Issue #132 - Sunday, November 2,
2014 Dear Fellow Grower, In today's issue... - Learn the answers to common growing questions!
- Answer our anonymous Reader Survey!
- Discover which breeders you can trust!
- Check out this week's trophy pics featuring an amazing auto-flowering plant!
Happy Growing! Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside (founders of GrowWeedEasy.com) “A question you never ask will
never be answered.” ~ Unknown
Ask Nebula!
by Nebula Haze |
Get Answers to Common Growing Questions! |
- Is it hard to grow weed?
- Where can I get seeds?
- Can I stick a seed in soil and watch it grow?
- How can I
tell if a seed is good?
- What if my plant runs into problems?
- How do I get rid of gnats flying around my soil?
- What kind of soil should I
get?
- What about growing in coco coir?
- What type of container should I use?
- How do I get started with hydroponics?
- Do I need special nutrients to grow cannabis?
- Is pH really that important?
- Can I use tap water?
- Can I grow cannabis with Miracle-Gro?
- Do “finisher” additives (sugar, molasses, ‘big bud’ type additives) work?
- Which nutrients make the biggest buds?
- How much light do I need?
- Which LED grow light is the
best?
- What’s an easy free way to increase yields indoors?
- Do CO2 Bags work?
- Does "defoliation" (plucking leaves) help or hurt growth/yields?
- Is it worth it to "re-grow" a plant after it's been harvested?
- How long until plants start making buds?
- Why do growers want female plants?
- Where do I look to tell the sex of a plant before it starts flowering?
Getting Started
Is it hard to grow weed?
No! It’s really easy once you know what to do! Where can I get seeds?
Can I stick a seed in soil and watch it
grow?
Yes. The cannabis plant is a weed and it can sprout in a lot of conditions.
But if you want to get decent yields and quality bud, you must give your plant what it needs, especially during the budding stage.
At the very least, it’s important to provide cannabis plants with water, nutrients and a lot of bright light.
How can I tell if a seed is good?
Sometimes relatively pale or fragile seeds can grow into the best plants. You can’t tell the quality of a seed just from looking at it. If in doubt, order quality seeds from a reputable cannabis breeder. Plant Problems
What do I do if my plant runs into problems?
How do I get rid of gnats?
Fungus gnats are tiny annoying bugs that fly around your soil. You can use insecticide to kill them, but Fungus Gnats are a sign of a separate problem: the top layer of your medium is too wet. Make sure you only water when the top inch of your medium is dry, and don’t drench it. With good watering practices, Fungus Gnats simply can't reproduce and disappear.
What kind of soil should I get?
Any quality potting soil can work. Don’t get soil with time-released nutrients (like Miracle-Gro soil) and don’t use dirt you find outside.
If you’re looking for a specific brand for growing cannabis, a lot of people like Fox Farms soil. If that’s what you choose, I recommend starting with Fox Farms Happy Frog soil and mixing the soil with about 30-40% perlite for a great cannabis soil starting mix. Learn more about making an easy soil
mix.
Some growers use a soilless growing medium or potting mix, for example coco coir...
What about growing in coco coir?
What type of container should I use?
Any plant container should work. For the easiest growing, I personally recommend getting a smart pot (a growing container made out of fabric). That’s what I use. They deliver more oxygen to the roots to help increase growth and prevent problems like overwatering.
How can I get started with hydroponics?
Do I need special nutrients to grow cannabis?
Yes and no. Cannabis plants have two stages of life and it is important they get the right nutrients at the right time. When using liquid nutrients, use a “Grow” nutrient formula for the first stage of life, and a “Bloom” formula when buds are forming.
Here are NPK ratios to help you pick the right nutrients if you can't get one that’s specifically formulated for a plant like cannabis. “N-P-K” are the three numbers listed on every nutrient
bottle. - Veg/Grow - High N, Medium P, Medium or High K.
- Bloom/Flower - Low N, Medium or High P, Medium or High K
Note: Don’t use anything with time-released nutrients like fertilizer spikes, or Miracle-Gro soil - they deliver too much N in the flowering stage.
I don’t pay attention to pH, but I keep running
into nutrient problems. Is pH really that important?
Yes. Managing pH is the #1 way to prevent nutrient
deficiencies when using properly formulated liquid nutrients. Can I use tap water to water my plants?
