If you’re learning how to grow weed, here’s a golden rule: light is life for your cannabis.
Indoors, give your plants 18 hours of light and 6 hours of dark during the vegetative stage — it keeps them growing strong and leafy.
Want to trigger bud production? Flip to 12 hours of light / 12 hours of darkness to kickstart flowering (for photoperiod strains).
Outdoors, the sun does the heavy lifting. Your outdoor weed grow will stay in veg during those long summer days, then shift to bloom naturally as fall approaches.
Now, autoflowers play by different rules. These magical little plants start flowering on their own, no matter the light schedule. Just give them lots of light daily (18–24 hours is fair game), and let them do their thing.
The takeaway? Whether you’re growing marijuana indoors or growing weed outside, strong, full-spectrum light = bigger, better buds.
Light smart, and your cannabis will shine. 🌞💡
