Issue #645 - Sunday, September 1, 2024 Greetings Fellow Grower, Today's issue is about ensuring you have a great growing experience. - I have a huge regret when it comes to growing weed... I thought I was alone, but I now know just about every grower experiences the same thing. I want
you to have a smooth and fun growing experience (the hard part should be deciding what to do with so much weed). So learn from my mistakes and you can avoid letting this common regret happen to you!
- How to grow weed like a master chef - One choice you'll never regret is starting with the best "ingredients" available. Don't gamble with your harvest, take the most important step to ensure you have a joyful harvest!
- Have you heard
of DNA Genetics? We have been fans for years, but they recently arrived to the grow scene with a slew of new strains. So far, growers seem to love their new selection but we want to hear from you. If you've grown any of their new strains, please hit "reply" and let us know what you thought.
We'll share the results next week!
- There's a monster lurking in the trophy pics... What happens when you grow a huge plant that grows into a monster that's big enough to take your lunch money? If you're the grower in the Trophy Pics, you tame, make it look amazing, and politely ask it to return said lunch money.
Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside
Co-Founders, GrowWeedEasy.com
"I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done." ~Lucille Ball
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My Biggest Regret About Growing Weed by Nebula Haze
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Click here to view the full article on GrowWeedEasy.com I have a huge regret when it comes to growing cannabis. I think most growers end up feeling the
same way after they’ve had a few successful harvests. This is me growing weed in a closet in 2008. I wish I’d read this article back then!
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Note: Don’t follow that picture and keep plants directly on the carpet. You will ruin your carpet. (That’s not actually what this article is about, but it seemed worth mentioning since we’re talking about regrets…) What do I really regret? I used to feel guilty and embarrassed when something went wrong. I spent years feeling like
I’m the only cannabis grower who runs into problems. If you’re going by what people post online, it seems like every plant is perfect. Every bud is huge and sparkly. No one ever loses a plant, gets bugs, sees deficiencies, or runs into an issue they can’t figure out. It can feel like other growers never have problems It wasn’t until I became friends with other growers that I realized I wasn’t alone. Things happen. And even when your grow goes smoothly from seed to harvest, there’s always something you wish you could have done better. "You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength." ~Marcus Aurelius No Garden is Perfect It’s taken a few years but I think I’ve finally come to terms with the fact that we’re growing plants, which are living natural things. We like to think we have total control over our garden, but that’s an illusion. Mother Nature loves to strike exactly when you’re feeling confident! Mighty Mother Nature loves
meddling with your garden. There are so many factors growing into each grow. Some factors are partly under your control, like genetics and a great grow setup. Yet even then, sometimes things don’t go according to plan. Some plants are runts, are born with non-beneficial mutations, or run into other unexpected problems. There are also many aspects of growing that are basically out of your control (local weather, space limitations, power outages, living situations, emergencies, etc.) I decided to make a short list of things that happen to tons of growers. Growers beat themselves up when these
happen, but we should all relax a bit because it probably isn’t your fault! 1.) Genetic SabotageEven with the best and most trusted breeders, there’s a chance your plants won’t grow as expected. No matter how great the breeder, they can’t control 100% of seedlings. For example, a breeder can’t prevent mutations even if their starting genes are basically perfect. There’s also a chance the seeds are old or weren’t stored properly. There’s no such thing as “perfect” seeds, unfortunately. If a grower is using bagseed (seeds you find) or gets seeds from a less-than-reputable breeder, the chances that you’ll be sabotaged by genetics goes up! (Are my cannabis seeds good to grow?) It may not be your
fault… - Poor or slow germination rates
- Plants are hard to clone
- Slow-growing or runt plants
- Buds stay small
- Buds don’t smell or get sparkly
- Some plants seem more sensitive than others
- Hermies (more info below)
Experience helps prevent these problems, but your genetics will always have a huge impact on how your plants grow. For example, trichome production and bud smell are heavily influenced by genetics. The
following two plants of different strains were germinated together and grown in identical conditions. Pictures were taken on the same day. Notice the huge difference in trichome production! In fact, when a plant doesn’t grow many trichomes despite having lots of light, it’s almost always due to genetics. Grow tactics do have some impact, but there’s nothing I could do as a grower to make the first plant as sparkly as that second one. Just about anything that made one plant sparklier would also make the other one sparklier. Then there are mutations… The red
