Issue #734 - Sunday, May 17, 2026 Learn where growers waste money, and how to improve your harvest without spending more. - The Beginner’s “Good Enough” Grow Setup - You don't need an expensive setup to grow great weed. Learn what's important and where you can save cash without reducing yields or bud
quality.
- 5 Ways to Stop Wasting Money - Learn what grow equipment and supplements to avoid, plus how to lower your electricity bill without turning down your grow light.
- New Lab Results: Does the 3-Day Dark Period Increase THC? - A respected member of our grow community recently took his buds to the lab to test whether a 3-day dark period increases THC percentage.
- Looking For a Summer Grow
Project? The summer session of our Home Grow Masterclass starts June 23 and runs for 5 weeks. Join the list to get notified when registration opens.
- This Grower Almost Gave Up Growing, Then He Took Our Class... Randy used to struggle with growing, but
you wouldn't be able to tell from his first harvest. His plant has buds like baseball bats.
Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside
Co-Founders, GrowWeedEasy.com
"The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake - you can't learn anything from being perfect."
— Adam Osborne The Beginner’s Grow Setup: Minimum Supplies for Top-Shelf Weed by Nebula Haze Do you need an expensive LED grow light to produce exceptional weed? No. Even a tiny cannabis-friendly LED produces excellent bud quality with good seeds and plant care. A $70 100W LED grew these Candy Games #38 buds. Last week we talked about avoiding lots of the most common beginner mistakes when growing weed at home. Today I wanted to talk about how to save money on equipment, which can sometimes be the most expensive mistake. The truth is you don’t need a crazy setup or exotic nutrients, you just need to ensure what you get is suitable for growing cannabis. Example harvest under a 100W LED This is all you need to get to a top-shelf home cannabis harvest… 1.) Cannabis Seeds Your seeds determine 50% or more of your results, so don’t choose lightly. If price is the biggest barrier, this $5 seed menu by NASC has a limited rotating selection of top-quality genetics. If you’re looking to get good seeds for cheap, this is a great option. Here are my favorite cannabis strains for beginners. Not sure? The seeds decide what buds look, smell, and smoke like.
2.) Bright, Direct Light Light is food for cannabis plants, and they need a lot of light to produce big, potent, sparkly buds. In general, more light equals more bud. Outdoors, cannabis plants should be getting 6+ hours of strong, direct sunlight per day. Lots of light + room to grow (this is an 11 lb
harvest) Note: There’s still time to grow outdoors this year. Indoors, a strong grow light is needed to get significant yields. For most indoor home growers, an LED grow light specifically made to grow
cannabis plants is your best light option. LEDs are easy to use, electrically efficient and don’t produce much heat. Even a small 100W LED can consistently grow high-quality, dense cannabis buds when kept the right distance away. What about yields? When it comes to cannabis-specific LEDs, the wattage is a very good indicator of how much light it’s going to make. That means higher-wattage grow lights increase the
maximum yields you can expect. 100W cannabis harvest (this is 3.1 oz) – 2’x2′ setup 600W cannabis harvest (this is 20.1 oz, or 1.3 lbs) – 4’x4′ setup Learn about the best LED grow lights for cannabis. 3.) Grow Medium (Soil, Coco, Hydro) Soil or coco is easiest for beginners since you can just
plant a seed. Soil looks darker and has some nutrients, which can last plants a few weeks. However, plants in soil grow a little slower and may be more prone to bugs. Outdoor growers love soil: For cannabis growers powered by the sun, a recent outdoor cannabis grow study found the most
successful outdoor growers typically grow in soil. Grow weed in soil – nutrients last a few weeks Coco is made out of ground coconut husks. Coco contains no nutrition, which means you need to add nutrients in the water from the beginning or plants won't grow. The pros are slightly faster growth, less prone to overwatering, and more resistant to some pests. Grow weed in coco - slightly faster growth, but must add nutrients from the start. Serious beginners can succeed at hydro on their first grow, too (that's how Sirius started growing weed). You just need to follow good instructions when establishing your seedlings so their roots grow healthy and strong. After cannabis plants are established, hydroponic maintenance may actually be easier than soil or coco. Grow weed in hydro - add nutrients from the start, fastest growth.
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How to Save Money When Growing Weed
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Once you know what you need, it helps to know what you don't need. There are many helpful tools that can make it a lot easier to grow top-quality buds at home. However, some “tools” that are supposed to help you grow end up costing so much time, work, or money that you may have been better off without them. Some poorly designed tools could even set you up for failure. Today, Sirius shares tips on how to avoid common pitfalls that can flush money down the drain. Learn which equipment and supplements are worth skipping.
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New Lab Results: Does the 3-Day Dark Period Increase THC?
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Does the legendary 3-day dark period actually increase THC percentage? We ran an experiment with lab testing a few years ago, and the results seemed promising. Since then, I haven't seen anyone else run
an experiment with lab testing... until now. CannabisGreenTeam.ca is run by a longtime cannabis grower and friend who offers dry
nutrients and has been educating ACMPR growers for almost a decade. He recently released the lab test results from his own 3-day dark period experiment, and he got the opposite result as our lab test. In his lab results, the buds that underwent a dark period actually tested with lower THC. Max tested the THC of Wedding Cake and 3 other strains.
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Looking For a Summer Grow Project?
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If you've been thinking about starting a summer grow, we can help you harvest top-shelf weed. Whether you're a total beginner or already have some experience, our 5-week Home Grow Masterclass helps you from choosing the right seeds all the way to a bountiful harvest (plus what to do with your weed). Starts
June 23 and runs for 5 weeks. Mark your calendars and click here to get notified when registration opens. We're adding new stuff all month, so please reply with what you'd
love to see in the course this summer.
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What Happens When You Don't Give Up
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If your last grow didn't go well, it doesn't mean you're bad at growing. You may just need a clear plan to follow. Our Home Grow Masterclass gives you a system, so growing stops feeling confusing and starts feeling exciting again. When I registered for your course, I was growing in a hydroponic bucket and it was problematic. I just about gave up. I saw the masterclass and decided to try one more time. The grow wasn't perfect, but this time everything went smoother. I wanted to share my first harvest.
God bless you guys. Randy |
Randy, that is a monstrously huge plant! Each of those buds is the size of a baseball bat. You didn't just keep going, you hit it out of the park 🏆 ~Nebula
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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) 2026 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: May 21, 2026
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