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} viÊ Õ«ÊÓääÇÊÊÊ 4HE REPUTATION OF THE (IGHLIFE #UP HAS SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT BECOME SO GREAT THAT TAKING PART HAS BECOME ALMOST COMPULSORY FOR EVERY SELF RESPECTING CANNABIS ENTERPRISE &OR THE TENTH (IGHLIFE #UP A RECORD NUMBER OF ENTRIES MADE THEIR WAY TO THE MYSTERIOUS DISTRIBUTION CENTRE &ORTUNATELY THE JURY MEMBERS WERE AFFORDED MORE TIME THIS YEAR IN WHICH TO COME TO A WELL CONSIDERED DECISION THE JURY HAD ALREADY BEEN INTRODUCED TO THEIR SAMPLES BEFORE #HRISTMAS "UT DESPITE THE LONGER JUDGING PERIOD THERE WAS STILL A MOUNTAIN OF AROUND SAMPLES THAT NEEDED TO BE CLIMBED 4HE (IGHLIFE #UP WOULD TURN OUT TO BE A MEMORABLE EDITION WITH SEVERAL HISTORIC FIRSTSx

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> }Ê ÀiÊÃÕVViÃvÕ Ê Ì iÀ« > ÌÃÊ> `ÊV iÃÊÊ #LONING IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF A SUCCESSFUL HYDROPONICS GARDEN 4HE USE OF CLONING ENSURES PRESERVATION OF PRIZED GENETIC MATERIAL )T ALSO CREATES FASTER HARVEST ROTATIONS BECAUSE NEW PLANTS DO NOT HAVE TO BE GROWN FROM SEED BUT CAN INSTEAD BE CUT FROM MATURE PLANTS AND ROOTED QUICKLY #LONING OF COURSE HAS ANOTHER BIG ADVANTAGE IT ENSURES THAT YOU CAN PRODUCE ALL FEMALE PLANTS IDENTICAL TO MOTHERPLANTS 9OU DO NOT HAVE TO PLANT SEEDS AND THEN KILL HALF YOUR PLANTS BECAUSE THEY ARE MALE ! MOTHERPLANT IS THE MATURE FEMALE PLANT THAT CLONE MATERIAL IS CUT FROM 4HE PRODUCTION OF IDEAL MOTHERPLANTS IS A LITTLE KNOWN SCIENCE THAT WILL BE EXPLAINED IN THIS ARTICLE 4HIS ARTICLE WILL ALSO TEACH HOW TO ENSURE BETTER CLONING SUCCESS

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AND FORMS A LARGE CENTRAL COLA RATHER QUICKLY (IGHLY RESINOUS AND QUICK TO FINISH WITH A SWEET FRAGRANT AROMA ACCOMPANIED BY AN UPLIFTING BUZZ WITH WARM BODY SENSATIONS %ARLY 0EARL IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR OUTDOOR MARIJUANA STRAINS

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OFTEN CASTAWAY LANDRACE GENETICS !LTHOUGH STILL STRICTLY AN UNDERGROUND PHENOMENON CIRCULATED AMID A COMMUNITY OF RECREATIONAL BREEDERS A CANNA BOTANICAL RENAISSANCE IS ALREADY SET AND SOWN 3OFT 3ECRETS THEN DECIDED TO INTERVIEW JUST ONE OF THE BREEDERS THAT IS HELPING TO SPEARHEAD THIS hCOUNTER CULTURAL CANNABIS REVOLUTIONv A GUY AT (OT (OUSE &LOWERS

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` ÀÊ- Ê i`Ã )N THE LAST ISSUE OF 3OFT 3ECRETS WE FOCUSED ON THE MANAGEMENT OF SOIL BEDS OUTDOORS )N THIS ISSUE WE SHALL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT HOW THESE METHODS AND TECHNIQUES CAN BE ADAPTED AND PRACTISED INDOORS )NDOOR SOIL BEDS AIM TO REPLICATE OR MIMIC OUTDOOR SOIL SITES 3OIL BEDS ARE DETAILED TOWARDS MORE NATURAL METHODS OF CULTIVATION WITHIN A CONFINED SPACE OR AREA MEANING THAT THEY CAN BE PRACTISED ALMOST ANYWHERE )NDOOR SOIL BEDS DESPITE THE NAME ARE ALSO EASILY CONVERTED TO A VARIETY OF HYDROPONIC MEDIUMS BESIDES SOIL -OST SOIL BED ENTHUSIASTS HOWEVER PREFER TO PRACTISE ORGANICS

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0OWER 0LANT 3KIDMARK 7ELL 3KIDMARK THIS 0OWER 0LANT WON T HAUL IN ANY CANNABIS CUPS WE RE AFRAID 3HE HAS HAD SOME SORT OF DEFICIENCY THE LEAVES DON T LOOK HEALTHY 4HE BUDS DO CONTAIN A LOT OF 4(# CRYSTALS HOWEVER SO NO SWEAT

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2EMOVE DEAD LEAVE TIPS ASAP FOLKS !ND MRS .9#$ ISN T REALLY TOPLESS IS SHE "UT WHAT THE HECK SHE STROKED OUR IMAGINATION UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS ONLY THAT SO WE LL SEND SOME PRIMO "LACK ,ABEL ANYWAYS

ÌÌi Ì Ê ÕiÀ >Ê À ÜiÀÃtÊÊÊÊ "ELLADONNA BY 0ARADISE 3EEDS -ATT &INE LOOKING BUDS )T S ALWAYS BETTER TO PRODUCE SMALLER COMPACT PLANTS INSTEAD OF GIANT BUSHES WHERE THE LIGHT DON T PEN ETRATE

&ANCY A &2%% PACKET OF (IGH 1UALITY 3EEDS 4HEN SEND US A PICTURE OF YOUR GARDEN INCLUDING A VISIBLE COPY OF 335+ AND WE LL SEND YOU THE SEEDS "54 SHOULD YOUR GARDEN HAPPEN TO FEATURE YOUR TOPLESS GIRLFRIEND OR WIFE YOU EVEN GET A PACK OF "LACK ,ABEL STOCK THE LABEL OF THE CHAMPIONS %DITOR S #HOICE WILL RECEIVE PACKS OF CHOICE OF PRIME "LACK ,ABEL STOCK 3END ALL ENTRIES TO OUR 0O"OX OR E MAIL THEM TO 335+ SOFTSECRETS NL 0LEASE $/. 4 PRINT YOUR DIGITAL PIC ON PAPER BUT EMAIL IT

./4% !LL ENTRIES ARE HANDLED WITH THE UTMOST DISCRETION 7E DON T PUBLISH OUT OF FOCUS PICS AND WE DON T LIKE PHOTOS OF PLANTS IN VEG STAGE )T S FAT BUDS HOT TITS WE WANT TO SEE

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3OUTH 7ALES 4HESE PLANTS LOOK JUST FABULOUS 4HEY HAVE A NICE DARK GREEN COLOUR WHICH REMINDS US OF AN !FGHAN VARIETY ,ET EM BLOOM SOME MORE AND THEN HAUL EM IN 7ELL DONE GENTS

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$EAR 3OFT 3ECRETS /NE "UBBLEGUM SEED FROM SOME SMOKE FROM !MSTERDAM "UBBLEGUM THE MAIN COLA SNAPPED UNDER WEIGHT &IXED IT DONT THINK ) LOST MUCH OZ BEAST DONE IN THE AQUAFARM AND SOME *ACK &LASH AND $URBAN ) GREW INDOOR BUT UNDER (03 AND '(% NUTES IN .&4 4HE $URBAN MOTHERS ARE OUTDOOR AND LEFT TO FLOWER OUTDOORS 4HERMOFARMER (ULL

(ERES SOME OF MY PICTURES OF MY FIRST SUCCESSFUL GROW NEVER GOT TO FINISH MY FIRST HA HA 4HE STRAIN IS 7HITE 7IDOW GROWN UNDER WATT (03 HAND FED WITH !DVANCED .UTRIENTS -OTHER %ARTH SUPER TEA ) HAD A SMALL PROBLEM WITH HEAT AND VENTILATION

WORKED OUT GREAT BESIDES THAT /NE PLANT WAS FINE BUT THE OTHER HAD A SMALL BIT OF HEAT STRESS ) TRIED TO GET THE OTHER HALF TO GET HER TITS OUT FOR THE LADS BUT SHE WAS NT HAVING ANY OF IT 2ESPECT $AN $UBLIN &OR A FIRST TIME GROW THIS ISN T BAD AT ALL $AN %SPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT THIS IS A 77 TOO WHICH IS NOT A PLANT FOR EVERY GROWER

4HIS IS ME MY 7HITE 7IDOW PLANTS )T IS VERY DIFICULT TO GET HOLD OF YOUR MAGAZINE HERE IN 3LOVENIA )T WAS A VERY GOOD IDEA TO CROSS 0LAYBOY WITH (IGH 4IMES 7E LOVE IT .ICE 'IRLS ALL OF THEM 4HANKS TO EVERYBODY FROM 3OFT 3ECRETS #REW !LEN 3LOVENIA .ICE WHITE BUDS "UT COULDN T YOU REALLY FIND A SINGLE 3LOVENIAN GIRL WHO WAS WILLING TO FLASH HER GOODIES FOR THE LADS

&ROM SOME 5+ LADS IN 3WITZERLAND (EY GUYS A ROOM WELL FILLED BUT THE PLANTS LOOK A BIT MEAGRE TO BE FAIR 7E CAN CLEARLY SEE THE BUDS ARE NOT THIGHT AND COMPACT "UT WHEN YOU RESIDE IN 3WITZERLAND

WE GUESS YOU HAVE ALL THE TIME AND SPACE TO IMPROVE YOUR GROWING SKILLS

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(I 3OFT 3ECRETS 0LEASE HELP ME WITH YOUR WORLDLY KNOWLEDGE ) HAVE BEEN A DEDICATED GURILLA GROWER FOR SOMETIME NOW ALWAYS WITH RESPECT ABLE YIELDS THROUGH LOADS OF TLC OH YEAH SHITLOADS OF WATTS WATTS MORE WATTS "UT &OR THE LAST TWO OCCASIONS ) HAVE GROWN A PLANT WHICH NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW FOR SURE WHAT KIND OF PLANT IT IS ) GROW ON A CLONE METHOD WITH DAY VEG DAY FLOWER ON GROWTH TECHNOL OGY ! " "LOOM CHANGED EVERY DAYS IN AN .&4 LITRE SYSTEM BUDDY LINK WITH DAY FLUSH GOLDEN SYRUP 4HE RESIN PRODUCTION AS YOU CAN SEE IS HORRIFYING WITH A RAUCIOUS ODOUR EVEN WHEN DRIED CURED SLOWLY OVER DAYS INCLUDING ALTERNATE DAYS SWEATING JUST ONE SPLIFF OF THIS BLOWS YER GOBBLE DYGOOKEY BRAIN 3O HERE IS THE QUESTION WHATS THE STRAIN HOPEFULLY NAME OF THIS PLANT /H WISE WONDERFUL 3OFT 3ECRETS 3O WHY THE YELLOWING 9OUR (UMBLE 3ERVANT SECRET ADMIRER (ACKER h'URILLA 'ROWERv -ATE WE HAVE TOO LITTLE INFORMATION TO REALLY GIVE A WISE AND INTELLIGENT ANSWER TO THIS 4O BE ABLE TO SAY WHAT KIND OF STRAIN THIS IS WE D HAVE TO SEE THE PLANT FROM THE EARLI EST STAGES 9ELLOWING COULD BE ANYTHING FROM OVER FERTILISATION TO OVER WATERING !RE WE STILL YOUR IDOLS

'IRL FROM 2OME )TALY -AMA -IA 4HIS TRUE 2OMAN GODESS COMPENSATES FOR THE PATHETIC BEAN STALKS IN MOST GLORIOUS FASHION

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4OUGHT ) D SEND A FEW PHOTOS OF MY FIRST EVER GROW 4HEY ARE SOME $URBAN X .ORTHERN ,IGHTS

GROWN IN SOIL UNDER A WATT HPS WITH A DIGITAL BALLAST !LLWAYS DID LIKE PHOTOGRAPHY NOW ) VE GOT A NEW FAVE SUBJECT MATTER TOO (OPE YOU LIKE @EM AND THE BUDS TOO *OES "IRD &AIRLY 2ANDOM 'ARDENER 7ELL WHO S WATCHING YOUR RATHER UNDERDEVELOPED BUDS WHEN YOU HAVE WHOPPERS LIKE THAT AROUND THE HOUSE

4HIS IS ONE OF THE ATTEMPTS THAT WE HAVE DONE NOT BAD FIVE OFF EACH -Y BABY IS !FGHAN "IG "UD (ERE ARE A FEW PICS OF MY OZ LAID ON MY SEXY WIFE (OPE YOU ENJOY THE PICTURES ) LOVE READING YOUR MAG WHEN ) CAN GET HOLD OF IT +EEP UP THE GOOD WORK 4HANKS FOR ALL YOUR TIPS AND ADVICE 3TU 7ELL THIS IS A HARD CASE TO CRACK 4HE WIFE OBVIOUSLY IS GIVING HER BEST SHOT STILL SHE IS NOT TOPLESS /R IS SHE JUST PLAIN SHY 0OOR LITTLE THING

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4HESE ARE A FEW OF THE COLAS FROM MY PLANTS 4HEY ARE 3WEET 4OOTH FROM "ARNEY S &ARM 4HEIR COFFEE SHOP DOES SOME GREAT WEED AND LOVELY BREAKFASTS SO ) THOUGHT ) D TRY THEIR SEEDS 'ROWN IN AN .&4 TANK USING #ANNA 6EG AND &LOWER WITH A FEW DROPS OF (ESI 3UPER 6IT

AND UNDER A WATT ()$ MY LADIES GREW TO NEARLY AND A HALF METERS TALL WITH MON STER BUDS AND COLAS 3TICKYFINGERS %SSEX -ATE WE APPRECIATE THE BUDS AND BOOBS BUT YOU CLEARLY HARVESTED THIS 3WEET 4OOTH TOO EARLY SHE WAS NOT READY FOR THE CHOP AT ALL .EXT TIME SHOW SOME PATIENCE IT LL GREATLY EXTRA REWARD YOU 3AY HELLO TO THE BIRD WE LOVE HER EAGERNESS 3HE S A PROUD EXAMPLE TO ALL 335+ READERS

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$ENZIL 9OU WAITED TILL THE RIGHT MOMENT NOW IT IS TIME TO CUT HER DOWN AND SLAUGHTER HER THEN HANG HER UP TO DRY .ICE PLANT

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-Y GIRLFRIEND IS SHY BUT IT SHOULD BE SAID THAT THE GARDEN IS LARGE AND THAT IT DIDN T LEAVE HER MUCH PLACE -Y *ACK (ERER HAS GROWN IN GROUND UNDER WATTS (03 AGRO (OPE THE PICTURE WILL PLEASE YOU 3EB )S THAT REALLY YOUR WIFE BEHIND THE *ACK (EALTHY LOOKING PLANT AND AWESOME (OOKAH

