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Follow the stages in order, from first seed to harvest. Already growing? Jump to where your plants are.

1 Before you plant

Decide how you will grow, buy the gear and set up the space.

Start here How to grow cannabis: a beginner’s roadmap from seed to jar Indoors, cannabis takes roughly four to seven months or longer from seed to cured flower.

2 Seeds and seedlings

Choose what to grow, get it started and through its first delicate weeks.

Start here Photoperiod, autoflower, feminized, regular: which seeds to buy Photoperiod plants flower when nights get long, so you decide when.

3 Vegetative

The plant builds roots, branches and leaves. This is the time to shape it.

Start here The vegetative stage: building the plant before flowering In the vegetative stage the plant builds roots, branches and leaves.

4 Flowering

Buds form and fill out, right through to the final weeks.

Start here The flowering stage, week by week Stretch, bud building and ripening provide a useful map of flowering, but their timing varies by cultivar and conditions.

5 Harvest and cure

Pick the moment, then trim, dry and cure.

Start here When to harvest: reading trichomes and hairs Use flower development, cultivar timing and trichome appearance together.

All through the grow

Water, feeding, climate and plant health. These apply at every stage.

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