Issue #688 - Sunday, June 29, 2025 Hey grower! In today's issue... - Dear insects, be gone! Finding bugs in your grow can be an upsetting experience. But getting rid of them via safe, natural means is righteous and satisfying. Go on an anti-bug crusade while keeping your babies chemical
free!
- Best Nutrients for Soil? Many nutrients made for hydroponics work in soil. But do you know what's way better? Using nutrients that were made specifically for growing in soil. Soil nutrients have cool, unique properties that you don't want to miss!
- Flowers galore on our autoflowering plants! In today's autoflowering journal update, our little juvenile autos are starting to transform into stanky, potent adults. They grow
up so fast!
- Grower Spotlight: I'm ready for my close-up! We love all the beautiful pics you send of your cannabis plants, but I have to admit, these close-up shots are their own kind of special...
Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside
Co-Founders, GrowWeedEasy.com
"If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities." ~Maya Angelou All-Natural Pesticides – Safe Up to Harvest! by Nebula Haze See the full article here: https://www.growweedeasy.com/safe-cannabis-pesticides Got bugs on your cannabis plants? A pest infestation can be a grower’s worst nightmare, but luckily there are ways to get rid of bugs without harming your plants or affecting your buds. This list of all-natural remedies will get rid of many different types of bugs without harmful chemicals, and some of these pesticides are even organic! These pest remedies can be used up until the day before harvest! Prevention I know, I know, this
seems really basic, but the best way to prevent an infestation is to either prevent it altogether or catch it as soon as possible. Even if you can completely get rid of a pest, it’s better to not have them be living, breeding, and making waste on your plants. Here are a few tips to help keep your grow area a bug-free zone:
- Check leaves at least weekly for signs of stress or bug bites. If possible, it’s much better to do a quick check every day. Check
underneath the leaves and all over the plant. Make sure none of your buds are becoming discolored.
- Don’t go straight from outdoors to your grow room. You may accidentally track in bugs from your garden. Even healthy-looking plants near your house can be hiding a secret army of aphids or spider mites. Just be careful what goes in the grow room!
- Even if you trust the grower, treat new clones with a wide-spectrum but natural pesticide like
the ones listed below just in case the clone is infected (this is one of the most common ways growers get bugs in their grow!). Even 2 or 3 eggs on your clone is all it takes to start a new infestation! Some growers might not even realize they have bugs so it’s up to you to make sure they don’t get in the grow room!
Safe, All-Natural PesticidesRemove or
Spray Off as Many Bugs as PossibleI know this might seem obvious to some people, but I didn’t really think about this until someone told me! If your plant is heavily infested, it’s a good idea to try to cut down their numbers in every way possible even before you treat them with something. Depending on the infestation, one way to do that may be to simply move your plants outside and spray as many bugs off as you can with a sprayer. It’s
also a good idea to remove leaves and buds that are heavily infected, especially if you see lots of eggs under the leaves. If you have some sort of fungus or mold, carefully remove the infected areas without touching any healthy plant tissue. If possible, spray off as many bugs as you can, and remove heavily infected leaves. Whatever treatment you follow up with will now be more effective! Neem OilNeem Oil is safe, organic and effective at many bugs as well as molds and fungus. Generally, I’ve found that when you mix it with water as directed, it doesn’t have a crazy strong smell (reminds me of garlic and sort of
earthy, though a bit unpleasant). As far as safety, you can use this product up until the day before harvest. But, as with any pesticide, always try to avoid letting any get on your buds because it may end up affecting their final taste/smell if it doesn’t have enough time to dissipate first before harvest. If your plants are infested with bugs bad enough that the buds themselves need to be treated, it’s often time to harvest anyway! That being said, Neem oil
is an all-natural remedy that is very effective against many different types of bad bugs and mold, but won’t hurt humans, animals or most “good” bugs like bees, ladybugs, predatory wasps, etc. If you want to save money by getting pure neem oil and adding water, you will need a mister (also called a “One-Hand Pressure Sprayer”) to spray all the leaves evenly since neem oil and water can separate easily. Use right before the lights go out (or the sun goes down) so it doesn’t burn your leaves. Important note about Neem Oil:
Neem Oil is one of the most widely used, and most effective ways of combating pests in the grow room. When we surveyed our readers, it’s used by growers 8 times more than the next most popular pesticide, natural or not. With that being said, there are people who
have reported adverse reactions to buds grown using Neem Oil as well as Neem Oil itself. Additionally, some people can be allergic to Neem Oil, which can become a real problem when they smoke buds grown with Neem. Make sure you’re using Neem Oil safely by following a few simple guidelines: - Don’t use Neem Oil if you’re growing weed for someone other than yourself.
