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Dear Fellow Grower,
In today's issue... - One of our most popular articles, this weeks newsletter will cover the entire grow process (from seed to smoke) in a single read! You really can know it all...or at least enough to grow great
weed!
- The only thing better than having extensive knowledge about a subject is to have extensive knowledge AND great equipment! Make sure you start out with an advantage!
- The grower that produced this week's trophy pic set the scene in a single sentence: "It is
autumn in my grow tent!"
Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside (founders of GrowWeedEasy.com) "Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do."
~Pelé
10-Step Quick Start Guide
by Nebula Haze |
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Your Growing Cannabis Information Kit:
Get to Harvest in 10 Steps! Cannabis legalization is spreading like wildfire across the US, Canada and in many other countries around the world. Many people are finally allowed to legally grow their own supply of cannabis!
Are you ready to start growing?
Growing cannabis can seem like it’s complicated, but often it seems that way because you haven’t been given the right information. A lot of people unintentionally make growing harder than it needs to be, but that ends now!
This cannabis growing guide will help you discover the best way to grow cannabis, for your unique situation.
Find a grow style for… - Your grow space
- Your
budget
- Your desired yields
Growing cannabis plants is actually pretty straightforward, and almost anyone with a few extra minutes a day and a spare closet or a garden in the backyard can grow their own professional-quality buds at home.
What does a cannabis plant need to thrive?
In order to thrive and grow, every cannabis plant needs:
- Light – whether you’re using sunlight or grow lights, you must understand the light needs of a cannabis plant to get the best bud quality &
yields.
- Growing Medium – the stuff your plants grow in; soil isn’t your only choice!
- Air – a well-ventilated space with good air exchange and a slight breeze is best.
- Temperature – A good rule of thumb for cannabis plants is if it feels way too hot for you, it’s probably too hot for your plants. Just
like humans, cannabis plants can die if exposed to extreme temps.
- Nutrients – you can buy pre-formulated nutrients that you just add to your water, or you can compost your own super soil so that it already includes all the nutrients you need.
- Water – like all plants and living creatures, cannabis needs water to survive and grow. Is my tap water “good enough” for
growing cannabis?
When growing cannabis indoors or outdoors, you will need to ensure that it gets the proper amount of these 6 resources. How long does it take to grow cannabis?
If you planted a cannabis seed today, when is the soonest you could be actually smoking your harvest? Probably about
8.5 weeks.
Indoor grows tend to be shorter than outdoor grows since you have more control over when the plant starts budding. Auto-flowering grows also tend to be very short. But with shorter grows, you also tend to get smaller yields. Certain strains and
certain outdoor grows can take up to 7 months or more.
On average, I’d say it takes a grower about 4 – 5 months to grow, harvest and cure their own buds.
Don’t Make the 3 Most Common Cannabis Growing Mistakes!
- One of the most
common mistakes by new cannabis growers is conducting spur-of-the-moment experiments that hurt or possibly even kill their plants. Always take a second to google your idea before you try it. Luckily when it comes to growing cannabis, chances are someone has tried it already!
- The next most common problem new growers have is the tendency to skip crucial steps like understanding
about light schedules, or why root pH levels are important for reducing nutrient deficiencies. While you can get lucky and succeed at growing weed without taking these steps, you are a lot more likely to end up with plants that are sickly or don’t produce well. Make sure
you follow all the steps listed in this guide – you deserve to harvest your own top-quality bud!
- Don’t re-invent the wheel! You can benefit from the mistakes of others by learning how not to make the same mistakes. Don’t be afraid to look something up or ask a fellow grower!
Step 1: Choose Where You Will Grow (Indoors or Outdoors) Indoor Growing
Growing indoors is much more private than growing outdoors
and gives you more control over your grow.
An indoor cannabis grow can be surprisingly cheap to get started and maintain, especially if you plan on growing just a few plants.
Take a look at a few completed indoor grow journals to get an idea of how much you can expect to harvest in different types of indoor setups.
You have more control over everything in an indoor growing environment, which means that indoor growers can consistently produce dank buds. However, this dank weed-growing power comes with more responsibility.
