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Issue #517 - Sunday, March 13, 2022
Dear Fellow Grower,
In today's issue...
- Get ready to take cannabis cloning into the future...with an Aero Cloner! Okay, it's just cloning with a sprinkler attached, but it looks really cool and, your clones grow way faster. Who needs futuristic when you have increased performance and cool looks anyway?
- What's the best size clone? Now that you know how to make clones quickly, learn how to make them the perfect size too!
- Cannabis babies on the way! Check out the cuttings that are rooting right now in preparation for my upcoming side-by-side defoliation experiment. Plus don't miss the full experiment details including setup, nutrients, and defoliation procedure!
- As always, the pictures in this week's "Trophy Pics of the Week" are a joy to look at...but there's something hidden lurking in one of the pictures. Two of the pictures have tiny guests hidden amongst the cannabis leaves; let's see if they can fool you! Check out the piping-hot batch of trophy pics below and see if you can spot the intruder...s?
Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside (founders of GrowWeedEasy.com)
"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them."
~John F. Kennedy
How to Make Cannabis Clones
with an Aero Cloner
🌱(💦❌💨) = 🌱🌱🌱
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Cloning with an aerocloner is a way to quickly create a bunch of “free” cannabis plants. The main idea behind cloning is to cut off a piece of a specific plant then force that piece or
“cutting” to grow roots. At that point, you have a new cannabis plant that’s essentially an identical copy of the “mother” plant. That means that clones will have similar growth patterns, bud appearance, yield potential, THC levels, etc. at the plant they were cut from. If you’ve got a great plant or outstanding genetics, take clones to capture that magic for your next grow.
We used the TurboKlone Aero Cloner for this cloning tutorial, but the same instructions should work for just about all aerocloners
A “clone” is a piece of a plant that grows its own roots. The new plant is a small but otherwise identical copy of the parent plant. Once you have roots, plant in a container and start growing. Clones tend to grow faster than a seedling of similar size.
The simplest way to create cannabis clones is to cut off the end of a branch about 7″ long and stick the cutting in a glass of water until it grows roots. The
downside to this method is that clones take up to 6 weeks before they grow roots (each cutting is different).
So what’s the fastest way to make a bunch of clones that are all ready at the same time? In many cases, the answer may be an aeroponic cloner.
Cannabis cuttings in one of these will typically create roots within 14 days. Here’s a look under the hood. A mist is sprayed around the bottom stem of cuttings. This stimulates roots to grow faster than the cup cloning method.
If you don’t move plants to their own containers, the roots can go crazy in a system like this.
Ready to get started? Today’s tutorial will show you how to get roots quickly!
Best Size to Make a Cannabis Clone?
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Should you make your clones big or small? This is what a 7″ clone looks like once it is rooted. An excellent size to start growing in most setups.
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What's the best size to cut a clone?
I’ve found the best size length to make a marijuana clone is 7-9″ (18-23 cm) long. This stem is 7″ long. Perfect!
In the picture above you can see a bunch of clones in the middle, with mom plants (well what remains of them after I took all the cuttings) on the right and left side.
The roots should take 7-14 days to form. I'll give you an update on what their "feet" look like next week. Probably a few will have roots but they'll need another week before they're ready to plant.
In the experiment, do you think defoliation will increase or decrease yields overall? Here's an example of defoliation in action.
This White Rhino cannabis plant was heavily defoliated in the flowering stage. Here's what it looked like before the defoliation in week 3 of flowering.
Here's that White Rhino plant after being defoliated. I removed a huge amount of leaves.
This is how that White Rhino plant looked at harvest.
Would it have produced more or less yields if I'd left it alone? The buds turned out fat but perhaps they would have been taller/longer if I hadn't defoliated. It's really hard to say how the defoliation affected the plant when you don't have anything to compare it
to.
Our next side-by-side experiment seeks to find the answer. I'll be growing two sets of clones in identical setups. They will be trained and treated the same so they should look identical going into the flowering stage. Then I'll defoliate the plants in one tent like the White Rhino pictured above. I'll leave the leaves of the clones in the other tent untouched. Everything else will be the same.
Let's find out how defoliation changes the way plants and buds grow in the flowering stage!
Love,
Nebula
P.S. Just curious, how many of you are interested in growing in hydroponics like the plant pictured above? This upcoming grow will be in coco but I'm considering doing a hydroponic grow next if that's something you're interested in.
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"Hey y'all, just wanted to say a quick thanks for helping noobs like me to learn how to grow! My plants had some minor light stress after getting a new light and I was able to diagnose and fix it quickly with your plant doctor so I really appreciate it. Thanks again and keep up the good work!"
~James
I'm sure it felt great to be able to solve a problem with just a little information. 🏆 ~Sirius
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"Thanks for all your efforts. I’ve learned much at GWE."
~Kim
The world becomes a better place every time someone learns to grow their own weed. At least I'd like to think so! ~Sirius
"Brilliant! This is another reason I love reading your newsletter, I ALWAYS learn something new! Thank you two for all that you do."
