New Year—a time for fresh starts, bold plans, and, if you’re a cannabis cultivator, another excuse to obsess over your plants. It’s not that you’ve been doing things wrong (although we’re side-eyeing that one nutrient mix you swore by last summer), but 2025 is the perfect year to experiment, upgrade, and evolve as a grower. After all, why settle for the same old routine when you can embrace new challenges and reap even greater rewards?
Whether you’re growing in a spare closet, a backyard greenhouse, or a custom indoor setup that looks like NASA mission control, this is the year to shake things up. To help you hit the ground running, we’ve curated a list of New Year’s cannabis resolutions that are equal parts practical and fun. Let’s dig in.
Try Growing a New Strain
Let’s start with the easiest way to add excitement to your grow: new strains! If you’ve been growing the same Indica-dominant hybrid for years, why not step outside your comfort zone? Maybe try a zippy sativa like Strawberry Banana Grape to energize your mornings or a flavorful dessert strain like Gelato 41 BX for those chill evenings. Experiment with one of our elite F1 varieties, or beat the clock with our amazing Early/Fast strains. Stepping outside of your comfort zone will teach you new things as a grower and push you towards mastery.
Why Grow a New Strain?
Each strain has its own growth habits, flowering times, and nutrient preferences, making it a great way to expand your knowledge. Plus, who doesn’t love variety in their stash?
How To Grow A New Strain
- Browse Seedsman for strains with unique genetics.
- Experiment with something you've never grown before—and grow alongside your regular grow.
- Ask your local grow community for recommendations on hardy, beginner-friendly strains if you’re branching out for the first time.
- Browse the Seedsman blog for tips and hacks to help get the most out of your new project.
Embrace Organic Cultivation
Sure, chemical fertilizers can work wonders, but have you considered going organic? This isn’t just about being eco-friendly; organic grows often produce buds with superior flavor and aroma. The secret lies in enriching your soil so it becomes a thriving ecosystem of beneficial microbes and nutrients.
Why Grow Cannabis Organically?
Organic cannabis isn’t just good for the planet—it’s better for you. Cleaner inputs mean fewer residual chemicals in your final product. Plus, tending an organic grow feels deeply satisfying, like you’re working with nature rather than against it.
How To Go About It
- Start simple with organic fertilizers like worm castings, bone meal, and kelp.
- Brew compost teas to introduce living microbes into your soil.
- Explore living soil systems that allow you to reuse your medium indefinitely.
- Follow Queen of the Sun Grown's blogs right here at Seedsman for invaluable advice on all things organic
Pro tip: Check out KNF (Korean Natural Farming) techniques for advanced organic growing hacks. Your plants (and Instagram followers) will thank you.
Experiment with Training Techniques
Plant training isn’t just for maximizing yields—it’s a fun way to geek out over your plants’ growth. Whether you’re using low-stress training (LST) to gently guide stems or high-stress methods like topping and supercropping, training allows you to sculpt your plants like an artist.
Why Train Your Cannabis Plants?
Untrained cannabis plants grow like little Christmas trees, which may look cute but can lead to uneven light exposure and smaller yields. Training improves airflow, light penetration, and ultimately, your harvest.
How To Train Cannabis Plants
- Beginners: Start with LST by gently bending branches and securing them with soft ties.
- Intermediate: Topping or FIMing (pinching the growth tip) encourages your plant to grow multiple main colas.
- Advanced: Try the ScrOG (Screen of Green) method by weaving branches through a mesh screen for even light distribution.
Bonus challenge: Attempt monster cropping—taking clones from a flowering plant for bushier growth.
Invest in Better Lighting
Lighting is the engine of your grow. If you’re still using outdated tech, 2025 is the year to upgrade. Modern LEDs have revolutionized the game, offering full-spectrum light, cooler operation, and lower energy costs.
Why You Should Invest In Better Lighting
Good lighting isn’t just about boosting yields—it directly affects the quality of your buds. Better light penetration leads to denser, more resinous flowers.
Things To Consider When Choosing Grow Lights
- Research full-spectrum LED panels tailored for cannabis cultivation.
- Calculate your grow space’s light requirements (PPFD and coverage area matter).
- Consider dimmable lights or modular systems to customize output during veg and flower stages.
Pro tip: Pair your lighting upgrade with reflective grow tent walls to maximize efficiency.
Grow a Monster Outdoor Plant
Got space in your backyard? Dedicate a spot to growing an absolute unit of a cannabis plant. You know the kind - you've no doubt seen them on social media. They look like the Outdoor grows allow your plant to stretch to its full potential, often reaching heights of 10 feet or more.
What's The Advantage of Growing A Huge Cannabis Plant?
Outdoor growing is cost-effective, eco-friendly, and ridiculously satisfying when you see the sheer size of your harvest. One of these bad boys will keep you in buds for a long time. The only downside is renting a fork lift truck to bring in your harvest!
How To Get Started Growing A Giant Cannabis Plant
- Choose a hardy, mold-resistant strain suited to your climate.
- Prep your soil with compost and amendments before planting.
- Stake your plant early to support future growth.
- Read up on growing monster plants for extra advice
Bonus tip: Keep neighbors (and nosy deer) at bay with fencing or companion plants like lavender and marigolds.
Start Breeding Your Own Strain
If you’re feeling ambitious, why not play mad scientist and breed your own cannabis strain? Combining the genetics of two parent plants can result in unique flavors, effects, and growth traits.
Why Breed Your Own Strain?
Breeding gives you full control over your grow, and the bragging rights alone are worth it. You could be the next DJ Short or Sam The Skunkman. Plus, you finally get to use that crazy strain name that keeps coming back to you when you're sozzled!
How To Breed Your Own Cannabis Strain
- Choose two healthy parent plants with desirable traits (e.g., potency, aroma, mold resistance).
- Pollinate a female plant with a male’s pollen during flowering.
- Collect seeds from the resulting buds, then grow and stabilize the strain through multiple generations.
Conclusion: Sow Your Resolutions, Reap the Rewards
The New Year is a fertile time for fresh beginnings, and what better way to celebrate than by trying new things in your grow? These resolutions are all about pushing your limits and enjoying the process. Here’s to a 2025 filled with bigger buds, better yields, and bolder experiments. Remember: every great grower started somewhere, and every New Year is a chance to grow—even if it’s just one plant at a time.
Seedsman extends our thanks and warmest wishes to all our friends. Happy New Year, happy growing, and may your yields be as great as your ambitions!
