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Issue #490 - Sunday, September 5, 2021
Dear Fellow Grower,
In today's issue...
- IS TMV real? This is a question we've been pondering for years as the method of confirming TMV is beyond a layman's means. Luckily, the Ministry of Agriculture in British Columbia, Canada took up the challenge. They had some very surprising and equally useful information. Check it out below!
- Seed Supreme recently moved to the United States and has a great selection of different strains including American genetics. Last week we asked you about your experience with them, and dozens of readers wrote us about your results. Learn more!
- I was so impressed by the pictures in this week's "Trophy Pics of the Week" that I refuse to try to come up with a category. Wait, never mind. The category is "fantastic plants looking super-majestic while chilling outdoors under some beautiful sunlight". What do you think? Is that catchy, or too catchy?
Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside (founders of GrowWeedEasy.com)
"I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies;
for the hardest victory is over self."
~Aristotle
Is Tobacco Mosaic Virus Real?
Canada Says "Yes!"
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Can Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV) spread to cannabis plants? Yes. Several mosaic viruses have been detected in cannabis plants (including subspecies that normally attack tobacco, cucumbers, and alfalfa) by the Canadian government.
However, there isn’t much evidence of widespread transmission in cannabis plants. Not yet anyway.
Should you be worried about TMV infecting your cannabis plants? Probably not.
What is it anyway? TMV is commonly found in tobacco plants and causes splotchy or twisted leaves, strange mottling (a “mosaic”), slowed growth, and reduced yields. It has spread to several other species of plants besides tobacco, including
cannabis.
Note: Mosaic virus doesn’t affect humans, but plants that get infected may not grow as fast or yield as well as they could have.
Did you Know? TMV was the first virus ever to be discovered.
TMV was first identified in tobacco plants in 1892 but is now known to infect at least 125 species of plants, including tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, and many types of flowers. It can live in the soil but mainly travels from plant to plant by direct contact. It can also be transferred from one plant to another via your hands. Some
growers have claimed to see the symptoms after exposing their plants to tobacco.
Here’s a pic of a tobacco plant with confirmed TMV – the mottled leaves are the main symptom besides overall slow growth.
But what about our beloved cannabis plant? How can you tell if a plant has TMV, and what do you do if a plant catches it?
Seed Supreme Comes Highly Recommended!
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Seed Supreme recently moved to the United States from Europe and has been making a splash. It carries a mix of both American and European cannabis genetics, and seeds typically arrive at US addresses in
under 2 weeks. Last Sunday, I asked you what you thought about them.
I have to admit I was surprised at just how many readers replied to the newsletter last week with personal reviews! Dozens of growers wrote in to tell us they had good experiences with the Seed Supreme customer service, payment options, and the quality of the genetics.
So for my next grow I will be featuring two of their auto-flowering strains so we can all experience their auto-flowering genetics together.
(I haven't decided on the 3rd autoflowering strain yet; probably Lemon Berry Candy OG Auto or Inzane in the Membrane Auto)
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Be extra careful when ordering seeds online
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Speaking of seed sources, unfortunately, we've received reports of fake accounts on Facebook and Instagram that claim to sell seeds but disappear after receiving payment.
Whenever buying seeds from a person on social media, be extra careful!
Always double and triple check to make sure you're sending money to a legitimate company or trusted person.
Be aware of scammers pretending to sell seeds in our name!
Here's an example of a fake direct message one of our readers received on social media. This is not the real Nebula! I will never contact you this way.
Please spread the word to other growers! We're in this together.
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"Thanks for your brilliant website, newsletters, and vast information."
~Gez
Although I didn't include them here, Gez had a lot of good ideas for future tests. Thanks for sending them in! ~Sirius
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"Thanks, you two are the real deal."
~Alan
Alan wants us to try UVB vs. far red. A number of you wanted to see us test UV lighting. Has anyone tried it? 🤔 ~Sirius
"Hey, I really look forward to your email every week and couldn’t grow without it."
~Garry
I'm glad we can you grow, Garry! 🤘 ~Sirius
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"Re the pic of the Freakshow stealth you published, it looks kinda skinny and freakish, how about this, attached, Frisian Duck from Dutch Passion seed bank in Amsterdam. Developed for stealth and to my mind they managed it.
I've spent my life fantasizing a cannabis plant looking like nettles, and now here it is!"
~Peter
Frisian Duck is so stealthy, it's hard to believe it's cannabis at all. Nice! 🕵️♂️ ~Sirius
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This last picture is a close up of "some visitors, identified as Southern Stink Bugs, which come from Europe and have been found in the UK for a few years now. All squashed as the best way of getting rid." Bug off, stinkbugs!
"The mothers on the shelf in front of the green house should start flowering in a couple weeks (yipeee!) so I had to figger out how to hold them up.
I rigged this netting up,it should work (I hope) They should stretch right up into it.(yipeee again!)
The upright 2 x 2's are hose clamped to fence posts driven into the ground. The last pix is the other mothers on the bank. I'm 6 feet tall so they have 5' remesh cages around them and they've grown right up out of them. Grow happy, grow lots!"
~Mr. K
These pics are over a month old, but I found them and I couldn't not post them. Mr.K, you are a continuous source of great pics. I'm so envious of your backyard! 🤯 ~Sirius
The man, the myth the legend himself: Mr.K!
For those who aren't familiar, we post pictures of his beautiful garden fairly often.
"Super Silver Haze. Problems yes I had some I started this plant outside after 10 weeks of indoor on April 4 everything was going along fine I looked at the try cones. A little while back it appeared the plant was ready then too much sunshine outside my plant then Turn finishing two reveging so then I had the top of the plant with one leaf starting to veg all over again and the bottom of the plant bud now I’m letting it run its cycle let’s see what happens within the next couple weeks"
~Keith
Wow. The plants are chunky, the background is colorful but not distracting and the lighting is fantastic (thanks, sun!). Well done on all accounts! 🏆 ~Sirius
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GrowWeedEasy.com has hundreds and hundreds of pages!
Check out some articles you may not have seen...
- 5-Step Solution to 99% of Cannabis Growing Problems - Problems are a lot easier to solve when you a way to work at them methodically. This page will show you how to spot a problem and methodically kick its butt!
- Plant Doctor – Diagnose Your Plants! - Unfortunately, this is one of the most popular pages on our site. We all run into problems when growing cannabis. So, don't be ashamed if you run into issues; learn how to how to solve them quickly and with ease.
- How to Check pH & Stop Cannabis Nutrient Deficiencies - 9 times out of 10, when a grower writes in with a with a nutrient deficiency, it's actually a problem with pH. Any grower who learns to master pH will notice a huge decrease in the amount of problems they run into.
- Hemp Russet Mites - They are literally the worst cannabis-based pest you can encounter. Cannabis plants have a better chance at surviving a bar-fight or a moose attack than they have at surviving a Hemp Russet Mite infestation. We don't know of a way to get rid of them, so I guess this article is to help identify their handiwork.
That's somewhat sad...hey, at least they're rare!
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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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