Issue #712 - Sunday, December 14, 2025 Hey grower, in today's issue... - What's going on with the new seed law? Does the new legislation matter? Will it affect growers? Get the complete lowdown of what happened and what to expect!
- Home Grower's Choice Winner: Seed Supreme!
After receiving 2,207 responses from our newsletter subscribers, we're excited to announce your favorite seed sources for 2025. There was one big surprise!
- Big Harvest Weigh-In - Our 4-month grow is done drying, buds are in jars, and the final dry weights are in. Let's just say we beat our goal!
- Edible Recipe of the Week - Learn how to make epic "magic" butter you can add to any food to create an instant
edible!
- Weekly Spotlight: Free digital grow tools & calculators - Newly updated: generate custom nutrient schedules, estimate electricity costs, and match your grow to the right LED!
Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside
Co-Founders, GrowWeedEasy.com
"They tried to bury us. They didn’t know we were seeds." ~Ernesto Cardenal What’s going on with the new U.S. cannabis seed law? by Nebula Haze The quietest rollback of legality in modern cannabis history just happened in the U.S. on November 12, 2025. As a result, U.S. cannabis seed banks are potentially poised to re-enter an underground seed era. The good
news is home growers can still get seeds now (my current favorite strains are Blue Dream, Candy Games #38, and Purple Ghost Candy; featured in my recent grow journal, weigh-in below). There is about a year before any legal changes go into effect. It's also unknown how much an impact this legal change will have, if any. Read on to learn everything you need to know to protect your cannabis seed stash! The U.S. Seed Crackdown No One Saw ComingHere’s
what happened and what it means. On November 12, 2025, anti-cannabis regulation was snuck in at the last minute as part of a bill to re-open the U.S. federal government after an extended shutdown. The new legal definition of hemp in that bill excludes viable cannabis seeds from any high-THC plant, which had previously been in a
gray area after the passage of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018. But none of this stops home growers who stay informed. A viable cannabis seed can grow a beautiful, bud-bearing plant at home. (where can I safely buy seeds?) The U.S. laws changed, but growers won’t! Seeds have been contraband before, and that's never stopped the cannabis home grow movement. Here’s the bad news, including what the law says, given to you straight in plain English… - Cannabis seeds no longer considered hemp - Hemp and high-THC marijuana come from the same species of plant, Cannabis sativa. "Hemp"
seeds are legal in the U.S., and the law previously didn't exclude seeds that come from high-THC buds (marijuana) from being considered hemp. That's what changed. Viable seeds from a plant over the THC limit are now excluded from the federal definition of hemp (even if the seeds themselves don't contain THC). Keep reading to learn what this means for you as a home grower.
- Effective ban on “Intoxicating" hemp - Due to the new standard of 0.4 mg "Total THC" per container,
pretty much all kinds of “intoxicating” hemp products are no longer legally considered hemp. Before, only delta-9 THC straight off a cannabis plant was subject to THC limits under the definition of hemp, while synthetic cannabinoids and other forms of THC with similar effects were in a legal gray area. These THC analogues were being sold freely online and at gas stations. New federal definition of hemp applies limits to all forms of THC, including THC delta-8, delta‑10, THC-A, and
others.
- Goes into effect November 12, 2026 - The bill was signed on November 12, and the changes to hemp definitions go “live” one year later. So don’t panic. You have a year to grow a few crops, prepare, and think about this before the hemp law of the land officially changes.
