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Issue #491 - Sunday, September 12, 2021
Dear Fellow Grower,
In today's issue...
- I don't know if you've noticed, but it's getting hotter around the globe. How hot? Hot enough that July 2021 was the hottest month we've recorded in the 142 years we've been keeping track! Suddenly, heat management is much more important if you want keep your cannabis plants healthy. Don't worry, we have tips for indoor growers and outdoor growers.
- Not really part of the newsletter, but I thought this was cool so I wanted to share. A recent study found that topical CBD oil may help hair regrow for people who are losing their hair. How neat is that?
- Be warned, the trophy pics this week are bittersweet. There are some pictures that are nothing but good times. But there are a few that I've placed in more as a warning to those who don't know what to look for. They're problem pictures, but they're so good they become impressive again. Viewer discretion is advised.
Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside (founders of GrowWeedEasy.com)
"Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill."
~Buddha
Learn to Defeat the Heat!
(Indoors and Outdoors)
☀️💡🚫🔥
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This summer has been extra hot for us and many of you are also experiencing sweltering summers. Some strains are relatively heat resistant, but when the temperature skyrockets, cannabis plants tend to get stressed out.
Today's newsletter container 2 articles. The first is for indoor growers, and the second is for outdoor growers.
How to Beat the Heat Indoors
Grow lights provide our plants with lots of life-giving light, but they also get hot, and big grow lights (even some LEDs) can raise the temperature of a room by several degrees.
Each cannabis strain is a little different and some plants can handle hotter temperatures than others, but most plants start suffering from heat stress when their temperature gets over 85°F / 30°C.
Some sensitive cannabis strains from cold climates (most often the short, squat, Indica strains with huge leaves) may start showing heat stress above 80°F / 27°C.
To avoid heat stress, you must keep your grow space below a plant’s comfortable threshold. Controlling the temperature can even raise the overall quality of your buds since too much heat can reduce density, terpenes, and bud potency.
This tutorial will teach you tactics that you can use to control temperature and fix heat problems to produce a plant paradise. You’ll also get some tips to help make sure your cannabis plants still do great even if it does get too hot.
A little heat causes problems, but if it’s not too severe plants can still grow slowly
Too much heat can greatly harm or even kill your cannabis plants
Heat or light stress can cause a plant to keep making new growth on the parts of the buds that are closest to the light. When you see these top-heavy oddly-shaped “fist” buds, it’s usually the result of some kind of stress.
What can you do to protect your cannabis plants from heat damage?
This tutorial will show you how to control heat so you grow healthy plants with beautiful potent top-shelf buds.
How to Beat the Heat Outdoors
When it comes to growing cannabis outdoors, you have fewer options to reduce heat during a heatwave compared to growing indoors. However, you are able to monitor your local weather via forecasts, and you can use that knowledge to help you prepare for whatever conditions are coming. It can often take a few weeks for plants to recover after a hot or dry spell, so prevention is the best medicine for outdoor plants.
It is possible to partially shield your plants when you know the temperature is going to get hot. You can also adjust your watering schedule to make sure plants at least have plenty of water.
Some things to try when you know the weather outside is going to be hot or dry:
- water plants in the evening or early morning to help prevent water evaporation during the hottest hours (never let plants dry out!)
- kelp extract for roots – provide a small amount of liquid fertilizer that contains seaweed kelp extract (can help protect against heat stress)
- increase shade to reduce the heat experienced by plants – you can use an old sheet or other cloth as a short term solution, or get a professionally made Sun Shade Sail which is made particularly to create shade outdoors. It’s important to remember that giving plants shade for more than a few days
will make them less “hardened” to the sun, and you may need to reintroduce full sunlight back slowly to prevent them from getting shocked from high light intensity
- move potted plants – luckily with potted plants, it’s usually easier to move them out of direct sunlight during a heat wave
- put plant container inside a bigger pot – if a plant’s roots are kept cool, it can withstand much higher temperatures. If your plant pot is in direct sunlight, the roots are getting cooked during the day. If you put the pot inside a bigger pot, it creates air space around the roots and helps keep roots cooler. This is also part of why plants with their roots in the ground are able to better withstand heat.
