Trouble reading today's article? Click here: Issue #545 - Sunday, October 2, 2022 Dear Fellow
Grower, In today's issue... - Today's main article includes 15 different ways you can increase your cannabis yields. Almost every grower has something on the list they could do differently, so make sure to check it out!
- Legal cannabis sales in Vermont went live yesterday! Only 3 stores so far, but more on the way. Adults 21+ with a valid ID can purchase up to 1 ounce at a time. Go Vermont!
- Don't let your genetics wreck you! Check out the bud sent in by one of our
growers that grew "mystery seeds". I haven't seen weed this wild and scraggly since I started growing. This wasn't the grower's fault, it was the genetics!
- To help cleanse your eyes from those potato-quality buds, this week's trophy pictures are dazzlingly beautiful!
- Check out some amazing closeup pictures of common outdoor issues like bud rot and aphids sent in by
readers!
Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside (founders of GrowWeedEasy.com) "If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself."
~Henry Ford
15 Ways to Increase Yields |
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A lot of indoor cannabis growers struggle with yields. It’s fantastic to grow your weed, but you must grow enough that you never run out. Otherwise, growing may feel like a waste of time and effort. Luckily, cannabis yields don’t have to be a mystery. There are specific factors that cause yields to be big or small, and nearly all of them are under your control. The following article contains a comprehensive
list of what you can do (both before and after buds start forming) to increase yields. Learn how to achieve bigger yields in less time with less effort Table of Contents
Before Buds Start Forming - Choose High-Yielding Genetics – Strain choice has a significant effect on yields, so it helps to choose a strain
that naturally makes big buds. Learn what to look for, and get a list of recommended strains that produce fat, envy-worthy buds.
- Grow Correct Number of Plants – Match the number of plants to your space and grow light. Often you’ll get bigger yields/faster harvests with many smaller plants as opposed to a few big
ones.
- Use The Right Plant Containers – Choose the right container type and size for your setup, so plants grow as fast and big as possible.
- Use Coco or Hydro
– Soil-grown plants typically grow slower than plants grown in coco or hydroponics. If you want to maximize the number of harvests each year, you should aim for fast-growing plants.
- Manipulate How Plants Grow – Plant training in the vegetative stage is an effective and free way to increase yields
dramatically.
- Choose Good Nutrients and Supplements – Get cannabis-specific nutrients, and remember that sometimes less is more.
- Grow Plants to Most Efficient Size
– Too-big plants can cause considerable problems, but plants that are too small don’t have the structure to support big buds. Maximize yields by growing plants to the right size for your space.
After Buds Start Forming - Increase Light Intensity – Light is food to your plant,
and giving more light will increase yields (to a point).
- Use Suitable Flowering Lights – For the best yields, you should be using LEDs (best choice for most growers), LEC/CMH, or HPS grow lights while buds are forming. Avoid “blurple” LEDs or fluorescent grow lights.
- Give Best Light Spectrum While Buds Form – Giving plants more red and far-red light in the flowering stage seems to increase yields compared to using the same grow light in a bluer spectrum. Learn which bulbs/lights work best below.
- Follow a Recommended Defoliation Schedule – Remove specific leaves at specific points of bud development to “hack” the plant’s natural processes and cause buds to grow bigger and denser than they otherwise would.
- Don’t
Ignore Problems! Plants get much more picky about nutrient ratios and nutrient strength in the flowering stage, especially as harvest approaches. Make sure you quickly diagnose and fix any nutrient deficiencies, bug infestations, or other visible problems. An unhealthy plant doesn’t have as much energy to put into bud formation.
- Create an Optimum Bud-Building Environment – Hot or humid air with poor air circulation in the flowering stage causes buds to grow more airy and loose (among other problems). Reflective walls can help you get the most from your lights, and some growers supplement their environment with CO2 to increase yields.
- Harvest Plants at the Right Time – Especially don’t harvest early.
And Most Importantly… - Always Be Growing – If you don’t pause between harvests, your bud coffers will soon be
overflowing. Along the same lines, never stop learning!
Grow a lot of buds so you never run out Bonus: Many of these techniques also increase THC levels, bud density, and overall bud quality.
Don't let your genetics wreck you! |
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Have you ever seen weed that looked like this? This bud looks like the flowers of wild hemp, not a modern cannabis bud. On top of that, the effects were weak and the yields were small. But why did this happen? The grower did nothing wrong to cause his buds to look like this. There is nothing you could do as a grower to a modern cannabis strain to make it grow this
way. This is 100% the result of genetics. The grower got "mystery seeds" and although the plants looked normal in the vegetative stage, the buds grew this curious structure. All of his other plants grown with good seeds turned out as expected (like the purple nug below). I wanted to share this extreme example to demonstrate just how important genetics are to your growing results. If you start with bad genetics, you'll end up with bad
results at harvest even if you did everything perfectly. But if you start with great genetics, buds will come out good even if you make a lot of mistakes. You need great genetics to produce great buds |
Now I've got seeds on the brain, so I wanted to ask you all a question. Have any of you grown subpar weed that you believe was the result of poor genetics? If so, we want to know where you got your seeds so we can warn other growers. On the other hand, we want to know what companies you love. So I had two questions to ask you, our fantastic readers: - What seed sources or breeders gave you bad results?
- What is your current favorite seed source?
Reply to this email and let us know! Bonus question: Have any of you used Seedsman lately? They offer a great selection of genetics and we used them for years, but took them off the website last
year because they were having problems with their order process. I've received a few emails saying they seem to have gotten everything back up to 100%, but before we put them on the website I wanted to get feedback from more readers. Please hit "Reply" and let us know what you think!
