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Next to choosing a strain, lighting is the most important factor that must be considered when growing indoors. The first thing you should know is that indoor lights produce bigger flowers (more bud) than natural light coming in the window (the process of utilizing natural light indoors is often called a window grow). This means you get more THC quantity with artificial lights than you will with natural sunlight indoors. Even in countries that have relatively hot sun for six months of the year, it is still hard to produce big buds indoors under natural light. Some people have grown plants under an attic window that’s open during the dry days. This will grow you bud, but not as much as an artificial lighting system will produce. The other side of the coin is that natural light is free, electricity is not, and grow lights can be expensive to buy and run.

It is very important to plan ahead and envisage the final harvest in order to space your plants accordingly.

A grower pulls up a fistful of top colas from an indoor grow room.There are several ounces here and loads more to come.

When using a window grow, try to place your plant near a window that receives the most sunlight throughout the day and the seasons. If you plan on a window grow, remember that you want your plant to get most of its light during flowering. If July is the best month for sunlight, then you may consider germinating your seedling back in April or May or even as early as early March. Try to estimate when you’ll get the best weather and coordinate this with the flowering times directed by the breeder.

A single light, large reflector and lots of mylar can spread enough light to expand the parameters of a grow by several additional plants.

Also remember that people might be able to look up and see your plant if it is growing near the window. People washing your windows can also see in. Also, if you have a Sativa plant it will get big and very conspicuous. Take all these factors into consideration when you are growing your plants with natural sunlight indoors, but keep in mind that even low wattage indoor grow lights will improve your yields tenfold compared to a window grow. Window growing can result in a vain attempt to grow bud and is one of the top reasons why first time cannabis growers discontinue growing cannabis. A window grow by no means reflects the cannabis plant’s true potential.

If you are growing indoors, then you may have a room or part of a room that you wish to use, such as an attic, closet, basement, or spare bathroom. These locations nearly always require artificial light. There are many ways to set up an indoor grow room. We will discuss this in Chapter 6.