers try-out. It has been recorded that the use of marijuana cannabis by both youth and adults is very high in society as per recent researchers.

There are cases that prove the use of medical marijuana can change the chemical balance of the brain. That is why it is dangerous to use it. Many believe it is also a road to using harsher drugs later in life. Eventually, a user will find that the marijuana isn’t offering them the high it used to. That is when they move on to more addictive types of drugs.

Most of the time marijuana is rolled into what is referred to as a joint. It is smoked in that form; very similar to how someone would smoke a cigarette. It is also possible to place marijuana into a pipe and to smoke it that way. The odour from the use of marijuana in this format can be very strong. That makes it harder to hide the use of it from others around you.

That is why some people use marijuana in food. They bake it into dessert items and even dinner dishes and consume it. There is also the use of marijuana to make various types of tea. The quality of marijuana can vary significantly so the amount of it that someone will use and the high they get from it will vary. Users of marijuana have to be very careful about what they get.

This is also a type of drug that is often imitated. The sale of it is to scam users because what they get looks just like real marijuana. However, it turns out to be nothing more than various types of herbs that are commonly used for cooking. Since buying it is usually illegal, the person that has been scammed really has no recourse.

Buying, selling, or possessing marijuana cannabis is illegal in some countries/states. Anyone caught with it could be arrested and go through legal proceedings. There are criminal charges often associated with the sale of marijuana cannabis, especially if the person was found to have sold it to those under the age of 18.

A huge mass in our society feel the use of marijuana is not a big deal. The fact that there are now proven medical benefits of marijuana cannabis that encourage individuals to feel it isn’t a big deal. In fact, many believe that the government should legalize marijuana cannabis and then they can tax it.

Yet, the fact that medical marijuana can have some severe side effects means that people have to look at the benefits from it. When they are suffering from severe pain, the benefits can be more than the risks. The argument is never-ending, but the fact is that medical marijuana is believed to be one of the oldest drugs in the world. It has been used in all cultures all round the globe.

Wild plants:

You will find that many of the weeds and wild plants are in fact very useful in day to day life. For example Dandelion flowers can be made into a delicious jam and the sap in the stem is an effective treatment for warts and veruccas. Also the young leaves can be used in salads. They are an excellent source of vitamin C. Houseplant care of Dandelion includes proper watering and provision of light to the plants. Properly prune the plants to have them grow healthily. Similarly, Bramble (or blackberry) leaf tea has long been recognised as a helpful tonic and aid to digestive disorders. Blackberries make excellent hydroponic plants. You can use hydroponic nutrients and organic fertilizers from Advanced Nutrients to grow blackberries.

Perennial Plants:

Asparagus is an excellent houseplant and responds well to hydroponic growing. When there are very few vegetable available in early spring, Asparagus is a great option. It is a perennial plant and if maintained well it lasts for years. It needs only a layer of seaweed or sand added every autumn to keep it growing healthily. If you grow asparagus from seeds, you will need to wait at least for three years to get your first harvest.

Also another perennial, blackcurrant, is famous amongst hydroponic growers worldwide. Blackcurrant is useful in making jams, jellies, and juices. Also many alcoholic products contain fermented blackcurrants. Blackcurrant leaf is used for its vitamin and mineral content.

Herbs and spices:

Herbs like parsley and mint are grown as houseplants since many centuries. Parsley is mostly used in garnishing. It has high mounts of iron and vitamins and thus is considered as one of the most nutritious herbs. Parsley freshens breath and thus is added to garlic breads. Mint is useful in both medicinal as well as culinary purposes. Since a long time, in Ayurveda, mint is used to treat digestive disorders. Also, mint is used to spice up gravies and soups.

Houseplant cares is all about growing your own magical, green, and fresh herbs and attend after them.

In indoor gardening, plants can be grown in hydroponic nutrient solution in water or any other inert medium such as coco coir or rockwool or perlite. Organic nutrients help in healthier growth of plants. These nutrients are specially formulated to meet all your plants’ needs. Another advantage is that most of the nutrients must be dissolved in water and then supplied to the plant. Some hydroponic nutrients help in overall growth of plants while others are focused on specific parts such as fruits, flowers etc.