Put your plant container pot in a bigger pot to help keep roots cool outside
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"Thanks for your site and newsletter!"
~Bill
Thanks for reading our site and newsletter. We appreciate it! ~Sirius
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"Love your website. I am learning and having fun"
~Claude
If you're having fun, the hobby has already been worth it. 👍 ~Sirius
"First, thank you for the wealth of useful information. You've gotten me through my first (since the 70's) three grows, each more productive than the last.
Secondly, I've used Seed Supreme twice with very good results. As a newbie, my seed choices were based mainly on price, but I've had vigorous, potent plants using their seeds. No complaints here! "
~Chuck
Thanks, Chuck. I'm glad to hear both of those things! 🏆 ~Sirius
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"This is Ewok OG from Grower's Choice Seeds. They are being grown in Illinois in 5 gallon grow bags outdoors on a patio on the top floor of an apartment building. The plants are given water every day and they have been fed with an organic fertilizer for fruit trees and berry vines. I also give them regular doses of Epsom salt.
The pictures are of the same plant. I did some photoshop stunting on them as I am a graphic designer."
~Kevin
This plant has a high degree of self-confidence that I assume comes from going to a hip art school. You go plant! 😎 ~Sirius
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This is from the plant's "dark period". So moody!
...and this piece is from the plant's experimental era. I love it!
~Lynnette
That's such a male that I feel like he has something to prove! No plant, I will not arm-wrestle you. 💪 ~Sirius
"I’m not sure what is going on. First noticed about 2 weeks age. Bud rot or nutrient deficiency? One is Blue Dream the other blue kush. If it is a
fungus could it be used for tea? Thank you for your help."
~Patricia
We typically direct questions to our forum, but this one came right after we did an article about bud rot a few weeks ago. If you're wondering what bud rot looks like before it goes totally insane, this is it. 😓 ~Sirius
"Hey Nebula + Sirius,
I salute you on a most excellent website and newsletter. The vast amount of information, tips and pictures is simply unmatched by any other cannabis site that I have seen. These are pics of my latest indoor grow. Jilly Bean from seed. My second attempt. I could not have improved everything from my first grow without the easy to understand info from GWE. You two foster a sense of community and sharing with your site, it reminds me of the great vibes of the 60s. THANK
YOU!"
~Dougoo
If we're giving off free-wheeling 60's vibes, then I think we're on the right track! ✌☮ ~Sirius
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Be extra careful when ordering seeds online
Did someone contact you to buy seeds on social media?
If so, be careful! There are many scammers out there. Always double and triple check that you know the company or person before sending them anything. Look at their email address and profile name to see if any words are misspelled.
Where should you go for seeds?
Many seed breeders have a website where they sell seeds directly. If they don't have seeds for sale, sign up for their newsletter. Many breeders release "seed drops" by email.
Still no luck? Contact them through their website contact page or via their social media profile. Unless it specifically says not to send them messages about seeds, write them privately and ask where to get their genetics. Often they'll be able to tell you where to go.
Otherwise...
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GrowWeedEasy.com has hundreds and hundreds of pages!
Check out some articles you may not have seen...
- How to Prevent Bugs (Outdoor Cannabis Pest Guide) - Dealing with pests outdoors is an entirely different beast from dealing with pests indoors. When a plant is outdoors, a wider array of pests have easy access to your plants. Learn to deal with them the efficient way!
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Prevent Outdoor Cannabis Heat Stress - The articles above will help you deal with heat in a preventative manner. Alternatively, this article will help you deal with heat when it has already taken hold and is affecting your plants. This one is for outdoor growers for a change!
- Outdoor Cannabis Growing Basics by LuckyAcres - Learn the basics of growing outdoors from an excellent grower we've known for years. If you don't have any idea of where to start, this will be a short but fantastic primer, so you don't go in totally blind.
- 7 Tips to Improve Cannabis Bud Quality - As I write this, I'm enjoying some Pacific Punch grown by Nebula under a Spider Farmer LED. To be frank, it's absolutely fantastic weed, and it made me think that everyone deserves weed of this quality. This article will get you there.
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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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