Issue #610 - Sunday, December 31, 2023 Dear Fellow Grower, In today's issue... - Growing cannabis is a fun and rewarding hobby. But we live in a busy world and some of us simply don't have a lot of time to be wasting. The solution? Make growing your own cannabis take less time!
It sounds nice in theory, but the reality is even better because you get more and better weed in less time with less effort. If I didn't already grow weed, I would after reading that!
- What's the easiest and most effective way of wasting your time during a grow? Take a second and guess. The answer: using lame genetics! Bad genetics is an easy way to waste months of your precious time, but we're smart growers and we won't let that
happen, right?
- You guys and your massive, beautiful plants! If I have to look at one more gorgeous plant...that would actually be great and I'd be happy about it. I know it sounded like I was going to complain, but we really do love pics of your plants. Keep sending them in!
Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside (founders of GrowWeedEasy.com) "It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare not venture that they are difficult." ~Lucius Annaeus Seneca Busy lately? Or just a little lazy? Me too. But I still want to grow a ton of weed. Over the years I’ve learned some tricks and time-savers so you only need to spend a few minutes a day tending your cannabis plants and still produce the best quality weed. Today I will teach you 9 ways you can reduce the amount of time and effort it takes to grow cannabis without reducing yields or quality. Grow a ton of potent sticky weed in less than 10 minutes a day if you follow this tutorial. Perfect for busy people! Keep in mind these main tactics to reduce time and effort to grow weed: - Pick a low-maintenance grow style
- Set up properly – Certain equipment cuts down time and effort
- Fewer grows per year – Maximize yields and only grow good weed
Without further ado…
9 Ways to Reduce Effort and Time Growing
Weed
1.) Skip mixing nutrients with a “just add water” grow medium
Skip mixing nutrients with this grow medium. Just add clean water to this organic slow-release soil. Another bonus is you don’t get runoff water with this setup, so you save the time it would normally take to remove runoff water that comes out the bottom of a pot. This grow medium produces excellent buds and good yields, but plants tend to grow a bit slower and yields are a little smaller than when growing with nutrients. Check it out: “Just Add Water” Cannabis
Tutorial Create a “Just Add Water” grow medium by incorporating compost in the soil like Nature’s Living Soil concentrate. Check out my full “Just add water” tutorial that I used to grow these plants. 2.) One-part nutrient systems
For those who want the fast cannabis growth and enormous yields that come from using good nutrients. Some nutrient systems require multiple bottles to give the exact right ratios, like the General Hydroponics Flora trio. It takes less time to mix up a one-part nutrient system because you only use one bottle at a time. I have personally had excellent
results growing cannabis with Dyna-Gro Foliage Pro and Bloom. I’d say Dyna-Gro plant growth rates and yields are 95% as good as the Flora trio (my personal favorite nutrients for weed) with the same excellent bud quality. A good choice for soil, coco, or hydro. Dyna-Gro is super simple and works in soil, coco, or hydro. Use Foliage Pro at 1 tsp/gallon for the vegetative stage. Use Bloom at 1 tsp/gallon after buds start forming 3.) Fast hardy strain with high yields
Save time by not dealing with sensitive plants. And if your non-sensitive plants also have high yields, you can grow fewer times a year. Where can you buy hardy, high yielding cannabis strains? Generally, by Royal Queen Seeds, Dutch Passion, Barney’s Farm, Bomb Seeds, and Fastbuds are a solid choice. I’ve also included several specific strain suggestions at bottom of article. Grow fast hardy strains with big yields (recommended strains at bottom of article) 4.) Get a good grow light
It is a huge waste of your time to produce small yields or weak weed because of an insufficient grow light. Stick to proven cannabis LEDs (best choice for most
cannabis growers) or HIDs like MH/HPS (best for cool grow spaces like in a cellar or during the winter), and LEC/CMH grow lights (best for high trichome and
terpene production). Avoid fluorescent grow lights and generic LEDs. Fluorescent lights (like CFLs or T5s) tend to get low yields/watt, produce a surprising amount of heat, and require constant adjustment to
maintain the right light distance from plants. Unsuitable LED grow lights tend to cause nutrient deficiencies for no reason, slow down growth, and produce poor yields with low-potency buds. Check out 7 recommended grow lights we’ve had great results with (including harvest pictures!). 5.) Time-saving plant pruning technique
There are many ways to prune or “train” your plants to produce bigger yields and better buds for free. However, many are time-consuming, such as the manifold technique. Here is
the quickest and easiest plant training method that will give you a ton of bud sites and flat table-like plant canopies that make the best use of your grow lights. - Wait until plant has grown 6 sets of leaves (or 6 “nodes” as cannabis growers often say)
- Cut off the top of the plant just above the 5th set of leaves (“top the plant above the 5th node” in weed growing lingo)
- Spread branches out as the plant grows to make a flat “tabletop” canopy that fills the space under the grow light
- Any time there’s a branch that’s taller than the others, bend it down and away from the center of the plant.
- Tie branches down with plant twistie tie so they don’t turn back up
- Use the supercrop technique to bend thick branches without snapping them.
