Issue #619 - Sunday, March 3, 2024 Greetings Fellow Grower, Today's issue is all about unusual growth patterns in the grow room. - Monstercropping is a "crazy" technique that takes advantage of an unusual plant response to try to grow "monster" plants. Is this
technique effective at increasing yields, and if so, how do you do it? Find out today!
- Accidental re-vegging is essentially when "monstercropping" happens by accident during the flowering stage. When this happens, all your buds will wither and die. Noooo! Learn what causes this and how to prevent it from happening!
- Exciting news on the legalization front! Cannabis cultivation
was just legalized in Germany, effective April 1 this year 🏆 Up to 3 plants per household will be allowed for private consumption!
- This week's trophy pic shows an example of a successful "monstercrop" in action, complete with harvest
pictures!
Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside
Co-Founders, GrowWeedEasy.com
"I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it." ~Pablo Picasso Be careful (or should I say “scareful”) how you use this powerful cannabis growing technique… Just kidding, there’s no “monster” in monstercropping. The term was coined by a grower who noticed that cannabis plants produce odd growth patterns when they revert from the flowering (budding) back into the vegetative/leafy stage. They discovered they could use this “monstrous” growth to their advantage by cloning flowering
marijuana plants to quickly produce plants with a lot of buds at the top. This marijuana monstercrop plant by John Henry shows the classic growth pattern of a monstercropped clone. His result was similar to the manifold training technique with less effort. What is monstercropping? Monstercropping is a term for cloning a flowering cannabis plant to produce bushy clones. The results vary greatly between plants so this should be considered more a fun experiment than a serious growing technique. The idea is to use the fact that cannabis clones respond to re-vegging (reverting from the flowering stage to the vegetative stage) with odd growth patterns
that may produce a plant with an above-average number of branches. “Monstercropping” is also occasionally used as a synonym for re-vegging. Why monstercrop a plant? Monstercropping is one of many cannabis growing techniques that aim to create a wide “tabletop” shape while plants are forming. A wide flat plant allows each bud to develop at the optimal distance from the grow light. Although the results with monstercropping are unpredictable compared to other techniques, the idea is to increase yields and bud density by giving buds the perfect amount of light while they develop. Let’s watch a monstercrop in action.
(A huge thank you to Don B for sharing these pictures) This clone was taken from a flowering cannabis plant several weeks before. It often takes longer for a flowering clone to make roots compared to a clone taken from a vegetative plant. This one just started growing again. You can see it’s not a normal cannabis clone because the buds weren’t removed and it has strange rounded leaves (1-point or round leaves are key symptoms of re-vegging). Here’s the same plant 2 days later. It continues to grow new leaves with round edges and long stems while the plant is reverting back to the vegetative stage. Here’s that plant about a week later – at this point it’s growing (mostly) normal leaves. Some plants may take longer. One downside to monstercropping as a technique is that each cannabis plant/strain responds a little differently to the re-vegging process. This is about 1 month after the first picture. Although it took extra time to get started, the plant grew big, fast, and wide with little influence by the grower. There are many ways to achieve this plant shape, but all the others involve bending and/or tying down stems. Here is that plant at harvest! The grower Don B said that they were extremely happy with the results of the monstercrop process and would do it again. Yields and bud density improve when all buds are the perfect distance from the light. Monstercropping is one of many methods to change a plant’s shape. Benefits - Fun – It’s enjoyable and
rewarding to experiment with different growing techniques.
- Bushy clones – Produce a bushy growth pattern in new clones.
- Protect Genetics – Get a clone from a plant that has already started flowering.
Cons - Unpredictable – Each plant responds differently so there’s an element of surprise with every monstercropped clone. You may still need to bend and tie down stems to wrangle plants into the
desired shape.
- Slow – There are exceptions, but it may take weeks or occasionally even months for flowering clones to make roots and start producing new leaves.
- Timing – The longer the original plant has been flowering, the higher the chance of clones dying and/or taking forever to re-veg. Success rates start dropping as soon as buds appear and it can be very difficult to clone flowering plants that are approaching
harvest.
What’s the difference between re-vegging and monstercropping? The terms get confusing so let me explain. Growers may use “re-vegging” and “monstercropping” interchangeably, but they’re a bit different. Re-vegging is the
act of a flowering plant going back into the vegetative stage whether it’s on purpose or not. The term monstercropping usually refers to the technique of re-vegging a flowering clone. The base of monster crop plant by PuravidaC Avoid Accidental "Re-Vegging"Monstercropping is forcing a flowering clone to "re-veg" on purpose. But what about when re-vegging happens by accident to a fully formed cannabis plant? Background: Photoperiod plants
need 12 hours of total dark every day to start making buds. Re-vegging is what happens when a flowering cannabis plant gets light during their dark periods (for example because of a light leak, the timer stopped working, or the grower keeps checking on plants during their "night"). Without consistent 12 hours of darkness each day, the plant begins to revert back to the vegetative stage ("re-veg"). The first symptom is new leaves start growing oddly with rounded edges, and then all the buds begin
to wither and eventually die. No good! First sign of re-vegging is deformed leaves with smooth leaf edges. #1 Easiest Way to Prevent Re-Vegging: Grow an auto-flowering strain. Re-vegging is a photoperiod strain problem. If thinking about daily dark periods seems like a hassle, then the best thing you can do is choose to grow an auto-flowering strain of cannabis.These plants automatically start flowering after a few weeks and grow buds regardless of light leaks or dark periods. An autoflowering strain completely solves the issue of re-vegging. Some excellent autoflowering strains: More autoflower strains! #2 Grow Tent Method: Put grow lights on a timer. When growing photoperiod cannabis plants, the easiest way to create a light-proof grow environment is to get a grow tent. These tents are made to block outside light, so that your plants don't get light when the grow light has turned off. As a bonus, grow tents are reflective, waterproof, and
make it easy to stop smells from escaping the grow area. Learn about grow tents (cheap - for example a 2x4 grow tent like this one on the right is only $99) "I saw your tutorial on making bubble hash! I have done it three times and am blown away by how easy it is to do and the results! WOW and thank you again. Next step for me is experimenting with making gummies.
~ Dave
Isn't it amazing how awesome bubble hash is to make? You get so much for so little effort. A few times a year when the cupboards start overflowing, we pick up some dry ice from the store and find some old weed to turn into bubble hash. Even if the weed is years old, the bubble hash still
comes out amazing. I love to sprinkle some on top of my bowls or in a joint. Nirvana! ~Nebula
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Check out this amazing example of a re-veg by "Poppa" in our GrowWeedEasy.com forum! Poppa's epic reveg grow journal. The two plants after getting trimmed. After being separated into two different hydro tubs, and allowed to grow. Recommended Cannabis Seed Sources
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Did You Know?
The Maned wolf, which stands at a majestic 3 feet (90 cm) tall, has a unique property... Weed-scented urine! In fact, this smell once sent the police on a hunt
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Someone should make a strain called Maned Wolf OG! GrowWeedEasy.com has hundreds and hundreds of pages! Check out more resources related to today's main topic of unusual sights in the grow room. - 7 Common Cannabis Plant
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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) 2024 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
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