Cannabis plants are not that picky about water as long as your nutrients are right and there's not too much salt. Many growers can use their tap water. If your local tap water is toxic to plants and can’t be used, you can use filtered or RO (reverse osmosis) water. If using RO water, make sure to supplement with a Cal-Mag (calcium & magnesium) supplement to make up for the lost minerals that normally come in tap water.
Can I grow
cannabis with Miracle-Gro?
Here’s a question: why don’t you brush your teeth with baking soda? Baking soda definitely works, but the problem with it is that we already have something much better that’s more specialized to do it’s
job.
Miracle Gro can grow cannabis to the vegetative stage(it has too much Nitrogen for flowering), but why not use something that’s meant to do this job?
In short: Get some nutrients that works well for cannabis. It’s worth the few extra dollars!
Do “finisher” additives (sugar, molasses, ‘big bud’ type additives) work?
They probably won’t hurt your plant, and they may help, but there’s no real evidence either way (at least not yet!)
Which nutrients make the biggest buds?
This is a trick question. Nutrients keep plants healthy, but light makes buds. You need nutrients to prevent nutrient deficiencies, just like humans might need a
multivitamin.
As long as your plant is healthy, you will generally increase yields by providing all parts of the plant with enough light. This is easier with plant training. Light is like “food” for your plants. How much light do I need?
Outside your plant needs 8+ hours of direct sunlight a day for the best results. The less light your plants get, generally the lower your yields.
Indoors, you need bright grow lights to get cannabis to produce a lot of bud,
but smaller lights can also be used to produce great cannabis - just in smaller amounts.
Growing practices like plant training can often dramatically increase yields indoors. Using your indoor grow space wisely can make the difference
between harvesting 4 ounces or harvesting 16 ounces in the exact same setup. Should I get LED grow lights? Which model is the best?
LEDs can grow great cannabis, but there are many sellers who make bold, untrue claims about what LED grow lights can do.
LEDs are efficient light sources and come with built-in fans which can make it easier to disperse heat in a small space, but they’re not magical. If a claim sounds too good to be true, it probably is!
LED grow lights DO NOT consistently produce bigger yields than a HPS grow light of the same wattage (at least not as of the year 2014), but LEDs do have other possible benefits like increased terpene and resin production. Learn more about LED grow lights. What’s an easy free way to increase yields indoors?
Master plant training so it's easier to get light to all parts of your plants. Keep grow lights the correct distance from the top of your plants. Generally you want to keep indoor grow lights as close as possible without causing heat problems or light burn. Do CO2 Bags Work to Increase Growth and Yields?
Does "defoliation" (plucking leaves) help or hurt growth/yields?
It is an understatement to say there
is a lot of controversy about defoliation. Some growers swear it increases yields, others swear it actually hurts yields. Most people agree that first-time growers should not pluck leaves.
As for my experience, I have gotten good results
with defoliation in the flowering stage to expose bud sites on leafy plants. If bud sites are already exposed, or if plant is not particularly healthy and leafy, I personally recommend against defoliation.
Is it worth it to Re-Veg?
Is it worth it to "re-grow" a plant after it's
been harvested?
Re-vegetating means harvesting a plant, leaving some green growth left, then switching the plant back to the vegetative stage for a second much smaller harvest. Seems good on paper, but this technique gives you much less
control of your plant in addition to more time taken and smaller yields. Every grower I know who's tried re-vegging has said it works, but they'll never do it again.
Short answer: It works, but it's not worth
it! How long until plants start making buds?
Cannabis starts making bud in the flowering stage (the second stage of life). However, nearly all cannabis plants need to get 12 hours of darkness each day to be in the flowering stage. Learn more about cannabis life stages.
Why do most growers want female
plants?
Where do I look to tell the sex of a plant before it starts flowering?
You can’t. There’s no way to tell the gender of cannabis by looking at the plant in the vegetative stage. Unfortunately growers (and scientists!) have been trying to figure this out for decades and no one has been able to find a way that definitively tells you one way or the other. You either have to wait until the plant starts flowering to
separate males from females, or you can start with clones or feminized seeds (so all the plants end up female).
Who Runs This
Newsletter? |
Nebula Haze:
As an epilepsy patient, medical cannabis is important to me, 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!"
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Trophy Pictures of the
Week! |
"These are pics of my best, by far, autoflower ever. She was a Blue Mystic from Nirvana. She was grown in coco coir in an airpot under 400W HPS in a closet grow room. Finished after 11 weeks from seed." ~BrainCrash |
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