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Issue #472 - Sunday, May 2, 2021
Dear Fellow Grower,
In today's issue...
- Cannabis plants that mostly Sativa can be...troublesome. Sometimes they want to grow as tall as a house. Sometimes they don't want to change color to indicate harvest time. We're going to teach you how to deal with the pesky nature of the Sativa dominant cannabis plant because it's totally worth the effort!
- Got the low yield blues? Learn 15 tricks, tips, and tactics to increase the amount of weed you produce each grow (or produce more harvests in a year for the same amount of effort)!
- Mars Hydro vs Spider Farmer LED grow journal update - The flowering stage has been initiated with a 12/12 light schedule and plants should soon start forming buds!
- The pictures we're featuring are all worthy of being on the newsletter. But I'll be honest, one gave me a a strong feeling of bud-envy. After you check out the article, take a peek at the trophy pics and see if you also feel challenged to grow a big ol' plant.
- The "Help What's Wrong with My Plant" section is back, and that can mean only one thing: somethign gross is going on. In this case, it's gross bug. Can you correctly identify this garden invader and win 15 bug points*?
Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside (founders of GrowWeedEasy.com)
*Bug points aren't a thing.
"The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests."
~Epictetus
Growing & Caring for
Finicky Plants Strains Indoors
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When it comes to growing cannabis indoors, there are two main varieties of photoperiod strains that are cultivated for their buds: Indica and Sativa. While Indica plants tend to stay small and manageable (which can be convenient for indoor
growing), Sativa plants are typically a little tougher to care for indoors.
Sativa plants create challenges for indoor growers because of their tall, lanky growth pattern
Note: “Sativa” and “Indica” are extremely loose definitions and practically all marijuana strains are hybrids. “Pure” Sativa strains are rare if they exist at all. The following tutorial is all about strains with Sativa ancestry that carry a lot of common
Sativa characteristics.
Sativa strains originated from hotter regions near the equator and are well adapted to long growing seasons and hot weather. As a result, they carry a few properties from their family history that can catch an indoor grower by surprise.
These two Sativa plants (Panama strain) by grower dantzig4 got far taller than expected. The height of Sativa plants can quickly get out of control in a small grow space.
Sativa plants really thrive outdoors when they have unlimited space to grow
Why do we still try to grow Sativa plants indoors if it’s tough? In part, because certain Sativa strains often have amazing and unique buds effects. Plus, many Sativa hybrids produce great yields.
15 Ways to Increase Yields
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A lot of indoor cannabis growers struggle with yields. It’s fantastic to grow your own weed, but you must grow enough of it! Otherwise, growing may feel like a waste of time and effort.
Luckily, cannabis yields don’t have to be a mystery. There are specific factors that cause yields to be big or small, and nearly all of them are under your control. Here is a comprehensive list of what you can do (both before and after buds start forming) to increase yields.
Before Buds Start Forming
- Choose High-Yielding Genetics – Strain choice has a significant effect on yields, so it helps to choose a strain that naturally makes big buds. Learn what to look for, and get a list of recommended strains that produce fat, envy-worthy buds.
- Grow Correct Number of Plants – Match the number of plants to your space and grow light. Often you’ll get bigger yields/faster harvests with many smaller plants as opposed to a few big ones.
- Use The Right Plant Containers – Choose the right container type and size for your setup, so plants grow as fast and big as possible.
- Use Coco or Hydro – Soil-grown plants typically grow slower than plants grown in coco or hydroponics. If you want to maximize the number of harvests each year, you should aim for fast-growing plants
- Manipulate How Plants Grow – Plant training in the vegetative stage is an effective and free way to increase yields dramatically.
- Choose Good Nutrients and Supplements – Get cannabis-specific nutrients, and remember that sometimes less is more.
- Grow Plants to Most Efficient Size – Too-big plants can cause considerable problems, but plants that are too small don’t have the structure to support big buds. Maximize yields by growing plants to the right size for your space.
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After Buds Start Forming
- Increase Light Intensity – Light is food to your plant, and giving more light will increase yields (to a point).
- Use Suitable Flowering Lights – For the best yields, you should be using LEDs, LEC/CMH, or HPS grow lights while buds are forming. Avoid low-quality LEDs!
- Give Proper Light Spectrum While Buds Form – Giving plants more red and far-red light in the flowering stage seems to increase yields compared to using the same grow light in a bluer spectrum. Learn which bulbs/lights work best below!
- Follow a Recommended Defoliation Schedule – Remove specific leaves at specific points of bud development to “hack” the plant’s natural processes and cause buds to grow bigger and denser than they otherwise would. Most effective on very leafy plants.
