Organic Growing: Organic cannabis cultivation

Organic cannabis cultivation without chemical fertilisers and pesticides:

**Advantages of Organic Growing:**

- Better flavour and smell

- Smoother, less scratchy smoke

- Environmentally friendly and sustainable

- More cost effective in the long term

- More complex terpene profiles

- No chemical residues

**Living Soil **

The centrepiece of organic cultivation.

*Base mixture:*

- 1/3 peat moss or coco

- 1/3 compost or worm humus

- 1/3 perlite or pumice

- Activated carbon for microbes

- Mycorrhiza fungi

*Organic additives:*

- Kelp-Meal (seaweed) - potassium and trace elements

- Neem-Meal - nitrogen and pest protection

- Bone meal - phosphorus for flowering

- Blood meal - quickly available nitrogen

- Bat guano - balanced NPK source

**Compost tea (microbe booster)**

Make living microorganisms available to the plant.

*Simple recipe:*

- 5 litres of dechlorinated water

- 2 tbsp high quality compost

- 1 tbsp molasses (food for microbes)

- aerate for 24-48h with an air pump

- Use immediately after preparation

*Advanced Tea:*

- Additionally Kelp-Meal, fish emulsion

- Humic/Fulvic acids

- EM (Effective Microorganisms)

- Various bacterial strains

**Organic pest control:**

*Preventive measures:*

- Companion plants (basil, lavender)

- Attract and keep beneficial insects

- Strong, healthy plants through good nutrition

- Clean, hygienic growing environment

*Natural treatments:*

- Neem oil against most pests

- Diatomaceous earth against crawling insects

- Soapsuds against aphids

- Predatory mites against spider mites

- BT (Bacillus thuringiensis) against caterpillars

**No-Till Organic Method**

Soil is never dug up, but continuously improved.

*Advantages:*

- Preserves microbial network

- Less work after setup

- Continuous improvement

- Self-regulating in the long term

*Mulching:*

- Straw or dried leaves as mulch

- Protects against dehydration

- Slowly feeds microbes

- Prevents weeds naturally

**Organic fertiliser schedule:**

*Vegetative phase:*

- Weekly compost tea

- Kelp meal tea every 2 weeks

- Fish emulsion if required

*Flowering phase:*

- Phosphorus-rich supplements (bone meal tea)

- Molasses for flavour

- Less nitrogen-rich fertiliser

**Tips for beginners:**

- Start with ready-made organic soil

- Slowly develop your own mixtures

- Patience - organic takes longer

- pH often regulates itself

- Microbes are more important than NPK values