- Once plants have reached half the final desired height and the branches fill the entire grow space, initiate a 12/12 light
schedule to get plants to start making buds.
- Buds will naturally form as shown below.
Read the full tutorial on how to use this technique. This simple training technique produces plants like this This shape forces plants to produce many big buds at harvest
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Good Genetics: Like Cooking with Superior Ingredients!
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At its heart, today's article is primarily about achieving efficiency while maintaining a high level of quality. And if you want quality, you simply can't afford to pass up good genetics for bagseed or other unknown variables. These battle-tested photoperiod strains will not only make sure you start with quality, but you'll be proud and excited to smoke it when the time is near Recommended strains (photoperiod) And if you're really into efficiency, you know that nothing can beat the speed of a well-bred autoflowering strain. Recommended strains (auto-flowering) THC Bomb Auto makes beautiful, envy-inducing, sparkly buds
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"I want to thank you for all the great info. I appreciate your website so much." ~SHRED That means a lot. Thanks for writing in and helping us keep going. 👍 ~Sirius "Thanks to Nebula and Sirius. Great info. I’m a senior grower and find your articles very informative and helpful. Keep up the great work. Love growing great bud. Happy holidays" ~Michael We have lots of love for our senior growers! If you're a senior and you're thinking of growing your own weed, get started this year!
~Sirius "Thank you for an excellent grow journal. I learned a lot. Interesting with nice clear photos." ~Beverly People really seem to like our grow journals more than anything else. I'm contemplating doing a bunch of strains in a tiny 2x2 tent and journaling it. Does that interest any growers here? ~Sirius
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📸 Trophy Pics of the Week
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"Here are 4 of my pics. The 2 Bud pics are Bubba Kush. Grown outdoors this year. Excellent quality,5 plants, 24 oz. Last year pic, Sea of Green, Pink Lemonade excellent quality but WPM problem. Lastly, Mick Jagger the cat snoozing in the drying room.
I’m using your indoor tutorial for 2Pink Lemonade plants from clones, SF2000,Bloom etc. this year. Was seriously in the business for 50 years, but never grew. I’m from
Toronto."
~Jack Fantastic strains, beautiful plants, gorgeous cat. 10/10 pic submission! 🔟 ~Sirius "Happy Holidays to everyone at Grow Weed Easy! Your site has been so helpful in my crash course into growing. I would have been even more lost without all your help. This is a Royal Skywalker from RQS that went Foxtailing on me. I had zero clue why my buds were suddenly growing new buds until I found Nebula's
article. Any suggestions on how to Harvest? Colas are slowly getting red hairs but lower buds are well ahead 🤔 Regardless, Thank you all again!" |
~Mason19 We just had a similar problem with some Full Moon we grew. The part closest to the light kept making new calyxes while the buds farther away were getting close to harvest. You can let them all wait, you
can harvest just part of the plant, or if you're impatient like I was, pull the whole thing down. If you decide to harvest, just make sure that most of the plant is done. You don't want to harvest if most of the plant is still maturing. ~Sirius
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🕵️♂️📉😭 Let's Make 2024 A Record Low for Scams!
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This man has an appropriate level of caution for scams!
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Is it weird that we've all gotten used to scam attempts? Yes. We first started this section to help make growers aware of seed scams that were running absolutely rampant at the time. There were hundreds of scammers pretending to be people they're not (including Nebula) to trick people into paying for non-existent products, including cannabis seeds. Since then, these
types of scams have become commonplace, and it's rare to find a person who isn't used to dealing with scammers in one form or another. Whether it's scam calls, scam emails, or even scam snail-mail, scams are so regular that humanity has collectively gotten used to them. But that doesn't mean we can ease up! Collectively, we need to keep our level of caution high so that scams are less effective overall. Although we won't ever see the end of scams, we can
make them much less dangerous to as many people as possible. Remember, if you get a suspicious feeling from a call or email, or if it seems way too good to be true, listen to your inner voice and end communication. Stay safe in 2024, growers! 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... GWE’s Best Cannabis Seed Banks in 2023 2024 - What's the
biggest waste of time when growing weed? Easy. Grow a terrible strain. We still have jars of strains we have no interest in smoking and they might even go in the trash. Don't make the same mistake as us. Make sure you only grow strains that interest you and have a good reputation. 5 Best LED
Grow Lights 2023 2024 (Yields, Speed, & LED Bud Quality) - Years ago, an HPS grow light was the only thing I'd allow above my plants. These days, an LED can do all the same job while taking less time to set up and adjust. Unless you're growing in a colder environment, an LED will save you time and energy while looking significantly cooler. Simplest Cannabis Plant Training Guide - If you want, you can spend lots of hours fussing over your cannabis plant until harvest day finally arrives. But if you're looking to go the efficient route, this is the definitive answer. You can get the bonuses of training your plant without going 100% into crazy plant-lover mode. There's nothing wrong with 100% crazy plant-lover mode as long as you have the time and want to spend it that
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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 31, 2023
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