Growing Tips for California Love
California Love is known for being one of the easiest strains to grow in the marijuana marketplace and is a great starter strain for novice growers. California Love marijuana plants will thrive both indoors and outdoors, but have an easier time growing indoors because of the grower’s ability to manage the climate. If you choose to grow indoors, you will have to replicate a steady environment similar to the climate of California in the summer. California Love seeds produce plants that are bright green with leaves that are green with purple and red tips. If you are going to grow outdoors, you will need to maintain a consistent temperature and humidity to grow these plants to harvest. Doing so will ensure that you grow potent and pungent buds from the top of the plants to the bottom. Having access to a greenhouse is the best way to give these plants the perfect outdoor climate they require without having to put up with unexpected outdoor variables. These plants grow super tall and can reach around 6-12 feet in height. Because the plants reach a maximum height of 12 feet, they require a ton of vertical space to grow fully. The ideal temperature for these plants is around 70-85 degrees Fahrenheit. Humidity levels should be kept at 30-60% during the vegetative growth stage and the flowering stage. Growing indoors will ensure that the moderate humidity levels and higher temperatures are constant and maintained every day that the plants are in the growing stages. Low-stress training (LST) and topping methods are the best techniques for this strain. These methods help to control the height of the plant so that the top buds don’t burn under the high-intensity grow lights. The California Love strain requires an 18-20 hour light cycle to reach the vegetative stage of growth. To induce the flowering stage, growers will need to change the light cycle to a 12/12 cycle. This change will ultimately lead to the harvest stage.
Yields, Flowering Time, and Harvest
- Flowering Time: Growing indoors, you can expect the California Love strain to harvest after a flowering period of 60-70 days.
- Yields: While Indoor yields are around 400 grams per square meter, outdoor grows typically produce up to 400 grams per plant. Whether you grow indoors or outdoors, you will be left with quality yields of dank buds.
- Harvest: Outdoor growers can plan on harvesting their yields around the end of October, depending on when the seeds were planted.
California Love: Southern California’s Finest
The California Love terpene profile is directly responsible for how the plant smells and tastes, and the strong effects it has on its users. The most dominant terpene in this strain is limonene, while ocimene and phellandrene are the secondary terpenes.
- Limonene: Most Dominant – Limonene is commonly found in the rinds of citrus fruits and can help with anxiety and improve lung function.
- Ocimene: Secondary Terpene – Ocimene is a monoterpene that has a sweet, citrusy, and herbaceous aroma.
- Phellandrene: Secondary Terpene – Phellandrene can be found in cannabis plants as well as other plant varieties. It has anti-inflammatory and anti-depressant effects on cannabis users.















