Issue #64 - Sunday, July 7, 2013 Dear Fellow Grower, In today's issue...
- Learn the art of the Perpetual Harvest! Keep yourself in steady supply and have a backup for a growing disaster.
- See what you need to be a success at one of the more difficult growing techniques!
- Check out an awesome growing pic from a first time grower! Reminisce on your first growing days, or get inspired to start!
Happy Growing!
Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside (founders of GrowWeedEasy.com)
"Green fingers are the extension of a verdant heart."
― Russell Page
The Perpetual Marijuana Harvest
by Sirius Fourside |
A few weeks back, we showed you some tried-and-true techniques to keep a full weed supply in an article called "How to Never Run Out of Weed". Now, we're going to get you up to speed on a technique that pretty much guarantees you always have as much medicine as you need...The Perpetual Harvest!
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What is The Perpetual Harvest? The Perpetual Harvest is a technique in which growers utilize multiple grow tents/areas to ensure that there are always plants in both the flowering stage and in the vegetative stage. This sounds like a lot of work, why would anyone want to do this? - Disaster Recovery
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If you lose your flowering or vegetating plants to some unforeseen cause, you still have another set of plants who are already mid-growth!
- Never Run Out of Cannabis!
- Maybe you grow your own marijuana, but you still end up running out of buds before harvest. You can cut down on your cannabis budget by growing a few plants here and there, but it's even better when you eliminate it altogether! Plus, you'll never know that your options to buy cannabis have disappeared until they already have!
Is this going to take additional money/equipment/time? The short answer is "yes". However, the benefits of this technique far outweigh the additional money and effort needed. To summarize, the perpetual harvest will require: - An extra grow tent/area
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To keep two sets of plants growing in two different cycles, you will need to keep them in separate areas. This requires an additional grow tent or area, whichever works for you. Some people split a single grow tent or cabinet into separate vegetating and flowering chambers.
- Another set of grow lights
- Both sets of plants will need their own grow lights, so you will need two sets of lights that don't share bulbs.
- The vegetative light can be weaker than the flowering one, as young marijuana plants don't need as much light.
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Ex: a T5HO or 400w vegetative light in one tent, 600w flowering light in the other tent.
- More space, and more electricity
- You're going to have roughly twice the amount of plants growing which will raise your electricity bill. Just keep in mind that you will also be harvesting bud twice as often, too!
- Patience and a love of growing.
- To be honest, this technique takes a bit more work than a standard grow every 3-5 months, so only use this technique if feel you're up to spending more time with your plants!
Alright, we've got the common questions out of the way and you know what benefits you're getting...let's get into it! Step 1: Your Own Secret Garden The first and arguably most important step is to make sure you can do this type of grow safely! Make sure to follow standard safety protocol (see: http://growweedeasy.com/How-to-NOT-get-Caught-Growing-Weed) and remember a couple of things: -
Perpetual harvest means you ALWAYS have weed growing in your house, so your house is always a DANGER ZONE!
- You're going to be using at least two grow areas/tents, so do a walk-around your house and make sure that light doesn't pour out of the windows of the room(s) they're in. Twice the grow areas means you have more area to secure.
Step 2: Set Up Your Grow Areas
Every grow area will be set up differently depending on the grower, growing space, and resources available. In short, your goal for setup is just to have two copies of your normal grow area, except that one is configured for vegetative growth and the other is configured for flowering. Here are some important pointers for setup: - Perpetual harvest requires two grow areas that operate simultaneously, so it's best to have them both set up and ready to use so plants can be switched between them without too much fuss.
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The vegetative area can have weaker lights than the flowering area, and watching for light leaks isn't as important since a dark period isn't required.
- Although vegetating plants don't make too much of a smell (if any), it's still a good idea to have the area at least lightly equipped to combat smell. A small container of Ona gel will do if you notice a problem.
- The flowering area MUST BE LIGHT PROOF. Light leaks will stress out your cannabis plant, and can lead to hermaphrodites. You don't want that!
- The flowering area will definitely need to be ventilated since flowering plants can (and tend to) make quite a stink.
Step 3: Timing
A big factor in timing the perpetual harvest correctly is knowing the growth patterns of the strain(s) you're growing. There is large degree of variation between the flowering cycles of different marijuana strains, and knowing how long your plants need to flower is imperative! Ideally, you want a strain with a short flowering phase. 8 weeks is a good target since many great strains flower in that time, and 8 weeks is also a good amount of time for a plant to vegetate in a non-DWC/bubbleponics medium. -
Doing the perpetual harvest technique with a Haze strain is much more difficult due to their notoriously long flowering period.
Do you have to vegetate for 8 weeks? No. Vegging for 8 weeks isn't a requirement of the perpetual harvest, but that time period makes this technique much easier. The amount of time varies depending on what medium you use, how big you want your plants, and the strain being grown. However, for most cases, and to make it easier for the first few tries, you typically would want to get a strain that flowers in 8 weeks and keep your plants in vegetative for about 8 weeks. -
This causes a problem for DWC/Bubbleponics growers since their plants can grow GIGANTIC in that time. Growers who use one of these mediums can still employ the technique by staggering the grow so that the new plants start vegetating after the older set of plants have been flowering for about 4 weeks.
Putting it all together or "I want the shorter version!": - Do a security check of your area...seriously!
- Set up two separate grow areas
- One vegetative area with light odor control
- One flowering area with heavy odor control and NO LIGHT LEAKS.
- Harvest, rotate, and plant new cannabis as needed
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Get seeds or clones of a strain with an approximate 8 week flowering period.
- Plant/clone first plant and let it vegetate for a total of 8 weeks in the vegetative tent/area.
- At week 8, move plant(s) to flowering tent and start new seeds/clones on the same day.
- In about 8-10 weeks, flowering plants will be ready to harvest.
- Harvest your buds.
- Move vegetating plants to the flowering tent/area
- Start new seeds/clones all on same day.
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Remember, the goal is for plants to spend 8 weeks in veg, 8 weeks in flower, then get replaced.
- Don't worry if flowering goes a couple weeks longer than you anticipated. Plants can be kept in the vegetative stage, and with proper LST the extra growth won't be a problem.
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!"
Supplies for a Perpetual Harvest
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Now that you know how to run a perpetual harvest, get the tools you need to keep everything running smoothly! The right equipment will make the job much easier, which is worth quite a bit when paired with higher-demand technique such as the perpetual harvest.
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Lights: Make sure you have two sets!
Tents: One for veg, one for flowering!
Seeds: Good seeds pay for themselves!
Nutrients: You'll be going through nutrients much fast with this method.
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This weeks trophy pic is from a first time grower named Swany.
Remember, don't be shy to send us your pics, even if you don't think they're great. We always like seeing how our readers are progressing!
From the grower: "My first plant - you teach well"
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