Issue #711 - Sunday, December 7, 2025

Hey grower, in today's issue...

• See what great cannabis soil actually looks like - Compare good vs bad soil so you can avoid weak seedlings, slow growth, and other preventable headaches!
   
• Last chance to vote for your seed source - The Home Grower's Choice Top Seed Bank is announced next week. Make sure pick your favorite before then, so you help shape the results!
   
• Big harvest update - Our 4-month grow just got harvested last week. After 8 days of drying the buds are just about ready to go in jars!
   
• Edible Recipe of the Week - Our cupboards are now beyond overflowing with weed after harvest, so December is now officially "edible month". Enjoy a new & easy delicious weed recipe every week!
   
• Weekly Spotlight: Free digital grow tools & calculators - Just released: generate custom nutrient schedules, estimate electricity costs, and match your grow to the right LED!

Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside 
Co-Founders, GrowWeedEasy.com

"There are more living organisms in a tablespoon of highly organic soil than there are people on the planet."

~Howard Warren Buffett

What is the Best Soil For Growing Cannabis?

by Nebula Haze

If you’re here to learn what soil grows the best weed, you’ve come to the right place. I’ll show you how to choose soil that makes it easy to grow great marijuana.

My favorite cannabis soil is Fox Farm Coco Loco. Works well with Fox Farm Soil Trio nutrients.

When it comes to growing cannabis in soil, you have 3 main choices.

1. Buy a proven soil - Use a brand known for great cannabis soil. Two great cannabis soil options are Coco Loco soil (I like this soil because seedlings are less prone to overwatering) and Ocean Forest soil (has lots of nutrients so you don't need to add nutrients for several weeks).
2. Use locally available soil - Go to a local gardening store and find "organic potting mix" that looks like the soil above. Soil should be brown, rich, fluffy, and ideally has little white rocks called perlite. Make sure to give nutrients after just a few weeks as cannabis plants quickly use up nutrients in regular soil.
3. Mix your own soil - If you're looking to make your own soil, here's an awesome tutorial on making cannabis-friendly soil.

Note about soil & nutrients: Cannabis plants are exceptionally nutrient-hungry after buds start forming. Bigger plants typically use up what's in the soil and then need extra nutrients. Otherwise, buds don't get as big, dense, potent, and strong-smelling as they could.

Great nutrients for cannabis in soil include the Fox Farm soil trio or Dyna-Gro Grow + Bloom. Some growers opt to add super soil concentrate to soil directly, instead of regular nutrients.

Candy Games #38 grown in Coco Loco soil with Fox Farm soil trio nutrients.

What should you look for in good cannabis soil?

Weed growers have found the best cannabis soil should has these characteristics:

• dark and rich
• loose texture
• holds water
• drains well

The following video shows the soil texture you want (this is Coco Loco).

Keep reading for a breakdown of awesome cannabis soils (plus matching nutrients).

"Sweet Dreams" Harvest Still Drying!

Bud are drying! (Check out the full grow journal)

These are our photoperiod plants on harvest day.

8 days later, they are just about fully dried! 

Check back right here next week and get closeup pictures of the buds, plus the final weigh-in!

Making Edibles 101: How to "Decarb" for Stronger Edibles

Our last harvest just came in, but we still have several ounces of weed from previous grows. 

What to do with "extra" weed? One solution is to make edibles!

So for a few weeks, I'll be featuring a new edible recipe each week. If there's still weed left at the end, I'll make some hash and concentrates, too!

Always "Decarb" Weed Before Making Edibles

To start, I want to share the most important step to making ANY edible: Decarboxylation ("Decarb" for short).

It's a fancy name that basically just means you need to "bake" your weed, by itself, before eating it. 

Quick instructions: Before making edibles, decarb (cook) cannabis in the oven for 30 minutes at 250°F (120°C) to increase potency.

Decarbing first dramatically increases the potency of your edibles.

How does decarbing work? Cannabis actually contains mostly THCA, which "decarbs" into THC when smoked. However, regular food recipes usually aren't enough to decarb cannabis, and it doesn’t happen naturally in your stomach. That's why decarboxylation is essential when processing cannabis to eat, or the edibles won't feel strong.

This is an ounce of cannabis before being decarbed on a baking sheet…

…and this is the same ounce of weed after being decarbed on a baking sheet at 250°F for 30 minutes.

Get the full decarb guide for stronger edibles (including three methods to easily decarb weed with zero smell)

If you want something added or improved, hit reply and let us know what would help your grow most right now.

Recommended Cannabis Seed Sources

These sources have gotten great reviews from our readers:

1. Seed Supreme – Florida, United States
2. ILGM (I Love Growing Marijuana) – California, United States
3. North Atlantic Seed Co. – Maine, United States
4. Seedsman – Ships from US & Europe
5. 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).

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