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Issue #521 - Sunday, April 10, 2022
Dear Fellow Grower,
In today's issue...
- Overwatering is one of the easiest mistakes to make when growing cannabis. But overwatering a seedling? That mistake is even easier to make because the plants are so fragile when they're young. Learn to water your seedlings correctly and they'll grow much faster in addition to being healthier.
- Check out the latest entry in my grow journal and hear what I have discovered about the HLG 300 R-Spec LED grow light!
- All these growers have bud that is approaching the time for harvest. The plants look drastically different, but the end is the same for all these growers: they're going to have some sticky plants to harvest trim and smoke although the amount will vary greatly between growers (you'll see what I mean 😂)
Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside (founders of GrowWeedEasy.com)
"Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life."
~Marcus Aurelius
Are my cannabis seedlings overwatered? (Solved)
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Overwatering is one of the most common cannabis seedling problems. I get it. You want to give your new seedlings all the love you can. To be honest, I still do it myself sometimes. Luckily it’s usually not a big deal and easy to fix. If your seedlings are droopy and possibly also with unexpected nutrient deficiencies, you’ve come to the right
tutorial. Solution incoming.
This tutorial will teach you how to spot and treat overwatered marijuana seedlings.
Is my seedling overwatered?
What are the most common symptoms for overwatered cannabis seedlings?
- Droopy
- Nutrient deficiencies
- Growing slow
- Soil never dries out
This is a mild case of overwatering. Notice how the leaves droop down.
This seedling is a little more overwatered.
This overwatered cannabis seedling is starting to show signs of nutrient deficiencies. This is because water and nutrients aren’t able to move properly from the roots to the leaves.
Overwatering symptoms can get out of control if you don’t do something about it. When you see green algae growing on top of the soil, that’s another sign you are overwatering (algae appears when the topsoil stays wet for too long).
Grow Journal Update: Clones are looking happy!
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So far the two grow tents look pretty identical, which is great because that's what I was aiming for with these clones. But soon that will change. In the flowering stage I'll be defoliating one tent but not the other. The goal is to see how flowering stage defoliation affects bud density, quality, and yields between clones grown in identical conditions.
We'll also get buds tested at the lab for THC and terpenes (smell) too! Click here for the full journal plus more information about this experiment.
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It’s been about a week since the last update and the plants are growing green and healthy. The clones were a bit yellow when they came out of the aerocloner but now they have a nice green color. They finally caught their stride and now they're growing fast enough
to see significant new growth from day to day.
They look healthy but they’ve been growing a bit slowly in the vegetative stage so far. Here’s a gif showing one of the tents just after the plants were topped (last week) vs one week later (today).
I remember noticing slower growth in the vegetative stage the last time I grew with an HLG
300 R-spec LED light, too. It’s not too surprising since “R-spec” or “red spectrum” grow lights are specifically designed for optimal performance in the cannabis flowering stage while buds are forming. They can be used in the vegetative stage too, but in my experience, the Spider Farmer SF-2000, Mars Hydro TSL 2000, and Electric Sky ES300 LED lights all produced
faster vegetative growth than this R-spec.
- Example for reference with an Electric Sky LED: Cannabis plants after being topped and about a week later (check out the full grow journal
here). Look at all that vegetative growth in just 7 days. It feels like more growth than the HLG 300 R-spec produced over the last week.
But a little extra time in the vegetative stage doesn't bother me as long as the buds turn out amazing. Part of why I decided to use these HLG lights is because the older 2019 version of the HLG R-spec produced some of my favorite buds I've ever grown. I'm excited to see how this 2022 model performs after buds start forming.
The plants have picked up in growth over the last few days and I think they'll look totally different the next time you see them. I'm hoping by next week they'll be spread out enough to fill the tent and we'll flip to 12/12 soon after that. Then the experiment begins!
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"Thank you for all your help!!! Again love your site."
~Steve
We're glad to help 👍~Sirius
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"Thanks guys, good job. Luv your info."
~Elite
Thanks! I hope it helps you grow tons of weed. ~Sirius
"I got started growing indoors after I found your website www.growweedeasy.com. Your site explained what was needed in easy to understand terms and gave me the confidence to get started. Growweedeasy.com is the number 1 resource I reference when I have cannabis questions and I look forward to your newsletter every week. I appreciate all the work that you and Sirius
do to maintain this excellent resource!"
~Richard
That really means a lot. Thanks for taking the time to write something so uplifting. 🙏 ~Sirius
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"Hybrid Headband grown in Living Soil indoors . . . First indoor grow after growing numerous times outdoors . . . Cheers!"
~Grand Daddy Terps
Yikes, those buds look absolutely vicious 🤯 ~Sirius
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"Smallest grow ever using Walmart grow lights"
~Susolarios
That's called a "Solo Cup Grow" and we're fans! In fact, we've hosted a solo cup competition on the GWE forum. ~Sirius
"Tangie autoflower. 50% sativa 50% indica. 🌿"
~blondie
I altered the color on two of the pics so you can see the orange-ness of this tangie plant, but the third is untouched and how it would look in blondies tent 📷 ~Sirius
Quick Guide to Plant Problems
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I'm Talking to You, Scammers!
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Fraud is one of the lamest ways to become a criminal.
Scammers: New-School Fraudsters
For some strange reason, scamming has less perceived harm than people who commit fraud. Guess what? They're the same thing! Scammers are the replacement for our "fraudsters" of yesteryear, except they're more prevalent since scamming is worldwide with minimal startup cost. Be sure that you show both groups the same amount of respect (none) and the same amount of caution (TONS), so we can keep their numbers as small as possible. The less successful scammers are
at scamming, the fewer of them there will be.
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...
- What’s the Best Pot? Containers Explained - Using the right sized pot for the job means it will be easier to make sure your plants get the perfect amount of water. Not only will that make it harder to overwater, but your plants will be able to grow
noticeably faster than if you were using a pot that's too big or small.
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Common Seedling Problems & Mistakes - Having a problem with your seedlings is a frustrating experience. Since the plant is so young and new, visual problems stand out more and can be upsetting to newer growers who haven't got to feel the fun side of growing yet. Learn
to fix mistakes early and you'll be a happier grower.
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Cannabis Grow Journals – Full Grows in Pictures - We just realized that some of Nebulas grow journals were nowhere to be found on GrowWeedEasy.com, so we fixed that! You can view one page to get links to all the journals we've formatted and posted so far. More to
come!
- How to Make Hash Oil (aka Cannabis Extract Oil or RSO) - If you're familiar with our newsletter, you might know that seeing a link to the Hash Oil can only mean one thing. Nebula and Sirius are about to make a ton of hash oil. In
fact, there's a good chance we're smoking some while you're reading this. 🤯
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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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