Issue #58 - Sunday, May 26, 2013 Dear Fellow Grower, In today's issue...
- Never run out of medicine again! Employ these techniques to make sure you are always in full supply!
- See what strains we use to make sure our cannabis coffers are full. Staying in supply starts with good plant genes!
- Check out an awesome pic of some very frosty bud grown by one of our readers!
Happy Growing!
Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside
(founders of GrowWeedEasy.com)
"My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece"
― Claude Monet
How to Never Run Out of Weed
by Sirius Fourside |
You and I most likely share this opinion: Growing your own marijuana is the best way to obtain it! But what happens when you're growing your own medicine and you run out? You know how aggravating it is, but I'll sum it up with this: No one likes running out of medicine. In the interest of breaking that cycle, we're going to show you how to NOT run out of your medicine. By using a few of these simple tactics, you can ensure that you will have a steady supply of cannabis all year, every year.
Know How Much Cannabis You Use There's no right or wrong, good or bad, or high or low answer for this, so don't worry about how much you're using. Rather, you only want to know how much cannabis you use because it will indicate how much you need to grow to stay in steady supply.
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Once you know this information, you can come up with a good estimate of how much you'd need to bring in each harvest to keep your coffers full. For example: - If you typically use .5 ounces every month, you know that you would need to harvest a minimum of 6 ounces of weed every year. (.5oz x 12 months)
- If you typically complete 2 grows per year, you know that you would need to harvest a minimum of 3 ounces of weed per grow. (6oz / 2 grows)
- So, the amount you need to harvest =
((The amount you use per month) x 12) / (The amount of grows you complete per year.
This information will help to keep you from putting too much/little time and effort into a grow. For the example above, this person could have more than they need all year with a small tent and a cheap T5 light or low wattage HPS. Use High-Efficiency Growing Techniques There are several techniques cunning growers can use to drastically increase the amount of marijuana harvested from plants. I won't go into the detail of each one here, but I would definitely recommend checking out our links for more information
- LST (Low Stress Training) - Bend your plants branches to give more of the bud sites access to light. This means lots of other bud sites will develop more and increase your harvest.
- FIM'ing - This technique will force your plant to grow multiple colas (main stems). More colas mean more sticky buds for you!
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Defoliation - This is an advanced technique that involves removing certain leaves from your plant to control growth and boost bud production in flowering.
Since I've been employing these three techniques in particular, I've more than doubled the amount that I harvest while only barely increasing the amount of time I spend tending to my plants. While I'm sure you'll find all the tips in this list useful, the high-efficiency growth techniques are the biggest reason I don't run out of medicine. Separate Vegetative and Flowering Areas
Having separate areas for vegetating and flowering might not be practical for everyone, but it gives a huge advantage in that it allows a grower to start a second set of plants while the first set is still flowering. Vegetating marijuana is the most forgiving, so your vegetative area can be much smaller with a much weaker light than you use to flower. With careful planning, you can time it so that you're putting new plants into the flowering stage at the same time you're harvesting the plants that just finished flowering. Not only is this super efficient, but it eliminates the empty-tent time in between grows which is when your medicine seems to disappear the fastest.
There are even more advanced methods where you can use separate vegetative/flowering areas to have a 'perpetual harvest'. Keep in mind that the 'perpetual harvest' method is a bit advanced, and many people don't need the amount of weed it provides, not to mention the work it requires. If having separate vegetating and flowering areas isn't within your means though, don't worry. You can still get a degree of that efficiency with...
Back to Back Grows
If you're serious about not running out of cannabis, this has to be a common practice. Back to back grows will ensure that you always have medicine growing, so even if all your plants die for some reason (it has definitely happened), you already have new ones that are already developing. Another benefit of back to back grows: Practice! When you do back to back grows, not only do you keep your weed supply high, but you get better and better at making your cannabis more potent, healthy, and bulky. In time, many growers get so good from this that they don't even need to do back to back grows anymore!
This leads to the last tip for today, which may seem like common knowledge...
Keep Seeds/Clones On Hand At All Times!
Most of the tips in this list are about making things more efficient; they're about shaving time off of things you end up doing anyway. This one, however, is about prevention. Imagine this scenario: You've just finished a successful grow, and you're preparing for the next one. You vacuum and clean your grow area, get the lights adjusted, and get the growing mediums ready. You double check everything...and it looks perfect! It's time to begin an amazing grow...except...wait...you have nothing to grow! That was me. I paid for the venue, got the lights and stage ready, sold out all the seats, and
forgot to invite the band! Now I always keep extra seeds on hand, and I plan what strains I'm growing next. But a problem like this can set your next grow back by three weeks, like it did to mine! And even when that wait is over, you have to begin the next grow! So just remember the lesson I had to learn the hard way, and consider seeds/clones as the first thing on your list since they take the longest to obtain and can set your plans back by weeks! In the end, we could really boil all these tips down to: Grow smart, and never stop growing. As long as you always have some plants growing, you're working towards filling your weed coffers in multiple ways: harvesting your own weed, getting smarter about growing, and getting better at the actual task of growing it.
Who Runs This Newsletter?
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Nebula Haze:Marijuana has literally saved my life, and I'm dedicated to showing you how easy it can be to grow.
I have made it my mission to build growing resources to help both new and advanced growers get bigger, better yields with less time and money.
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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 is 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, perlite, or a different medium, we'll show you how easy it can be!"
Start With A High-Yielding Strain!
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While all the tips and tactics above will help you stay in steady supply, the genetics of your plant also play a huge role. That's why growing a high-yielding strain can be one of the best ways to ensure you have top-notch bud all year long. Here are some proven high-yielding strains that also produce top-quality buds: Wonder Woman
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Forgiving skunk strain is extremely easy to grow, responds well to FIMing/topping/LST/ training methods. Fat buds produce an uplifting effect. She takes a little bit longer to finish flowering (2-3 months), but she makes up for it with huge yields. Order Wonder Woman today! Aurora Indica Another strain that is easy to grow and responds well to training and especially supercropping. Tends to like lower levels of nutrients compared to many other strains. Aurora Indica produces dense indica buds. Harvest around 9 weeks for a complete couchlock effect. Order Aurora Indica today! BlackJack Medical-grade buds and big yields are two of the trademarks of this strain. A bit tougher to grow, she needs you to tend to her and does best when given nearly 3 months in flower. She will reward you for your patience with a sea of trichome-encrusted colas and buds that offer a depression-busting high. Order BlackJack today! Raspberry Cough Potent yet calming sativa high, spicy Thai flavor with hints of berry, and produces fat buds that stack on top of each other on thick colas. This strain smells less than many strains while growing, but the odor tends to increase after drying/curing while taking on fruity accests. If growing indoors, you will need to train this plant with LST to prevent her from growing too tall. Order Raspberry Cough today!
Super Skunk Slightly skunky smell that brings back the 80s, potent buds, and high yields. She prefers a lower amount of nutrients, especially in the last month of flower. You'll see increased yields by preventing nutrient burn and flushing with plain water for 2-3 weeks before harvest. As the leaves start yellowing and dying away, the buds will fatten up massively. Order Super Skunk Today!
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As soon as I saw this, I knew it had to be the trophy pic! I've tried growing White Rhino as my first 2 grows, and they definitely didn't look this good!
From the grower, ARCHANGEL275TH: "This is my second grow featuring pure power plant & white rhino using hydroponics ebb & gro system with hydroton medium. wk 6"
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