Issue #85 - Sunday, December 1, 2013 Dear Fellow Grower, In today's issue...
- View a complete grow journal (with pictures and video) under a 600W grow light that produced over 20 oz of bud!
- Learn how to get the exact same setup for yourself!
- Check out
this week's trophy pics by a first-time grower!
Happy Growing!
Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside (founders of GrowWeedEasy.com)
"We cannot achieve more in life than what we believe in our heart of hearts we deserve to have."
~James R. Ball
Grow Journal 23.09 oz Harvest!
by Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside
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Quick Grow Snapshot - Strains: Blackjack & Wonder Woman
- Grow medium: Hydroponics / top-fed DWC (deep water culture)
- Grow Light: 600W HID
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Metal Halide (MH) bulb in vegetative stage
- High Pressure Sodium (HPS) bulb in flowering stage
- Nutrients or Additives: General Hydroponics Flora Trio & Aquashield
View the complete grow setup here June 16, 2013: Seeds sprouted
August 22, 2013
: Switched to 12-12 flowering light schedule
November 19, 2013: Harvest! Vegetative Stage: 67 days (2 months, 6 days)
Flowering Stage: 89 days (2 months, 28 days) Total Time - Seed to Harvest:
156 days (5 months, 3 days) Final Yield
23.09 oz Vegetative Stage
We started with 2 feminized BlackJack and 2 feminized Wonder Woman seeds. Because these seeds were feminized, we knew that all the seeds would grow into bud-producing female plants, so we didn't have to worry about sexing these seeds as they grow older. Learn about buying cannabis seeds online (including feminized seeds), right here.
Here's a quick diagram to show how growing in a top-fed DWC hydropnic system works: June 17, 2013 - Sprouted seeds placed in system We initially started plants on 24 hour light schedule (24 hours of light a day), but kept the new seedlings several feet under the powerful Metal Halide bulb (which was also turned down to 60% power). The reservoir was filled with plain pH'ed tap water until the plants grew their second set of "real" (serrated) cannabis leaves. Becasue of the top-fed aspect to our DWC system, we didn't need to worry about watering the seedlings. We simply needed to sit back and wait for the sprouts to appear above ground, and for the roots to follow the top-drip down into the water reservoir below.
Here they are a few days later on June 29, 2013. By this point, we had turned the Metal Halide light onto 100% power, and had moved the light a little closer. This is also when we began adding nutrients to the water, at about 1/4 strength compared to the directions provided by General Hydroponics for a recirculating hydroponic system. June 29, 2013 - Given their first nutrients! One of the net pots is removed, so you can see the water reservoir below. You can see that the top right BlackJack seedling is struggling behind the other three seedlings. Luckily, we planted 2 seeds from each strain so that we would be able to throw away the two least-healthy seedlings. Some seedlings just come out of the gate faster than the others, and we look for the ones that seem to be growing fast & healthy, and which have healthy roots. We selected the most healthy and vigorous seedling from each strain to become the main plants for our grow. July 13, 2013 - Chose best plant from each strain We moved our 2 winners into their own separate tubs. July 15, 2013 - Moved to separate tubs August 13, 2013 - About a week before the switch to flowering
Flowering Stage August 22, 2013 - Switched to the Flowering Stage Light Schedule
Flowering time! This is when plants start making buds!
We changed the timer to be on a 12-12 "flowering" schedule to initiate flowering. The process of giving a photoperiod cannabis plant 12 hours of light and 12 hours of uninterrupted darkness each day caused the cannabis plants to "get the message" that winter was coming and it was time to start flowering.. Growers artificially create a 12-12 light environment for cannabis plants grown indoors to signal the plant to start flowering (making buds). We switched to the 12-12 flowering light schedule on August 22, so plants were vegged for just under 9 weeks.
While it is generally recommended to switch to an HPS bulb during the flowering stage, we kept the Metal Halide in for a little bit extra time as the blue light from the Metal Halide tends to reduce "stretching." The yellow light from an HPS is great for flowering/budding, but does tend to cause the plant to grow taller or "stretch" more. Whenever a cannabis plant is switched to flowering, it will tend to grow a lot of height all at once, known as the "flowering stretch." By keeping the Metal Halide bulb in for a bit longer, we hoped to reduce the stretch a bit, since we were very happy with the structure of the plant.
August 25, 2013 - A view of the two plants August 29, 2013 - We switched to an HPS bulb to help promote flowering You will notice that the HPS bulb produces a much more yellow light spectrum. This yellowish/pink light spectrum helps promote budding in cannabis plants. At this point, we still have not seen signs of flowers/buds (which show up as wispy white hairs on the joints of the stems for female plants). September 7, 2013
- Flowering stretch! Look how much they've grown in just 9 days As you will soon see, pretty much all the extra growth that was added during the flowering stretch will turn into long thick colas covered in buds. Here are those first buds beginning to form The manifolds we created in the vegetative stage have grown strong and thick, providing a steady supply of nutrients to the plants from the roots: November 17, 2013 - Getting close to harvest... The BlackJack is listed as having a 9-11 week flowering time, while the Wonder Woman is 8-10 weeks. These times are generally considered to start when the plant first starts showing signs of flowers/buds, which usually happens about 2 weeks after switching to a 12-12 flowering light schedule for female cannabis plants. In my experience, and from what I've heard from other growers, both these strains tend to do better when left a bit longer than the breeder's estimate.
Yet no matter what is stated by the breeder of a strain, I highly recommend using a magnifer to look at the trichomes of a cannabis plant. Each plant is a bit different, and the trichomes are the best way to know the exact right time to harvest. Learn how to determine exactly when to harvest your cannabis so your buds have the greatest potency and medical effects:
http://growweedeasy.com/harvest On November 17, 2013, we saw what we were looking for plants finally appeared ready to harvest! Here's a look at the trichomes... At this point, we began flushing the plants (feeding them pure pH'ed water until harvest): Before we harvested the plant, we were hoping to pull a pound from the tent this grow, and we were feeling very hopeful as the buds were long, dense, and covered in resin. November 19, 2013
- Harvest! Buds were harvested on November 19, 2013, trimmed (and it was a very easy trim job due to the fact that pretty much all the buds came from huge colas with no larfy smaller buds, due to the main-lining we'd completed in the vegetative stage).
A big cola from the Wonder Woman plant
The BlackJack buds weren't as thick, but still long, dense and covered in trichomes The buds were hung upside down to dry in our grow tent Buds dried for about 6 days until smaller stems started snapping, and buds were cut off the branches everything was jarred up. We made medical cannabis oil capsules out of the trim. Final dry yield was 23.09 ounces for 2 plants We weighed everything out on our digital scale after buds were dried and trimmed, before placing in jars. We were expecting about a pound (16 oz), so we were both pleasantly surprised by the final yields! Learn how to grow your own cannabis plants exactly like this below!
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!"
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