~Groot
It's always good to hear from you Groot, and thanks for the words of encouragement! ~Sirius
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"Orphan Annie [the plant in the picture] has been stressed out with me and my little buddy trying to keep her lassoed down. Defoliation ROCKS! Cheers!"
~Major Stamen
This plant is interesting to look at. It almost looks like a huge tree in an enormous pot. The electricity bill for the lamp above it would be astronomical. Well done, Major Stamen. ~Sirius
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"A little movie I made of the three tents that'll be ready to clip next week. They're on a diet of straight molasses now and I'll put them to dark Monday."
~Mr. K
That's three tents jam-packed with weed. I hope you have a good series lined up for when it's time to trim! 📺 ~Sirius
"Can you spot the ladybug eggs? Was also wondering if you guys could shed some light on the white spots on those leaves?"
~Shep918
First, I love a game of "Spot the [blank]" and I encourage you to try to find the ladybug eggs. They're a bit hard to see, but click on this picture for a closeup to try to find the eggs before scrolling to the second picture. (Warning: It's a big picture and may take a while to load)
The bright orange/yellow ovals hanging off the bottom of the leaf are the ladybug eggs. The arrival of ladybugs is related to the spots on the leaves, but not in a bad way. In fact, the ladybugs will help to fix the
issue..
But what's making the white splotches? The answer is...
Thrips! Thrips make the tell-tale white splotches you see in the pictures above. Ladybugs are a natural predator of thrips, which explains why they've moved in. Those guys are gonna be in trouble real soon.
If you have thrips, you don't have to wait for ladybugs to show up, though.
Check out our page for ways to get rid of thrips immediately:
...wait. Did you see them? If you zoom in really close on that last picture, there are tiny spider mites, too! What a bunch of jerks. Luckily the ladybugs are also happy to eat spider mites.
~Sirius
Quick Guide to Plant Problems
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Scammers: Totally NOT Rad
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Step 1: Look disgusted with scammer Step 2: Exit the situation
Sorry scammers, I'm far too tubular to fall for your tricks!
Although the technology has changed vastly since this TV clip from the 90s, scammers are still using the same tactics. That is, trick you into thinking that they're someone they're not, and using that trust to squeeze money out of you. If you get even the slightest inkling that you might be walking into a scam, trust your instincts and get out of the situation as quickly as possible.
Remember when it comes to buying seeds: Real seed businesses don't contact you. They let you contact them. If anyone messages you to sell you seeds on social media, look out! It's possible they will take your payment and send nothing. Always take a second to think before sending money to anyone, especially if they contact you (whether by DM, text message, phone call, email, etc.).
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Recommended Cannabis Seed Sources
These sources have gotten great reviews from our readers:
- Seed Supreme – California, United States
- ILGM (I Love Growing Marijuana) – California, United States
- Herbies Seeds – Europe (seemingly out of the UK and Spain)
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GrowWeedEasy.com has hundreds and hundreds of pages!
Check out some articles you may not have seen...
- How to Clone Weed in a Cup of Water (Easy!) - If using an Aero Cloner is the futuristic way to make clones, then cloning in a cup is the primitive way to make clones. Cloning in a cup might take longer to finish, but it's much easier to do, and the price is roughly the cost of a dozen solo
cups!
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How to Create a Bonsai Mother for Unlimited Clones - This is Nebula's adaptation of an extremely useful article published back in the year 2000. Although cannabis is a seasonal plant, you can keep a clone-bearing mother plant for a very long time if you treat it with love and care. And before you ask, yes, the love part is
necessary.
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Main-Lining: Clone Tutorial - One of the main facets of mainlining is that the plant is symmetrical throughout the grow. So, how can one mainline a cloned plant when they're asymmetric by nature? Luckily, the creator of the method figured out a solution and we're going to share it with you!
- Top-Fed DWC Cannabis Setup Guide – Bubbleponics - If you try your hand at using an Aero Cloner, you should ask yourself, "Did that feel weirdly...right?". Does having your cannabis plants cradled in water seem cool? If so, you might be just the right person to take a shot at growing in DWC-style hydroponics. Be
warned; you might not ever come back from this switch...
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Nebula Haze:
When I first started growing, I struggled. Now, it is my mission to make it easy for new growers to get started while helping advanced growers get bigger, better yields with less time and money. We update/add articles every week. Anyone and everyone can grow if they want to!
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Sirius Fourside:
Sirius Fourside is a hobbyist grower who has gained the bulk of his experience growing in water as a medium (deep water culture, bubbleponics).
"Growing cannabis can be a relaxing hobby in and of itself, but it also saves you money and keeps you from having to deal with shady characters. Cannabis is much easier to grow than people give it credit for, and growing in water doesn't increase the difficulty much, if any. But whether you want to grow in water, coco, or a different medium, we'll show you how easy it can be!"
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