Issue #106 - Sunday, April 27, 2014
Dear Fellow Grower, In today's issue... - Learn about how to upgrade your grow lights!
- Genetics are the key to getting the best results in your grow!
- This week's Trophy Pics feature the amazing results of a reader's first grow!
Happy Growing!
Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside (founders of GrowWeedEasy.com)
"The secret to mastery in any field is to forever be a student." ~
Martin Palmer
Grow Light Upgrade Guide - Yields & Potency Explained by Nebula Haze |
This article will teach you how to increase yields & potency of your home-grown cannabis without going crazy on your electricity bill! So here's the question: Considering the grow lights you have now, what should you get next
to upgrade your yields and potency? If you don't have any cannabis grow lights yet, this guide will also help you decide which one is right for your space and budget! Skip the Intro! Which Grow Lights Do You Have Now?
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Getting through your grow without major problems and training your plants to grow more efficiently will give you bigger yields for free, without having to upgrade your grow lights. But if you've mastered the basics and have successfully harvested a few grows, it may be time to upgrade your grow lights... Upgrading Grow Lights - Electricity, Heat, Yields & Potency When you've already maxed out on the yields you can get in your space, or if you're interested in improving the overall quality of your harvested buds, one of the best and easiest
way to improve your grow is to upgrade your grow lights. When upgrading grow lights, many growers have a few concerns, and it can be hard to get to the truth about how your grow lights affect... - Electricity Use
- Heat Produced
- Yields
- Potency
Electricity Use & Heat Watt-for-watt, most grow lights give off about a similar amount of heat. Some lights are more efficient than others (for example HPS is more efficient than CFLs, and will produce more light and less heat for the same amount of electricity), but when it comes to determining heat, wattage is a good way to
generally estimate how much heat is going to be generated in your grow room. That means that 400W of CFLs will produce about the same amount of heat as 400W worth of HPS or LEDs. One of the big differences is how each of the types of lights dissipate extra heat. While some MH/HPS lights are installed as a naked bulb under a reflector (cheap "wing" style HPS hoods), MH/HPS lights are often
encased within an enclosed hood that allows the grower to hook up the light system directly with ducting so an exhaust fan can be used to expel the heat. LED models are usually built with heatsinks and/or built-in fans to help disperse the heat evenly without concentrating any heat directly on the plants. Even with these extra bells and whistles, it's still important to use an exhaust system to get rid of extra heat unless it's naturally cold
in the grow room. CFLs unfortunately don't have any built-in way to disperse heat because they were not originally intended to be grow lights (or used in huge numbers like they are in most CFL grows). With CFLs, the main way to deal with heat is to keep the grow very small or disperse heat with an exhaust system. Warning! Be wary of crazy claims!
If something sounds too good to be true about a grow light, it probably is! Especially when it comes to LED grow lights, there is a lot of misinformation out there. The truth is that when it comes to growing cannabis, LED grow lights are not currently more efficient than an HPS light when it comes to yields/watt. 400W of HPS will almost always get more yields from cannabis than 400W of LED. Yields & Potency When it comes to
improving your yields, the most efficient grow light is an HPS. When I say "efficient," I mean the amount of usable light produced for the amount of electricity needed. Because HPS lights are so efficient, using an HPS light during your cannabis flowering/budding phase is the fastest way to improve your yields. When it comes to improving your potency, LED grow lights seem to help the plant produce more trichomes and bring out the natural odor
of the plant, and many growers believe the overall quality and potency of buds is increased when using LED lights during the flowering stage. A combination of HPS and LEDs seems to provide some of the best benefits of both - big yields plus high quality and potency. This may be because a combination of HPS plus LEDs more closely mimics the autumn sunlight that cannabis plants are exposed to in the wild. Cannabis plants can use a lot of light, and this upgrade guide will help you figure out the best way to upgrade your grow lights in your budget, but there comes a point when adding more light just doesn't increase yields
any more. Please note: The further your grow light from the plants, the less powerful the brightness but the greater and area the light will cover. The key is finding the right type of lights that give you both the coverage and brightness you need to achieve your goals. At some point, cannabis hits a saturation point and just can't use any more light. This
usually happens when a grower has more than 100W of grow lights per square foot. This also can happen when the grower keeps powerful lights very close to plants. In this case, you can actually increase yields even further by sealing your entire grow area supplementing with CO2. Just remember that adding extra CO2 to your grow room is a waste of time and money unless you've hit the maximum amount of light that your plants can use, and you will
have to completely seal off your grow area (so it's basically airtight) in order to supplement with CO2 effectively. It's almost important to note that while supplementing with CO2 may increase your yields, it does not affect the quality or potency of your buds.. Ready To Upgrade? Now that you are prepared with the information you need to upgrade your grow
lights effectively, here's a breakdown of exactly wha tyou need to do. Let's start with an important question... What Grow Lights Do You Have Now?
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Nebula Haze:As an epilepsy patient, medical cannabis may have saved my life, and I'm dedicated to
showing others how easy it is to grow their own supply of cannabis at home.
It is my mission to educate and build growing resources to help both new and advanced growers get bigger, better yields with less time and money.
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Learn which seed sources are personally 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 is 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, perlite, or a different medium, we'll show you how easy it can be!"
How Important Are Strains? |
No Matter Which Grow Lights You Use... Genetics Are Key to Potency & Yields! |
While all the tips and tactics for upgrading your grow lights will help increase your yields with any strain, the genetics of your plant also play a huge role in how the plant grows, how the buds fatten, bud potency and
ultimately your yields. The strains available today get much higher yields and are much more potent than any strains that were around even a decade ago. If you've got cannabis seeds that have been sitting around for a few years, chances are they are not as potent as seeds from a newer strain. Strain potency, yields, and ease of growth have been improving steadily over the last several
decades as hundreds of growers around the world are constantly breeding new strains and improving on old favorites. Learn about ordering cannabis seeds online
and get the strain you've always wanted! So even if you do everything right to get
bigger yields, you may not get buds as big as the ones you see online or in cannabis magazines. It's an unfair comparison if you're using so-so genetics. Investing in a high-yielding strain can be one of the best ways to increase your final yields (as well as the overall quality, potency and smell of your buds!). Already got your strain? Learn 5 Ways to Increase Yields Indoors (with any strain)!
Trophy Picture of the Week!
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"This is our first grow. With advice from u we were able to clone, veg for 12weeks, up to 4 ft high. Now they are six weeks in."
~Buds 4 you |
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I'd just like to thank you for all the effort you've put into this, it's outstanding. I've just started my journey into growing and before I've even planted a seed I already know I'm going to be using the Main-Line method. I've created a feeding, lighting & preventative pest control schedule, and stuck it to the inside of my grow room door. I know what I'm going to do, how I'm going to do it and what to do if something goes wrong, and it's all right here in these pages. I didn't imagine it could be this easy to grow my own; in my country I grew up around people who sunk a grand
into a hydroponic system with HPS bulbs and a room the size of Prince Charles' walk-in wardrobe and now here I am doing it in the cupboard under the stairs. Thank you :)
Chris |
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