!NONYMOUS -ATE WHY DON T YOU PUT SOME STRAIGHT -YLAR ON THE WALLS OF THIS GROW ROOM %VEN THOUGH YOUR PLANTS LOOK FINE

THEY COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER

) HAVE JUST HARVESTED MY FIRST CLOSET GROW 4HE BEANS WERE #ITRAL!( FROM 3OMA 4HIS FEMALE PLANT WAS GROWN IN A SMALL CLOSET WITH PRETTY MINIMAL LIGHTING SHE WAS GROWN IN "IO "IZZ !LL -IX AND WAS GIVEN "IO GROW AND "IO BLOOM DURING FLOWER ) GAVE HER A TOUCH OF 0+ LATE FLOWER AND THESE PICS WERE HER READY FOR THE CHOP AFTER WEEKS AND ONE DAY OF FLOWERING 4HROUGH THE MICROSCOPE THE TRICHOMES WERE AWESOME AND WERE JUST TURNING AMBER HER PISTILS TURNED A BEUATIFULL RUSTY ORANGE AT MATURITY MAKING THE PLANT LOOK AWESOME WITH ITS SHINY CRYSTALS 4HIS PLANT YIELDED G OF STICKY HARD NUGGETS 4HE SMOKE IS ALREADY DURING CURE A REALLY SMOOTH

CLEAR FRUITY ABOVE THE CLOUDS SENSUAL HIGH *UST ASK THE 3EXY 3AM WHO HAS PROUDLY MODELLED HER NUGS FOR THE !WESOME 3OFT 3ECRETS +EEP IT CLEAN KEEP IT GREEN ,EET'ANJA-AN 7E LL KEEP IT GREEN FOR SURE NOT SURE ABOUT THE CLEAN

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(ERES A FEW PICTURES OF MY *AMACIAN 0EARL CUT DOWN LAST OCTOBER FED ON "IO"IZZ GROW AND BLOOM !NDY "ELFAST

(ERE ARE THE PLANTS ) GREW IN SOIL UNDER 7 (03 IN MY CUPBOARD ) FORCED THEM EARLY TO KEEP THEM SHORT AS ) HAD LIMITED SPACE "OTH PLANTS WERE FROM A LUCKY DIP AND WERE TWO VERY DIFFER ENT STRAINS BUT THE ONE PICTURED WAS THE MORE POKEY OF THE TWO POSSIBLY .ORTHERN ,IGHTS OR (ASH 0LANT THE BUD WAS VERY OILY AS YOU CAN SEE .OT BAD FOR A FIRST TIME GROW ) HAR VESTED OVER OUNCES OF LOVELY SKUNK FROM THEM (OPE YOU APPROVE .EXT TIME ) LL GROW ON A BIGGER SCALE +EEP UP THE GOOD WORK 33 4ALLULAH .EWCASTLE UPON 4YNE

!NDY NEXT TIME 4/0 YOUR PLANTS IN TIME AND REMOVE LOWER BRANCHES 4HIS COULD POSSIBLY MEAN AN ALMOST DOUBLING OF YIELD %VEN IN "ELFAST

3TICKY FINGERS PERFECTLY SHAPED NATURAL BREASTS AND LOTS TO SMOKE AFTER DRYING PERIOD ,IFE IN .EWCASTLE UPON 4YNE IS GOOD

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5NBELIEVABLE BUT TRUE THOSE ARE THE FIGURES REGISTERING ON THE WEIGHING SCALES IN TESTS CONDUCTED BY 3PECTRUM 2EFLEX 9OU DO HAVE TO USE THIS INNOVATIVE SYSTEM ON TWO STORIES FOR WHICH THE $RACHTEN BASED ., 3PECTRUM 2EFLEX HAS DEVELOPED A FINE ALUMINIUM RACK THE 1 "IG THAT MEASURES METRES HIGH 4HE COMPARISON WITH THE (03 LAMP THE HIGHER COST PRICE IS SOMETHING YOU WILL VERY QUICKLY MAKE BACK THANKS TO THE LONGER WORKING LIFE OF THE SPECIAL 0HILIPS TUBES THE SAVING ON NUTRIENTS

VENTILATION ENERGY USE AND A HIGHER YIELD PER METER "ECAUSE THIS SYSTEM PRODUCES SO LITTLE HEAT VERY LITTLE RESIN OR ESSENTIAL OILS EVAPORATE 4HAT SAVE A LOT OF IN TERMS OF STENCH TROUBLE WHICH TRANSLATES INTO EXTRA SECURITY 0ERHAPS EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY IS THAT DISCOVERY WITH INFRA RED HEAT DETECTION CAN BE PRETTY MUCH RULED OUT *UST LIKE THE RISK OF FIRE WHICH AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW IS USUALLY CAUSED BY THE CONDENSER IN THE BALLAST OF (03 LAMPS !ND ON TOP OF THIS IF YOU BEGIN TO IMAGINE THE LOVELY FIRM WEED BUDS DRENCHED WITH 4(# THAT ARE GOING TO EMERGE FROM UNDER THESE LAMPS

IT IS CLEAR THAT THAT GROWING WITH THE 3PECTRUM 2EFLEX IS A WIN WIN SITUATION ON ALL FRONTS

<UWS\NNLK ]HWV\Y HU`^OLYL ^P[O =(7)VUN &OR EVERY VAPOUR LOVER WHO LIKES TO HAVE A NIGHT ON THE TILES ONCE IN A WHILE THE 6!0"ONG IS REAL RESULT )T IS A FINE PIECE OF HANDIWORK CONSISTING OF TWO TUBES THAT SCREW IN TO EACH OTHER MADE FROM ROCK HARD LABORATORY GLASS )T WORKS AS FOLLOWS TAKE THE TWO TUBES APART FILL THE SCREEN FILTER AND PUT THE WHOLE LOT BACK TOGETHER WITH THE HELP OF THE RUBBER CONNECTOR "Y HOLDING A LIGHTER TO THE FILTER AND SUCKING STRONGLY AIR IS SUCKED THROUGH THE FILTER AND MIXES WITH THE VAPOUR 9OU CAN USE THE 6!0"ONG WITH ALL LIGHTERS

BUT IT WORKS BEST WITH THE OPTIONAL EXTRA RECHARGEABLE BUTANE GAS LIGHTER 4HIS PRODUCES MORE HEAT THAN CONVENTIONAL LIGHTERS AND MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO INHALE WITHOUT HAVING TO KEEP THE LIGHTER FLAME HELD UNDER THE GLASS 7HAT MORE THIS LIGHTER DOES NOT LEAVE A BLACK SMUDGE BEHIND ON THE GLASS AS NORMAL LIGHTERS DO 4HE 6!0"ONG IS DELIVERED IN A SMART TRANSPORT SLEEVE IN THE GUISE OF A FAKE HOLLOW MARKER PEN ! NICE DETAIL EVEN THE FELT TIP IS ON IT )N THIS WAY YOU CAN SAFELY TRAVEL WITH THE 6APOBONG AND GO ANYWHERE WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM

BECAUSE METAL DETECTORS WILL NOT SOUND THEIR ALARM 3EVERAL AIR TRIPS HAVE SHOWN THAT THE 6!0"ONG DOES NOT EVEN CREATE ANY PROBLEMS AT THE AIRPORT

=HWV ! [OL [PTLSLZZ ]HWV\Y SHTW ! VAPORIZER FOR THOSE WHO STILL DO NOT KNOW MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO ENJOY CANNABIS WITHOUT COMBUSTION n AND THEREFORE WITHOUT SMOKE 4HE EFFECT OF VAPORIZING IS DIFFERENT TO THAT ACHIEVED WITH SMOKING YOU RE MORE HIGH THAN STONED MORE ENERGETIC THAN LETHARGIC 3ADLY THE CURRENT ELECTRONIC VAPORIZERS ARE QUITE EXPENSIVE AND SO IT IS A GOOD JOB THAT THE THIRD PRIZE FOR THE 6APO WILL BRING THIS @6OLKSWAGEN OF VAPORIZERS TO THE ATTENTION OF EVERYONE AGAIN 4HE 6APO HAS BEEN VAPORIZING FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS ALREADY AND WAS IMMEDIATELY GIVEN THE STATUS OF CLASSIC UPON ITS INTRODUCTION "UT AS HAPPENS WITH MANY A CLASSIC IT IS THERE TO BE DISCOVERED TIME AND TIME AGAIN BY A NEW GENERATION 4HIS FIRST VAPORIZER THAT WORKS WITHOUT ELECTRICITY IS SO SIMPLE TO SET UP THAT IT IS ALMOST AN ART )T IS THE SHAPE AND SIZE OF A LAMP BULB WITH THE DIFFERENCE THAT THIS PEAR IS PRETTY MUCH UNBREAKABLE 4HE 6APO IS ALSO EXTREMELY EASY TO USE 9OU CRUMBLE SOME @PRODUCT STUFF IT IN THE BULB CLOSE THIS WITH THE RUBBER STOPPER APPLY THE FLAME OF A LIGHTER AROUND THE PRODUCT UNTIL THE BULB FILLS WITH VAPOUR )NHALE 3AMPLE THE SWEET AROMA %NJOY

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"IO(EAVEN IS A SPECIALLY PUT TOGETHER 0LANT %NERGY "OOSTER

THAT CONTAINS CAREFULLY SELECTED ORGANIC STIMULANTS SUCH AS AMINO ACIDS !MINO ACIDS ARE THE PRIMARY BUILDING BLOCKS OF PROTEINS AND ENZYMES BOTH OF WHICH ARE ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL FOR THE STRUCTURE AND METABOLISM OF PLANTS 4HANKS TO THIS "IO(EAVEN BOOSTS THE USE AND UPTAKE ABILITY OF ALL LEAF SPRAYS AND NUTRIENTS USED WHETHER ORGANIC BIO MINERAL OR SYNTHETIC "IO(EAVEN ALSO GETS RID OF THE TOXINS THAT BUILD UP DURING PERIODS OF STRESS FROM THE PLANT REPAIRS CHLOROPHYLL PRODUCTION AND RE STIMULATES THE PLANT 4HE , AMINO ACIDS THAT "IO"IZZ USES IN ITS "IO(EAVEN COME FROM SOYA CAKE AND OTHER ORGANIC SOURCES OF PROTEINS THAT ARE EXTRACTED IN A PROCESS OF FERMENTATION AND HYDROLOGICAL SEPARATION 4HIS PROCESS GUARANTEES THAT THE AMINO ACIDS ARE EXTRACTED IN , FORM THE ONLY FORM THAT CAN BE TAKEN UP BY PLANTS )N ADDITION TO THESE , AMINO ACIDS "IO(EAVEN OF COURSE ALSO CONTAINS AGED HUMUS

ONE OF THE MOST VERSATILE COMPONENTS IN THE SOIL ENVIRONMENT )N COMBINATION WITH THE OTHER ACTIVE INGREDIENTS "IOHEAVEN PROMOTES A DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENT IN UPTAKE OF MINERALS FROM THE SOIL 7HEREAS A NORMAL UPTAKE OF MINERALS IS SOMEWHERE AROUND

THE ACTIVE INGREDIENTS IN "IO(EAVEN CAN RAISE THIS TO AS MUCH AS 4HE PROCESSES BROUGHT IN TO PLAY BY "IO(EAVEN THEREFORE IMPROVE THE AVAILABILITY AND ABSORBABILITY OF ALL THE IMPORTANT AND NUTRITIOUS TRACE ELEMENTS MAKING THEM MORE READILY USABLE INSIDE THE PLANT CELLS

" ! # S CERTIFIED NUTRIENT FOR ORGANIC GROWING AND FLOWERING HAS BEEN DEVELOPED ESPECIALLY TO MEET ALL THE NEEDS OF YOUR PLANTS DURING THEIR GROWTH AND FLOWERING PHASES " ! # WORKS WITH VERY HIGH QUALITY AND EASILY ABSORBABLE ORGANIC NUTRIENTS

INCLUDING SEVERAL TYPES OF SUGAR MOLASSES 'ROWING WITH THIS 3OIL !SSOCIATION CERTIFIED ORGANIC NUTRIENT IS EASY THERE IS NO NEED TO MEASURE THE %# AND P( VALUES SEE THE " ! # SCHEDULE !S WELL AS THIS ORGANIC NUTRIENT " ! # HAS ALSO COME OUT WITH THE VERY FIRST 3OIL !SSOCIATION CERTIFIED 0+ "OOSTER 4HIS 0+ "OOSTER ENSURES AN ABUNDANT FORMATION OF SUGAR IN YOUR FLOWERS !S A RESULT THE QUALITY OF THE EVENTUAL BUDS WILL IMPROVE SIGNIFICANTLY )N ADDITION THERE IS A POSITIVE EFFECT ON BOTH THE TASTE AND SMELL " ! # SHOWS THAT 1UALITY AND 1UANTITY CAN GO TOGETHER

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4HAT !PTUS WAS MAKING ITS DEBUT AT THE (IGHLIFE &AIR IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD NEVER SUSPECT FROM THE TERRIFICALLY PROFESSIONAL STAND FROM THIS ,IMBURG ENTERPRISE 4HE COMPANY HAS BEEN DELIVERING HIGH QUALITY NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTS FOR YEARS NOW TO THE REGULAR HORTICULTURAL INDUSTRY

AND PRESENTED FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR AT THE &AIR ITS EXTENSIVE RANGE TO THE CANNABIS WORLD 4O GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE OR SO DIFFERENT PRODUCTS IN THE !PTUS FAMILY THEY ARE SPLIT UP INTO THREE MAIN CATEGORIES 0LANT #ARE

3OIL #ARE AND 3PECIALTY "OOSTERS /F THESE YOU COULD DESCRIBE 2EGULATOR 3TART "OOSTER AND 4OP "OOSTER AS THE @ROYAL TRIO THE ELEMENTARY SUPPLEMENTS WITH WHICH YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE SPECTACULAR RESULTS AT EACH STAGE OF THE GROWTH CYCLE 2EGULATOR ESPECIALLY IS A UNIQUE PRODUCT THAT IS FAR AHEAD OF ITS TIME 4HE FIRST GROWERS WHO WORKED WITH 2EGULATOR WERE CERTAINLY CONVINCED BY THE RESULTS 4HE INTERNODAL DISTANCE WAS SHORTER THE LEAVES STRONGER AND PHOTOSYNTHESIS WAS IMPROVED THANKS TO A LAYER OF CRYSTALS THAT WAS FORMED THAT ACTED LIKE A PRISM IN TURN IMPROVING THE LIGHT UPTAKE SIGNIFICANTLY 4HE ROOT SYSTEM TOO AS WELL AS THE XYLEM SYSTEM WERE ALSO STRENGTHENED THANKS TO WHICH THE PLANT COULD TAKE UP THE NUTRIENTS QUICKER AND BETTER 4HE OTHER !PTUS PRODUCTS DISTINGUISH THEMSELVES ON A NUMBER OF POINTS FROM THE OTHER BOOSTERS AND NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTS THAT HAVE FLOODED THE MARKET &OR EXAMPLE

BY THEIR EXTREME CONCENTRATION THE DOSAGE FOR MOST OF THE LIQUID PRODUCTS IS AROUND ML PER LITRES OF WATER 3O WITH JUST A LITRE BOTTLE YOU CAN GO ON AND ON FOR AGES #HECK THE WEB SITE FOR A COMPLETE OVERSIGHT

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(03 BULBS THAT MUST SERIOUSLY THREATEN THE DOMINANT POSITION OF THE 0HILIPS 3ON 4 0LUS 4HIS BRAND NEW LAMP THAT COMES IN AND WATTAGES HAS BEEN DEVELOPED FROM SCRATCH AND DELIVERS NOT ONLY EXTRA LUMENS TOTAL FROM 7ATT PHYTOLUMENS 7ATT PHYTOLUMENS BUT ALSO GREATER QUANTITIES OF BLUE LIGHT FOR GROWTH AND RED LIGHT BLOOM THAN THE BEST PERFORMING LAMPS CURRENTLY ON THE MARKET 9ET ONE MORE STEP TOWARDS NEW RECORDS

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WAS CALLED 4UGAY 5NUSUAL NAME NO )BO h9ES YOU HAVE THE 4URKISH FOOTBALLER IN %NGLAND WHO PLAYS FOR "LACKBURN 2OVERS 4UGAY HE S CALLED !ND ) JUST THINK IT S A LOVELY NAME v 9OU BET !ND TALKING ABOUT LOVELY NAMES WHAT DO YOU LOT RECKON TO 3ATOSHI .ISHIDA .O THAT S NOT ANOTHER FOOTBALLER BUT A *APANESE JOURNALIST WHO HAD FLOWN ESPECIALLY TO !MSTERDAM FOR THE (IGHLIFE &AIR (E WRITES FOR A *APANESE CANNABIS MAGAZINE THE NAME OF WHICH WAS TOTALLY UNINTELLIGIBLE EVEN WHEN SAID IN HIS %NGLISH BUT HE ANNOUNCED HIMSELF DEEP LY IMPRESSED BY THE OFFERINGS IN THE 2!) h'REAT FAIR LOT OF BUSINESS AND BEAUTIFUL GIRLS ) M IMPRESSED v

4QFDUBDVMBS UFOUI )JHIMJGF 'BJS DFMFCSBUFE FYVCFSBOUMZ 7HAT A SPECTACLE 4HE TENTH EDITION OF THE (IGHLIFE &AIR WAS A HAPPENING THAT WILL NOT QUICKLY BE FORGOTTEN &OR THREE FULL DAYS !MSTERDAM S 2!) CONGRESS CENTRE WAS A THEATRICAL EVENT FOR THE MANY THOUSANDS OF GROWER STONERS BLOWN AWAY BY THE MANY SPECTACULAR HIGH POINTS SUCH AS THE AWARDING OF THE (IGHLIFE #UP THE -ISS (IGHLIFE ELECTION AND THE FANTASTIC CONCERTS ON &RIDAY AND 3ATURDAY EVENINGS "ELOW A LOOK BACK AT THREE INSANE DAYS IN !MSTERDAM

i%PO U DPNQMBJO BCPVU JU CFJOH CVTZw h$ON T COMPLAIN ABOUT IT BEING BUSYv 4HIS WAS A SHORT IMPRESSION OF A SMALL INCIDENT THAT STANDS FOR JUST WHAT THE FAIR WAS ABOUT !FTER ALL AS WELL AS ALL THE ENTERTAINMENT THAT WAS ON OFFER IT WAS MOSTLY ALL ABOUT CONTACT BETWEEN CUSTOM ERS AND CONSUMERS ! FAIR LIKE THIS IS THE PLATFORM OF CHOICE WITH WHICH TO INFORM YOURSELF AS A CANNABIS CONNOISSEUR OF THE NEWEST PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OFFERED BY COMPANIES FROM THROUGHOUT THE INTER NATIONAL CANNABIS INDUSTRY /R AS 'EERT FROM )'3 SAID LATER hBESIDES KEEPING UP THE CONTACTS WITH OUR CUSTOMERS WE ALSO MET AN AWFUL LOT OF NEW PEOPLE WHO WERE FULL OF CURIOSITY ABOUT OUR PRODUCT )NTERNATIONALLY TOO THERE WAS A LOT OF INTEREST IN OUR STAND 7E TALKED TO A LOT OF 'ERMANS )TALIANS HELL EVERYONE 7E VE GOT NO COMPLAINTS ABOUT BUSY NESS !ND ) VE GOT TO SAY THAT THE FAIR WITH ITS HUGE PODIUM ALSO LOOKED REALLY GREAT v h4HIS IS TOTALLY DA BOMB v BELLOWED ONE VISITOR EARLY ON &RIDAY AFTERNOON AS HE PAUSED AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE HALL TO TAKE IN THE SCENE IN FRONT OF HIM WITH HIS POP PING EYES h)T S JUST MAD HOW COOL THIS LOOKS ) AM GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF FUN v !ND THEN HE S OFF WITH AN EAGER LOOK IN HIS EYES OFF TO GO EXPLORE THIS TENTH EDITION OF THE &AIR MORE DEEPLY 4WENTY MINUTES LATER WE SEE HIM STILL STANDING

BY THE FIRST STAND WHERE WE BUMPED IN TO HIM (E WAS BEING EXTENSIVELY INFORMED

BY THE TEAM AT )'3 STANDING NEXT TO ONE OF THE GROW BOXES BEING PUMPED WITH INFORMATION BY 'EERT FROM )'3 7ITH A QUICK HANDSHAKE AND EXCHANGING A BAG FULL OF FOLDERS THEY TAKE LEAVE OF EACH OTHER h7E LL STAY IN TOUCH v THEY SHOUT TO EACH OTHER

EXTENDED REPORT ON (IGHLIFE #UP WITH COMMENTS FROM THE VARIOUS WINNERS ON A SEPARATE PAGE /N THIS PAGE WE WILL CONTENT OURSELVES WITH JUST NAMING THE OVERALL WINNER n AND A SURPRISE ONE AT THAT 3URPRISING

BECAUSE THE WINNER OF THE (IGHLIFE #UP WAS A RELATIVELY UNKNOWN !MSTERDAM COMPANY 'REEN $EVIL WHICH WITH 'REEN $EVIL "UBBLEGUM ACHIEVED THE OVERALL HIGHEST SCORE 7INNER 2UBEN FROM 'REEN $EVIL ALSO EXPRESSED HIS CONSIDERABLE AMAZEMENT h) COULD NEVER HAVE EXPECTED THIS BUT ) AM REALLY HAPPY WITH THIS PRIZE ) VE BEEN GROWING SINCE ) WAS

AND ) VE BEEN ACTIVE MAKING HASH TOO FOR MANY YEARS BUT A FIRST PRIZE LIKE THIS IS A FANTASTIC CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT v

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AND THE SPACE IN FRONT OF THE PODIUM WAS SOON PACKED ONCE $* #OBUS IN COLLABORA TION WITH THE WORLD RENOWNED CANNABIS CULTIVATOR *ORGE #ERVANTES ANNOUNCED THE START OF THE ENVELOPE OPENING BEHIND #OBUS AND #ERVANTES STOOD A TABLE LOADED WITH GLITTERING PRIZES FOR THE LUCKY WINNERS !ND THEY WITHOUT EXCEPTION WERE DELIGHTED WHEN THEY WERE CALLED ON THE MOUNT THE PODIUM SEE THE SEPARATE

!S WAS SAID MORE ON THE (IGHLIFE #UP ELSEWHERE IN THIS ISSUE BUT WE D ALSO LIKE TO NAME CHECK "IO )BO HERE BRIEFLY WHO AS AT FREQUENT EDITIONS BEFORE THIS ONE

WAS A REGULAR VISITOR TO THE PODIUM 3AID )BO h9ES ) M REALLY HAPPY THAT ) PICKED UP A COUPLE OF PRIZES AGAIN 7HAT S MORE

FROM A BUSINESS POINT OF VIEW THE FAIR WAS ALSO WELL USEFUL ) VE ENJOYED MYSELF AGAIN v "EFORE HE RUSHED OFF TO MEET NEW CUSTOMERS WE MANAGED TO ASK )BO THE NAME OF HIS YOUNG SON WHO WAS ALLOWED TO MOUNT THE PODIUM TOO )BO SAID HE

!S FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER THIS TENTH EDITION OF THE (IGHLIFE &AIR ONCE AGAIN HAD THIS IN BUCKETS FULL /RGANISER "OY 2AMSAHAI SAID OF THIS INTERNATIONAL ASPECT h7HAT WAS NOTICEABLE THIS YEAR WAS THE PRESENCE OF THE BIG WELL KNOWN COMPANIES FROM THE 5NITED 3TATES AND #ANADA /N TOP OF THIS OF COURSE THERE WERE THE BIG %UROPEAN COUNTRIES LIKE 'ERMANY &RANCE THE 5NITED +INGDOM AND )TALY WHICH WERE WELL REPRESENTED 4HE STAND HOLDERS ALSO TOLD ME AT THE END OF THE EVENT THAT THEY HAD BEEN VERY HAPPY WITH THE WAY BUSINESS HAD GONE THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE OVER FAIR )N GENERAL PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DOING BETTER BUSINESS THAN LAST YEAR v

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"OY 2AMSAHAI ALSO DECLARED HIMSELF VERY HAPPY WITH THE RELAXED VIBE DURING THE FAIR AND BY THAT HE WAS NOT ONLY REFERRING TO THE VISITORS WHO HAD COME TOGETHER TO MAKE SUCH A GOOD PARTY "OY h7HAT ) AM VERY HAPPY ABOUT IS THAT THE FAIR WAS HANDLED IN A MORE RELAXED MANNER BY THE OFFICIAL AGENCIES PARTICULARLY THAN IN THE PREVIOUS EDITION 4HE READERS OF 3OFT 3ECRETS PROBABLY REMEMBER THAT ) WAS NOT EXACTLY HAPPY LAST YEAR WITH THE WAY VARIOUS AGENCIES CARRIED OUT CONTROLS "UT FORTUNATELY WE WERE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE TO THE AUTHORITIES THAT THE (IGHLIFE &AIR IS A SMART AND RESPECTABLE FAIR AND THAT THE STAND HOLDERS AT THIS FAIR ARE NORMAL ENTREPRENEURS WHO KEEP THEIR BUSINESS NEATLY IN ORDER 4HE BUSINESSES IN THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE

AND THAT IS APPARENT FROM THE SMOOTH RUN NING OF THIS TENTH FAIR THAT WE ALL ENJOYED TOGETHER BOTH BUSINESSES AND VISITORS !ND THAT IS WHY ) WOULD LIKE TO IMME DIATELY THANK EVERYONE 7E HAVE MADE A GREAT PARTY TOGETHER IT WAS SUPER v

$POUFOUFE 3WIEP FROM (Y 0RO ALSO DECLARED HIMSELF HAPPY h)T S BEEN A FUN FAIR WHERE WE ALSO MET A LOT OF FOREIGNERS )T S ALSO GREAT TO HAVE BANDS AT NIGHT WE VE A GREAT

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!FTER TALKING TO *ON WE SUDDENLY BUMPED INTO A 2USSIAN (E WAS CALLED !LEKSANDER AND HE WAS HERE TO HELP GIVE A FIRM BOOST TO THE 2USSIAN CAN NABIS INDUSTRY ! CANNABIS INDUSTRY IN 2USSIA 9ES INDEED WHAT DID YOU THINK !CCORDING TO !LEKSANDER THINGS IN 2USSIA ARE ABOUT TO GO BALLISTIC IN A GOOD SENSE "USINESSMEN YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED 7HEN WE BUMP INTO *ORGE #ERVANTES LATER HE CONFIRMS THIS NEW MARKET IN THE %AST h9EAH HAHA THE 2USSIANS ARE COMING v "UT #ERVANTES ALSO ANNOUNCED IN A MORE SERIOUS TONE THAT THERE WILL SOON COME OUT A 2USSIAN TRANSLATION OF HIS LAST BOOK AND THAT HE EVEN HAS A *APANESE TRANSLATION IN PREPA RATION -AYBE THAT S WHY *ORGE ALSO SAID THAT h) M VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE v

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/N THE (IGHLIFE STAND WE MET $OKKIE WHO WAS JUST TAKING SOME TIME TO CHILL OUT ON ONE OF THE SOFAS $OKKIE IS A PHENOMENON IN THE $UTCH GROW SCENE /N THE INTER NET HE IS ACTIVE ON FORUMS OF THE SITES BY AMONG OTHERS 3OFT 3ECRETS (IGHLIFE AND 7IETFORUM (E TOLD US HE WAS HAVING A WHALE OF A TIME $OKKIE h4HIS IS TOTALLY THE SPACE MAN 7HAT A FANTASTIC FAIR ) VE MET LOADS OF MATES OFF THE FORUMS HERE 7E SWAPPED SOME SEEDS WENT OVER A LITTLE GROWING KNOWLEDGE TIPS AND WHAT NOT !ND OF COURSE LEKKER GESMOKED ) THINK IT REALLY IS A TOP FAIR VEERY NICE AND GREAT TO HAVE ALL THE BANDS IN THE EVENINGS ) VE HAD A BLAST v

ONE THAT IS REALLY WELL ORGANISED 4HAT SHOWED IN THE TRAFFIC TO OUR STAND FROM BOTH HOME AND ABROAD v

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-AU TOO FROM .IRVANA 3EEDS HAD HIMSELF A GRAND OLD TIME 3AID -AU h4HE FAIR HAS BEEN AS ALWAYS VERY PLEASANT 3INCE WE ARE ONE OF THE BIGGEST SEED COMPANIES IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE A PRESENCE HERE AND THAT TRANSLATES IN THE TRAFFIC TO OUR STAND 7E

7HEN THE FAIR OPENED AGAIN ON 3ATURDAY AFTER A SUCCESSFUL REGGAE EVENING ON &RIDAY MOST OF THE STAND HOLDERS KNEW WHAT TO EXPECT "ECAUSE THIS YEAR AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS 3ATURDAY WAS BY FAR THE BUSIEST DAY OF THE FAIR 0EOPLE SHUFFLED IN SWARMS ALONG THE ROWS BETWEEN AROUND A HUNDRED STANDS

AND THE CROWDS REGULARLY BECAME ALMOST TOO PACKED TO MOVE !T THE #ANNA STAND IT WAS AS ON OTHER DAYS

VERY BUSY *OEP FROM #ANNA h)T HAS BEEN GREAT AGAIN HERE ON OUR STAND /UR OWN LABORATORY IS DOING TESTS AGAIN WITH WHICH WE CAN EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE HOW THERE ARE MORE SUBSTANCES TIME !ND WE ALSO DID A LOT OF BUSINESS

AND THAT IS ALWAYS SOMETHING WE RE HAPPY WITH v *ON FROM "IO"IZZ WAS MORE THAN CONTENT WITH THE WAY THE FAIR HAD GONE h"USINESS WISE EVERYTHING WAS GREAT WE SPOKE TO A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WANTED US TO GIVE THEM A LOT OF DETAILS 0EOPLE WERE VERY INTEREST ED IN WHAT WE HAD TO OFFER SO ) CAN ONLY TALK ABOUT MY GOOD EXPERIENCES v

4HIS TENTH EDITION OF THE (IGHLIFE &AIR ALSO ATTRACTED A LOT OF ATTENTION FROM ABROAD TALKED TO A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE HERE AND WE TOUCHED BASE WITH EXISTING CONTACTS 7E ALL OF US HAD A FUN ENJOYABLE PARTY SO ALL IN ALL

) HAVE A PRETTY POSITIVE PICTURE OF THE FAIR v *EROEN FROM 3ENSI 3EEDS CONFIRMED THIS LATER *EROEN h)T IS JUST A VERY NICE FAIR

THAN 4(# IN CANNABIS !ND PEOPLE ARE REALLY TAKING THAT INFORMATION AWAY WITH THEM SO THAT S SOMETHING WE RE REALLY HAPPY ABOUT &OR THE REST FOR US AS A COMPANY IS IT IF COURSE IMPORTANT THAT A FAIR LIKE THIS ALLOWS US TO MAIN TAIN OUR CONTACT WITH CUSTOMERS AND

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EVEN IF IT WAS JUST FOR THAT THE FAIR HAS BEEN A GREAT SUCCESS "UT OF COURSE WE ALSO HAVE NEW INTERNATIONAL CONTACTS

AND THAT HAS GONE VERY WELL "UT THAT CONTACT WITH THE REAL GROWERS AND THE KNOW HOW THAT YOU SHARE THAT IS SOME THING SPECIAL !LL IN ALL WE ARE VERY PLEASED ALSO ON A BUSINESS LEVEL v

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ACCORDING TO RESEARCH PUBLISHED IN THE .ETHERLANDS AND ABROAD REALLY DO WORK 4HAT S WHY THEY WON THEIR PRIZE AND WELL DESERVED IT WAS TOO 3O TOO THE SEC OND AND THIRD PRIZES GOING RESPECTIVELY TO THE 6!0"ONG AND THE 6APO WHICH RICHLY DESERVED THEIR ACCLAIM /F COURSE THE VISITORS ALSO CAME BY THEIR THOUSAND ON 3UNDAY TO THE FAIR /RGANISER "OY 2AMSAHAI ONCE MORE h)N TOTAL THE FAIR ATTRACTED ABOUT VISITORS 7E SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON EXTRA ADVERTIS ING AND BANDS THIS YEAR BUT THIS HAS PAID ITSELF BACK 3O ) AM MORE THAN CONTENT WITH THE WHOLE EVENT !ND ) CAN ALREADY REVEAL THAT WE WILL BE BACK AGAIN NEXT YEAR WITH JUST AS GOOD A SPECTACLE AS THIS YEAR "UT BEFORE THEN OF COURSE ) WANT TO DO A PROPER EVALUATION WITH THE VARI OUS AUTHORITIES "UT THIS IS SOMETHING THE READERS OF 3OFT 3ECRETS WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT NEXT TIME v

4HAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF THIS REPORT

WITH THE OBSERVATION THAT THIS (IGHLIFE &AIR CAN ONCE AGAIN BE PRONOUNCED A SUC CESS !ND TO END WITH A COUPLE OF WORDS FROM THE ORGANISERS h7E HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN NEXT TIME v

#FTU QSPEVDUT "UT NO MATTER HOW INTERESTING ALL THESE NEW PRODUCTS ARE ON 3ATURDAY AT AROUND FOUR IN THE AFTERNOON IT WAS ALL EYES ON THE SPACE AROUND THE PODIUM WHERE THE LADIES TAKING PART IN THE -ISS (IGHLIFE COMPETITION WERE PARADING THEMSELVES !ND WHAT A SHOW IT WAS 7ITH AT LEAST LOVELY LADIES PARADING TO GREAT ACCLAIM FROM THE PUBLIC BEFORE THE AUDIENCE AND THE JURY (OW WAS IT POSSIBLE TO CHOOSE FROM AMONG SUCH BEAUTY &ORTUNATELY THERE WAS A KNOWLEDGEABLE JURY ON HAND

INCLUDING 2OWENA -ISS (IGHLIFE

AND THEY CAME TO A UNANIMOUS DECISION AND CHOSE -ARIA "ALY FROM :AANDAM AS -ISS (IGHLIFE -ARIA ON WINNING h) AM OF COURSE DEAD PROUD AND EXTREMELY HAPPY !ND ALL MY FRIENDS ALREADY KNOW THE NEWS HAS BEEN PASSED AROUND LIKE WILDFIRE -ARIA BABY YOU EARNED IT YOU REALLY WERE THE LOVELIEST

-BOHF 'SBOT #BBT # ,ATER ON THE 3ATURDAY THE ROOF WOULD BE RAISED ONCE MORE DURING THE MEMORABLE HIPHOP NIGHT MORE OF THIS ON PAGE 88 ,ANGE &RANS "AAS " /PGEZWOLLE

AND ALL THE OTHER ACTS DID A FANTASTIC JOB )T WAS A PHAT HIPHOP PARTY THAT WILL BE TALKED ABOUT FOR LONG TIME TO COME

&INALLY ON 3UNDAY THERE WERE STILL A FEW MORE PRIZES FOR THE WINING .AMELY

THOSE FOR THE MOST ATTRACTIVE STAND AND FOR BEST PRODUCTS 4HE HONOUR OF BEST STAND WENT TO (Y 0RO AND THAT WAS WELL RECEIVED OF COURSE h9ES WE DID OUR BEST

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"UILD YOUR OWN GROW ROOM ÃÕ >Ì )NSULATING THE WALLS AGAINST EXCESS SOUND ALSO ADDS A LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM TO YOUR GROW SPACE 3OME NEIGHBOURS CAN LITERALLY HEAR THE GROWERS NEXT DOOR DISCUSSING THEIR GROWING PROWESS WHEN THE WALLS AROUND THE GROW SPACE TURN OUT TO BE LESS SOUND PROOF THAN THE GROWERS THOUGHT 3O TAKE CARE !S WELL AS THE FAMILIAR STORIES OF THE NUISANCE NOISE OF FULL ON FANS AND OR VENTILATORS AS A GROWER YOU ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY DISCUSSION OF YOUR GROWING VICTORIES NO MATTER HOW WHISPERED TAKE PLACE AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION IF YOU ARE GROWING IN A LOUD UN INSULATED GROW SPACE

(ERE IS A SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION MOUNTED ON THE WINDOW THANKS TO WHICH THE AIR IS EXPELLED OUTSIDE WITHOUT BEING NOTICEABLE

4HE BIGGEST GROW OPS AND OR THE GROW OPS THAT HAVE GONE THE LONGEST WITHOUT BEING UNCOVERED ARE OFTEN THE WAREHOUSE AND OR GROW SPACES IN WHICH AS WELL AS THE DOPE GROWING THERE IS ALSO A LEGITIMATE BUSINESS GOING ON TOO IN THE SAME LOCATION !S WELL AS THE SOUND DAMPENING EFFECT

INSULATING THE WALLS ALSO HAS THE BIG ADVANTAGE THAT THE TEMPERATURE IN THE GROW SPACE EASILY REMAINS CONSTANT 4HIS IS NOT THE CASE IN A GROW SPACE WITH THIN

NON INSULATED WALLS OFTEN THE SURROUNDING ROOMS BECOME HEATED TOO AND THE ACTUAL GROW SPACE CAN COOL DOWN ALARMINGLY IN THE HOURS OF DARKNESS THANKS TO THESE SURROUNDING ROOMS SUCKING ALL THE WARMTH OUT %SPECIALLY IN THE 7INTER THIS CAN HAVE VERY NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE GROWING OF MARIHUANA PLANTS SINCE THEY CAN EASILY BECOME STRESSED BY THE LARGE DIFFERENCES IN TEMPERATURE DURING THE LIGHT PERIOD WHEN IT IS WARM IS AND THE LAMPS ARE SHINING AND THE DARK PERIOD WHEN THE LAMPS ARE OFF AND THANKS TO THE POOR INSULATION THE HEAT HAS ESCAPED

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7E COVER THE WALLS WITH INSULATING MATERIAL IN ORDER TO DAMPEN THE SOUND FROM VARIOUS VACUUMS EXTRACTORS VENTILATORS AND ENTHUSIASTIC GROWERS !S WELL AS THIS THE INSULATING MATERIAL HAS THE ADDITIONAL GOOD PROPERTY OF HOLDING THE TEMPERATURE IN THE GROW SPACE CONSTANT

)N THIS ARTICLE WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN BUILD OURSELVES A LUCRATIVE GROW ROOM 4HAT SETTING UP A GROW SPACE INVOLVES MORE THAN JUST HANGING A COUPLE OF LAMPS IS PROBABLY ALREADY PRETTY OBVIOUS TO MOST OF YOU "UT NONETHELESS

MANY GROWERS STILL THINK THAT THEY CAN GET MAXIMUM RESULTS OUT WITH A MINIMUM OF EFFORT PUT IN

7EED GROWERS WILL OFTEN TRY AND SAVE MONEY BY FOR EXAMPLE JUST LETTING THE OUTFLOW PIPE FROM THEIR AIR EXTRACTION UNITS HANG OUT OF WINDOW RATHER THAN CAREFULLY SECRETING ITS EXIT FROM THE GROW SPACE 4HE PROFESSIONAL GROWER OVERCOMES THIS RISKY GIVE AWAY WITH THE AID OF A SPECIALLY BUILT CONSTRUCTION SEE PHOTO "Y THE USE OF THIS CONSTRUCTION

THE AIR IS BLOWN FROM ABOVE THE WINDOW DOWNWARDS )T WORKS ESPECIALLY WELL WHEN IT IS CONSTRUCTED UNDER THE EAVES OF A ROOF 3OMETIMES IT IS RELATIVELY EASY TO BORE A LARGE HOLE IN THE WALL AND FIT A NEAT AND TIDY VENTILATOR GRILL ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE WALL JUST MAKE SURE IT IS ONE THAT WILL NOT FLAP ABOUT NOISILY ALL THE TIME AND THIS IS A GOOD ALTERNATIVE

4HE HANGING OF THE LAMPS IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT AND THE HANGING SYSTEM ON WHICH THEY ARE MOUNTED NEEDS TO BE GOOD AND FIRMLY SECURED TO THE CEILING !S WELL AS THE RISK TO THE SAFETY OF THE GROWER AND THE MARIHUANA PLANTS IT WOULD ALSO BE AN EXPENSIVE JOKE IF THE LAMPS WERE TO FALL DOWN BECAUSE THE HANGING SYSTEM WAS POORLY MOUNTED .OT EVERY GROWER HAS THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIRED FOR SUCH A PROJECT AND FOR THAT REASON IT CAN BE A GOOD IDEA TO GET AN EXHAUSTIVE EXPLANATION OF JUST HOW TO $)9 FROM YOUR LOCAL GROW SHOP OR IF YOU WANT YOUR GROW ATTEMPT TO REMAIN UNDISCLOSED FROM AN REGULAR $)9 SHOP ! PROBLEM THAT OCCURS WITH MANY NEW BUILD HOUSES IS THEIR USE OF PLASTER BOARD OR HOLLOW WALLS 4HESE CAN OFTEN

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! PROBLEM THAT OCCURS WITH MANY NEW HOUSES IS THEIR USE OF PLASTER BOARD OR HOLLOW WALLS TAKE ONLY A VERY LIMITED WEIGHT HUNG ON THEM AND THIS MAKES THINGS A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT FOR US GROWERS )T CAN OFTEN BE WORTH YOUR WHILE IN SUCH CASES JUST RIPPING OUT THE PLASTER BOARD SO THAT THE @STRONG CEILING UNDER IT OFTEN CONCRETE BECOMES VISIBLE 3OMETIMES YOU CAN ALSO REINFORCE THE CEILING WITH SEVERAL WOODEN PLATES

SO THAT IT IS AS IF YOU HAD A GOOD STRONG CEILING AFTER ALL )N A CASE LIKE THIS WE ARE EFFECTIVELY MAKING OURSELVES A SORT OF CONSTRUCTION

> Õv >}i 4HE COVERING UP OF WINDOWS IS OFTEN A PRECARIOUS METHOD OF MAKING A GROW SPACE UNNOTICEABLE 4HE @BLACK FOIL ON THE WINDOWS LOOK SIMPLY SERVES TO ATTRACT THE ATTENTION OF CURIOUS PEOPLE AND SO IS PARTICULARLY RISKY *UST LOOK HOW YOU TEND TO STARE WHEN A CAR COMES PAST WITH BLACKED OUT WINDOWS CERTAINLY OF PEOPLE WILL IMMEDIATELY HAVE THE IMPRESSION THAT THOSE INSIDE ARE UP TO NO GOOD 4HERE ARE ENOUGH PEOPLE WHO WILL IMMEDIATELY CONTACT THE POLICE THE MOMENT THEY SEE A SUSPICIOUSLY BLACKED OUT WINDOW OF A SHED OR HOME IN THE HOPE OF DOING THEIR BIT TO REDUCE THE NUMBERS OF @DRUG FACTORIES .OT EVERYONE

AFTER ALL HAS HAD POSITIVE EXPERIENCES WITH LOVELY TASTY WEED SADLY THERE ARE ENOUGH PEOPLE WHO MIGHT IN THE PAST HAVE BEEN THE VICTIM OF A BIG LEAK A POWER OUTAGE OR EVEN A FIRE CAUSED BY A HEMP SET UP 4HANKS TO EXPERIENCES LIKE THIS THESE @VICTIMS HAVE BUILT UP VERY NEGATIVE ASSOCIATIONS WITH MARIHUANA PRODUCTION AND THEY ARE OFTEN THE TYPE THAT WILL PASS ON THEIR SUSPICIONS THAT YOU RE LIVING THE LIFE OF A MARIHUANA GROWER )F YOU STILL DECIDE YOU WANT TO COVER UP A WINDOW THEN AT LEAST USE WHITE FOIL /NE WAY OR ANOTHER THIS ATTRACTS MUCH LESS ATTENTION )N PLACE OF FOIL YOU COULD ALSO USE A LARGE ADVERTISEMENT OR HANG A FLAG OR SOMETHING ON THE INSIDE OF THE WINDOW

WHICH IS A CREATIVE WAY OF CAMOUFLAGING THE GROW SPACE 3OMETIMES YOU CAN JUST SHOVE A LARGE CUPBOARD AGAINST THE WINDOW 7ITH A GARAGE OR SHED THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT DOES NOT TEND TO RAISE ITS HEAD SINCE BUILDINGS LIKE THIS REGULARLY HAVE FURNITURE STORED IN THEM 3O THIS WORKS WELL TOO AND CAN HELP INCREASE THE CAREER LENGTH OF WE GROWERS

4HE BUILDING OF A PROFESSIONAL GROW SPACE COUPLED WITH AN APPROPRIATELY HIGH QUALITY OF EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IT OUT INCREASES THE CHANCES OF A VERY GOOD HARVEST CONSIDERABLY

V>Ì -ANY GROWERS LIVE IN THE SAME HOUSE

APARTMENT OR FLAT IN WHICH THEY GROW AND THIS IS OFTEN FOR THE BEST AS SUCH SITES ARE LESS NOTICEABLE 3HOULD YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE ACCESS TO A SPACE IN WHICH NO ONE LIVES DIRECTLY SUCH AS A GARAGE MAKE SURE THAT YOU TURN UP TO DO YOUR GROWING ACTIVITIES AT THE REGULARLY ACCEPTED TIMES WHEN PEOPLE WOULD BE AROUND SUCH A SPACE ! GROWER WHO IS ONLY AROUND HIS GROW SPACE LATE AT NIGHT OR VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING WILL

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LOVELY BUDS IS A COMMON SAYING AMONG EXPERIENCED $UTCH GROWERS NATURALLY AROUSE THE SUSPICIONS OF THOSE IN THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOURHOOD ! LARGE PROPORTION OF GROWERS BUSTED ARE DONE SO AS A RESULT OF AROUSING SUSPICION AND OR TURNING UP AT THEIR SPACE AT STRANGE HOURS )N RECENT YEARS THE NUMBERS OF SECURITY FIRMS DEPLOYED HAS RISEN DRAMATICALLY AND

IT OFTEN THE STAFF OF THESE AGENCIES WHO HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO THAN REPORTING SUSPICIOUS SITUATIONS OR TAKING A GLIMPSE THEMSELVES TO SEE IF THEY CAN DISCOVER ANYTHING DODGY GOING ON 4HE PROBLEM IS ESPECIALLY ACUTE ON INDUSTRIAL ESTATES WHERE THERE IS OFTEN NO ESCAPE WITH ONE CAR AFTER ANOTHER COMBING THE AREA ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SUSPICIOUS PEOPLE AROUND AT SUSPICIOUS TIMES 4HIS HAS NOT MADE LIFE ANY EASIER FOR GROWERS WHO WANT OR NEED TO GROW OUTSIDE THEIR HOMES "UT THERE ARE STILL LITTLE TRICKS ENOUGH WITH WHICH TO ALLAY TO SOME DEGREE THE SUSPICIONS OF SECURITY GOONS ) KNOW A LOT OF GROWERS WHO IN THE GARAGE SPACE OR LOCK UP THEY HAVE HIRED KEEP A NUMBER OF FISHING RODS THERE FOR EXAMPLE AS WELL AS THEIR GROW SPACE !RRIVING OR LEAVING LATE AT NIGHT WITH A COUPLE OF RODS IN YOUR HAND AND A COUPLE OF BAGS IN THE OTHER DOES WONDERS )T SOUNDS REAL SIMPLE BUT IT REALLY IS EFFECTIVE

ÕL iÊÜ> ÃÊ 4HE BIGGEST GROW OPS AND OR THE GROW OPS THAT HAVE GONE THE LONGEST WITHOUT BEING UNCOVERED ARE OFTEN THE WAREHOUSES AND OR GROW SPACES IN WHICH AS WELL AS THE DOPE GROWING THERE IS ALSO A LEGITIMATE BUSINESS GOING ON IN THE

SAME LOCATION ) MYSELF KNOW OF A CAR SHOWROOM THAT HAS FOR THE LAST YEARS HAS ALSO BEEN THE SITE OF A NICE LITTLE EARNER IN GROWING MARIHUANA

BY GROWING BEHIND A DOUBLE WALL .O ONE CAN DISCOVER THE SPACE EVERYONE HAS VISITED THE PLACE AND KNOWS IT S WHERE CARS ARE SOLD AND SO THE GROW OP HAS BEEN RUNNING FOR YEARS !N UNFORTUNATE FIRE IN A NEARBY BUILDING BROUGHT AN END TO THIS GROWER S PARADISE

BUT IT DID REINFORCE THE MESSAGE JUST HOW PROFESSIONALLY YOU CAN SET UP YOUR GROW SPACE BY FOR EXAMPLE COMBINING IT WITH YOUR WORK 3ADLY THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN LESS SMART @ENTREPRENEURS WHO HAVE HIRED PRETTY EXPENSIVE SPACES AND THEN PUT IN THEM SOME CRAPPY ANTIQUES BUSINESS WHICH WAS NEVER GOING BE FINANCIALLY VIABLE 4HERE WERE HARDLY EVER ANY CUSTOMERS BUT THERE WAS EACH DAY A VISIT FROM A BIG FAT -ERCEDES OUT OF WHICH TWO BALD GUYS GOT OUT TO TAKE A LOOK AROUND 4HEY KIND OF MADE THINGS PRETTY EASY FOR THE FORCES OF LAW AND ORDER WHEN IN ADDITION A FEW WINDOWS ABOVE THE SHOP WERE BLACKED OUT IT TOOK THE COPS ABOUT A WEEK TO MAKE THEIR VISIT 4O FINISH ) WOULD LIKE TO WISH ALL READERS GROWERS AND OTHERS A GOOD NEW YEAR AND HOPE THAT IS A YEAR FILLED WITH GREAT BUDS

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Àii Ê iÛ Ê >Ã ÊÃV «ÃÊ } viÊ Õ«Ê 4HE REPUTATION OF THE (IGHLIFE #UP HAS SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT BECOME SO GREAT THAT TAKING PART HAS BECOME ALMOST COMPULSORY FOR EVERY SELF RESPECTING CANNABIS ENTERPRISE &OR THIS TENTH (IGHLIFE #UP A RECORD NUMBER OF ENTRIES MADE THEIR WAY TO THE MYSTERIOUS DISTRIBUTION CENTRE "ECAUSE ANYONE REACHING FOR ETERNAL CANNABIS FAME CAN OF COURSE NOT AFFORD TO MISS THIS #UP OF ALL CUPS &ORTUNATELY THE JURY MEMBERS WERE AFFORDED MORE TIME THIS YEAR IN WHICH TO COME TO A WELL CONSIDERED DECISION THE JURY HAD ALREADY BEEN INTRODUCED TO THEIR SAMPLES BEFORE #HRISTMAS "UT DESPITE THE LONGER JUDGING PERIOD THERE WAS STILL A MOUNTAIN OF AROUND SAMPLES THAT NEED TO BE CLIMBED 9OU COULD SAY THERE ARE WORSE DAYS TO DRIFT THROUGH THE FESTIVE PERIOD 4HE (IGHLIFE #UP WOULD TURN OUT TO BE A MEMORABLE EDITION WITH SEVERAL HISTORIC FIRSTS 4HE MASSES GATHERED IN FRONT OF AND ON THE PODIUM ENSURED AN EXUBERANT ATMOSPHERE IN THE HALL AS NEVER BEFORE 4HE PRESENTA TION THIS YEAR WAS IN THE HANDS OF ONE OF THE GREATEST LEGENDS IN DE INTERNATIONAL CANNABIS CULTURE WRITER *ORGE #ERVANTES

ANNOUNCED BY THE -# WITH A GREAT FEELING FOR DRAMA ANNOUNCED AS THE @$ALAI ,AMA OF #ANNABIS )T WAS A GOLDEN COUP TO GET THE !MERICAN TO DO THE PRIZE GIVING #ERVANTES IS AS A SILVER TONGUED !MERICAN SOMEWHAT MORE GIFTED BEHIND THE MICRO PHONE THAN YOUR AVERAGE $UTCHMAN AND OF COURSE HE KNOWS MORE ABOUT CANNABIS THAN PRETTY MUCH ANYONE IN THE ROOM 3ADLY DESPITE THE ENTREATIES OF #ERVANTES VERY FEW OF THE PRIZE WINNERS WANTED TO COME FORWARD AND SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THEIR WINNING VARIETIES 7HICH IS A SHAME

BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HEAR A BIT ABOUT THE GROW SECRETS OF THESE ANONYMOUS 'REEN -ASTERS BEHIND THE SCREENS "UT FROM HERE RESPECT GENTS

* ÜiÀÊV Õ« ià !S HAS BECOME TRADITION THE 3OUTH OF THE COUNTRY WAS STRONGLY REPRESENTED ON THE PODIUM ONCE MORE (APPILY FOR THE REST OF THE COUNTRY THERE WERE ALSO PLACES OF HONOUR FOR THE &AR /UT COFFEE SHOP FROM DISTANT $EDEMSVAART WHILE THE COFFEE SHOP @4 "UNKERTJE FROM !PELDOORN AND GROW SHOP (ET (ENNEP (UIS MAINTAI NED THE HONOUR OF THE 6ELUWE %AST .ETHERLANDS

(OUSE 3ANTA -ARIA !ND THAT WAS NOT THE ONLY COUPLE THAT HAD AIMED HIGH AND SCORED THE 6ROLIJKE 'APER COFFEE SHOP IN 'ORINCHEM OWNED BY $IKKIE AND 4OM WAS ALSO BARELY TO BE HAD OFF THE PODIUM ALONG WITH 'ANJAMAN WHERE *EROEN AND KEEP A TIGHT AND PRODUCTIVE SHIP

3O THE (IGHLIFE #UP WAS A CUP OF CONSOLIDATION AND THAT WENT TOO FOR THE CANNABIS VARIETIES THAT WERE REPRESENTED ON THE HONOURS LIST "ECAUSE IT IS NOT NECESSA RY TO KEEP COMING BACK WITH SPANKING NEW VARIETIES TO HARVEST SUCCESS AS WAS APPA RENT FROM THE NUMBER OF OLD CLASSICS THAT WERE AGAIN REPRESENTED IN LARGE NUMBERS IN THE TOP POSITIONS 7HITE 7IDOW !MNESIA AND ESPECIALLY 3UPER 3ILVER (AZE THAT WAS AMONG THE PRIZES AT LEAST EIGHT TIMES A UNIQUE OCCURRENCE IN THE CUP

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!S IN PREVIOUS EDITIONS SOME WELL ESTA BLISHED REPUTATIONS WERE CONSOLIDATED AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT A NAME ON ONE OF THE CUPS CAN ONLY INCREASE "ECAUSE ANYONE CAN HAVE A STROKE OF LUCK ONE YEAR BUT IF YOU COME BACK YEAR AFTER YEAR WITH PLACE UP ON THE PODIUM THAT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT THE QUALITY BEING CONSISTENTLY PRODU CED 3O THERE WERE A LOT OF USUAL SUSPECTS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS TO BE FOUND ON THE PODIUM THIS YEAR TOO SOME SO FREQUENTLY THAT #ERVANTES WONDERED ALOUD IF MAYBE THEY HAD RESERVED THEIR PLACES UP ON IT )N THIS WAY WE BECAME WELL ACQUAINTED WITH THE GUYS FROM #ATWEAZLE THE (AZE MAS TERS FROM 4IEL AND #ULEMBORG AS WE DID THE HEAD HONCHO )BO FROM "IO )BO WHO ON HIS UMPTEENTH TRIP UP TO COLLECT A PRIZE PLAYED THE PROUD FATHER AND TOOK HIS YOUNG SON WITH HIM TO SHARE THE TRIUMPH 4HE DYNAMIC CANNACOUPLE -AUREEN AND 2EIN FROM (ET (ENNEP (UIS HARVESTED COMMEN DATIONS FOR THEIR @SPECIALITY OF THE (EMP

/NE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE SUCCES SES WAS FOR THE !STEN ., GROW SHOP 'ANJAMAN WHICH HAD JUST A SINGLE VARIETY CREATED IN HOUSE APPROPRIATELY CHRISTENED -AC'ANJA (AZE SUCCEEDED IN LANDING A TOP POSITION IN FIVE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES

ONE OF THEM A FIRST PRIZE !S *EROEN THE 'ANJAMAN HIMSELF SAID ABOUT HIS CREA TION h-AC'ANJA (AZE IS A REAL (AZE

HAS A (AZE TASTE AND LOOKS GOOD TOO BUT IT S READY TO HARVEST IN JUST NINE WEEKS v #HARACTERISTICS THAT GIVE THE VARIETY GREAT COMMERCIAL POTENTIAL CERTAINLY WITH ALL THOSE AWARDS AFTER ITS NAME !NY GROW TIPS FOR THE GOOD FOLKS WHO WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BE STANDING IN LINE TO BUY THE -AC'ANJA SEED h) PREFER TO GROW A SINGLE HUGE PLANT UNDER A LAMP BUT WITH NINE PLANTS IN A SIN GLE SQUARE METRE ALSO WORKS VERY WELL $O NOT LET THE BLOOM GO ON TOO LONG n ABOUT FIVE DAYS MAYBE IF THEY RE HAVE BEEN WELL STARTED "Y THEN THEY WILL BE A GOOD METRE IN HEIGHT )T IS A PLANT THAT DOES NEED A BIT OF EXTRA NITROGEN AND CALCIUM WHICH IT CAN PUT TO GOOD USE )T ALSO DOES WELL OUTDOORS

EXCEPT THEN THE BUDS ARE NOT AS COMPACT

BUT THEN THAT HAS THE ADVANTAGE THAT THE WIND CAN BLOW THROUGH THEM AND THEY ARE THEREFORE NOT SO EASILY AFFECTED BY MOULD v )N A PREVIOUS INTERVIEW *EROEN HAD ALREADY REVEALED THAT ONE OF -AC'ANJA (AZE S PARENTS WAS A -EXICAN (AZE IS 7OULD HE MIND AS IT IS A SPECIAL OCCASION h.O ) WILL NEVER TELL WHO THE OTHER PARENT WAS v

GRINS THE DIE HARD CANNABIST WHO AT THE MOMENT IS BUSY WORKING ON A PROMISING NEW PROJECT THAT PROMISES TO PRODUCE IN THE SUCCESSOR TO -AC'ANJA (AZE !NOTHER WINNER WAS !LEGRIA FROM +IWI 3EEDS A .EW :EELAND NEWCOMER IN THE !MSTERDAM CANNABIS SCENE WHO UNDER THEIR OWN NAME BUT ALSO FOR THE $AMPKRING COFFEE SHOP HAS RECEIVED HIGH PRAISE $.! 'ENETICS AN INNOVA TIVE SEED COMPANY FROM THE 53 SCORED ITSELF A PLACE AMONG THE STARS WITH A FIRST PLACE FOR THEIR TASTY ,EMON 3KUNK 3IGNS THAT FOREIGN COMPANIES ARE INCREASINGLY ENCROACHING ON WHAT WAS FOR YEARS EXCLU SIVELY $UTCH TERRITORY AND SHOWING THAT THEY TOO HAVE A ROLL TO PLAY

ÕÀÊÃiÛi "UT THE BIGGEST SURPRISE OF THE EVENT WAS THE OVERALL WINNER 'REEN $EVIL .OT ONLY WAS THE ONE MAN COMPANY THAT HAD ACHIEVED A DEGREE OF WORLD FAME IN CANNA BISLAND AS A GLASS BLOWER TAKING PART FOR THE FIRST TIME UNDER ITS OWN NAME IT WAS ALSO THE FIRST TIME IN ANY (IGHLIFE #UP THAT A VARIETY OF HASHISH HAD WALKED AWAY WITH THE TOP PRIZE 4HE VARIETY OF WEED USED AS THE BASE FOR THE WINNING ENTRY

"UBBLEGUM IS MOREOVER ORIGINALLY FROM THE SEED TRADERS 3ERIOUS 3EEDS 2UBEN FROM 'REEN $EVILS ON HOW HIS ENTRY CAM ABOUT h) USED ONLY BUDS FOR MAKING THIS HASH WITH NO TRIMMING WASTE AND ) WORKED WITH FOUR HOME MADE SIEVES 4HE COMMERCIAL STANDARD BAGS ARE NOT FINE ENOUGH TO GET ALL THE GREEN LEAF SIEVED OUT 4HEN YOU GET FOUR DIFFERENT QUALITIES

BUT ONLY THE VERY BEST WAS USED FOR THIS ENTRANT .ATURALLY THE MATERIAL YOU BEGIN WITH IS VERY IMPORTANT THE GROWER MUST KNOW HOW TO GET THE BEST OUT OF HIS PLANT v &OR THE PRESSING OF THE END PRODUCT AN OLD FASHIONED TECHNIQUE WAS USED h4HE POWDER WAS PLACED IN A DEEP FREEZE FOR A NIGHT AND THE NEXT DAY BEFORE IT WAS PRESSED IT WAS WRAPPED IN A PIECE OF PAPER AND @BAKED IN A FRYING PAN "UT NOT TOO LONG n IT ONLY NEEDS TO BE WARMED )N THIS WAY YOU GET THE LOVELY GLASSY APPEARAN CE v ACCORDING TO THE SURPRISING WINNER

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7HEN YOUR POTENTIAL MOTHERPLANTS ARE AT THE END OF THEIR BLOOM CYCLE HARVEST THE BEST FLOWERS FROM YOUR PLANTS BUT LEAVE AT LEAST OF THE FOLIAGE ON THE PLANTS 9OU INTEND TO KEEP THE PLANTS ALIVE AND PUT THEM BACK INTO VEGETATIVE GROWTH CYCLE IF YOU LEAVE LESS THAN OF THE FOLIAGE ON THE PLANTS YOU MIGHT DAMAGE THE PLANTS SO MUCH THAT THEY CAN T BE PUT BACK INTO VEGETATIVE CYCLE !FTER THE PLANT S FIRST BLOOM CYCLE IS OVER YOU STILL HAVE FURTHER EVALUATION TO CONDUCT BEFORE YOU ARE SURE ABOUT WHICH PLANTS ARE THE BEST MOTHERPLANTS 4HE MAIN FOCUS IS TO KEEP THE PLANTS ALIVE WHILE YOU ARE WAITING FOR THE FINAL STEP OF EVALUATION TO BE COMPLETE $RY THE HARVESTED MATERIAL CURE IT WEIGH IT AND SMOKE IT SO YOU CAN GAUGE HARVEST QUALITY PSYCHOACTIVE FACTORS AND POTENCY 7HEN YOU HAVE STUDIED YOUR NOTES ON EACH PLANT AND DISCOVERED WHICH PLANTS ARE THE STURDIEST BEST YIELDING FASTEST GROWING AND PRODUCE THE BEST PRODUCT

