Issue #635 - Sunday, June 23, 2024 Dear Fellow Grower, In today's issue you'll discover... - Our guide to help you master the vegetative stage of the cannabis growth cycle!
- Learn how to research & find the right strain so plants grow how you expect and produce the effects
you're looking for.
- Discover how you can give back to the cannabis growing community.
- We've been getting some insane pictures! Check out an another sparkly set of trophy pics from one of our subscribers.
Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside
Co-Founders, GrowWeedEasy.com
"Remember that children, marriages, and gardens reflect the kind of care they get." -H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Like many flowering plants, there are two phases of life for marijuana. Note: The scientific name for the marijuana plant is “cannabis”. First, a cannabis plant goes through a phase of vegetative growth, producing mainly stems and leaves. Cannabis plants in the vegetative stage look like this. All leaves, no buds. Second, the plant goes through a flowering phase of growth where it begins to produce the organs (flowers) needed for sexual reproduction. This is when your plant starts growing “buds”. These buds are what most growers want, but you have to make it through the vegetative stage first! Did you know? “Buds” are the flowers of a female cannabis
plant. It’s a bit like how many animals are first non-sexual “youngsters” focused on growth, then become “adults” in order to sexually reproduce. In fact, before a cannabis plant “hits puberty,” you usually can’t tell by looking if the plant is going to be a male or a female! For the vegetative stage, male and female plants look almost identical. Today, I will cover everything you need to know about the first stage of cannabis growth, including: I shed light on everything you need to know about the marijuana flowering stage here. What happens during the Vegetative Stage?Many home growers start with seeds. After your cannabis seedling grows the first set of “real” cannabis leaves (the initial set of leaves are smooth, pictured below), the plant is pretty much officially in the vegetative stage of growth. A seedling’s first leaves are smooth. After that, new leaves have serrated edges like “real” cannabis leaves. Did you know? The smooth first set of leaves are called “cotyledon” leaves. These leaves were already fully formed within the shell. Germination just lets them free. That’s why they don’t look like the leaves a cannabis seedling grows later. A happy, healthy cannabis seedling a day after germination. Here are 10 day old cannabis seedlings. Learn how to care for cannabis seedlings so they grow fast (mainly just water them on the right schedule). If you started with clones as opposed to seeds, your plant is generally
considered in the vegetative stage once you see new leaves start growing. During the entire Vegetative Stage, your plant will grow big and tall, but won’t produce flowers or buds. Plants keep growing more and more leaves in the vegetative stage. Quick fact: Cannabis is considered an “annual” plant. In the wild, each new cannabis seedling goes through his or her entire life cycle and produces seeds over the course of one year. That means wild cannabis plants die naturally when winter comes, making room for the next year’s seedlings. How long does the vegetative stage last?As the gardener, you actually have a lot of
control over how long the vegetative stage lasts. At least for standard photoperiod strains. As the grower, you control how long the vegetative stage lasts (except auto-flowering strains). You can keep plants small or let them grow big. This is because a photoperiod cannabis plant relies on environmental factors to know when to switch to flowering. Environmental factors “tell” a cannabis plant to either stay in the vegetative stage or start flowering, and these factors are easy to control. The main thing cannabis “pays attention to” is the length of light and continuous dark periods it receives each day.
Long days keep plants in the vegetative stage, while long nights initiate cannabis plants to to start flowering. Long days keep plants in the vegetative stage. Indoors, give plants 18+ hours of light per day. How to Research & Find the Right StrainStrains… There are a few widely known cannabis strains, like Girl Scout Cookies or Skywalker. But for cannabis growers today, there are literally thousands of strains to choose from. Each strain has it’s pros and cons. Each one produces different effects. (Where to get seeds) Skywalker x Girl Scout Cookies combines the relaxation of Skywalker with the potency of Girl Scout Cookies. Modern cannabis strains let you choose your effects and potency. Unfortunately, even knowing the strain name isn’t necessarily enough to tell you what to expect from a cannabis plant. There are often different versions of the same strains by different breeders. And that’s not even considering hybrid strains. When there are several versions of a popular strains, each version can grow wildly different from each other and produce
different results. “White Widow” from one breeder may be completely different from “White Widow” by another breeder. So while
you’re researching strains, always pay attention to the breeder in addition to the strain name. Learn about some trusted breeders. Genetics play a huge role in how your cannabis plants grow, including the effects, appearance, smell and taste of their buds. So how do you pick the right strain?
These steps will show you the way. Learn How to Pick the Right Cannabis Strain (Step-by-Step Instructions) You can't go wrong with Gorilla Glue #4! The strain that keeps on improving. Want to Give Back to the Growing Community?Ever wondered how you could help overgrow the world? Interested in getting exposure while showing off your growing skills and helping other growers around the world produce bigger, more potent buds? Do you have experiences, pictures, or lessons learned that you believe will
be helpful for other growers? If so, we want to hear from you! The best way to get weed into the hands of those in need is to provide people with pictures and information. This makes it easier for anyone to grow great weed themselves.... (or reply to this email) P.S. Don't forget to share your grow tactics, strains, grow light or setup, and other information about the pictures you submit! This makes your pictures even more interesting and useful for other
growers!
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📸 Trophy Pics of the Week
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Hi Nebula. Just an update on my ladies.
1st is x1 Fruit Spirit + 2nd also. All 5th week of flower. ~John
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Hey John, I grew my own Fruit Spirit plants recently, and absolutely loved the bud effects after harvest. Very relaxing yet still social. Your buds look absolutely dusted in sparkly trichomes. Can't wait to see what they look like at harvest! Make sure to send us an update! Happy growing, Nebula 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
- North Atlantic Seed Co. – Maine, United States
- MSNL – Netherlands bank with shipping centers in the US, Canada, and UK.
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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) 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
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: June 27, 2024
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