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Issue #469 - Sunday, April 11, 2021
Dear Fellow Grower,
In today's issue...
- You're growing a plant and it looks fantastic...except, you notice the sides are covered in shadow. Most growers have the same gut reaction: get more light on the sides of the plant! But is that the smartest thing to do? Is it even worth it? We're exploring those questions and leaving you with answers
in today's article.
- I know you all love LED grow experiments so I'm about to start a new one! This test features a side-by-side grow journal with Mars Hydro vs Spider Farmer LEDs!
- This week's trophy pics are all over the place which is exactly how I like them! There's a plant with a hopeful future in bodybuilding, some great trichs from a first timer, garden gnomes, and a series of pictures so sad, they could be a greek tragedy. Warning: Graphic pictures of cannabis leaf damage. Viewer discretion is advised.
Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside (founders of GrowWeedEasy.com)
"Be sure you put your feet in the right place,
then stand firm."
~Abraham Lincoln
Do My Cannabis Plants
Need Side Lighting?
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by Nebula Haze
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Is Side Lighting Worth It?
When growing a cannabis plant indoors, light usually comes from a grow light located at the top of the grow space. This means all the light is beaming down on the plant from above.
Most grow lights point light straight down at the plants
You may have noticed that by harvest time, buds close to the grow light are often the biggest. Should you give more light from the sides to increase the size of lower buds?
Is Side Lighting Worth It for Cannabis Plants?
The answer is unsatisfactory…
Maybe…
Side lighting can be helpful in certain situations, but it’s often unnecessary and may reduce yields/watt compared to adding light from above. Why is that?
It has to do with how cannabis plants respond to their environment. Although buds tend to grow bigger with more light, cannabis plants still favor the upper buds. A cannabis plant can “tell” which buds are at the top of the plant and puts more energy into these “high value” buds even when everything else is equal.
When cannabis gets the same amount of light from top to bottom, like with these old-fashioned Phototrons, the top buds are still bigger. That’s just how cannabis plants roll 🙂 (Pic by magiccannabus)
Cannabis plants naturally put the most energy into upper buds even when the plant is getting tons of light from the sides. Growers have competing theories about exactly why. Perhaps the top buds are most likely to get pollinated by the wind in nature.
To take advantage of this natural tendency, indoor growers should...
No Side Lighting Needed for these LEDs!
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These clones are part of a side-by-side grow experiment testing Mars Hydro vs Spider Farmer LEDs!
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I chose these two light models because...
- We receive lots of questions about Mars Hydro and Spider Farmer
- These models are each company’s design for a 2’x4′ grow space (my tent size)
- Summer is about to start in California and both models run cool
- No need for side lighting! This style of grow light provides light evenly over a wide area
Stay tuned for updates on this grow journal every Sunday!
Quick Legalization News Update
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USA
- New York - legal weed possession, effective immediately. Home grow in a few years (possibly sooner)
- New Mexico - set to legalize weed and home grow this week
- Virginia - legal weed and home grow starts July 2021
- Maine bill filed to decriminalize possession of all drugs
- Delaware - boycott medical dispensaries that fight legalization
Mexico
- Mexico ran into major legalization setbacks
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"I totally agree with you on the problems with the dispensary and their prices. I would rather give it to someone for practically nothing rather than have them go there. I know here in Illinois you can grow 5 as long as you have the cannabis card. Again, still a way to make you pay for it!"
~M
Even a card system is better than letting a handful of people be the nation's dealers, especially when the excuse is that we're not competent enough to do it ourselves. 🤦♂️ Also, yay Illinois for legalizing! ~Sirius
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"Hare Krishna Nebula Haze and Mr. Foursides. I’ve been reading your newsletter a while and recently looked at your online photos. I should have known you were many faceted and obviously well read."
~Paul
What a tremendous compliment! I'll try not to let it go to my head.
~Sirius (Well-read, Many-faceted) Fourside
"This is the most understandable cannabis content site by far! Thanks for sharing your info with us."
~M.M.
Thanks for allowing us to share our info with you! ~Sirius
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"[No description included]"
~Yjuko
Uh...is this plant eating protein powder? That's not what I'd recommend for bulking up during the flowering phase, but I'm intrigued. ~Sirius
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"First time Grower, lots to learn! :)
~Jetfan
You're doing great so far; keep it up! 👍~Sirius
"Just me and my gnomies."
~Ro Chapo
I see what you did there and I like it. ~Sirius
"Last year I had a few plants I had growing outdoors and only two days after transplanting them outside I went to check them and something (probably rabbits or groundhogs) had helped themselves to a nice breakfast! Here's a couple of "before" and after" shots."
~Gary
Ouch! That must've been a kick in the gut when you first happened upon the scene of the crime. At least you still had some successful plants! ~Sirius
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GrowWeedEasy.com has hundreds and hundreds of pages!
Check out some articles you may not have seen...
- Complete Guide to Cannabis Plant Training - If you've read this far, you already know that side-lighting isn't worth the money spent on electricity. However, if you really want to get better returns on your lights, the real answer is learning to train your plants! If you're not already training your plants (indoors), start today!
- How Far Away Do I Keep My Grow Lights? - In the same spirit as today's main topic, this page will show you how to keep your lights at the optimal distance from your plants. Combine proper light distance with plant training for a staggering increase in yields!
- Which Nutrients Are Best For Growing Cannabis? - There are dozens (if not hundreds) of nutrient lines available today. Many of them will get the job done just fine, as cannabis needs are pretty simple. However, if you want to know about the brands that we've personally tested, this is the place to go.
- How to Grow Stronger Smelling Cannabis - Now that weed is legal in so many places, it isn't super-rare to smell cannabis smoke wafting in the air. Although I personally enjoy the smoke, I can also smell that it's just not good stuff. But every so often, I smell smoke that makes me nod in approval. If you're going to grow, make sure your stuff smells good enough me
nod!
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Nebula Haze:
I'll be honest with you, when I first started growing, I struggled. Now, it is my mission to make it easier for new growers to get started as well as help advanced growers get bigger, better yields with less time and money. We update/add articles every week and have built a comprehensive growing resource. Anyone and everyone can grow if they want to! If we all share the knowledge there's more buds in the world for everyone
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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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