The GreenState ultimate cannabis gardening guide 2018
![Worker Wilber Castaneda adds soil to a marijuana plant at Harboside Farms in Salinas, Calif., on Thursday, July 20, 2017. | Photo Gabrielle Lurie](http://gsp.greenstate.com/greenstate/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2018/03/greenstate0910_gallery_48315354.jpg)
Tuesday marked the vernal equinox and the first day of spring, which means now’s the time to start your legal cannabis garden. One in five Americans lives in a legalization state, and all legalization states but Washington allow personal cannabis gardens. Growing marijuana isn’t as easy as a shopping trip to the nursery for seeds, starts, potting soil and gloves, though. Check out GreenState’s multi-part guide to getting your garden growing.
Books
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![Marijuana grower Sunshine Johnston of Sunboldt Grown smells Skywalker OG terpenes at her farm in Redcrest, California, on Tuesday, May 10, 2016. | Photo: Connor Radnovich](http://gsp.greenstate.com/greenstate/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2018/02/firstdaypot1106_timeline_Web4_33991332.jpg)
How To
- How to obtain seeds and starts in California
- How to buy seeds on the internet
- How to pick the right type of cannabis seeds for your garden
- How to buy healthy cannabis starters, called clones
- How to sprout cannabis seeds
- How to grow out your baby cannabis plants
Law
Look up your local California cannabis law to see if you can grow indoors-only or outdoors as well. Check out: