Growing pot?

[ben parrish]

Originally Posted by looneybin

Originally Posted by billyboy
Don't forget, it's a "gateway" drug and you could be spun out on heroin or LSD next, living in the gutter....

or in a van down by the river

But,..... it's a really nice van...

[billyboy]

Originally Posted by billyboy
Don't forget, it's a "gateway" drug and you could be spun out on heroin or LSD next, living in the gutter....

Funny.....I didn't end up living in the gutter

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Uh, I guess I forget to type in green or what ever the sarcasim indicator color is. I thought that was pretty evident though...

[woodman]

I have a fairly generous sized bomb shelter, yes here in the middle of the LBC, that I know was used for some fairly shady activity, I think growing herb as well. I know the DEA raided this place while it sat prior to it us buying it. There was some crazy stuff going on...

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Cool, where you at?

[woodman]

Cal heights-ish.

Shelter is almost 140sq ft and is soon to be aging some wine...

[billyboy]

I think pot smoking is great. I don't, and it enables me to have my pick of captain jobs since there are many, otherwise qualified people, who can't pass the mandatory drug testing.

[Arizona_928]

pay cash for all the lamps..
can't track cash..

[Arizona_928]

also can you use florecent lights?

[carambola]

955 views, 47 responses

[URY914]

This thread is Reefer Madness.

[austin552]

[HardDrive]

Originally Posted by AZ_porschekid

also can you use florecent lights?

Yes. Flourecent lights don't have a great deal of power, so you need to keep them close to the plants.

The items for growing good pot are:

1) Do your homework, and understand the life cycle of the plants.

2) GET GOOD SEEDS

3) Like any plant, they must be cared for.

http://www.marijuanapassion.com/Growing-Marijuana-With-Fluorescent-Lights.html

I learned all of this when I was a youth ambassador for Nancy Regans 'Say No To Drugs' program.

No Really.

[Mule]

I think the hand belongs to thing from the Adams Family but I can't say for sure.

[Mule]

[m21sniper]

Originally Posted by austin552

Man, now THAT picture has all the trappings of a dream date!!!

Originally Posted by billyboy

I think pot smoking is great. I don't, and it enables me to have my pick of captain jobs since there are many, otherwise qualified people, who can't pass the mandatory drug testing.

Too bad they aint all drinkers instead?

I fail to see any difference at all. Wait, that's not right, i view pot to be far, far less destructive.

[YTNUKLR]

The day Mule posts pictures of buds is a serious occasion

1.) wait for Obama to become president

http://www.reason.com/blog/show/126533.html

2.) Medical authorization??? At least better than no paperwork whatsoever.

3.) if you live in a suitable area for GOOD QUALITY, go outdoor. growing stuff with the sun is far better than indoors, saves power/$$ and is 10X (guessing) more efficient. do NOT run plots, keep them sparse and preferably with other similar green plants. if you live in a hot area, go indoors with an air conditioner or don't bother because you will get stuff that resembles Mexican brick-pressed crap weed, and you will have no pride in the finished product.

4.) Nor Cal is good. Oregon, Washington, etc. Other countries? I don't know much about growing in other countries, but I've heard about Canada a lot.

5.) Watch the temps. Cannabis does not like to go above 80*F, and lights run VERY hot ! Tempered glass on the lights, an air conditioner are *highly* recommended. If it must be super hot because you are too lazy or cheap to run an A/C, invest in a CO2 system. Cannabis will double the rate of growth somewhere around 90*F and .15% atm. CO2 (urban area is ~.03%, so 5 times more than normal), but the quality starts to go downhill if continuously run at such high temps.

6.) Do not do anything stupid like try to sell it!!!!!!!! You guys are too smart and have too much to lose to risk your lives and your valuable personal relationships by going to the slammer or getting arrested, whatever. Do not do anything that is not state-legal. The Feds are 99% not going to bust some small-time dude with a few plants in his closet. I have known people that have been busted, not pretty, NOT WORTH IT.

8.) Cannabis is not a "weed." It is a very resinous flower bud that doesn't get fertilized. It must be carefully tended like a rose or it will spurn your existence.

9.) Make sure you kill all the male plants. If you don't, the female plant will make seeds instead of bud. I doubt anyone wants to smoke seeds.

10.) Indoors, don't do anything but hydroponics. Soil is OK, but who wants dirt in their house?

11.) Get good nutrients made for Cannabis.

12.) Proper meters; conductivity of the soil (ions)--TDS (Total Dissolved Solids) and pH are ESSENTIAL to doing a good job.

13.) HID light is most efficient. Fluorescents are about 45% as efficient as HID's, CFL's not the tubes. Normal incandescent bulb is about 6% as efficient.

14.) everything posted here, was told to me by a little birdie

[m21sniper]

Originally Posted by YTNUKLR

1.) wait for Obama to become president

http://www.reason.com/blog/show/126533.html

The only reason i could possibly come up with to vote for him, i think.

[Victor]

Originally Posted by TerryBPP

The electrical usage is just the tip off. Then the DEA has heat sensing equipment that can test if you have a room full of lights. Then they kick your door in.

Out in Lehigh Acres, about 30 min from me, there have been bunches of grow houses being busted lately. People come up from Miami and setup in the new abandon/foreclosed homes. We call it the wild wild east out there.

You guys not have diesel/petrol generators yet?

Edit: you are right about the heat sensing. I've heard that our narcs fly about in choppers from time to time looking for tell tale signs of house roofs that glow......(under roof cavity plantations are common here).

[svandamme]

Originally Posted by Palumbo

You can prune your plants to yeild more buds, but you have to get them past that certain point. (Not that I would know, I had a friend who told me

need to keep the male plants away from the females
that way they try harder and you get a higher yield out of them, more thc

hard core pot growers in holland also control the amount of light/dark the plants get , and it varies between different stages
and they grow more potent stuff indoors then anybody grows outdoors...

[Dottore]

Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile

How the f*ck does increased electrical usage automatically get associated with home-growing hydroponics anyway? I mean, ANYTHING can cause a spike in usage (of electricity) - a new television, a second refrigerator, switching to electric heating from gas, an air conditioner. . . All these things have fairly substantial current draws. I wonder what inspires someone to look at the "bump" on your meter and say "oh, they're growing pot - go kick their door down!" Guilty until proven innocent? Or is there more to it than that? I'd think a bump in electrical use by itself wouldn't NEARLY rise to the level of probable cause necessary to get a warrant. . .

Perhaps this has already been answered, but we are not talking about a "spike" in usage here. We are talking about an 8 or 10 fold (or more) increase in normal electricity consumption for a standard grow-op. That's why many jurisdictions have passed legislation that gives the police access to your utility bills. It's the easiest way to find a grow-op. And a 10 fold increase in electricity consumption is more than probable cause. It's a presumption.