Trouble reading today's article? Click here: Issue #574 - Sunday, April 23, 2023 Dear Fellow
Grower, In today's issue... - Imagine buying a Ferarri or a Lamborghini. Now imagine paying all that money only to find out you accidentally paid for it to be painted in a color called "Rusted Champagne", or "Clown Car". That's a bit of an extreme example, but that's how
important a good trim is to great-looking bud.
- Ever heard of "12/12 from seed"? It's a trick growers use to get a plant to start flowering as fast as possible. But now that we all know more about cannabis plants and how they work, is 12/12 from seed worth the effort? We're going to answer every question you likely have about this method so you won't need to wonder anymore.
- I love weird
plants and that's the name of the game in this week's "Trophy Pics if the Week" section. It's just a bunch of plants looking absolutely beautiful but refusing to do it in the normal way we're all used to. I think you're going to fall in love with these plants just as easily as I did. I challenge you to not like them!
Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside (founders of
GrowWeedEasy.com)
"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature." ~Marcus Aurelius
How to Trim Buds the Right Way! ✂🌳🍃➡🥦🤤 |
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This trimming tutorial is part of our “how to harvest cannabis” series: Flushing > Harvest > Trimming > Drying & Curing Why do growers trim cannabis buds in the first place? Harvest time has come! You are cutting down your homegrown cannabis buds to dry and cure them. But do growers need to trim their cannabis buds? When is the best time to trim, and why do growers trim buds in the first place? Trimming cannabis buds – before & after Here are some reasons to trim buds: - “Top Shelf” Appearance – Trimmed buds are often considered higher quality. Most buds are completely manicured (or at least somewhat trimmed) when you see them in magazines, at the dispensary, and online. This is the appearance we’ve come to associate with “good weed” and so untrimmed buds may look
less appealing to some people.
- Better Smell – Buds that are trimmed before being put into jars tend to gain a stronger “weed” smell over time. On the flip side, untrimmed buds take on a “planty” hay smell if they’re stored in an airtight container for too long (several weeks to months).
- Easier on Your Throat – Leaves are more “harsh” on your throat/lungs than flowers when vaping or smoking. Trimming off extra leaf matter makes buds more “smooth”
to smoke or vaporize.
- Higher THC Concentration – Even trichome-encrusted sugar leaves have a significantly lower concentration of THC and other cannabinoids than the flowers. That means trimmed buds tend to have higher levels of THC gram-for-gram.
Many growers want trimmed buds but don’t want to waste any THC, so they process their trim to extract the THC in the leaves separately. You have endless options for getting the good stuff out of your leaves and
other trim, but my favorite ways are making dry ice hash, butter or canna caps. I sprinkle dry ice hash on top of bowls to skyrocket their potency, I use butter for edibles, and I love canna caps for the ability to easily dose edibles on the go! An example of well-trimmed cannabis buds Untrimmed cannabis buds – pic by psychonaught
Is "12-12 From Seed" Worth It? |
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The “12 /12 from seed” technique aims to initiate the flowering stage immediately after germination. This creates small “bud stick” plants that are typically ready to harvest in 3-4 months. Check out this beautiful example of “12/12 from seed” by Fuel. |
Will the “12/12 from seed” cannabis growing technique give you huge yields? In a word, no… but there are benefits to initiating the flowering stage as soon as possible. With photoperiod strains, giving a 12/12 light schedule from
seed germination is a great way to create tiny “bud stick” cannabis plants, which may be perfect for a small stealthy marijuana garden. When modified slightly, the same basic technique can create bigger plants and bigger yields while adding little to no extra time before harvest. And then there is the matter of genetics. Certain strains give better results than others. Keep reading to learn how to get the best results and biggest yields with this technique.
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"420 am on the dot. 🌱🙌😂" ~Jospeh Yup, and for well over a decade! It's a really weird feeling. ~Sirius |
"Ms. Haze,
Just wanted to drop you a line and compliment you on your article from last years conference in Las Vegas. I've been looking for a conference that I could go to that would put me in touch with growers as well as therapists who have been treating patients with weed extracts.
As a
now-retired RN, I've seen too many cancer patients suffer from the side effects of Chemo and Radiation therapy. I can recall opening multiple vials of Morphine and giving patients six times the normal dosage to treat the pain that was being caused by the cure. We all knew that many of the side effects were worse than the disease being treated and the cure inflicted it's own kind of suffering.
So you have my thanks for making it your mission to assist those folks trying
to help get the patient through the nausea and pain. The only thing left to do is convince the politicians that its time to update the laws in this country so that marijuana can be reclassified as a medicine and we can use it for medicinal purposes. Keep up the good work and Take Care." ~John I don't know what to say here besides thanks. We were hoping the conference would be worth it and it definitely seems like it was. ~Sirius "Feels like I've read through your entire site twice and still find new stuff all the time. Thanks.
~Steed
It isn't that odd for us to find something and not remember writing in, so we're in the same boat as you 😂 ~Sirius
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"Just thought the leaves were weird, never seen any that there was just one leaf that's has no fingers" ~Radicalruss We've had a plant that did this exact same thing (I think it was Blue Dream). I can't get enough of these weird plants! ~Sirius |
"I've been growing cannabis now for about two years thanks to this website !! I wanted to share with you some strange things happening with my grow at the moment. These plants just started week 9 of an AUTO grow ! Flowering for about two weeks now. I've never seen a flower grow from a leave like this. I have a double leaf end and a double bud on top of a main LSD cola. The other photo is of two
beautiful cherry pie autos doing great after 8 weeks. Thank you for ALL of your help on teaching me!!!"
~Mark This one is a triple-weird-whammy. I see double-fingered leaves, double-headed colas, and a calyx growing from the center of a leaf. I know you didn't do this on purpose, but I'm still giving you an A+
~Sirius "Thank you for all your help. I could not have done this without your site. Not sure of strain. Seeds got all mixed up."
~LLoyd I love the shape of this plant! This reminds me a lot of a Cole Train plant Nebula grew that also looked like it was built from round weed-legos if that makes any sense 🤣 ~Sirius We all have to stay alert These days, a single bank scam can completely ruin the life of an unsuspecting target. Scammers are great at making it so you need to do almost no work to accidentally give away everything you worked for. So what can we do to protect ourselves? The .gif above is a character named Fry from a show called Futurama. In recent-ish years, his
squinting eyes have become the embodiment of being suspicious of an incoming scam. When someone contacts you requesting payment or personal information, summon the spirit of Fry and don't believe anything. One of the easiest ways to keep your information safe is to only give it to companies when you contact them on official channels. Stay safe! Make sure to watch out for seed scams!
Remember: 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)
We encourage you to forward this email to a friend in need! GrowWeedEasy.com has hundreds and hundreds of pages! Check out some articles you may not have seen... Flushing Cannabis Before Harvest (for Smoother Buds) - Flushing is the act
of giving your cannabis plants water without nutrients for a short period before they're harvested. Is it the right thing to do? Does it help? How do you do it? All these questions (and more) will be thoroughly answered once you click the link above. When Are Marijuana Buds Ready to Harvest? - If you're going to flush you need this article. If you're thinking about
trimming, you really need this article. Learning to judge if a plant is ready for harvest is a skill that might be weird at first, but it's extremely satisfying once you get the hang of it. Complete Drying & Curing Marijuana Guide - Drying and curing are so important in part because they're the last thing you need to do to your buds before smoking them. A
bad dry can erase the smell of your weed, and a lack of curing means it won't look, taste or smell as good. Luckily, these two things are easy to do when you have instructions.
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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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