# Organic CalMag, Outdoor Defoliation, Reusing Super Soil, Bud Formation & The Great Jaffa Cake Debate | Listener Mail #10

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Podcast: [High on Home Grown, The Cannabis Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/high-on-home-grown-the-cannabis-podcast-303639)
Published: 2026-08-14T20:48:00+00:00
Episode link: https://highonhomegrown.podbean.com/e/listener-mail-10/
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## Resource

It's another Listener Mail episode, and this week we've got a great mix of practical growing questions, organic growing, plant biology and, naturally, some completely unnecessary but extremely important debates! We discuss the best ways to deal with a calcium issue in an organic grow, including which amendments can help and how to avoid throwing unnecessary nutrients at your soil. We also look at why some cannabis strains begin forming and stacking buds much earlier than others, and what genetics, flowering behaviour and plant structure have to do with it. There's also a great discussion about outdoor defoliation, with growers debating whether removing leaves throughout flower is beneficial for airflow or whether the plant should simply be left alone to make and use its own energy. We also tackle the question of how to reuse and re-amend super soil after a grow without constantly paying to have it professionally tested, and what growers can look for themselves when deciding what their soil needs. And because this is Listener Mail, we couldn't possibly finish without answering the really important questions. Is a Jaffa Cake actually a cake or a biscuit? Which fictional universe would the panel live in for a week? And, perhaps most importantly, who taught the first teacher? Another relaxed episode full of growing knowledge, community questions, questionable philosophy and the usual High on Home Grown nonsense. 🌐 Website: https://highonhomegrown.com💬 Discord: https://discord.gg/sqYGkF4xyQ📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/highonhomegrown

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