How To Pick Where To Grow Medical Marijuana

Once a person becomes a legal medical marijuana patient, a patient ID card is issued that typically permits one to grow his own medical marijuana. In the example of an AZ medical marijuana patient, the person is eligible to cultivate up to 12 plants until a medical marijuana dispensary opens up within 25 miles of that person.

This article provides an overview of selecting and preparing an area to grow medical marijuana outdoors. The area picked needs plenty of direct sunlight, at least 6 to 8 hours daily. If it can receive more, that is better. If desired, one can place medical marijuana plants right in the middle of a busy garden, like with herbs, flowers, and berries.

Or a patient may desire to grow the cannabis in an inconspicuous location. In Arizona, for instance, a person may grow medical cannabis outdoors so long as the area is enclosed. This may be a large fenced in backyard area but it still needs to receive considerable direct sunlight. The marijuana plants should have 3 feet between them, and even though that sounds like a lot of room they will be crowded by the season’s end.

Planting the marijuana farther apart creates healthier, happier plants and also makes it simpler for a person to walk amongst the plants to work. Even eight feet apart is common and the area needs to be protected from wind if possible to protect from damage.

In an optimal situation the growing site should be rotated every year, however, that is unrealistic for the most part in a personal growing situation. So the soil will become depleted after each growing season and therefore it should be replenished between each growing season. In preparation for the winter which is a non-growing season in most areas, a person should place mulch over the growing area consisting of pine needles, leaves, straw, herbicides and the mulch should be at least 6 inches deep. Mulching the area will keep the weeds down and also protect the area soil from some microorganisms.

Want to find out more about AZ Medical Marijuana, then visit Arizona MMC’s site on how to obtain your Medical Marijuana Card in Arizona for your needs.