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"I look forward to my Sunday read, every Sunday morning thank you so much for helping out with so much great information." ~Benny Thanks for the kind words Benny. Emails like yours are what keeps us writing every Sunday (haven't missed a week since April 20, 2012)! I appreciate you taking the time to write in. ~Nebula Haze |
"Greetings from France, just a short message to tell you that your website and the forum are great! It's so cool, I'm a passionate amateur and I must admit that I learned some very nice little things on your site. Sincerely gardener friends 🌱" ~Narkobek I love to hear that the website growing knowledge is
reaching all the way to France! Your letter made me curious what's going on with cannabis legalization in L'hexagone (for those that don't know, some French people affectionately refer to France as "The Hexagon" because it is roughly 6-sided). It looks like the stirrings of legalization are finally happening this year. Your government made a draft law in January, and recently 31 French Senators published a letter urging legalization in France. Here's to hoping full legalization happens soon in France! ~Nebula Haze
"Thought I'd inform you recreational use of Ganja is LEGAL now here in Thailand. Just back from Bangkok, plenty of ganja stores selling premium buds. My province has its first shop now, about 12 strains to choose from. About time they did something right here. There is a hospital being built
specializing in cannabis treatment not far from my home. They will grow on site. The country has gone cannabis crazy...it's "Amazing Thailand" once again!" ~Alan This is wonderful news! I knew that medical marijuana was
legalized in 2018, and the health minister announced in March 2021 that Thai households are legally allowed to grow six cannabis plants to supplement their income. But I had no idea that weed stores were opening up. Go Thailand! ~Nebula Haze P.S. So far, the countries I know of with legal growing include Canada, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand, United States, and Uruguay. I heard Germany was going to legalize this year, but have been hampered by the EU. Are there any other countries in the world with legal cultivation? If you know of one, respond to this email and let us know!
What do Aphids Look Like? |
Dottore sent us these incredible closeup pictures of aphids growing under the leaves of his cannabis plants. These pictures are amazing. They show the aphids at multiple stages of life (the little white things are the exoskeletons of baby aphids, and the green and black bugs are different aphid forms). I had to share because not
everyone knows what aphids look like or that they can come in multiple colors. Thanks Dottore! |
Even closer.... (click for closeup!)
Picture of the Dreaded Bud Rot |
"Found some bud rot on one of my outdoor king tut plants from pyramid seeds. Decided to cut it out of the bud and cut down the plant a couple of weeks early :( :( On the bright side of things if it wasn’t for your website I wouldn’t even know to look for bud rot. Appreciate it 🤙🙏"
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pal Hey Al pal, thanks for writing in! Several of the pictures on our bud rot page are plants I've grown, so I have felt your pain. That being said, besides the one spot your buds look dank. Smart of you to harvest immediately. That's what I would have done, too. Thanks for sharing. Pictures like this really help other growers to know what to look out for. Enjoy the rest of your harvest! ~Nebula Haze For those who aren't familiar, bud rot causes dead spots on your buds. When you examine the discoloration they sort of "open up" where the rot is located. This is a really great pictures showing what that looks like. |
The rest of the weed looks scrumptious!
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"Spliff Seeds Amsterdam genetics.
LEMON CREAM KUSH AUTO Day 102.. 💯 Percent True Organics. No Man Made Chemicals...my personal best auto out of 500+...
📸: LILMIKEYS ORGANIC BUD..."
~Michael Those buds look mouth-watering. What an incredible yield for such a
short auto-flowering plant. I am impressed. Keep up the great work! ~Nebula Haze |
"Here it is 3 weeks from harvest." "Used a Spider Farmer SF-2000 LED grow light." ~Kek Excellent training on this one! I love the Spider Farmer SF-2000, too (I actually wrote a review of it). Your plant came out gorgeous. ~Nebula Haze
Don't answer any questions if someone you don't know calls! |
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If you receive a call from a new number, even if it seems like a legitimate organization, don't answer! It's probably a scam. And if you must answer, don't give them any personal information and NEVER give them a code.
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I almost got scammed last week... Scams are so prevalent we talk about them every week in the newsletter. But I almost got taken in by one last week. I was traveling and received a call supposedly from my bank that someone was using my credit card. I should have immediately suspected something was up but I think I was just frazzled because I was at the airport. I didn't
realize it was a scam until they said they were going to send me a code from my bank. My alarm bells immediately started ringing and I hung up. Phew. It was actually a pretty jarring experience because I thought I was immune to scams. But apparently even I can be fooled (at least for a few seconds) if I'm stressed and not thinking clearly. I just wanted to share. Your bank will NEVER call you and ask you to give them a code, for any
reason. ~Nebula P.S. 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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GrowWeedEasy.com has hundreds and hundreds of pages! Check out some articles you may not have seen... 7 Common New Grower Mistakes and How to Avoid Them - I regularly see pictures of cannabis plants that are struggling with caretakers that don’t know what’s wrong. Often, the owner is missing a small but vital piece of plant care knowledge that would quickly solve their problem. With this in mind, we’ve compiled a short
list of the most common mistakes we see new marijuana growers make. Complete Cannabis Grower’s Shopping List - When Nebula and I run our growers class, this is the part that trips people up more than anything.
Growers spend more mental effort on their setup than picking strains or the grow itself. Don't do that! Get stuff that's known to work well so you can move on and not think about that aspect anymore and concentrate on your babies. Are my cannabis seedlings
overwatered? - Overwatering is one of the most common cannabis seedling problems. I 100% 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.
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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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Learn which seed sources are recommended by Nebula Haze |
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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