Issue #681 - Sunday, May 11, 2025 Hey grower! In today's issue... - Too hot in the grow space? Learn about easy tricks and tactics to reduce temperature, as well as special plant supplements that can help cannabis plants handle the heat!
- Autoflowering grow journal starts in
3...2...1... Our 90-day seed-to-weed grow journal is about to begin! Next Sunday is germination day. If you want to follow along, make sure to get everything set up by the end of the week!
- Grower Spotlight: See what it's like to walk among the buds! If you've ever wondered what it would be like if you were small enough to walk on buds, then don't miss today's grower spotlight. These pictures let you get CLOSE!
Nebula Haze &
Sirius Fourside
Co-Founders, GrowWeedEasy.com
"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." ~Confucius
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5 Secrets to Controlling Heat Indoors by Nebula Haze
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Table of Contents - Supplements That Protect Against Heat Damage
- Environment Hacks
- Optimize Your Grow Light
- Change Your Light Schedule
- Heat Resistant Strains
Are your
indoor cannabis plants stressed out by the heat? Controlling heat in the grow room is one aspect of growing marijuana indoors that can be difficult for many of us growers. Grow lights provide our plants with lots of life-giving light, but they also get hot, and big grow lights (even some LEDs) can raise the temperature of a room by several degrees. Quick Heat Stress Tip: Of course, the best thing you can do is
control the heat. But if that's not possible, sea kelp extract can help cannabis plants deal with heat and quickly recover from heat stress (use at 1
tsp/gallon).
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Each cannabis strain is a little different and some plants can handle hotter temperatures than others, but most plants start suffering from heat stress when their temperature gets over 85°F / 30°C. Temperatures above 85°F / 30°C often causes problems, but if it's not too severe plants may still grow slowly. Some sensitive cannabis strains from cold climates (most often the short, squat, Indica strains with huge leaves) may start showing heat stress if the temperature rises above 80°F / 27°C. To avoid heat stress, you must keep your grow space below a particular plant’s comfort threshold. Too much heat, especially over time, can greatly harm or even kill your cannabis
plants. But it's not just plant growth that benefits from ideal temperatures. Controlling the temperature in the flowering stage has immense benefits to bud quality. Buds that develop in a good environment reward you with increased density, terpene levels, and overall THC levels/potency. On the flip side, too much heat harms bud development in the flowering stage by burning off smell/potency, discoloring buds, and causing buds to grow loose or airy. Developing in heat can make buds look “ugly”. Heat or light stress can cause a plant to keep making new growth on the parts of the buds that are closest to the light. When you see these top-heavy oddly-shaped “fist” buds, it’s usually the result of heat and/or light stress. What can you do to protect your cannabis plants from heat damage? This tutorial will teach you tactics that you can use to control temperature and fix heat problems to produce a plant paradise. You also get tips to help your cannabis plants thrive even if the grow space is getting too hot. This tutorial shows you how to deal with heat so you grow healthy plants with
beautiful potent top-shelf buds. Getting Set Up to Grow 6 Autoflowering Plants!
Next Sunday (May 18) marks germination day of a "Seed to Weed" autoflowering grow journal.
This grow journal features 6 autoflowering plants of different strains. Wanna See How Autoflowers REALLY Grow? Let’s Do
This! - May 4 Newsletter (last week): I introduced the strains and equipment for this grow journal.
- May 11 (today): I talk about the grow medium and setup below. Getting set up properly
ensures Mother Nature does most of the work for you during the grow!
- May 18 Newsletter (next week): Seed germination!
Grow Medium for this Grow Journal - Coco Loco Soil Coco Loco is a coco-based rich airy soil that cannabis plants thrive in. One 2 cu ft bag fills 15 gallons worth of pots. I'll be using 6 x 3-gallon fabric pots (Delxo brand, but any brand works) for this grow. Since that totals 18 gallons, I got two bags of Coco Loco to
ensure all the pots can be filled completely. I'll store the extra soil to use later. 2'x4'x6' Grow Tent & 300W Mars Hydro LED grow light Learn how to set up your grow tent with your grow light and smell filtering. Get this right and you create a perfect plant paradise. That lets Mother Nature will do most of the work for the rest of the
grow. Feel free to follow along with your own autoflowering grow, and you'll have a beautiful summer harvest! Otherwise, stay tuned for next week to see the autoflowering seeds get germinated!
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📸 Weekly Plant Spotlight:
Ultimate Bud Closeups!
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Thank you... ~Kevin I love these pictures by Kevin. Don't forget to click to see the closeups. It makes you feel like you're there as a tiny person on a
forest of white hairs!
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These buds are still in the "budlet" phase, typically between weeks 3-6 of the flowering stage (though every strain is a little different). In the budlet phase, buds are mostly fluffy balls of white hairs. Note: If you only see "bunches of grapes" instead of white
hairs, you probably have a male plant! In these pictures, you can see a few of the hairs are turning dark and curling in, which is a sign these buds are about to
reach the second half of the flowering stage (often starts happening around week 6 of the flowering stage). At this point, the buds should keep getting fatter and more solid until
harvest. When the buds are fully ready to harvest, nearly all the white hairs will have darkened and curled in! ~Nebula Recommended Cannabis Seed Sources
These sources have gotten great reviews from our readers:
- Seed Supreme – Florida, United States
- ILGM (I Love Growing Marijuana) – California, United States
- North Atlantic Seed Co. – Maine, United States
- Seedsman – Ships from US & Europe
- 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! - How to Grow Cannabis in Coco Coir (Complete Guide) - Coco coir may be my favorite cannabis growing medium (though I love them all for different reasons). Coco coir gives a hand-watered experience similar to growing in soil, but with faster growth rates and more protection against overwatering. Plus plants are more resistant to heat!
- How do I produce top-shelf buds every time? - Have you ever had weed that knocks your socks off? The kind of cannabis buds that people brag/warn their friends about? I’m talking about the really
really good stuff. Learn what it takes to grow this level of top-tier weed at home!
- Hydroponic cannabis grow guide - Learn about the high-yield "Bubbleponics" technique to grow weed. Hydro is actually really easy and low maintenance once you're set up. Learn exactly what it takes and start your own
hydro grow today!
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Who Runs This Newsletter?
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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) 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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