Issue #709 - Sunday, November 23, 2025 Hey grower, in today's issue... - 5 essential principles behind great homegrown weed - Gain a deeper understanding of what makes plants produce good weed, then get five quick, easy wins to improve your grow. Be a better grower by tonight!
- Seed Deal
Roundup (Share your finds, too!) - Seeds aren't cheap... at least not usually! But "Black Friday seed season" is upon us. Here's a list of seed specials I've found so far. Share the ones you know so they get added, too!
- Flowering Week 9 Grow Journal Update - Do you ever
look at your plants and just smile? Harvest is almost here, and the 5 different strains have grown 5 wildly different kinds of buds! Do you like your buds in purple, green, or silver-blue?
- Start harvesting endless buds - You could start 2026 with buds on the way. Our popular 5-week Home Grow Masterclass opens registration November 26. Class starts December 2!
- Grower Spotlight: An alternative way to automatically water
plants! Are you interested in auto-watering solutions? This grower found a different kind of system that is making his cannabis plants flourish!
Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside
Co-Founders, GrowWeedEasy.com
"Where flowers bloom, so does hope."
~Lady Bird Johnson Nebula: At least where buds bloom, that's true! 5 Principles Behind Great Homegrown Weed by Nebula Haze Today learn the universal principles that let you grow better weed than you can buy. 1.) Start with Extraordinary Genetics
What to Do: Start with great seeds with genetics that germinate consistently and actually produce the kind of weed you want (density, smell, size, effects, strength, color, smoothless,
etc.). Why: Good seeds grow good weed with your desired effects, even if you make mistakes. Plants works with you instead of against you. Quick Win: Use one of the following 3 methods to find great genetics for your next cannabis grow. - Choose a proven breeder and read the strain description to find what suits you. A good breeder always maintains quality for all their seeds. Some breeders I like lately are Happy Valley Genetics, Seedsman, Seed Supreme, and Ethos (all represented in my current grow journal).
- Copy what works
- Get the genetics that you see people growing great weed with. For example, if you have friends that grow weed, or interact with growers on social media, take their lead if you like what you see. Find out what they’re growing and get seeds from the same source to copy their results.
- Enjoy the gamble - The old fashioned method. Grow the seeds you have, or choose a strain that sounds good and go for the adventure! Good seed banks curate their seed selection and have seed
germination guarantees, so any of their seeds should produce good weed.
The seeds you pick make a huge difference to results. For example, the following plants were grown together with the same grow medium, nutrients, and care. But look how different they're turning out! The difference is 100% genetics, not anything I did. Blue Dream and Candy Games #38 have wildly different genetics! Choose a strain that makes weed you want to grow. 2.) Use a Strong LED Grow Light (Cannabis-Specific) What to Do: Get a proven cannabis grow light that's designed for the size of your grow space. Why: Light = food for plants, and more light is better, up to a point. Spectrum (light color) matters too, affecting not only yields, but also density, color,
and potency. Older grow lights, most especially "blurple" LEDs, don't get nearly as good cannabis yields or bud density as newer "quantum board" style LEDs with wide-spectrum light. Modern cannabis LEDs usually produce white or pinkish light. Quick Win: - Choose an LED grow light that’s proven to get great results with weed. The best thing you can do is use a grow light that growers are already using to produce great cannabis harvests. No need to reinvent the wheel.
- Good LED companies include... There are many, many great LED companies, but we found these are the most popular
for cannabis growers: Spider Farmer, Mars Hydro, and HLG. I've used multiple models from each one and always had great results with growing weed. Which one to get? Choose the grow light that best fits your grow space and budget requirements.
- Check
out our list of 9 recommended cannabis lights with yield estimates. See pictures of real cannabis plants we've grown with each particular model, to get a realistic idea of what you can expect.
A HLG 65W LED is surprisingly productive in a 2x2x3 grow tent. Not
bad for an LED that uses less electricity than my bedroom fan! Often it's easier to combine multiple smaller grow lights than have one enormous grow light. That way you can adjust them independently and have more control over where light falls. 3.) The Right Nutrients at the Right Time Whether you grow in soil, coco, or hydro, providing good nutrition makes plants grow better in pretty much every
way. Nutrients can be confusing. There are sooooo many options. What to Do: Make sure cannabis plants get the right amount of nutrients at the right time (3 options below). Why: Faster greener growth, but more importantly, proper nutrition in the flowering stage greatly increases bud quality, yields, and potency. Quick Win: Use cannabis nutrients and follow an already-tested
schedule - Easy cheap option - Dyna-Gro Grow + Bloom. Give at 1 tsp/gallon. Give "Grow" for seedlings until first 3 weeks into flowering stage. Then once the flowering stretch
is over, give "Bloom" until harvest. These nutrients were initially designed for orchids, but growers have discovered they give surprisingly great results with weed. I was impressed when I tried them in coco.