THEN YOU ARE READY TO DESIGNATE THOSE AS MOTHERPLANTS AND PUT THEM ON AN IDEAL MOTHERPLANT NUTRIENT REGIMEN 4HIS REGIMEN INVOLVES SPECIAL DOSING THE MOTHERPLANTS WITH PRODUCTS MADE BY !DVANCED .UTRIENTS 4HIS ARTICLE IS NOT MEANT AS AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR !DVANCED .UTRIENTS )T IS JUST THAT !DVANCED .UTRIENTS IS THE ONLY COMPANY THAT MAKES PRODUCTS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO REJUVE NATE MOTHERPLANTS AND CREATE BETTER CLONES

#LONING IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF A SUC CESSFUL HYDROPONICS GARDEN

CLONES AND BUDS )T IS BEST TO MAKE MOTH ERPLANTS FROM SEED GROWN ORIGINALS

4HE USE OF CLONING ENSURES PRESERVA TION OF PRIZED GENETIC MATERIAL )T ALSO CREATES FASTER HARVEST ROTATIONS BECAUSE NEW PLANTS DO NOT HAVE TO BE GROWN FROM SEED BUT CAN INSTEAD BE CUT FROM MATURE PLANTS AND ROOTED QUICKLY

0LANT AT LEAST SEEDS OF THE HIGHEST QUAL ITY MOST STABLE GENETICS OF THE TYPES OF PLANTS YOU DESIRE !FTER SEEDS HAVE GERMI NATED AND ACCLIMATED GIVE SEEDLINGS SPE CIALTY HYDROPONICS VEGETATIVE PHASE FERTI LIZER ALONG WITH HOURS OF HIGH INTENSITY LIGHT PER DAY 7HEN THE SEED GROWN PLANTS ARE APPROXIMATELY FIVE WEEKS OLD SWITCH THE LIGHTS TO HOURS OF DAYLENGTH

#LONING OF COURSE HAS ANOTHER BIG ADVAN TAGE IT ENSURES THAT YOU CAN PRODUCE ALL FEMALE PLANTS IDENTICAL TO MOTHERPLANTS 9OU DO NOT HAVE TO PLANT SEEDS AND THEN KILL HALF YOUR PLANTS BECAUSE THEY ARE MALE

%XAMINE THE PLANTS CAREFULLY AFTER SWITCHING TO HOUR DAYLENGTHS 7ITHIN

DUCE THE MOST BUDS AND PRODUCE THE THICKEST HEAVIEST MOST RESINY BUDS 0LANTS THAT MATURE FASTEST AND ARE THE HARDIEST WHILE PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST

BEST DEVELOPED FLOWERS ARE THE PLANTS YOU WANT AS YOUR MOTHERPLANTS 3OME GROWERS SAY PEOPLE DON T HAVE TO ALLOW THEIR MOTHERPLANTS TO COMPLETE THEIR FIRST HARVEST CYCLE BEFORE TAKING THE FIRST SET OF CLONES FROM THEM 4HESE GROWERS TAKE CUTTINGS FROM MOTHERPLANTS EVEN BEFORE THE MOTHERPLANTS HAVE COM PLETED THEIR FIRST FLOWERING CYCLE

7HEN YOUR POTENTIAL MOTHERPLANTS ARE AT THE END OF THEIR BLOOM CYCLE

HARVEST THE BEST FLOWERS FROM YOUR PLANTS BUT LEAVE AT LEAST OF THE FOLIAGE ON THE PLANTS ! MOTHERPLANT IS THE MATURE FEMALE PLANT THAT CLONE MATERIAL IS CUT FROM 4HE PRO DUCTION OF IDEAL MOTHERPLANTS IS A LITTLE KNOWN SCIENCE THAT WILL BE EXPLAINED IN THIS ARTICLE 4HIS ARTICLE WILL ALSO TEACH HOW TO ENSURE BETTER CLONING SUCCESS #REATING IDEAL MOTHERPLANTS IS A MULTI STEP PROCESS 4HE IDEAL MOTHERPLANT SHOULD BE STARTED FROM A STABILIZED VARI ETY OF SEED FROM ONE OF THE TOP VARIETIES YOU SEEK FOR YOUR GARDEN 3OME PEOPLE MAKE MOTHERPLANTS FROM CLONED PLANTS BUT THIS PROCESS CREATES A LACK OF VIGOR THAT AFFECTS THE QUALITY OF

A FEW DAYS THE PLANTS WILL BEGIN TO SHOW GENDER 5NLESS YOU ARE ENGAGING IN A POLLINATION PROGRAM DISCARD ALL MALES AS SOON AS THEY APPEAR !T APPROXIMATELY EIGHT WEEKS ALL MALES SHOULD HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED AND YOUR GARDEN IS FULLY FEMALE AND IS DEVELOPING ROBUST FLOWERS &EED THE PLANTS WITH A HIGH QUALITY BLOOM PHASE FORMULA

4HIS CAN RESULT IN USEFUL CLONES BUT IT PREVENTS THE GROWER FROM TOTALLY EVALUAT ING THE QUALITY OF POTENTIAL MOTHERPLANTS BEFORE SELECTING THEM AS ACTUAL MOTHER PLANTS 4HE ONLY WAY TO KNOW WHICH OF YOUR FEMALES WILL MAKE AN IDEAL MOTHER PLANT IS TO LET THE POTENTIAL MOTHERPLANTS GO THROUGH A FULL CYCLE INCLUDING HARVEST AND FLOWER TASTING BEFORE YOU SELECT THE ONES TO ACTUALLY USE AS MOTHERPLANTS

)T IS VERY IMPORTANT TO TRACK THE PLANTS CLOSELY FROM THE END OF VEGETATIVE PHASE THROUGH END OF BLOOM PHASE 4HE BEST MOTHERPLANTS ARE PLANTS THAT BLOOM THE EARLIEST PRODUCE BUDS THE FASTEST PRO

3MART GROWERS RECOMMEND THAT YOU LET THE PLANTS GO THROUGH ONE FULLY NATURAL BLOOM CYCLE SO YOU CAN SEE THEIR FULL GENETIC POTENTIAL BEFORE YOU DESIGNATE THE PLANTS AS MOTHERPLANTS

/NE PRODUCT TO USE ON MOTHERPLANTS IS CALLED 6ERY (IGH /UTPUT 6(/ 4HIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE ADMINISTERED AS SOON AS YOU HAVE DONE YOUR FIRST HARVEST FROM YOUR MOTHERPLANT CANDIDATES AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ADMINISTERED TO THE PLANTS YOU HAVE FORMALLY CHOSEN AS MOTHER PLANTS 6(/ CONTAINS SPECIAL GROWTH FACTORS THAT CAUSE PLANTS TO RE ENTER VEGETATIVE PHASE PRODUCE MORE STEM MATERIAL IDEAL FOR CLONING AND CREATE STEM MATERIAL THAT CONTAINS NATURAL FACTORS THAT HELP CUTTINGS ROOT FASTER -OTHERPLANTS TREATED WITH 6(/ PRODUCE MORE CLONING MATERIAL 4HE CLONES CUT FROM 6(/ PLANTS CONTAIN MORE GROWTH FACTORS THAT MAKE FASTER ROOTING AND EAR LIER MATURATION 9OU SHOULD ALSO ADMINISTER 2EVIVE 4HIS PRODUCT CONTAINS IRON NITROGEN AND OTHER GROWTH COMPOUNDS THAT HELPS PLANTS RE ENTER VEGETATIVE PHASE AND RECOVER FROM THE STRESS OF PARTIAL HARVEST 7ITH YOUR LIGHTS AT HOURS AGAIN YOUR PARTIALLY HARVESTED MOTHERPLANTS WILL REVERT TO VEGETATIVE STATE AND BEGIN PRO DUCING CUTTING MATERIAL WITHIN WEEKS 4HERE ARE MANY THEORIES AND PRACTICES REGARDING HOW TO CLONE WHEN TO CLONE

AND WHAT PART OF A MOTHERPLANT IS THE BEST PLACE TO CUT CLONES FROM 4HE LATEST CLONING RESEARCH INDICATES THAT CLONES ARE BEST TAKEN FROM PLIABLE MATE RIAL IN THE UPPER THIRD OF NEW GROWTH ON MOTHERPLANTS WITHIN THREE TO FIVE WEEKS AFTER MOTHERPLANTS HAVE BEEN SWITCHED FROM BLOOM TO VEGETATIVE LIGHTING

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#UTTINGS TAKEN FROM OLDER LOWER BRANCHES OR BRANCHES THAT ARE hWOODYv DON T DO AS WELL AS CUTTINGS TAKEN FROM THE MOST VIG OROUS TOP AND MID TOPS OF GROWING STEMS 3OME CLONERS SWITCH THEIR LIGHTS TO BLOOM AND TAKE CLONES JUST AS FLOWERS BEGIN TO DEVELOP ON MOTHERPLANTS 4HESE CLONERS ARE OFTEN USING A 3EA OF 'REEN METHOD THAT RELIES ON SMALL CLONES !S SOON AS THE CLONES DEVELOP ROOTS AT ALL THESE GROWERS PLACE THEM IMMEDIATELY INTO HOUR LIGHT FLOWERING MODE 3UCH CLONES PRODUCE SMALL SHORT PLANTS THAT ARE MOSTLY BUDS 4HE PROBLEM IS THAT THESE PLANTS ARE SO SMALL THAT TOTAL YIELD PER CLONE IS VERY LOW 9OU HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF 3EA OF 'REEN CLONES TO MAKE A DECENT HARVEST #LONERS WHO ARE NOT USING 3EA OF 'REEN HAVE THE LUXURY OF LETTING CLONES GROW INTO FULLY DEVELOPED PLANTS IN A VEGETA TIVE LIGHT CYCLE BEFORE THEY ARE FLIPPED INTO BLOOM CYCLE AS NORMAL PLANTS GROWN FROM SEED WOULD BE /BVIOUSLY CLONES THAT ARE ALLOWED TO DEVELOP NORMAL HEIGHT AND GIRTH ARE GOING TO PRODUCE LARGER HARVESTS THAN TINY CLONES THAT ARE IMMEDIATELY SWITCHED TO FLOWERING IN THE 3EA OF 'REEN METHOD #LONING IS AN ART AND A SCIENCE 3OME PEOPLE ARE EXPERTS /THERS NEVER GET THE HANG OF IT 3OME PEOPLE PRODUCE SUCCESSFUL CLONES /THERS NEVER GET A CLONE TO ROOT NO MATTER HOW HARD THEY TRY #LONING TECHNIQUES AND HYDROPONICS ADDI TIVES MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IN CLONE SUCCESS #LONING CUTS SHOULD BE DONE QUICKLY WITH THE SHARPEST BLADE POSSIBLE 4HE CUT END OF THE CLONE SHOULD BE DIPPED INTO CLONING GEL AND CLONING ASSIST MATERIAL AS SOON AS THE BLADE HAS MADE ITS CUT !NY BLADE USED FOR CLONING SHOULD BE STERILIZED AFTER EACH CUT SO THAT IT DOES NOT SPREAD PATHOGENS #UT CLONES MUST BE IMMEDIATELY DIPPED AND THEN PLACED INTO ROOT ZONE MEDIA SUCH AS ROCKWOOL 7HEN THE CUT ENDS OF CLONES ARE EXPOSED TO AIR FOR MORE THAN A FEW SECONDS THE CLONES CAN GET AN AIR INVERSION INSIDE THEM THAT KILLS THEM 0ROPERLY TREATED CLONES NEED SUBDUED LIGHT FOR ONE TO THREE WEEKS AFTER CUTTINGS ARE TAKEN ! VARIETY OF PRODUCTS CAN BE USED TO HELP INCREASE CLONING SUCCESS RATE ROOT FORMATION FAST CLONE GROWTH AND EARLIER MATURITY OF CLONES

4HE USE OF THESE PRODUCTS GIVES A FULL SPECTRUM APPROACH THAT MAKES FOR FASTER ROOT GROWTH MOISTURE PROTECTION DEFEAT OF DISEASES AND PATHOGENS FASTER PLANT METABOLISM FASTER GROWTH STRONGER CELLS

EARLIER MATURATION AND BIGGER HARVESTS -OTHERPLANTS SHOULD BE TREATED WITH .O 3HOCK 2EVIVE 6(/ 3ENSI:YM

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LIGHT SO THEY GENERATE ROOTS FASTER AND HAVE GOOD GROWTH RATE BEFORE BEING FLIPPED INTO HOUR LIGHT BLOOM PHASE 4HERE ARE LEGENDARY MOTHERPLANTS THAT HAVE BEEN KEPT ALIVE FOR SEVERAL YEARS 4HESE PLANTS ARE FED THE 6(/ 2EVIVE DIET MENTIONED ABOVE ALONG WITH !DVANCED ADDITIVES THAT RANGE FROM BEN EFICIAL MICROBES TO VITAMINS 4HE ROOT ZONE OF MOTHERPLANTS IS VERY IMPORTANT 3UCCESSFUL MOTHERPLANT GROW

#UTTINGS TAKEN FROM OLDER LOWER BRANCHES OR BRANCHES THAT ARE hWOODYv DON T DO AS WELL AS CUTTINGS TAKEN FROM THE MOST VIGOROUS TOP AND MID TOPS OF GROWING STEMS 4HIS TREATMENT REGIMEN ENSURES THAT MOTHERPLANTS PRODUCE LOTS OF STEM MATE RIAL PERFECT FOR CLONING )T ALSO EXTENDS THE ACTIVE LIFE OF MOTHERPLANTS SO THEY CAN PRODUCE BETTER CLONES FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME 3OME OF THE BIGGEST CONTROVERSIES ABOUT CLONES INVOLVE THE USE OF HUMIDITY DOMES FLUORESCENT LIGHTS VERSUS HIGH INTENSITY LIGHTS AND THE USE OF SPRAY FORMULAS THAT SEAL MOISTURE INSIDE CLONES AND PREVENT NORMAL TRANSPIRATION )N GENERAL SUCCESSFUL CLONES ARE THOSE THAT ARE GIVEN LOW INTENSITY LIGHT MILD DOSES OF NUTRIENT AND GROWTH FACTORS AND ARE MAINTAINED AT ABOUT GROW ENVI RONMENT HUMIDITY UNTIL THEY HAVE CREATED ROOT SYSTEMS SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN NUTRI ENT INTAKE AND WATER TURGIDITY INSIDE THE CLONE 4HE PROBLEM WITH HUMIDITY DOMES IS THAT THEY OFTEN CREATE CONDENSATION 4HIS CONDENSATION CREATES ROOT ROT AND OTHER PATHOGENS THAT ATTACK THE ROOT ZONE AND THE UPPER STRUCTURE OF THE PLANT 'ROWER RESEARCH HAS FOUND THAT THE USE OF 7ILT 3TOP IS THE BEST WAY TO KEEP MOISTURE INSIDE CLONES BEFORE THEY HAVE DEVELOPED FULL ROOT SYSTEMS 3OME GROWERS USE A HEATING PAD UNDER THE CLONES TO HELP KEEP THE ROOT ZONE RELATIVELY WARM #LONES HAVE TO BE CAREFULLY EXAMINED TWICE A DAY -ANY GROWERS WHO LOOK AT CLONES LESS CLOSELY WILL BELIEVE THAT THE CLONES ARE HEALTHY ONLY TO FIND AFTER A WEEK OR TWO THAT ALTHOUGH THE CLONE APPEARS GREEN AND UPRIGHT IT IS ACTUALLY DEAD AND WILL NEVER SPROUT ROOTS

4HESE PRODUCTS INCLUDE THOSE THAT PRO TECT CLONES FROM INFECTIONS PATHOGENS AND OTHER INVADERS /THER PRODUCTS FEED ENZYMES AMINO ACIDS VITAMINS BIO CAT ALYTIC AGENTS CARBOHYDRATES BENEFICIAL MICROBES PROTECTIVE CELL BUILDING MATERI ALS ROOT ENHANCERS AND GROWTH FACTORS TO CLONES

7HEN CLONES HAVE DEVELOPED MATURE ROOT SYSTEMS WITHIN WEEKS AFTER CUT TING THEY SHOULD BE ACCLIMATED TO LIGHT LEVELS APPROPRIATE FOR MATURE PLANTS &LUORESCENT LIGHTS ARE USUALLY NOT COST EFFECTIVE AND LACK PROPER LIGHT WAVE LENGTH SPECTRUM )T IS BEST TO USE HIGH INTENSITY LIGHTS PROPERLY PLACED SO CLONES GET USED TO SUCH LIGHT AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE IN THEIR LIFE CYCLE

/NE COMPANY !DVANCED .UTRIENTS MAKES THE MOST FULL RANGE OF PRODUCTS USEFUL FOR CLONING AND MOTHERPLANTS 4HE LIST OF PRODUCTS THAT SHOULD BE USED ON CLONES IS #LONE )T *UMP 3TART

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'ROWERS WHO ARE USING THE 3EA OF 'REEN METHOD OFTEN TAKE CLONES JUST AFTER PLANTS HAVE STARTED TO FLOWER AND ARE EAGER TO FLIP THE CLONES INTO FLOWERING )N SOME CASES THEY ROOT THE CLONES UNDER HOURS OF LIGHT 4HIS HAS MIXED RESULTS -ANY SCIENTISTS BELIEVE THAT CLONES NEED HOURS OF LOW INTENSITY FULL SPECTRUM

ERS TAKE CARE TO TRANSPLANT MOTHERPLANTS INTO NEW ROOT ZONE MEDIA AND CONTAINERS EVERY FEW MONTHS EVEN IF EXISTING ROOTS HAVE ENOUGH ROOM IN THEIR CURRENT CON TAINER 4HE TRANSPLANTING IS PART OF AN AERATION PROCESS THAT HELPS FLUSH THE ROOT ZONE OF DEBRIS PATHOGENS AND OTHER MATERIALS THAT INTERFERE WITH LONG TERM LIFE EXTENSION 4HE ACT OF CLONING AND THE CREATION OF LONG LIVED MOTHERPLANTS ARE UNNATURAL ACT THAT SHOWS HOW MUCH AMAZING CONTROL HUMANS HAVE OVER THE PROCESSES OF LIV ING ORGANISMS )N NATURE A SINGLE FEMALE CANNABIS PLANT WOULD PRODUCE SEED ONCE AND THEN DIE )N THE MODERN HYDROPONICS GARDEN AUG MENTED BY PRODUCTS SUCH AS THOSE MADE BY !DVANCED .UTRIENTS FEMALE PLANTS CAN BE GIVEN A FORM OF IMMORTALITY SO THAT THEY PRODUCE MANY GENERATIONS OF CLONES /NE MOTHERPLANT CAN PRODUCE HUNDREDS OF HEALTHY FEMALE CLONES OVER MANY GEN ERATIONS 3OME LEGENDARY $UTCH MOTH ERPLANTS WERE ABLE TO PRODUCE VIGOROUS CLONES FOR AS MANY AS SIX YEARS !FTER AN EXTENDED TIME HAS PASSED HOW EVER EVEN THE BEST TENDED MOTHERPLANT RUNS OUT OF VIGOR AND SHOULD BE REPLACED WITH A SEED GROWN TESTED NEW MOTHER 3OME GROWERS BELIEVE THAT CLONES FROM A MOTHERPLANT CAN PRODUCE A NEWLY VIGOR OUS MOTHERPLANT BUT THIS BELIEF IF FAULTY THE CLONED MATERIAL IS JUST AS OLD AS THE MOTHER )F THE MOTHER IS TWO YEARS OLD

THE CLONED MATERIAL IS TWO YEARS OLD AS WELL 4O PROPERLY CARRY ON WITH FRESH GENETIC MATERIAL THAT IMPROVES THE QUALITY OF CANNABIS WORLDWIDE GROWERS NEED TO START NEW SEED GROWN PLANTS AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR TO REPLENISH THEIR GENETIC STOCK AND ENSURE HEALTHY VIGOROUS PRODUCTIVE MOTHERPLANTS AND CLONES )T IS ALSO USEFUL TO EMBARK ON A BREEDING PROGRAM SO YOU CAN CREATE YOUR OWN NEW STRAINS OF CANNABIS AND YOUR OWN SPE CIALTY SEEDS 7ITH YOUR OWN SEED BREEDING MOTHER PLANT AND CLONE PROGRAM YOU CAN HAVE A SUCCESSFUL HYDROPONICS GARDEN THAT IMPROVES THE GENETICS OF CANNABIS WHILE PROVIDING YOU WITH MASSIVE HARVESTS OF PRIME BUD 7ITH THANKS TO !DVANCED .UTRIENTS %UROPE

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IS WHEN THESE CHARACTERS START DOWN THE DO AS ) SAY AND NOT AS ) DO ROAD )T WOULD HAVE BEEN FUCKING MINT IF h$AVEv HAD SAID h9AH ) SMOKED WEED AND ) HAVE TO SAY IT DIDN T DO ME ANY HARM IN FACT HERE ) AM NOW HORRIBLY WEALTHY UTTERLY SMUG AND LEADING THE #ONSERVATIVE PARTYv BUT OF COURSE HE DIDN T AND INSTEAD WENT FOR THE USUAL hDRUG USE IS WRONG CANNABIS IS AGAINST THE LAW DON T DO IT BAD FOR YOU

YADDA FUCKING YADDAv BOLLOCKS 9EAH BUT IF THAT S THE CASE AND SOMEONE S DRUG USING PAST IS GOING TO BE PRIVATE AND HAVE FUCK ALL BEARING ON WHO OR WHAT THEY ARE IN THE PRESENT DAY THEN IT SHOULD CUT ALL WAYS AND NOT JUST APPLY TO THE ALL THE OVERPAID BACKSLAPPING IDIOTS WHO SIT IN PARLIAMENT ) VE GOT A FEW FRIENDS WHO HAVE CONVICTIONS FOR POSSESSION OF CANNABIS AND WHO HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT BECAUSE OF THIS THEY WON T BE ABLE TO FOLLOW THE CAREERS THEY WANT TO WORKING IN A SCHOOL AS A TEACHER OR WORKING WITH KIDS PRETTY MUCH IN ANY SORT OF WAY ) VE GOT DOZENS OF CUSTOMERS WHO RECKON THEY D BE OUT ON THEIR ARSES IF THEY WERE EVER OUTED AS DOPE USERS AND THEIR BOSSES FOUND OUT ABOUT IT LIKE WHAT THEY DO AT NIGHT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THEIR FUCKING BOSS 4HIS IS A PRETTY SHIT WAY OF DOING BUT ) VE STARTED RECOMMENDING THEY SHOULD JUST GET INTO POLITICS INSTEAD AS NOT ONLY WILL THEY BE ABLE TO WORK IN A POST THAT PAYS A WHOPPING FUCKING SALARY WITH BOSS EXPENSES AND PENSION IT MAY ACTUALLY LEAD TO ONE OF THEM BEING IN A POSITION WHERE THEY CAN DO SOMETHING POSITIVE WITH THE DOPE LAWS RATHER THAN WHAT EVERY OTHER EX DOPE USING POLITICO HAS DONE FUCK ALL OTHER THAN STICK THEIR FACES UP THE 0RESIDENT OF THE 53! S BUTT AND WAIT FOR INSTRUCTIONS ) VE DEPRESSED MYSELF NOW

!LL THIS STUFF ABOUT SOMEONE S DOPE ADDLED PAST BEING PRIVATE IS TOTALLY FINE AND COOL WITH ME LIKE THE MAN SAYS WE VE ALL DONE STUFF WE RE NOT VERY PROUD OF AND WOULD REALLY LIKE NOT TO HAVE IT ALL DRAGGED OUT OF THE FUCKING CUPBOARD AND WAVED AROUND IN PUBLIC 9EAH ) CAN GO WITH THAT BUT WHERE IT ALL GETS BIT FUCKING STICKY

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SPECIFICALLY DOES NOT CULTIVATE POSSESS OR USE CANNABIS IN THE PROPERTY h-RS 4ABRAM HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THE SITUATION AND THAT HER RIGHT TO REMAIN A RESIDENT IN THE -ILECASTLE PROPERTY DEPENDS ENTIRELY UPON HER BEHAVIOUR v HE SAID

0ATRICIA 4ABRAM SELF MEDICATES WITH CANNABIS TO EASE HER DEPRESSION

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0ATRICIA 4ABRAM WHO CLAIMS THE DRUG HELPS HER FIGHT DEPRESSION AND OTHER AILMENTS WAS FOUND GUILTY EARLIER THIS MONTH OF GROWING CANNABIS PLANTS IN A WARDROBE IN HER HOME IN (UMSHAUGH .ORTHUMBERLAND

)N !PRIL -RS 4ABRAM WAS GIVEN A TWO YEAR SUSPENDED JAIL SENTENCE AFTER .ORTHUMBRIA 0OLICE DISCOVERED SHE WAS SUPPLYING OTHER ELDERLY AND INFIRM PEOPLE IN HER AREA WITH CAKES CASSEROLES AND CURRIES LACED WITH CANNABIS

-ILECASTLE (OUSING THE ASSOCIATION WITH WHICH SHE IS A TENANT HELD A BOARD MEETING TO DISCUSS HER FUTURE AND DECIDED NOT TO EVICT HER IMMEDIATELY

4HE MOTHER OF THREE VOWED AFTER HER LATEST BRUSH WITH THE LAW TO CARRY ON USING CANNABIS WHICH SHE SAID WAS MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE AND LESS HARMFUL THAN PRESCRIPTION DRUGS SHE USED TO TAKE TO BATTLE THE DEPRESSION SHE HAS SUFFERED SINCE WHEN SHE FOUND HER YEAR OLD SON DEAD IN HIS BED

h4HE BOARD OF -ILECASTLE (OUSING HAS AGREED TO APPLY TO THE COURT FOR A POSSESSION ORDER SUSPENDED FOR UP TO TWO YEARS IN RESPECT OF THE HOME IN WHICH -RS 0ATRICIA 4ABRAM LIVES IN (UMSHAUGH .ORTHUMBERLAND v SAID TENANT SERVICES MANAGER #HRIS 3COTT AFTER THE MEETING h)F THE ORDER IS GRANTED SHE WILL BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE LIVING AT THE PROPERTY ONLY AS LONG AS SHE OBSERVES THE TERMS OF HER TENANCY AGREEMENT AND

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4HIS IS THE HOME MADE COMPOST HEAP /NCE THE PLANT REMAINS AND THE KITCHEN WASTE HAS BEEN DIGESTED THERE WILL BE A VERY FERTILE WORM MANURE LEFT BEHIND

WHICH FURTHER MORE IS VERY RICH IN MANY TYPES OF BACTERIA AND SOIL DWELLING ORGANISMS

7E FIRST REMOVE THE OLD SOIL FROM THE PREVIOUS GROW YEAR BEFORE WE PUT IN THE NEW SOIL AND NUTRIENTS HERE

7HEN WE FILL THE LARGE TUB WITH FERTILIZERS INCLUDING THE WORM MANURE FROM ITS OWN CEMENT TUB WE MIX A LOT OF LIME IN TOO

7HEREAS PREVIOUS ARTICLES HAVE PRIMARILY BEEN ABOUT CREATING THE IDEAL CONDITIONS FOR AN INDOOR GROW OP DURING THE EXPERIMENT IN WHICH WE LET THE PLANTS BLOOM INDOORS WITH THIS LATEST ARTICLE ) WILL BE RETURNING TO THE SUBJECT OF PREPARATIONS FOR OUTDOOR GROWING )T IS 3PRING AFTER ALL AND THE LOVELY WEATHER WE RE HOPING FOR CANNOT BE FAR AWAY NOW 4HIS YEAR WE ARE AGAIN GOING TO TRY AND PUT TOGETHER AS GREAT A SOIL MIX AS WE CAN SO THAT THE PLANTS WILL GROW LIKE TRIFFIDS AND LATER THIS YEAR THEY WILL BE LOADED UP WITH WONDERFUL FLOWER HEADS "UT BEFORE WE GET TO THIS PROMISED LAND THERE S A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF US AS GROWERS 4HE GENERAL CATEGORY OF @FEEDSTUFFS FOR RAISING PLANTS IN TO WHICH FALLS FIRST OF ALL THE LIQUID NUTRIENTS AND STIMULATORS

HAS UNDERGONE AN EXPLOSIVE GROWTH IN THE LAST YEARS "ACK IN THE DAY AROUND IT WAS THE NORM AMONG BOTH OUTDOOR AND INDOOR GROWERS TO WORK WITH NATURAL COMPOSTS SUCH AS COW MANURE COMPOST AND WORM CASTINGS

AMONG OTHERS /N TOP OF THIS THEY USED GROUND UP EGG SHELLS IN ORDER TO ADD CALCIUM TO THEIR SOILS !DDING ASH FROM OPEN FIRES AND STOVES WAS A POPULAR WAY OF ENRICHING THE SOIL 4HESE ABOVE MENTIONED METHODS OF ENRICHING SOIL ARE A THING OF THE PAST FOR MOST INDOOR GROWERS BUT THIS IS NOT A GOOD REASON TO JUST DISMISS THEM 4HEY ARE ESPECIALLY USEFUL TECHNIQUES FOR USING IN OUTDOOR GROWING AS A GOOD WAY OF LEARNING THE ROPES AS A BEGINNER

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BONE MEAL COMPOSTED HEMP PLANTS

PERLITE IN ORDER TO KEEP THE SOIL MIX NICELY AERATED AND MEDIUM MIX A LIGHTLY ENRICHED SOIL MIX ) BRING ALL THE ELEMENTS OF THE SOIL MIX TOGETHER IN VERY LARGE TUBS WHICH ) HAVE DESCRIBED IN THE PAST AS GIANT TUBS 3INCE ) PLAN

/N THE LID THE DIFFERENCES ARE CLEARLY VISIBLE 4HE FINE GRAINED WORM MANURE COMES FROM A POT OF CONCENTRATED WORM MANURE 4HE OTHER WORM MANURE COMES DIRECTLY FROM THE COMPOST HEAP WHICH IS AS YOU CAN SEE JAM PACKED WITH WORMS

TO ALLOW THE PLANTS TO DEVELOP TO THEIR OPTIMUM DIMENSIONS THANKS TO WHICH THE PLANTS WILL EVENTUALLY PRODUCE VERY LOVELY FLOWER HEADS TO START WITH ) MAKE SURE A LOT OF WORM MANURE IS WELL MIXED IN TO THE SOIL ) WILL BE EXPLAINING WHY AND GIVING SOME EXTENDED ATTENTION TO THE SUBJECT OF WORM CASTINGS AND HOW WE AS GROWERS CAN GET HOLD OF THEM WITHOUT SUBJECTING US TO ANY EXTRA EXPENSE