H.R.5371 Full Text
Here. This is a great legal breakdown of the effects on hemp and cannabis products. Forget panic. This is a return to the root. Straight talk here for a second. Cannabis seeds were easy to get long
before the current "loophole" made them "legal" in 2018. Genetics aren’t going anywhere. Cannabis growers are creative and resilient people. Like our reader who built this secret grow cabinet. With cute little plants growing inside! The most important thing right now is that good genetics stay alive in a community of growers who care. That’s where you can help. Keep your own stash of seeds, and store them well. If possible, share genetics with other growers in need. Keep a diverse personal seed stash = contribute to long-term genetic
diversity. You don’t need hope, you need a plan. Growers have never waited for Congress to change its mind. We adapt. With GrowWeedEasy.com, you’ll never be left in the dark. We believe every grower should be able to access the seeds they’re looking for, no matter what happens. We will keep you informed on every realistic way to keep getting the genetics you want. This
isn’t an emergency. This is part of a proven cycle. And we already know how to extract ourselves from bad laws. GrowWeedEasy.com has maintained a list of trustworthy seed sources since 2010, and that won't change. Every time the government shuts a door, home growers build a new door. We’ll show you where it is. What you can do right now - Start a personal stash of seeds from various genetics
- Practice good long-term seed storage (cool, dark, dry)
- Share genetics with other home growers in need.
- Grow a ton of weed now while the window is still wide open!
A refrigerator crisper drawer is an excellent place to store seeds.
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Your Favorite Seed Bank: Seed Supreme!
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After receiving 2,207 responses from our newsletter subscribers, we're excited to announce your favorite seed sources for 2025. - Seed Supreme - 16.7% of the vote
- North Atlantic Seed Co. - 13.8% of the vote
- Seedsman - 13.3% of the vote
Special Mention - Royal
Queen Seeds - They didn't make it into the main list of seed sources in the first round of voting, but they had an incredible number of write-in votes. Despite not being one of the main options, Royal Queen Seeds still came away with a remarkable 2.2% via write-in votes only.
Notable - Most responders took the time to share what they care about most. The most important feature of a seed bank for our readers, by far, was
"strain options". Makes sense to me!
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"Sweet Dreams" Journal Final Weigh-In! These are our photoperiod plants on harvest day. Here's the full grow journal. Harvest -
Day 118 from seed (Flowering Day 73) Buds in jars - over 1 lb of top-shelf buds! Final dry weight buds: Total: 571.06 g (20.14 oz) Notable results: - The Blue Dream plant produced a whopping 6.7 oz of weed by itself. WOW! Buds smell incredible, too. I can't wait to smoke this one. This strain germinated well, was easy to grow, and just produced a ton of weed.
- The Candy Games #38 plant produced a respectable 3.5 oz of some of the fattest buds I've grown this year.
The Candy Games #38 plant made FAT, beautiful buds. All buds will have been in jars for 2 weeks on Thursday, finishing the initial "cure" process. Then it's time to start smoking the buds! Check back here next week for closeup pictures of all the buds plus initial smoke reports. Edible of the Week: "Magic" Canna Butter Last week we shared the most important step of making cannabis edibles that actually knock your socks off: baking your weed first to decarb
it. Step 1 of making any edible is to "decarb" (bake) weed first. Now that you have decarbed (baked) weed, you can eat it directly or put it in anything, and it works to get you high. However, it's a lot easier to make tasty edibles if you can turn the weed into something more concentrated first. Perhaps the most popular way to concentrate weed for edibles is to make cannabutter. Why?
Properly infusing butter with weed takes out a lot of the weed taste. Plus, you can use "magic" butter anywhere you would normally use butter, instantly turning almost any food into a cannabis edible. Learn how to make potent, mild-tasting cannabutter
that you can add to almost anything. 30 "regular" portions of amazing pot butter infused with 1 oz of weed.
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📸 Weekly Spotlight:
Free Digital Grow Tools & Calculators
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GrowWeedEasy.com now has a suite of free digital grow tools and calculators. There's one for electricity usage, nutrient schedules, and a LED grow light selector. More tools on the way. If you want something added or improved, HIT REPLY and let us know what would help your
grow most right now. Sirius already made several improvements based on your thoughtful feedback from last week. Test our new Digital Grow Tools &
Calculators.
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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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Who Runs GrowWeedEasy.com?
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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
marijuana should only be made after consulting with an experienced lawyer or other legal adviser. Any medical decisions should only be made after speaking with a doctor. Be safe! How Did I Sign Up For This Newsletter? Our records indicate that requested to be added to the GrowWeedEasy.com weekly newsletter at . Date: December 14, 2025
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