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News Joint Grow Journal 14: Trichomes & The Chop

Illinois News Joint Posted on August 14, 2021 by Illinois EdFebruary 7, 2022
News Joint Grow Journal 14: Trichomes

I left off News Joint Grow Journal 13 with the development of growing buds on my plants throughout the flowering stage. A chop date was quickly approaching. I started my flush during the middle of the seventh week. My next … Continue reading →

Posted in ILNJ Grow Journal | Tagged first-time grower, grow journal, grow your own, Homegrown Cannabis Co., Kyle Kushman, News Joint Grow Journal, News Joint Grow Journal 14, trichomes

News Joint Grow Journal 13: Flowering

Illinois News Joint Posted on August 4, 2021 by Illinois EdFebruary 7, 2022
Grow Journal 13: Flowering

I left off News Joint Grow Journal 12 with me trying to maximize me yield by managing five different strains of plants inside my grow tent. For the entire grow, I couldn’t wait to get to the flowering stage so … Continue reading →

Posted in ILNJ Grow Journal | Tagged cannabis photography, first-time grower, grow journal, News Joint Grow Journal, News Joint Grow Journal 13: Flowering

News Joint Grow Journal 12: SCROG

Illinois News Joint Posted on July 26, 2021 by Illinois EdFebruary 7, 2022
News Joint Grow Journal 12: SCROG

After straying a little off course with News Joint Grow Journal 11: Cuts and Clones, I return to my five plants after performing Kyle Kushman’s suppercropping and Chiropractics in Grow Journal 10. For Grow Journal 12: SCROG, I focus on … Continue reading →

Posted in ILNJ Grow Journal | Tagged first grow, grow journal, grow your own, News Joint Grow Journal 12, SCROG, scrogging, Sea of green

News Joint Grow Journal 11: Cuts and Clones

Illinois News Joint Posted on July 13, 2021 by Illinois EdNovember 26, 2024
News Joint Grow Journal 11: Cuts and Clones

While pruning and preparing to attempt the Kushman chiropractic techniques as mentioned in Grow Journal 10, I wanted to experience taking cuts and creating clones during my first grow. Besides practice and learning more about my growing plants, I knew … Continue reading →

Posted in ILNJ Grow Journal | Tagged cannabis, first grow, first-time grower, journal entry. grow journal, News Joint Grow Journal, News Joint Grow Journal 11: Cuts and Clones

News Joint Grow Journal 10: Kushman’s “Chiropractics”

Illinois News Joint Posted on July 4, 2021 by Illinois EdFebruary 7, 2022
News Joint Grow Journal 10

I ended Grow Journal 9 with low stress training my five plants by bending and hooking the braches with coated wire that I’d poked through the side of my 5-gallon fabric pots. I rearranged the plants for different exposure from … Continue reading →

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News Joint Grow Journal 9: Low Stress Training

Illinois News Joint Posted on June 27, 2021 by Illinois EdFebruary 7, 2022
News Joint Grow Journal 9

I left off Grow Journal 8 with topping my five plants (Steve’s Dream Queen, Amnesia Lemon, Blood Diamond OG, Prayer Pupil, and Swabi Pakistani 3) with photos taken May 4 (two weeks into vegetation). I probably should have topped each … Continue reading →

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News Joint Grow Journal 8: Topping

Illinois News Joint Posted on June 18, 2021 by Illinois EdFebruary 7, 2022
News Joint Grow Journal 8: Topping

I left off News Joint Grow Journal 7 with my five resilient plant bouncing back (with a photo taken April 27) after I’d corrected the pH balance and transplanting them. The next couple weeks were the smoothest and least stressful … Continue reading →

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News Joint Grow Journal 7: Transplanting

Illinois News Joint Posted on June 5, 2021 by Illinois EdMarch 7, 2025
Joint Grow Journal 7: Transplanting

I left off News Joint Grow Journal 6 with me believing I might have let my genetics sponsors (Mass Medical Strains) and partners (Aroma Grow Store and Homegrown Cannabis Co.) down because the leaves on my seedlings were yellowing. I … Continue reading →

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News Joint Grow Journal 6: Grow Anxiety

Illinois News Joint Posted on May 29, 2021 by Illinois EdMarch 7, 2025
News Joint Grow Journal

I left off News Joint Grow Journal 5 with my parenting instincts to protect and nature my five plants on five-alarm-fire mode. But the next couple weeks of my first grow did not go as planned. At first, the five … Continue reading →

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News Joint Grow Journal 5: Germination and Planting

Illinois News Joint Posted on May 21, 2021 by Illinois EdMarch 7, 2025
News Joint Grow Journal

I left off News Joint Grow Journal 4 with my excitement about the five specifically tailored medical strains I had received for my first grow. The next step: germination. March 28 at 5 AM, I soaked the five feminized seeds … Continue reading →

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