arrow points at a mutant plant that seemed strange and slow-growing from the beginning. It grew oddly its whole life compared to the other plants. At harvest, the plant’s buds were smaller and less dense than any other plants in the tent, despite receiving the same care. Still, it made great buds to smoke! But if this was someone's only plant, they might feel bad their buds were airy and small, even though the results were affected by genetics as opposed to grower skill. Speaking of challenges caused by genetics… Good Genetics:
Like Cooking with Superior Ingredients!So there are lots of things I've regretted when it comes to growing weed, but starting with great genetics has never been one of them! If you want to achieve a high level of quality (and an enjoyable grow experience), you simply can't afford to pass up good genetics for bagseed or other unknown variables. L.A. Peyote Kush can turn purple under high levels of light. The following battle-tested photoperiod strains ensure that you'll be proud and excited to smoke your buds when harvest time comes. Recommended strains (photoperiod) And if you're really into efficiency, you know that nothing can beat the speed of a well-bred autoflowering strain. Recommended strains (auto-flowering) Original Trainwreck Auto makes beautiful,
envy-inducing, sparkly buds. We need your input! What are your thoughts on DNA Genetics strains? Hey
growers! We have been fans of DNA Genetics for years. As an example, here is Sirius' results with their Sour Diesel strain a few years ago. This is all from that one plant! But the old DNA Genetics strains disappeared out of nowhere. Recently, they are back with a vengeance, arriving at the table with a bunch of new strains. They've been busy, apparently. Specifically, we heard good things about their Blue Dream (easy to grow with excellent bud quality), Double Stuffed Sorbet (fast-to-harvest with big yields and long-lasting effects), Chemacal Romance Auto (using their famous MAC genetics), and Purple People Eater Auto (purple, photoperiod-quality buds). We were thinking about adding them to our list of recommended seed sources, but before that, we want to hear what you think about them. If you've grown any strains from DNA Genetics, please let us know your experience (good or bad). Just hit the reply
button and tell us your experience. We'll share the results in next week's newsletter! Double Stuffed Sorbet buds boast smells of sweet cookies and diesel.
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📸 Weekly Plant Spotlight: Monster Plant Transforms into Behemoth
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"Pix [1] & [2]: All in the family. Me and my sister somewhere in the hills of N.Y. She doesn't top her plants like I do" ~Mr. K
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Those plants are so big that they might start farming people! I'd keep a close eye on them and make sure to have some really big pruning shears on you at all times...for protection. ~Sirius Recommended Cannabis Seed Sources
These sources have gotten great reviews from our readers:
- Seed Supreme – California, United States
- ILGM (I Love Growing Marijuana) – California, United States
- North Atlantic Seed Co. – Maine, United States
- MSNL – Netherlands bank with shipping centers in the US, Canada, and UK.
GrowWeedEasy.com has hundreds and hundreds of pages! Check out more resources related to today's main theme of solving common plant issues. - Learning Hard Lessons the
Easy Way! - It sucks to learn lessons the hard way. When I was 16, I learned the hard way that you need to add transmission fluid to your car or it will die. It would've been far better to learn from someone else's mistake. Don't be like 16 year old Sirius, learn from the mistakes of others and save yourself the heartache!
- 7 Things I Wish
Someone Had Told Me When I First Started Growing Weed - Heck yeah! Why not learn some more cool, useful lessons so you can save yourself some time and emotional strain down the road? In any hobby, it's usually better to skip as many pitfalls as you possibly can. It saves money, time, and you'll be happier in the end.
- How to Make Fantastic
Bubble Hash from Bud or Trim - Nebula and I recently judged the concentrates section of a cannabis cup, and it was a mix of awesome and surprising. It was awesome because we got to do a bunch of concentrates, but it was surprising because we realized that our homemade bubble hash was stronger than any of the "professional" stuff we judged.
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Nebula Haze: When I first started growing, I struggled. Now, it is my mission to make it easy for new growers to get started while helping advanced growers get bigger, better yields with less time and money. We update/add articles every week. Anyone and everyone can grow if they want to! Learn which seed sources are recommended by Nebula Haze 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!" Copyright (c) 2024 GrowWeedEasy.com NOTE: If links aren't working or if pictures are not showing up properly, please view the full newsletter here: http://archive.aweber.com/gwe-updates Disclaimer: Grow Weed Easy only recommends products that we've either personally checked out ourselves, or that come from people we know and trust. For doing so, we may receive a commission. Nothing in this e-mail should be considered personalized Financial, Legal, or Medical Advice. The contributors to this magazine grow legally under their local laws but are not lawyers or medical professionals. Any decision to grow
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