Issue #608 - Sunday, December 17, 2023 Dear Fellow Grower, In today's issue... - Nebula Haze loves a good side-by-side test when it comes to cannabis. Her love for testing really shines in today's article, which is a compilation of a strenuous test she did to solve an
age-old debate among growers: Is Super Soil better for growing weed than Coco Coir? Don't miss this one. There's enough crazy information that any grower will be shocked right along with us.
- We've done lots and lots of testing on cannabis plants and we love it. However, as much as we love testing, there's something we love even more...the stuff we get when the tests are over! Check out the bit below to see what in particular
made the end of the test so fantastic. Hint: It's weed and we really, really like it.
- If you live in the United States, you're probably familiar with the children's show, "Sesame Street" and the character "Cookie Monster". Why would I bring him up? Because I'm literally the cookie monster of weed pics. Please send me your trophy pics so I can feed my ravenous hobby of staring at other people's plants.
Nebula
Haze & Sirius Fourside (founders of GrowWeedEasy.com) "No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong." ~Albert Einstein This side-by-side grow journal experiment was originally documented on my Instagram profile. I think you’ll find this side-by-side marijuana grow experiment just as intriguing now as I did then. I copied over all the posts so you can enjoy this grow journal as if you were watching in real-time (that’s why each post is worded as if it’s happening now). What effect does it have on cannabis
clones to grow them in coco coir vs super soil? This grow journal’s results were not at all what I expected. From yields to THC levels to terpenes, there were stark differences between the coco and soil grow tents. Here’s a sneak peek of the two tents just before harvest. Jump straight to harvest day if you want to skip to the end, but I think it was one of my most riveting grows and you’ll enjoy reading each update as it happens. We're going to get straight into the grow, but click here to see a list of all the equipment Nebula used in this experiment. [Moving ahead...] Strains
July 5
This is a clone tent with two little
autoflowering solo cup plants finishing up in the back. I’m amazed what this HLG 65 LED grow light can support with only 65 watts of light! These clones are rooted and recently put in solo cups. I’m going to grow them out a little then they get put into their final homes. August 20 The top plants are in coco coir (Mother Earth Coco Plus Perlite Mix) and bottom plants are clones in Super Soil (Nature’s Living compost as base and filled the rest of the way with Coco Loco soil). Here are the clones about 3 weeks from being put into the tents (they were already rooted so they’re bigger than seedlings of
similar age). Top is coco coir (purple stakes). Bottom is Super soil (green stakes). I’ll keep them in this order for the whole grow journal to make it easier to follow along. Second picture was after some training. Plants were spread out and tied down. So far the plants in the super soil tent are ahead. It took a little longer for plants to adjust to the coco. However, they’re both starting to grow fast and the differences in growth patterns will soon be more obvious. September 5 The coco tent is on top, super soil tent on bottom. The clones are in
5-gallon fabric pots with the LED grow lights. They went into the tents on August 1 so they’re a little over a month old. So far the super soil plants are bigger! Coco on top, super soil on bottom The super soil plants are also darker green, with signs of Nitrogen toxicity (“the claw”) from getting high levels of Nitrogen from the super “hot” soil. N is stored in dark green leaves and can be accessed by the plant later. That is why lower leaves and then the whole plant turns yellow when Nitrogen gets low. Top view Lots of Nitrogen is fine in the vegetative stage (maybe even good), but high amounts of Nitrogen can suppress bud growth in the second half of the flowering stage. All of these plants will get defoliated at the start of flowering, which removes a lot of Nitrogen from the “system”. Since I’m only giving water to the plants in super soil, those plants are also continually using up nutrients in their
soil. It’s a delicate balance because I also want the nutrients in the soil to last until harvest. That’s why I am not washing any nutrients away with runoff water. Luckily, in a super soil setup, the plant has a greater ability to “pick and choose” nutrients (just like nature) compared to giving mineral nutrients in the water. The coco plants are about 11 inches tall and the super soil plants are 12 inches tall. I will probably initiate
the flowering stage soon because they’ll about double in size and I’d like them to be 2 feet tall at harvest. I love how easy it is to care for the super soil plants. Plain water every 3 days and they’re good to go! Whenever I mix up coco nutrient water it makes me appreciate the simplicity of a “just add water” grow! So far the Nature’s Living Soil tent has been great to use and I feel like the plants growing in it are doing better so
far. September 12 Today I defoliate the cannabis plants as they enter the flowering stage. These 3 plants were changed to a 12/12 schedule a few days ago to initiate flowering. I can already see the first white hairs/pistils appearing on the future bud sites. I typically defoliate right at the beginning of the flowering stage and again about 3 weeks later.
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The Test Results Weren't The Best Part...