- Professional nutrient system - General Hydroponics Flora trio. My personal favorite nutrients, I find the GH trio provides some of the fastest growth and biggest yields. Just follow the amounts listed on the side of the bottle at half-strength, and only raise the
amounts if plant seem pale. I've had good results in soil, coco, and hydro.
- Use super soil instead - Use a “just add water” organic soil that’s made for a plant like cannabis. This kind of soil slowly releases nutrients over the course of the grow, so you don't need to add any extra
nutrients. Nature’s Living Soil is a proven super soil concentrate that makes super soil when used with Coco Loco soil. Just remember, super soil can be stinky at first! But the smell settles after the plants make themselves at home in the soil.
General Hydroponics Flora trio are my personal favorite nutrients for growing weed. Follow the directions on the Flora trio bottles at half-strength to grow green, happy, and abundant cannabis plants. Now is a Good Time for New Seeds! I mentioned the importance of genetics above, but did you know now happens to be one of the best times of the year to get seeds? Besides 4/20, the late November season (with "Black Friday" and "Cyber Monday") has some of the best seed deals of the
year. Here's the full list of deals I've discovered so far. It's still a few days early for most sales, but I'll keep adding new ones through the week as they go live! Sunset Sherbert – A decent deal (comes out to under 7 per seed) on a particularly tasty strain! This one was grown by Fran. But if I were going to pick just one special so far, this is what I would get. Nebula’s Pick: Cherry Gar-See-Ya R1
(5-pack) - 5 seeds of Cherry Gar-See-Ya R1 (I’ve been eying this strain for ages)
- 6 extra seeds of XXX #4 x GC #6 by Ethos gets added
- I like that you get two different good strains (not just a lot of one strain)
- $70 for 11 seeds, or under 7 per seed
Gorgeous Cherry Gar-See-Ya R1 buds grown by Nick_da_Quick Know of any great Black Friday deals? Reply to this email and share, so they get added to the list of deals! Flowering Week 9: "Sweet Dreams" Grow Journal First plant looks ready to harvest! (Check out the full grow journal) My view opening the
tent each morning. Breathtaking! The Candy Games #38 is the star of the tent. Also the first strain to be ready to harvest! Very impressed with this strain. I plan to chop the Candy Games plant early next week, and let the rest of the buds finish maturing in the tent. On the opposite end of the spectrum, the Blue Dream plant looks like it's still got a looooong way to go! Many white hairs = weeks until harvest (for the Blue Dream) It's shaping up to be a bountiful harvest. I think I am going to hit my goal of producing over a pound of weed! Continue
to the full Flowering Week 9 entry to for a tour of the grow tent, plus closeups of all 5 strains! ~Nebula P.S. Are you harvesting soon? Or just harvested? Hit "Reply" and share!
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Start harvesting endless buds
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Our popular 5-week Home Grow Masterclass opens registration November 26 and class starts December 2. Students start 2026 with buds on the way. Watch your email to join! Outdoor results: Raymond's first outdoor autoflower harvest after taking Home Grow Masterclass. His plants are all buds!
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Indoor Results: After Timothy took Home Grow Masterclass, this was his harvest. A literal sea of dank nugs.
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📸 Weekly Plant Spotlight:
A Different Way to Water Plants
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As you‘ve asked about alternatives to the auto-watering systems of Vivosun and AC Infinity:
I use Euroboxes, one for the plant (on soil) and a smaller as reservoir.
For wicks I take polypropylene-band from a DIY-store which go through slices (some more than just the ones necessary for 2
wicks) in the bottom of the box. As you can see in the pictures, roots grow into the reservoir but that’s no problem at all. The soil's always wet but never overwatered. So far my experiences are good. ~somethingdifferent
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Hey somethingdifferent, Thanks for sharing your experience. This seems like this is a great system to make watering easier. And your plants look amazing! Happy growing,
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 US, Canada &
UK.
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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! Current Favorite Strain:
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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