- Don’t Ignore Problems! Plants get much more picky about nutrient ratios and nutrient strength in the flowering stage. Make sure you quickly diagnose and fix any nutrient deficiencies, bug infestations, or other visible problems. An unhealthy plant doesn’t have as much energy to put into bud formation.
- Create an Optimum Bud-Building Environment – Hot or humid air with poor air circulation in the flowering stage causes buds to grow more airy and loose (among a host of other problems). Reflective walls can help you get the most from your lights, and some growers supplement their environment with CO2 to increase yields.
- Harvest Plants at the Right Time – Most importantly, don’t harvest early!
And Most Importantly…
- Always Be Growing – If you don’t pause between harvests, your bud coffers will soon be overflowing. Along the same lines, never stop learning!
Spider Farmer vs Mars Hydro LED grow journal update
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Spider Farmer on top (white labels), Mars Hydro on bottom (with red labels to help remember that’s the “Mars” tent)
Day 31 – Initiate the Flowering Stage with 12/12 light schedule
Strains typically about double in size after the switch to 12/12 so I've been watching the plant height. The plants have grown quite a bit and finally reached half the final desired size which means it's time to start flowering them.
I'm pretty surprised how similar they look so far. The real exciting part is going to be how they produce in the flowering stage.
Love,
Nebula
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"I have always found you site helpful and informative, I feel maybe I could give something back regarding edibles into Coconut oil...some of which has now been in the deep-freeze for 2 years (big harvest) and still gives great results for sleep and night cramps.
I also still have some dried bud in vacuum-pack, thinking of processing it, don't know how it will turn out after 2 years. I would love to grow again but too much in the freezer.
It is now legal in South Africa, but before it could be "jail time" that added a bit of excitement to the growing."
~Esmond
Having too much weed is a good problem to have when the old problems were jail time. It's a good time to be a Cannabis-lover. ~Sirius
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"I'd just like to thank you for constantly feeding us new and usable information every week. Unless someone suggests this when you're new, it's really a roll of the dice to see if they can help my growing problems. I got lucky and ended up here, sometimes things just work out."
~Michael
Are you calling us good luck? Because That's definitely how I'm bragging about it from now on. ~Sirius Fourside
"I been interested in growing ever since I was a child. The state I live in has issued marijuana prescriptions but they don't sell flower which is stupid; it leaves little options. I am so grateful for sites like this. I want to have a business in the culture soon. Great jobs guys, ur awesome."
~Thorough Breed
Legalized weed, but you can't buy weed? That sounds like some messed-up bureaucracy right there! ~Sirius
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"This is my 2nd year growing pot. It’s from ‘Trinidad-Blue Dream’ seeds and grown outside in plastic planters using a 50/50 mix of potting soil and peat moss. I added Miracle Grow every 4-6 weeks until the last 10 days before harvest. It was almost 7 feet tall and was covered in Trichomes."
~Rocmonkey
That plant looks pretty darn good, especially for a such a sparse diet of just Miracle Gro. Am I going to have to try a Miracle-Gro grow? ~Sirius
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"Granddaddy Purple end of week 8 through 50X oval magnifying glass."
~Growpappy
Looks great! Also, check out this .gif (below) of your picture that switches between the orignal and recolored versions. ~Sirius
"Gorilla Glue #4 and Purple Punch. These ladies are about to be harvested and enjoyed for the summer. Thanks for your help and information, cheers!"
~Hoggin
I've personally grown both of those strains and they're a pleasure eto smoke. Enjoy that harvest, buddy! ~Sirius
"Here’s some pics of my 3rd harvest. The stickiest and stinkiest buds I’ve grown so far. Gonna be some sweet smoke for sure. Without your site none of this would’ve been possible so thank you and keep up the good work!"
~Michael C.
Wow, you knocked it out of the park. Seriously, well done! ~Sirius
I like how Michael is holding the bud like a newborn baby.
Let's all hold our colas like this.
What kind of backwards world is this where the weed lays on the couch?
Wait, does that weed smoke humans? 😨
Help! What's Wrong with My Plant?!
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A grower sent in a request to help identify this bug. The grower didn't provide any information about the area it's from, but I do know one thing about it: It looks gross and a single female can lay about 20 nightmares per day. Can you identify this bug?
The answer is after these two pics...
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This is a black spider mite. I wasn't even aware they came in this color until I looked it up for this grower. I have to say, they look completely different than the
2-spotted spider mites I'm used to seeing.
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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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