Growing Kratom for Beginners

So let’s think about where the Kratom trees are native to originally. Southeast Asia and Indonesia are primarily where the trees grow — both of which are humid, warm climates with the perfect soil for Kratom growth. In order to successfully grow your own Kratom, having appropriate soil and perfect humidity levels are going to be most important.

For this reason, in most cases it’s not recommended to try and grow Kratom outside (especially in the US). Our weather is just too unpredictable and unstable. Your best option would be to have a combination of temperature controlled, well lit area (best to use High Pressure Sodium lights) indoors. You need to be able to control the lighting, humidity, and temperature. If you can’t do this, it’s highly probable you won’t be able to grow Kratom. Humidity is such a huge factor in the chemical makeup of your tree and can without a doubt affect the alkaloid content. If you aren’t sure what humidity level is appropriate in this situation, we recommend checking the climate in which you bought your seeds from!

Last but not least, you have to have good soil to start growing Kratom. It needs to have a proper balance of retaining that moisture, but also draining well and not remaining wet regularly. This might be a new term, but the soil you’re using should have higher humus (animal or plant decay) levels than normal. When there are higher humus levels in your soil, it just means that the soil needs less nutrients to produce.