Trouble reading today's article? Click here: Issue #537 - Sunday, July 31, 2022
Dear Fellow Grower, In today's issue... - It's that time of year when growers in the northern hemisphere are struggling with common cannabis pests and bugs. How can you protect your plants from getting eaten by unwanted critters? Today's newsletter will show you how to figure out what bug is nibbling or living on your plant, as well as how to get rid of them safely!
- Six plants worth of
buds have been weighed and the THC lab results are in. Check out the conclusion to my recent flower stage defoliation side-by-side growing experiment! The results exceeded my expectations.
- This week's trophy pics feature an incredible greenhouse absolutely full of gorgeous plants! It is a little piece of paradise and I wish I could see in
person..
Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside (founders of GrowWeedEasy.com) "Bugs are not going to inherit the earth. They own it now. So we might as well make peace with the
landlord." ~Thomas Eisner
Pest, Bugs, and Mold, Oh My! 💪🍂🌳😲 |
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This is the time of year where outdoor plants often get attacked by bugs and other garden pests. If left unchecked, these can totally mess up your marijuana harvest! Caterpillars are one of the most common cannabis pests when growing weed outdoors. Use BT Caterpillar spray (works best if you apply with a mister) as a safe and effective way to eradicate them for good! Or check the pictures below to identify your villian. It’s time to fight back against cannabis bugs, mold, and pests! Aphids
Aphids live under leaves & have different forms depending on their stage of life.
Broad Mites These mites are so small you will likely never see them even under a magnifier. However, you can tell your
plant has been infected because your new leaves will be blistered, twisted and glossy. The overall plant will also be growing poorly and if it’s flowering the buds may turn brown. Broad mites are often mistaken for other problems like nutrient deficiencies, heat stress or pH problems. Bud Rot or Mold
When bud rot strikes, certain buds may start looking sickly overnight, with leaves turning yellow and/or bud
becoming discolored. When opened up the inside of the bud is dead or moldy.
Caterpillars
Caterpillars and inchworms eat holes in leaves. They are one of the most common outdoor
cannabis pests.
Leafhoppers
These bugs come in almost every color but they all make clusters of spots on your leaves where
they've sucked out the inner juices. If you see spots like this you know you've got leafhoppers.
Leaf Miners
Leaf miners are larva that actually live inside your leaves and tunnel through them to
eat! Planthoppers
Each species looks quite a bit different as an adult. Some look like pretty
leaves. Adults can also look like this: As youngsters, they create white and fuzzy patches that look like cotton on their butts and on your plants. Planthoppers suck the life out of cannabis plants if they start a colony. Russet Mites (or Hemp Russet Mites) Russet mites are so small you can only see them with a magnifier unless there
are thousands of them infesting your plant. They live the the crevices of leaves, stems or buds. Slugs / Snails
Slugs and snails usually come out at night, leaving holes in leaves with scalloped
edges from their individual bite marks. They also leave slime trails on leaves and on the ground. The damage from slugs or snails is often mistaken for caterpillars, crickets, or grasshoppers. Spider Mites
Spider mites are often caught from another grow room, and their bites
leave small white speckles all over your leaves. The bugs are so small they can be hard to see, though the best place to look is underneath leaves. You may see webbing (how they got their name). Stink Bugs
Various species of stink bug have been known to attack cannabis plants. They lay distinctive patches of white
eggs, which hatch into small beetle-like insects and eventually grow into stink bugs. Thrips
Thrips leave irregular bronze or silver marks that may look like “dried spit” or tiny snail trails. It is
also commonly mistaken for a cannabis nutrient deficiency, environmental stress, or other problem.
Lab Results: Defoliation in the Flowering Stage |
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Side-by-side defoliation experiment results! I recently did a side-by-side experiment with clones. Today, the lab results are in! Plus the weigh-in... The Defoliation Experiment - Grow clones in identical conditions. Defoliate only one tent and see
how that affects yields and THC. Defoliation Tent got strategic defoliation (plucked a bunch of the leaves) in week 0 and 3 of the flowering stage. Natural Tent was allowed to grow naturally during the flowering stage. Here are the plants after their
first defoliation. Natural tent on left. Defoliated tent on right. The plants get a second defoliation 3 weeks later, then all plants were left alone until harvest. So what did defoliation do? Did it help or harm? The results are in, and they're pretty definitive. Remember, the only thing different between these tents is I defoliated the plants on the right during the flowering stage. Everything else was exactly the same. Yet that
produced remarkable improvements to the yields and bud quality. Defoliation tent was the clear winner in my mind. - Higher yields
- Higher THC
- Higher quality buds
View the full grow journal with weekly updates
here. Want to know more? I've got you covered! Next Sunday, I'll be publishing a recap of the entire grow journal, along with my final thoughts, HLG 300 R-Spec LED review, and smoke reports for the buds. I said defoliation was the clear winner, but I think the real winner is me with all these buds! Check out how the Platinum Cookies buds turned out.
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"Thank you very much ❤️ I love your site I can’t say it enough" ~Ryan Hey Ryan, we appreciate that. If you want to help the best thing you can do is share your growing knowledge with someone else in need. Take care! ~Nebula |
"gracias por confeccionar tan útil guía.., abrazo desde Argentina. ~T" Google says that is "Thanks for making such a useful guide..., hug from
Argentina." Thanks for writing in, I feel so special to receive a message all the way from Argentina. Grow some dank Argentinian weed for me! Or "Gracias por escribirme, me siento muy especial al recibir un mensaje desde
Argentina. ¡Cultiva un poco de hierba argentina para mí!" ~Nebula Subject: Just WOW thank you I've been growing in a Bloom Box for years- your site has helped me be a decent grower. Right now your 3 days of Dark THC difference is very interesting. I live in FLA & do 3 days of Dark, with Ice water & Coldest AC possible! Now I believe the results! Again Thank you- You Kids are the Best
Kissez. Paul I have also been intrigued by the results. I want to test a bunch of harvest techniques with more controls and fewer variables. I'm thinking up how I would do the experiment to try to get as much information as possible. In addition to
the 3-day dark period, I may test other stressors like ice water. Stay tuned! Nebula
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"My plants got a little too big for my greenhouse this year….10x12 greenhouse with 9 plants in it." ~Al pal |
You weren't kidding! You could cut an Al Pal sized corridor through the middle of that gorgeous jungle, and your plants wouldn't even notice. Thanks for sending this in. I live in the city and absolutely love seeing people grow weed outdoors. ~Nebula What a beautiful view from the inside
Is there anywhere to hide from scammers? |
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Inside this couch seems safe enough, right?
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You may think you're safe from scammers, but they can still find you. "Social media a gold mine for scammers in 2021" says a recent headline at the FTC. Although it may feel safe on social media, some people will pretend to be your friend or a trustworthy business and then ask for money, crypto, or something else in exchange for seeds. Here are some ways to protect
yourself from social media scams: - Limit who can see your posts and information on social media
- If you get a message from a friend about an opportunity or an urgent need for money, call them. Their account may have been hacked – especially if they ask you to pay by cryptocurrency, gift card, or wire transfer. That’s how scammers ask you to pay.
- If someone appears on your social media and rushes you to start a friendship or romance, slow
down. And never send money to someone you haven’t met in person.
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.).
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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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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