As an indoor grower, your plants are 100% reliant on you your care if they are to survive. If you don’t provide everything your plants need, they will die.
What space works best?
You can grow cannabis almost anywhere that has easy access to water and fresh air…
- a spare room
- a closet
- garage
- grow tent
- extra bathroom
- even the inside of a computer case!
(though I recommend a Space Bucket instead 🙂
When thinking about where to grow indoors, you should also consider the temperature of your grow space (and remember your temps will likely rise once you have your grow lights running!). Young growing cannabis plants grow fastest when temps a bit warmer, in the 70-85°F (20-30°C) range.
When plants are a bit older, in the budding/flowering stage,
it’s best to keep temps slightly cooler, around 65-80°F (18-26°C) to produce buds with the best color, trichome production and smell.
Because temps are so important, it’s best to be able to have some amount of control over the temperature of your grow area. When growing indoors, your grow lights will give off heat. Generally, the more powerful your lights, the more heat they give off.
If you
want to install a lot of bright lights in a small space, you will likely have to install an air conditioner in addition to your exhaust system to make sure you keep your temps in the right range.
If you’re growing just a few plants in a grow tent or box, usually you can install a fan to pull hot air away from the hot lights and out a window to keep things cool enough.
Some lights tend to cause
more heat problems than others, and we’ll help you find the right lights for your space in Step 2.
Outdoor Growing
Growing outdoors is cheaper to get started since you probably don’t have to get grow lights or create an indoor grow area, though you will have to worry about
privacy/stealth, possible pollination, people stealing your plants, bugs, deer and other unexpected outdoor visitors.
If you pick the right strain and live in a good environment, it will possibly be cheaper to grow outdoors, since you don’t have to provide everything for your plants. The sun will do a lot of the most cost-heavy work for you.
Of course, when you’re growing outside, it’s not
always possible to control the environment perfectly. If it’s dry, you will need to water your plants. If it’s too rainy, you need to protect your plants from getting overwatered.
When it comes to temperatures, a good rule of thumb about cannabis plants is if it’s too hot for you, it’s probably too hot for your plants. And just like humans, cannabis plants can die if exposed to freezing temps.
So if you know it’s going to be extremely hot or cold where you live, you may need to take extra steps to protect your plants from the elements, like setting up a small greenhouse.
That was only step 1 of a comprehensive 10 step article! Click here to continue where you left off, or use the table of content below to skip ahead!
Be prepared for a successful grow! |
Using the right equipment is just as important as knowing what you're doing!
That's why we've made a page with a shopping list for many types of popular grow styles.
Whether you're looking to do something as small and stealthy as CFLs, or an all-out, high-yielding grow with a 600W HPS, this list has you covered. We'll have one up for 315W
LECs(CMHs) once we're done testing it which will be soon!
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I'm on 2nd month of my first grow. I followed your amazingly good instructions from research to purchasing set-up to now growing. I think things go well. All thanks to your web-site. You guys bring good into this world and you also do it very well (I'm an engineer and construction manager). Your website is very very good, simplicity of use comparing to the enormous amount of information is truly impressive. Very
well done. For this I'm truly thankful and wish I could help or participate somehow.
Thankful devotee
Nikolay
Every new grower IS helping the cause and I can't stress that enough. As growers, we're all acting as ambassadors for this plant we love so much. We change the minds of people with negative perceptions of cannabis and we all vote (in our respective countries, when possible) to defend the right to grow plants. As long as we all stay respectful,
responsible and aware, cannabis will only gain more acceptance!
-Sirius |
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Hi Nebula Haze and Sirius Fourside,
Thank you both again for everything you provide us with on this site!
It is Autumn in my tent! (12/12 Day 83!)
The Shining Silver Haze (RQS) in the back started turning purple a few days ago, just
as I was starting the flush. In front, the Power Africa Fast (Seedsman), which obviously is not "fast", started her flush a few days earlier and is yellowing. I've never had the tent look so colorful before and I wanted to share!
~Campesino
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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!"
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