Issue #714 - Sunday, December 28, 2025 Hey grower, in today's issue... - Should I Give Nutrients Every Watering? Do your plants really need a vitamin every time they drink a glass of water? Or can they live off the soil alone?
- How Do I Grow “Flavored” Buds? Sometimes you
want "skunk" and sometimes you want something sweet or fruity. Learn what "flavored" means and how to do it!
- How to Make Dry Ice Hash from Buds or Trim - This home method extracts the "good stuff" out of leaves or buds. Learn an easy and safe way to create a ton of epic hash at home!
- Weekly Spotlight: Should you "top" outdoor cannabis plants? Outdoor cannabis plants don't always want the same tactics as indoor plants. The sun
offers different options!
Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside
Co-Founders, GrowWeedEasy.com
"Don't let schooling interfere with your education." ~Mark Twain Should I Give Nutrients Every Watering? by Nebula Haze A lot of cannabis growers give nutrients in the water, every single time they water their plants. But is that necessary? What if you start with good soil, do you still need extra nutrients? Too popular or the perfect combo?
Coco Loco soil plus Fox Farm Soil trio nutrients may be the most popular soil + nutrient combo for growing weed. Hit reply and let
us know what you think! (used in our recent grow journal). There are different schools of thought on the "best" way to grow cannabis, and as many ways to grow weed as there are growers. The truth: The best way to grow weed is the way that you enjoy and get the results you want. Today, learn which method might suit you best. After experimenting with different nutrients and watering schedules over the years, I've learned some previous "standards" don't live up to scrutiny. For example, when I started growing marijuana, I was taught the best way to water plants is to give nutrients every other watering, with plain water in between. This supposedly was necessary to ensure nutrients don't build up in the grow
medium. Does this work well? Yes. I did it for years and grew lots of great harvests. But is it the most productive option? After trying various methods, I don't think it is. Here's the deal with nutrients. Option 1: Plant Gets All Nutrients From the Soil - Pros: Easy, just add water, like nature. Less change day-to-day.
- Cons: Plants tend to
grow a bit slower. If cannabis plants use up nutrients in the soil, they may not have enough during the crucial bud-building phase.
Unless you use special soil (and plenty of it), or grow very small plants, you usually need to add extra nutrients for the best yields, smell, and bud
density. Option 2: Give Nutrients Only Sometimes - Pros: This can be a great choice in soil, where the soil provides nutrients between waterings. Plants grow faster if they get nutrients in the water, and it's less work than giving nutrients every watering.
- Cons: Occasional doses of nutrients may get less consistent results, even in soil. In
coco and especially hydro, receiving plain water can cause yellowing after just a day or two during periods of fast growth.
The less nutrients in the grow medium, the more dependent the plant is on fertigation (nutrient water) for healthy, fast growth. A battery-powered water transfer pump makes it easier to water plants. Option 3: Always Give Nutrients in the Water - Pros: Plants tend to grow faster overall when they get nutrients every watering, in any grow medium. Less likely to see yellowing, especially in coco or hydro.
- Cons: Easy to get nutrient burn unless you take precautions. Lower overall nutrient levels, regularly remove runoff water, and think about how much nutrients you're "adding to the system" vs what is being removed or used by the plants.
Put plants on thick 1020 trays on a tiny incline (a few pennies under the tray in the back is all it takes). That makes runoff water pool forward. Regular runoff removal runoff helps prevent the grow medium from getting overloaded with nutrients over time. Just watch out for nutrient burn and pull back if you see it. Ultimately, any nutrient strategy works as long as your cannabis plants get the nutrients they need. With good soil, you can give nutrients much less, and still get great results. If you are pressed for time, it might make your life easier to grow in soil and mix up nutrients only as needed. Fast, healthy growth in regular soil is plenty fast for most growers. On the other hand, if you're growing in an inert medium like coco or hydro (which do not naturally contain nutrients), regular fertigation is necessary for
healthy growth. It also can push soil plants to their max during budding. Keep in mind that you will need to adjust the strength of nutrient water based on your strategy. - If giving nutrients every watering, start at half the recommended dose as the bottle or nutrient schedule. Remember how much nutrients you're adding to the system. Always remove runoff water.
- If giving nutrients
every other watering (or less often), you may be able to give the full recommended dose.
Watch plants for signs of needing more or or less nutrients... Too Much Nutrients - Nutrient burn is the
biggest sign of too much nutrients. If you see this you should lower the amount of nutrients overall. Too Little Nutrients - Nitrogen deficiencies makes plants appear pale or lime green all over and is a key signal saying "feed me!" All base nutrient systems for cannabis contain nitrogen. If you see all-over yellowing, you should increase nutrients overall. There is no right or wrong way to grow weed, but now you're prepared to decide the best choice for you when it comes to using nutrients. What are recommended nutrients for growing weed?
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How to Grow “Flavored” Marijuana
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“How do I flavor weed?” is a common question by new cannabis growers. And it makes sense. Enjoying weed you grew yourself that tastes and smells great is one of the finer things in life. Grape Balls of Fire produces vibrant, grape-smelling buds.
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Genetics has the biggest impact on your bud's smell profile. Several strains of weed naturally contain hints of chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, grape, berries, cake, cookies, or citrus flavors. You can enhance these natural scents with certain growing techniques... Concentrate of the Week: Dry Ice Hash Homemade cannabis dry ice hash made using this tutorial gives you pure trichomes (the sparkly "good stuff" on buds). I add dry ice hash to bud for superpowered weed (epic joints & bowls). Making cannabis hash with dry ice is the easiest, fastest, and (more importantly) the most efficient means of extracting resin from your cannabis. Get different "grades" of hash, if desired, or just stop at the pure stuff. Collecting the hash has to be my favorite part.
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📸 Weekly Spotlight:
Should I top outdoor plants, or just LST?
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Question: I grow outside using photoperiod plants. Should I top or just use LST techniques? Thanks! Jeff
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Hey Jeff, First off, including a picture of a cat garden protector is one of the easiest ways to catch my attention. That's a great question. I personally always top young plants that are growing fast and healthy. I think it helps them more quickly achieve a wide bushy shape and produce lots of bud sites. But topping is far less crucial outdoors than
indoors. These plants were not topped. You often don't need much training to produce great yields outdoors when the conditions are right. Like you said, it's always a good idea to spread plants out as they grow ("LST" or low stress training) especially for "Christmas tree" growing plants. For example, the above plants might have benefitted from being spread out a bit more as they grew. But overall, the natural shape of a cannabis plant is well suited to using light from the sun as it moves in the
sky. Notice how the outdoor plants getting the most direct sunlight grow the biggest. For outdoor growers, even more important than any particular training technique is make sure plants get as much direct sunlight a day as possible (ideally 6+ hours direct light a day). As long as you give outdoor cannabis plants lots of sun, nutrients, and room for roots, they tend to grow into the space on their own. ~Nebula Haze Free Digital Tools on GrowWeedEasy.com Note: Expect to see a "Strain Library" next week. I am so excited how it's coming along. I think you will be stunned when you see it! Also on the horizon are tools for
calculating ideal light levels (PPFD, DLI, etc.), and a custom setup checklist tool. Open to suggestions. 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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