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Dear Fellow
Grower,
In today's issue... - We're accumulated a list of tools that can make every growers life a bit easier. Come check out what's in our toolbox!
- I don't know about you, but I'm an efficiency dork! If these
tools appeal to you, get your hands on the full list of them below!
- This weeks trophy pic is from a grower trying out LST for the very first time. I'd say it went pretty darn well, what do you think?
Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside (founders of
GrowWeedEasy.com) "Man is a tool-using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all."
~Thomas
Carlyle
Cool Growing Tools
You Might Not Know About by Sirius Fourside |
One of the toughest parts of becoming good at growing cannabis – or pretty much any other skill for that matter – is learning how to improvise. At some point in every grower’s career, they will run into a problem that needs a custom-tailored solution. When there’s nothing
available that can easily rectify a problem, being able to improvise a solution that makes both you and your plants happy is the next best thing.
But the goal of this article isn’t to teach you improvisation skills, in fact, we’re going to do the opposite! We’re going to show you how to make it so improvisation isn’t even necessary in the first place.
Today, I want to show you
some weird/cool tools I’ve found that can solve some of the unique problems we growers run into. Although being able to improvise is a must-have skill, it’s just as important to know when to use the right tools. No one wants to spend lots of time and effort to fix a problem when there is a $1 solution that can do the job more effectively. So let’s get to those tools!
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Plant yo-yos (also sometimes called “plant supports”) are one of those tools that you would never think of until they’re suggested. Once you’ve needed a plant yo-yo and experienced their usefulness, there’s no going back! Essentially, plant yo-yos provide a way to have the top of your grow tent support the weight of your buds. Some heavily trained cannabis plants (such as with manifolding) can produce long colas that are so heavy that they fall over from their own weight. When this happens, you can support them from above with string or wire, but it’s messy in addition to feeling clumsy.
Plant yo-yos use a small plastic hook to gently grab onto a piece of stem, so they support the plant while touching as little bud as possible. They also extend and retract via a
spring; so once they’re installed at the top of your tent, adjusting them takes only a few seconds.
If you have problems with your buds falling over from weight, this is the best solution I’ve seen so far!
Chip Clips/Bag Clips
You’ve probably seen these before in your house or maybe in an infomercial. Basically, they’re a softer version of a binder clip and they’re used to keep potato chip bags closed so your chips
stay fresh.
It turns out they’re also great for holding together the slack in your ducting!
If your exhaust fan stays in one place (it should) and your grow light moves, you will need to leave slack in your ducting to accommodate for the distance as your light and fan move away from each other. Although
managing that slack can typically be a pain, two chip clips will solve the problem within a few seconds. Additionally, most bag clips/chip clips have rubber where they actually grab on to the material. This rubber is better for ducting since it doesn’t tear the material but still keeps a good grip.
They’re also good for keeping half-used bags of coco coir closed and holding rope (from ratchets)
together for easy adjusting.
Ski / Snowboarding Goggles
There are a few different types of eye protection available to growers these days. We started out years ago with the high-priced Method-7 glasses. Later we tried the similar, but much more reasonably-priced Apollo Horticulture glasses. These days, we’ve been using ski/snowboarding goggles since they’re
comfortable, they cover your entire eye-area and block 100% of UV rays which is nice when you’re growing with LECs.
Keep in mind that these are mostly for protecting your eyes. If you’re looking for glasses to correct the yellow light of an HPS, or the purple/red light of some models of LED, you’ll need the corresponding pair of glasses. Other types of lights like LECs don’t need as much color
correction so specialized glasses aren’t needed as much. If you’re growing using T5s, LECs, or mostly-white LEDs, snowboarding goggles will provide great protection while being comfortable to use. Also, they look really cool!
Liquid/Water Transfer Pump A liquid transfer pump (also called a ‘water transfer pump’) is typically used to empty out aquariums or transfer gas between containers and a vehicle. If you’re growing cannabis in a DWC (Deep Water Culture) or similar setup, this type of
tool can turn the often laborious job of changing your reservoir water into a quick 5-minute task.
This type of water transfer pump pictured here is a “battery operated siphon liquid transfer pump,” and it can be used anywhere. This means that people who grow hydroponically don’t have to plan their grow area for the sake being able to empty/fill their reservoir more easily…though it’s still a good idea to plan your grow area for waste
management.
It also means that there is much less lifting to be done overall; a crafty grower could potentially empty their reservoir, mix new nutrients, and then refill their reservoir without ever having to lift a single cup of water.
Additionally, if you’re the type of grower that’s making a lot of nutrient water at once (we make 3 gallons at a time), a pump like this makes it much
easier to distribute the water amongst your plants easily.
Did that seem like a lot of tools? Well, guess what?
That wasn't even 1/3 of the entire list! There's still a bunch of cool tools that will make growing even more rewarding task than it already is.
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Now that you know how some of these off-beat tools that can make growing so much easier, get your hands on the ones that will benefit your grow!
The best part about these tools is they're cheap, so they'll pay for themselves quickly!
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Hello,
I just wanted to say thank you! I'm on my 6th year growing, and this is the second time I've achieved over 4 lbs harvested for my outdoor grow (last year, and this year)That was only 5 plants, too. I never thought that I could do it, but I actually got 2 lbs off of a single
plant!!
Years ago, a complete novice, I started off with 2 plants, growing with CFLs in my bathroom, studying your 2 page Grow Weed Easy tutorial, and I think I got an eighth off each plant! lol. I couldn't have made it this far without your advice.
Thank you
again, Lesley |
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