Let’s have a look at some for the best suited nutrient solutions for indoor gardening:

• Bloom Boosting Nutrient Solutions: In advanced hydroponics, growers concentrate on their final product which is often either fruit (tomato, apple, strawberries etc) or flowers (lilies, roses etc). These parts of the plant require extra nutrients for healthy growth. Bloom boosters are completely organic and promote intense growth of the vegetation zones of plants. Nitrogen is the main nutrient supplied by these solutions, as well as limited amounts of other micro-nutrients

• High Impact Hydroponic Nutrients: These nutrient solutions are often used in drip irrigation system of hydroponic indoor gardening. High impact nutrient solutions have macronutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. These nutrients along with calcium, sulfur and magnesium are required in doses to help the plants develop firm cell walls, fight off disease and infection, and give the plant enough energy to mature into a bloom or fruit. Another advantage of these solutions is the ability to test the pH of the solution when mixed with water on the basis of color.

• Inorganic Nutrient Solution: Many hydroponic growers prefer inorganic nutrient solutions because organic nutrients require some time to decompose before they can impart their nutrients to plants. This changes the amount of nutrients being fed to a plant during feeding, since decomposition of the material happens at variable rates. Inorganic chemical compounds such as dietary minerals, water, and oxygen form these nutrient solutions and help in flourishing growth of indoor plants.

Remember that the right type and amount of nutrient solution along with the best medium, appropriate lights and controlled atmosphere inside the grow room will help you get the best yield.

Decide which vegetables you wish to grow with indoor gardening. Once you decide upon your choice of vegetables, get plant cuttings or seeds of those vegetables from local nursery or gardener friends of yours. If you buy soil-grown seedlings, then select the ones that are 2 to 3 inches in height with at least one set of true leaves. Rinsing the soil off the root system allows you to plant soil-grown seedlings into hydroponics medium.  You can use nutrient media like coco coir, sand, vermiculate, perlite or peat to grow culinary plants.

Hydroponic vegetable gardening can be practiced with various systems. Beginners will find deep water or ebb and flow system easy and helpful. Another famous system for home gardening is wick system. In wick system, cotton or nylon wicks are suspended from growing tray into the nutrient medium and because of capillary action of wicks; nutrient solution is carried to the plant roots. Deep water culture (DWC) is a hydroponic method of plant production by means of suspending the plant roots in a solution of nutrient rich, oxygenated water. In ebb and flow system, containers are filled with an inert medium which does not function like soil or contribute nutrition to the plants but which anchors the roots and functions as a temporary reserve of water and solvent mineral nutrients. The hydroponic solution alternately floods the system and is allowed to ebb away.

Next step in hydroponic gardening is to choose grow lights. Remember that vegetables do not require harsh light. They grow well under light from compact fluorescent lamps. CFL bulbs are energy efficient full spectrum gas discharge source of light. You can induce your harvest by cutting back on time the time that your lights are on.

Keep checking pH of the nutrient media and water as vegetables do not like too acidic or too alkaline medium. Maintain pH in the range of 6 to 6.5. Adjust the pH by adding phosphoric acid or potassium hydroxide, depending on the current pH.

Make sure that the area in which you are growing vegetables is not too moist because otherwise there is a threat of fungal infestation. Keep an eye for signs of the diseases and insects that typically affect the type of vegetables you have planted. In case you find any pest attack, it is advisable to get rid of that particular plant. However, if the attack is on a larger scale, you can use organic pesticides like Neem oil and soap water.

By following above mentioned tips, you can grow your own fresh, nutritious, and healthy vegetables without having to worry about chemical pesticide infested market vegetables and their ever-increasing prices.

To begin with decoration, first of all list down the elements you will be using. You can use fallen leaves, gourds, pine cones, and tree twigs. Also, flowers like roses, daisies and lilies look good on thanksgiving table. Not to forget, an aesthetic cactus plant with delicate flowers is a must for thanksgiving gardening. With the help of indoor hydroponics, you can cultivate floral plants and decorate the table with various combinations. For example, pairing orange roses with red ones will give a colorful appearance to the centerpiece. Sunflowers are also excellent choice for decoration because of their bright and lively yellow colored petals. You can grow sunflowers indoors in LED lights; however, outdoor gardening is a better choice to cultivate sunflowers. You can put fist sized pumpkins around flowers to make the centerpiece even more impressive.