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The grow in the article above was a fantastic journey. We took three strains, and tested them to finally solve a debate we've been hearing for many years. It was super satisfying to bring the grow to a conclusion, but do you know what was the best part of the entire test? The Peyote Critical. We stumbled upon several lost jars of Peyote Critical and decided to use them in our Levo vs. Magical Butter Machine article. All I can say is that I wish I used some other weed that wasn't this good. The cannabinoids test at mid-level, but this is one of those cases where the numbers do lie. The entourage effect is massive with this one. You can get Peyote Critical here at SeedSupreme or... You can get some Peyote Critical at NorthAtlanticSeedCo "Was pleasantly surprised to find this site. I go back over 20 years with the bubbleponics and Roseman. With seeds from Sannies. The past few hears I've been growing outside. So much easier. But not near the potency. So have dusted off the blue bubbleponics reservoir and other components. Thanks for the work you put into this site." ~J B Whoa, you
just fired up some old neurons with that name! Roseman's original forum posts aren't just where I learned to do bubbleponics, he gave me the courage to grow on my own weed. I have an immense amount of respect for Roseman and his contributions to home growers! ~Sirius "Trial on AC Infinity Evo LED lights? Would love to see you do a trial grow with this model. Keep up the great work! Thanks" ~David We were also thinking of testing their lights. Apparently, AC Infinity has started making every device you could need in a grow room. It might be fun to do a total AC Infinity grow...~Sirius "TY. I like." ~Dp NP. We appreciate. 🙏 ~Sirius
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📸 Trophy Pics of the Week
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"Thanks for everything. Both of you are truly the Best at what you do! I have followed both of you from the beginning. From beginner to expert, there is always something you have to offer… Take Care!" ~Arkolino Jeez! That plant is so big that it's making a mockery of the mountain in the background. And I wouldn't normally use
this word, but that stem is...girthy!~Sirius "I would just like to know what growing stage this is if you can give me any information I would appreciate it thank you." My heart always hurts a bit when I answer emails like this. So many growers will get a plant all the way to flowering just to discover it's a male plant and, therefore, unusable. For the sake of
future-you, make sure to grow feminized seeds! ~Sirius "Biscuits and Gravy strain" |
~Erick This is a beautiful strain with a mouthwatering name. Now all I need is a strain called "Country-Fried Steak"...and maybe one more strain called "Sweet Tea" 🤣 ~Sirius
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🚨💸 Meet the Four Billion Dollar Scammer!
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Don't call me scammer. It's DOCTOR scammer!
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Her doctoral thesis was titled: "Gimme Your Money, Loser!" It wasn't that long ago when the entire world was swept up in the crypto craze. For a brief period, roughly half of the world's population transformed into professional Bitcoin and NFT traders. Even my older, church-going piano teacher was duped into buying coins that immediately lost all their value. But all the
scams I had heard about were nothing compared to the scam pulled off by the person in the picture above. Dr. Ruja Ignatova was the founder of OneCoin, a scam that eventually tricked people out of roughly four billion dollars before she disappeared into the night. That's a four with nine zeroes behind it. The whole OneCoin fiasco is considered to be one of the biggest scams in human history. We don't need to worry about Dr. Ignatova's scams anymore since
she's off bathing in people's money, but just think of how many folks emptied out their accounts, or lost their homes due to this one person. Scammers don't care about who they leave in their wake, so it's up to us to keep ourselves un-scammed. Stay safe out there, and don't answer any emails from Dr. Ignatova. 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
- NorthAtlanticSeedCo – Maine, United States
- MSNL – Netherlands bank with shipping centers in the US, Canada, and UK.
GrowWeedEasy.com has hundreds and hundreds of pages! Check out some articles you may not have seen... Review of Nature’s
Living Soil for Growing Cannabis - Super soil is just regular soil until you add the "super" part". As awesome as it would be, unfortunately, the "super" part isn't love. It's a concentrated mix of organic goodies that your plant will only uptake in moderation. Moderation sucks, you say? Not in this case. You want your plants to uptake nutrients only when they need them and this is the stuff that makes it happen. Nebula’s Auto-Flowering Grow Journal (Topping vs Natural) - Topping an autoflowering plant can stunt it, but if you do it just right, you'll end up with more bud than you were planning on. Learn the right way to top an auto and take your non-photoperiod game to the next level. Some auto strains can flower in as little as two months...are you starting to imagine
the benefits? No?! Start imagining the benefits! Nebula’s Cannabis Defoliation Experiment – Side-by-side grow journal - Defoliation was very important to the grow detailed above, but how do we know that defoliation is actually worth doing? I present to you, a side-by-side test that
will bring you over to the defoliation side. It's not the worlds most rigorous scientific test, but it's done well enough that I think anyone who reads it will feel convinced. If you love our newsletter, check out 5 Free Ways to Support
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🧙♀️🧙♂️ Who Runs This Newsletter?
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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! 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!" Copyright (c) 2023 GrowWeedEasy.com NOTE: If links aren't working or if pictures are not showing up properly, please view the full newsletter here: http://archive.aweber.com/gwe-updates Disclaimer: Grow Weed Easy only recommends products that we've either personally checked out ourselves, or that come from people we know and trust. For doing so, we may receive a commission. Nothing in this e-mail should be considered personalized Financial, Legal, or Medical Advice. The contributors to this magazine grow legally under their local laws but are not lawyers or medical professionals. Any decision to grow
marijuana should only be made after consulting with an experienced lawyer or other legal adviser. Any medical decisions should only be made after speaking with a doctor. Be safe! How Did I Sign Up For This Newsletter? Our records indicate that requested to be added to the GrowWeedEasy.com weekly newsletter at . Date: December 20, 2023
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