Now is the time to grow your own cannabis.

As pot legalization takes over both the United States (piecemeal) and our neighbors to the north (wholesale), there has never been a better time to legally cultivate your own cannabis. Just ask Nikki Lastreto and Swami Chaitanya — each cannabis royalty in their own right — who run a sun-grown organic cannabis operation in California called Swami Select.

“A lot of times with farmers, they’ll grow smaller batches that are often more potent,” Chaitanya says. “They’re giving so much energy and love to those few plants.”

Here are some fast tips to get you up and growing — then lying back and smoking — some fine outdoor cannabis.

1. A Pot for Your Pot
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