Issue #735 - Sunday, May 24, 2026 Learn how to improve your results with the setup you have. - How to use your current setup better - If you're an indoor grower who wants bigger yields and better buds with the setup you already have, this is for you. These 5 tactics work with any seeds, no matter your experience
level.
- Why some growers get bigger buds with the same setup and technique - Last week we talked about choosing good equipment. This week we show you how to use the equipment you already have. But if you're still not getting the results you want, it's likely the seeds...
- Nebula’s Screenless SCROG Method: Bigger Yields Without the Net - If you've thought about training your plants on a net, but it seemed like too much
work, then you'll love this. Learn how to get the same results with less effort (and no net).
- Summer Class Note: Our next session of Home Grow Masterclass starts in June, with guidance from seed to weed. More info coming soon, but check out the results from a past student...
- David first grew weed 16 years ago, but had never achieved his dream harvest until our course helped him discover what he was
missing.
Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside
Co-Founders, GrowWeedEasy.com
“Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things.”
~ Booker T. Washington
5 Quick Wins for Bigger Buds in an Indoor Setup by Nebula Haze Do you want bigger yields of better weed? If so, you’ve come to the right place. Get 5 proven tactics to increase cannabis yields and bud quality with any seeds, no matter your experience
level. Harvest lots of big, beautiful buds using today’s quick wins. 1.) Maximize Your LED Grow Tent StrategyQuick win: In a grow tent, raise LED lights first. Only dim if needed. Improve your LED grow tent game with this strategy. The walls of a modern cannabis grow tent are 90+% reflective. Extra light is reflected back and helps fatten buds deeper into the plant. - Full power at recommended distance – Keep dimmable LEDs at 100% power if you can. This makes the most light photons (“food” for leaves). Start at the recommended distance.
- Raise lights before dimming – If top leaves look
stressed, raise the lights first. Even to the top of the grow tent (zip ties are your friends).
- Dim lights if plant health demands it – Dim the grow light if it’s too hot even with fans and venting,
or if top leaves look stressed with the grow light at the top of the tent.
Even a relatively small 200W LED is effective 3+ feet (1 m) feet away in a grow tent. On the other hand, dimming to 50% cuts yields in half. Raise before dim. Even 3 feet (1 meter) away, a 200W Spider Farmer LED produced over 10 ounces. Insider Tip: If your top leaves are getting stressed even after the LED is raised to the top of the grow tent, don’t hesitate to dim your grow lights. And don’t hurry to raise the intensity again. Wait until discoloration stops spreading before turning back to full power, if ever. Healthy leaves help power the growth of a lot of big, high-quality buds. Don’t
sacrifice leaf health to maximize light intensity. Keep leaves healthy for highest quality buds. If the grow tent is always hot or top leaves appear yellow or discolored, you often get a better harvest simply by turning your grow light power down until harvest. Sometimes less really is more. True mastery of LEDs is all about using them right for your particular setup. Maximizing light helps maximize yields, but lowering light levels can improve bud quality if it’s too hot
or plants are stressed. Always listen to your plants first. Learn more: How to Improve Bud Quality with the Environment 2.) Bend Over Tall Stems = More & Better Quality BudsQuick win: Every time you check on your garden, bend any tall branches down and
away from the center of the plants. This naturally creates a wide, flat “table-top” shape that increases the number of bud sites. Bend over tall stems to create a flat “table-top” canopy, like I did in this grow journal. This results in lots of buds sites about the same distance from the grow light. A sea of buds gives you the best yields indoors. Why this works: The biggest, tightest, and most potent buds tend to grow at the top of a cannabis plant. A flat, tabletop canopy helps cannabis grow as many of these top buds as possible. Insider Tip: Lots of big buds from plant training = sagging stems in late flowering (great problem to have!). Use specially-designed weed plant yo-yos to safely hook
around buds so you can string them up to the top of the tent. See those little yellow things on strings? Those are plant yo-yos holding up this well-trained bud-heavy plant! Easy-to-adjust weed plant yo-yos hook right onto stems without disturbing buds.
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Why some growers get bigger buds with the same setup and technique
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Have you ever grown multiple cannabis strains together? You can give plants the exact same environment, nutrients, and care, yet some strains turn out wildly different. It happens indoors...
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That’s fine when all plants produce a great harvest. But what’s not fine is when bud quality or yields don’t live up to your goals, and you don’t know why. It hurts when some buds mysteriously grow airy, lack sparkle/smell, or don’t produce the effects you want. Especially when you’re doing everything right during the grow. Many growers think, “I must be doing
something wrong during the grow.” But it might not be you, your equipment, or your grow skills. If your plants are generally healthy and you use a solid harvest system, but your buds still aren’t “top-shelf” bud quality… It could be your
seeds sabotaging you. Are Your Seeds to Blame? Find out today!
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Easy Cannabis Training: How to “Scrog” without a Net!
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by Nebula Haze Screen of Green (ScrOG) – Plants get trained along a screen or net in the vegetative stage, to make a canopy “table” (this picture-perfect ScrOG grown by Graeme).
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This flat plant shape maximizes yields under indoor grow lights by filling the entire grow space with buds. But is there an easier way to achieve the same result? Today you’ll learn how to make a “scrog” without a net. Get the same results with less effort. The resulting plant was less than 20″ (50 cm) tall at harvest and look at all those buds!
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After 16 years, David finally got the harvest he'd been chasing...
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He was harvesting plants, but never had that "dream" harvest he was really proud of. The missing pieces turned out to be a limiting factor holding him back.
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Your Masterclass convinced me to go back to basics from when I first started 16 years ago. My recent harvest turned out to be one of the best grows I've had. Potency, smell and smoke are all fantastic! Samples to friends got rave reviews. After the buds were dried
and cured, it came out to 2 grams short of 9 ounces. My next grow with your recommended seeds is going even better.
David David, I love that the class helped make the difference. Sometimes it's the smallest unexpected things that change everything. Can't wait to see your next harvest! ~Nebula
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Want help with your summer grow?
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Home Grow Masterclass starts June 23. We guide you step-by-step from seed to weed. Whether you've grown before or never grown a plant in your life, we can help you grow a bigger, better harvest of top-shelf weed at home. Click here to get notified when registration opens.
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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
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