To grow Thanksgiving cactus with hydroponic gardening, you need to fill a small growing container with one part nutrient media and one part fine-grade fir bark. Add just enough water to moisten the media and place the container in a location that receives bright, indirect sunlight. Once the plant begins to show signs of growth, move it to a very dark location for 12 to 14 hours a day so that it develops flower buds. Remove the Thanksgiving cactus from the dark location once flower buds begin to develop. As this plant does not have typical cactus spines, it is great ornamentation for thanksgiving.

Another way to give your thanksgiving décor a natural look is to bring autumn home! Make use of all the fall foliage from your outdoor garden. Place a few shorter sticks that are adorned with colored leaves into small vases or construct one large centerpiece with a longer branch and a vase with a longer neck. You can also use dried flower petals to spread across the table. Branches of berries will add more color to the table as well.

This autumn, let your indoor and outdoor gardens help you decorate for Thanksgiving! With little creativity and an eye for ornamentation, you can surprise your family and friends with all-natural Thanksgiving ambience.

Hydroponics is a technique in which plants are grown in a nutrient media without using any soil. Hydroponic system can be set up practically anywhere- inside house, in the backyard, in malls, vertically up a building, and even in a broken fish tank! Thus hydroponic growing does not depend on acres of land to get higher yield unlike traditional farming. Hydroponic greenhouses are usually located close to the urban centers which they supply with food, so the need for trucking produce hundreds of miles from warm areas to cold regions is eliminated, reducing the need to burn fossil fuels.

Advanced hydroponics can help in maintaining greenery in areas which have nutrient depleted soil and scarcity of water. With hydroponics, there is a little wastage of food because there is no long chain involved of transporting food from farm to fork. Fruits and vegetables can be grown inside malls and shopping centers and can be sold right there. Thus with lesser transpiration, the threat of air pollution gets minimized too. In organic hydroponics, there is absolutely no use of harmful chemical fertilizers and pesticides. This avoids accumulation of these harmful chemicals in the bio-system.

Plants are grown in a very controlled environment in hydroponics. Amount of light reaching the plants, pH and humidity level, water consumed, and nutrients provided all these factors can be monitored by growers. Thus there is no threat of salinization of water, accumulation of carbon dioxide in environment or wastage of water. With climatic shifts getting more and more drastic endangering not just the plants world but the existence of entire world, we need to look for alternative, eco-friendly ways of producing food. Hydroponics is the answer to this issue and with the help of hydroponic technology, we can definitely save the world from global warming.

Agriculture industry is witnessing the need for change because of manifold issues like shortage of land, scarcity of water and labor issues. This need is for a technique which can produce maximum yield in minimal land, with less water, and lesser hassles. The answer to all these issues lies in one word- Hydroponics. Hydroponics is a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions, in water, without soil. Terrestrial plants may be grown with their roots in the mineral nutrient solution only or in an inert medium, such as perlite, gravel, mineral wool, or coconut husk. By studying and applying the techniques of advanced hydroponics, one can get flourishing, green vegetables and fruits in their own grow room.

Hydroponic gardening can be done in open spaces, orchards, grow rooms or even by using small objects like plastic trays, unused fish tanks and old barrels. You can use mediums like perlite, vermiculite, Rockwool, coconut coir, clay pellets, peat moss, sand, and even small pebbles. These media allow water and air flow to the roots of plants. Advanced hydroponics is practiced using many different systems. Some of the most preferred hydroponic systems in hydroponic growing gardening are:

Ebb and Flow system: This system is based on flood and drain technique. An air pump is used to flood the root zone of plants with water and organic hydroponic nutrients and with the help of air stone; you can create air bubbles and provide oxygen to the plants. Then water and nutrients is drained out of the root zone of plants. This pattern is repeated at regular intervals.

Wick system: This is one of the cheapest hydroponic growing systems. All you have to do is, take a cotton or nylon wick and place it in such a way that its one end is in contact with roots of the plants while the other one is dangling in the nutrient solution. With the capillary action of wicks, nutrients will reach roots of the plants.

Drip Irrigation System: This system works in the same way as ebb and flow system, however, in this system you can control levels of water and nutrients reaching plants roots and also you can decide the time for which roots are exposed to nutrients with the help of a timer.

Aeroponics: This is one of the most advanced hydroponics system. In this method, plants are grown in air or mist environment.

Many countries are encouraging research in the field of hydroponics as it is definitely the future of agricultural industry. However, as any technology, hydroponics too has its merits and demerits.