- Don’t use Neem Oil if you’re growing weed for a medical patient.
- Although this might seem obvious, don’t
use Neem Oil if you’re allergic to it.
- If you’re not sure, try a different pesticide that doesn’t contain Neem Oil, like Plant Therapy.
If you use a Neem Oil concentrate to mix with water, make sure to use a sprayer to evenly coat all the leaves.  
Neem Oil is effective against: Best Soil Nutrients for Growing Marijuana?Got marijuana plants growing in soil? Many nutrients made for hydroponics work in soil. But do you know what’s way better? Using nutrients that were made specifically for growing cannabis in soil. Soil nutrients have cool, unique properties that you won’t want to miss! Here are my top cannabis nutrient picks: Weed plants in soil love extra nutrients! 🥇 Who Won the Golden Ticket? Nebula and Sirius here from GrowWeedEasy.com. We recently ran a contest for a 6-pack of Candy Games #38 seeds plus a
seat in our Home Grow Masterclass. The Winner Is.... Don from Texas! This isn't Don, but he probably felt like the guy in this picture Candy Games #38 is by my new favorite breeder, Happy
Valley Genetics! This easy-to-grow strain produces dense, sparkly buds with potency up to 32% THC 🤩 We had a blast running the competition and we loved the positive feedback and emails you all sent in so much that we're thinking about doing more competitions just for you, our newsletter subscribers. If that sounds like a good idea to you, reply to this email and let us know if you have fun ideas for contests or
prizes! Once again, congratulations to Don! Our Home Grow Masterclass is going to show you how to efficiently grow your seeds to perfection! Grow Journal Update: Auto-Flowering Plants Are Making Buds Here the plants are 39 days old from germination. ALL the plants are growing buds! Some further along than others. Pretty much now it's just a matter of waiting until harvest in about a month, but I'll continue giving updates each week. Mini Auto-Flowering Plants in Cups (germinated at the same time) I thought you might find this interesting. So when I germinated the
above autoflowering seeds, I popped a few extras, just in case. But I didn't throw away those extra autoflowering plants. In fact, I put them in solo cups and stuck them in a tiny grow tent under a 100W LED grow light. Since those plants have their roots restricted by the tiny cups, and are under a smaller light, they have not grown nearly as much as their
bigger siblings. These plants are the same strains, germinated at the same time with the same nutrients. Yet look how much smaller they stayed because their roots are restricted! I think this helps demonstrate how big a difference it makes to let your plant roots have a bigger space to grow. I'm now keeping them together with photoperiod
plants. I added some vegetative photoperiod plants in the same tent. The cool thing about autoflowering strains is you can keep them together with vegetative photoperiod plants and they'll keep making buds. It's a little party in there now! From now on, I'll give you little updates on these autos too. It's interesting to see the same strains, at the same age, developing differently due to their environment! Stay tuned! Nebula
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- MSNL – Netherlands bank with shipping centers in the US, Canada, and
UK.
GrowWeedEasy.com has hundreds of tutorials! Check out more resources related to today's main
theme of getting the most from your harvest! - Bud Rot or Mold - The true scourge of any cannabis grow, Bud Rot has a reputation that's bad, but still somehow not as bad as reality. Take note of what to look for, supply a healthy environment, and you won't be caught off guard.
- Caterpillar “BT” Spray - Bacillus thuringiensis (or "BT") is mentioned in today's article, but I can't stress enough how powerful this stuff is. It's safe enough to eat, but it completely decimates any unlucky caterpillars it comes into contact with. Keep some on hand if you grow outdoors!
- How to Make Cannabis Tinctures - It's weed you can drink. Does it taste like there's a bad flavor apocalypse in your mouth? Yes. Is it so worth it that you won't question the flavor again? Yes. Pro tip: Apply under the tongue and chase with root beer. Reply to this email and share if you have a trick for taking
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Mandarin Cookies (learn more in my article about relaxing limonene) 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). Copyright (c) 2025 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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