7 À ÊV>ÃÌ }Ã /NE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FERTILIZERS FOR USING IN THE OUTDOOR GROWING OF MARIHUANA IS WORM CASTINGS OR WORM MANURE )T ENSURES A GOOD AND RAPID GROWTH OF THE PLANT AND IT IS A POWERFUL YIELD BOOSTER VERY IMPORTANT DURING THE BLOOM PERIOD 3INCE WORM CASTINGS ARE SUCH A GREAT FERTILIZER SOMETHING THAT AS GROWERS WE CAN NEVER ADD ENOUGH OF TO OUR SOIL MIX AND GIVEN HOW MUCH MARIHUANA PLANTS ARE MAD ABOUT IT WE WILL BE MAKING MULTIPLE ADDITIONS OF IT TO THE MIX

7ORM MANURE CAN BE BOUGHT AT A RANGE OF GARDEN CENTRES BUT IS PARTICULARLY READILY AVAILABLE FROM GROW SHOPS )N GROW SHOPS THE WORM MANURE IS MOSTLY SOLD PACKED IN LARGE BAGS WHILE THE WORM MANURE FROM GARDEN CENTRES MOSTLY COMES IN SMALL USUALLY WHITE POTS OF AROUND A LITRE IN SIZE 4HIS WORM MANURE IS MANY TIMES MORE CONCENTRATED THAN THE WORM MANURE THAT COMES IN THE LARGE BAGS BUT IT IS ALSO VERY EXPENSIVE &OR A SINGLE SMALL LITRE POT YOU CAN EXPECT TO PAY THREE TO FOUR %UROS ABOUT TWO POUNDS FIFTY !N ADVANTAGE OF WORM CASTINGS IS THAT YOU CANNOT EASILY OVER FERTILISE WITH IT ) WOULD ALMOST GO SO FAR AS TO SAY @THE MORE WORM MANURE THE BETTER /F COURSE YOU SHOULD STILL NOT GO TOO FAR OVERBOARD 3ADLY THE QUALITY OF WORM CASTINGS CAN VARY CONSIDERABLY &REQUENTLY GETTING HOLD OF A GOOD QUALITY WORM MANURE CAN REPRESENT A CONSIDERABLE EXPENSE FOR THE OUTDOOR GROWER OF LIMITED MEANS &OR THOSE GROWERS WHO ARE PREPARED TO MAKE THAT LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA EFFORT THOUGH REALLY GOOD RESULTS CAN BE ACHIEVED BY DECIDING TO GET HOLD OF A GOOD QUALITY WORM MANURE THEMSELVES AND WITHOUT HAVING TO SHELL OUT A PENNY FOR IT 4HE ONLY THING THAT WE HAVE TO DO FOR THIS IS TO MAKE A COMPOST HEAP 4HIS PILE OF MIXED UP VEGETABLE WASTE AND GARDEN REFUSE WILL IN THE SHORTEST OF TIME BECOME TRANSFORMED IN TO A VERY FERTILE WORM MANURE FACTORY 4HE BIG ADVANTAGE OF THIS IS THAT THE COMPOST HEAP ALSO ACQUIRES AN IMMEDIATE RICH SOIL LIFE IN THE FORM OF ALL KINDS OF BACTERIA AND ORGANIC LIFE )N SHORT A BETTER SITUATION FOR US AS OUTDOOR GROWERS WOULD BE HARD TO IMAGINE WITH WHICH TO BEGIN THE YEAR WITH /F COURSE THE WORMS AND THE SOIL LIFE DOES NEED A BIT OF TIME TO PROCESS THE LARGER LUMPS OF VEGETATION AND YES

THIS CAN EASILY TAKE A FEW MONTHS "UT IT CAN NEVER DO ANY HARM TO SET UP YOUR COMPOST HEAP FOR USE AT A LATER STAGE IN THE YEAR !FTER ALL WE CAN ALWAYS USE THE WORM MANURE FOR GIVING THE PLANTS A LITTLE EXTRA BOOST DURING THE BLOOM PERIOD 7ORM MANURE CONTAINS VERY VALUABLE NUTRIENTS SUCH AS NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS WHICH WILL CONTRIBUTE CONSIDERABLY TO EXCEPTIONAL GROWTH NITROGEN AND FLOWER PRODUCTION PHOSPHORUS

!S WELL AS NITROGEN

WORM MANURE ALSO CONTAINS PHOSPHORUS 0HOSPHORUS MAKES FOR AN OPTIMAL BLOOM AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS SHOULD BE SELF EVIDENT TO ANY GROWER )N SHORT IT IS ALWAYS WORTH THE EFFORT OF ESTABLISHING A COMPOST HEAP SO THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE YOUR PLANTS WITH THE VERY BEST FERTILIZER WITHOUT US HAVING TO DIG INTO OUR POCKETS 7HAT IS MORE IT ALSO GIVES YOU A BUZZ AS A GROWER TO BE ABLE TO WATCH YOUR PLANTS ENJOYING THEIR NUTRIENTS AND DEVELOPING LIKE CRAZY AS A RESULT 4HE SENSE OF SATISFACTION WILL BE ENORMOUS

IF AT THE END OF THE SEASON YOU HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF LOVELY FLOWER HEADS BURSTING OUT AND READY FOR HARVESTING

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9OUR BEST BET IS TO KEEP THE COMPOST HEAP TOGETHER BY MAKING A SMALL ENCLOSURE FOR IT OUT OF WOOD IN THE SHAPE OF A CIRCLE )N THIS WAY YOU CAN AVOID THE VEGETABLE MATTER BECOMING SPREAD AROUND WHICH WOULD RESULT IN THE HEAP BEING UNABLE TO HOLD ITS MOISTURE AND SO EVENTUALLY IT WILL DRY OUT

/VER FERTILIZING AS HAS HAPPENED TO THIS PLANT IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS VERY RARELY WITH WORM MANURE

4HIS LITTLE LADY HAS ALSO RECEIVED AN OVERDOSE OF FERTILIZERS 4WO TIMES THE SAME SUBSTRATE CAN BE FATAL FOR HER

4OO MUCH FERTILIZER AND A POORLY CHOSEN PLACE ARE THE CAUSES OF POOR DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PLANT

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HEAP OUT OF ALL THIS DEAD VEGETATION LYING AROUND ,OOK FOR EXAMPLE FOR A SPOT IN THE CORNER OF YOUR GARDEN WHERE YOU WILL BE LEAST TROUBLED BY ITS LOCATION THE HEAP CAN GET A BIT WHIFFY

BUT THIS SMELL CAN ALSO COMPENSATE A BIT FOR THE SMELL OF THE MARIHUANA PLANTS 4HE COMPOST HEAP DOES HAVE TO BE ESTABLISHED IN A SHADY SPOT OR ELSE THE HEAP WOULD DRY OUT TOO QUICKLY THANKS TO WHICH HARDLY ANY WORMS WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE THEIR HOME IN IT

)F YOU ARE JUST A LITTLE BIT HANDY AND YOU ARE PREPARED TO PUT A BIT OF TIME IN TO IT

THEN IT IS WORTH MAKING A COMPOST HEAP %SPECIALLY AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR WHEN AS GROWERS WE STILL HAVE A BIT OF FREE TIME ON OUR HANDS YOU CAN VERY QUICKLY COLLECT UP A GOOD QUANTITY OF DEAD PLANT MATERIAL FROM OUT OF YOUR GARDEN )T S NO WORK AT ALL TO MAKE A DECENT COMPOST

!S WASTE FOR THE COMPOST HEAP WE CAN USE BESIDES THE PLANT REMAINS FROM THE GARDEN ALL THE VEGETABLE AND FRUIT WASTE FROM THE KITCHEN !FTER A PERIOD OF TIME ALL KINDS OF INSECTS BUGS AND WORMS WILL FIND THEIR WAY TO IT AND THESE WILL BREAK DOWN THE WASTE AND TURN IT INTO A RICH

BLACK SOIL 4HIS IS THE WORM MANURE

MIXED IN WITH COMPOST AND THIS SOIL IS A VERY FERTILE ONE ONE THAT IS OUTSTANDING FOR USE AS FERTILIZER FOR OUR MARIHUANA PLANTS

)F YOU RAKE THE TOP MOST LAYER OFTEN PRETTY COARSE TO ONE SIDE UNDERNEATH IT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THIS BLACK SOIL THE MIXTURE OF WORM MANURE AND COMPOST 7ORM MANURE IS ACTUALLY NOTHING MORE THAN THE EXCRETIONS OF WORMS THE NAME KIND OF GIVES IT AWAY 9OU WILL OFTEN SEE THAT THE WORMS GATHER IN LARGE CLUMPS TOGETHER THESE CLUMPS CONSIST OF BITS OF WORM MANURE STUCK TOGETHER AND ARE THE MOST CONCENTRATED )T IS THEREFORE THE BEST BIT TO CRUMBLE UP AND USE AS FERTILIZER 4HE WORMS CAN BE JUST DUMPED ALONG WITH THE CLUMPS AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN NICELY CRUMBLED STRAIGHT IN TO THE CEMENT TUB OR IN TO THE SOIL 4HE WORMS WILL NOT DO ANY DAMAGE IN FACT THEY WILL PROVE USEFUL AS THEY KEEP THE SOIL NICELY AERATED THEY DIG SMALL TUNNELS AND CHURN THE SOIL OVER WHICH ALLOWS MORE AIR TO PASS THROUGH IT 4HE WORMS ALSO MAKE AT THE SAME TIME NEW WORM MANURE BECAUSE THEY LEAVE THEIR CASTINGS IN THE SOIL )T MIGHT ALL SOUND A BIT STRANGE BUT ) ASSURE YOU THAT AS GROWERS YOU WILL BE STUNNED BY THE QUALITY OF YOUR GROWING RESULTS WHICH WILL BE OWED IN NO SMALL PART TO THE WORMS AND THEIR MANURE

> Ìi > Vi 4O RETURN BRIEFLY TO THE SUBJECT OF MAINTENANCE OF YOUR COMPOST HEAP )F IT TURNS OUT TO BE A VERY HOT AND DRY 3UMMER IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU KEEP YOUR COMPOST HEAP MOIST BY POURING WATER OVER IT WITH FOR EXAMPLE

A GARDEN HOSE OR A WATERING CAN 4HE COMPOST HEAP WILL THANKS TO THE WATER THAT YOU CONTINUE TO POUR OVER IT AND THE WARMTH BEGIN TO HEAT UP AND THE WORMS WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS AND THEIR NUMBERS WILL SHOOT UP .OW THE PILE OF GARDEN AND KITCHEN WASTE WILL BREAK DOWN MUCH QUICKER IN TO WORM MANURE AND COMPOST 4HIS METHOD DELIVERS VERY GOOD AND FERTILE WORM MANURE MIXED WITH COMPOST AND IT COSTS YOU NOTHING ONLY SOME TIME /NE FURTHER ADVANTAGE OF hFRESHv WORM MANURE IS THAT THE MARIHUANA PLANTS CAN TAKE IN THE NUTRIENTS FROM THIS FERTILIZER MUCH MORE QUICKLY 7ORM MANURE THAT IS SOLD IS OFTEN DRIER AND SO IT TAKES LONGER BEFORE THE PLANT CAN USE THE NUTRIENTS IN IT !S WELL AS THIS WORM MANURE FROM THE COMPOST HEAP ALSO HAS A MUCH RICHER SOIL LIFE IN IT AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE PLANT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE IN THE NUTRIENTS FROM THE OTHER FERTILIZER ELEMENTS IN OUR SOIL MIX 3HOULD WE FAIL TO KEEP THE COMPOST HEAP DAMP DURING THE WARM 3UMMER MONTHS OR DRY PERIODS OF THE YEAR THEN IT WILL DRY OUT AND THE WORMS WILL BEAT A HASTY RETREAT 3O THIS IS A SURE FIRE WAY OF ENSURING THAT YOUR COMPOST HEAP WILL NO LONGER PRODUCE ANY MORE WORM MANURE &ORTUNATELY "RITAIN IS NICELY PRONE TO MANY SHOWERS AND WE ACTUALLY ONLY NEED TO TAKE CARE TO KEEP

) WOULD ALMOST GO SO FAR AS TO SAY @THE MORE WORM MANURE THE BETTER THE COMPOST HEAP DAMP WITH A WATERING CAN OR HOSE ONCE IN A WHILE IF AT ALL )N WARM DRY COUNTRIES THEN YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE MUCH MORE BUSY WITH FILLING THAT WATERING CAN OR USING YOUR HOSE IN ORDER TO KEEP YOUR COMPOST HEAP FROM DRYING OUT )N ORDER TO GET EVEN MORE USE OUT OF THE USEFUL SUBSTANCES IN THE WORM MANURE ) DO A LITTLE TRICK DURING THE BLOOM PERIOD ) CRUMBLE SOME OF THE CONCENTRATED CLODS OF WORM MANURE UP AND DISSOLVE THEM IN WATER ) POUR THIS hMUD WATERv JUST AS ) DO WITH THE NORMAL FEED WATER INTO THE FLOWER POTS THAT ARE SET AROUND THE STEM IN THE CEMENT TUB OR DIRECTLY AROUND THE PLANTS IF THEY ARE GROWING IN THE BARE

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/NCE A PLANT HAS HAD TO ENDURE BEING OVER FERTILIZED SHE WILL NEVER PRODUCE HUGE BUDS 4HE HARVEST FROM THIS LADY WAS ALSO PRETTY MEAGRE

4HESE #RISTAL LADIES ARE GROWING ON A LIGHTLY FERTILIZED SOIL MIX TO WHICH WE HAVE ADDED EXTRA WORM MANURE "ECAUSE THE PLANTS ARE ALL IN BUCKETS THEY CAN EASILY BE MOVED AROUND

EARTH 4HE VARIOUS SUBSTANCES THAT ARE IN THE WORM MANURE WILL BE MORE EASILY DISTRIBUTED AND WILL THEREFORE BE EVEN MORE RAPIDLY TAKEN UP BY THE MARIHUANA PLANT 4HE TWO IMPORTANT SUBSTANCES THAT WORM MANURE CONTAINS ARE NITROGEN AND

IS OF COURSE OF GREAT IMPORTANCE BECAUSE IT IS THIS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE SPENDING THE BEST PART OF SEVEN MONTHS DOING OUR BEST TO ENSURE AFTER ALL

/THER CHARACTERISTICS OF $URBAN INCLUDE

$URBAN IS WELL KNOWN FOR HER TIGHT LEAF COVERAGE )T IS ONE OF MY VERY FAVOURITE VARIETIES FOR GROW ING OUTDOORS

4HIS YEAR ) WILL BE GROWING $URBAN VARIETY MARIHUANA PLANTS WHICH ) WANT TO GERMINATE FROM FEMALE SEEDS PHOSPHORUS .ITROGEN ENSURES A RAPID GROWTH BY THE PLANT AND THIS IS SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT IN OUTDOOR GROWING ! BIG MARIHUANA PLANT HAS IN COMPARISON TO A SMALLER EXAMPLE OF THE SAME VARIETY THE ADVANTAGE THAT SHE HAS A FATTER MAIN STEM

WITH STURDY SIDE BRANCHES OFF IT 4HESE WILL BETTER SURVIVE ANY STORM OR INSECT INFESTATION !LSO THE PLANT WILL DELIVER US BIGGER FLOWER HEADS BECAUSE THE THICK STEM AND STURDY SIDE BRANCHES WILL ENSURE THAT THE FLOW OF SAP IS OPTIMAL !S WELL AS NITROGEN WORM MANURE ALSO CONTAINS PHOSPHORUS 0HOSPHORUS MAKES FOR AN OPTIMAL BLOOM AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS SHOULD BE SELF EVIDENT TO ANY GROWER 4HAT IS WHY DURING THE BLOOM PERIOD ) ALSO DISSOLVE THE WORM MANURE IN WATER IN ORDER TO FURTHER STIMULATE THE BLOOM

£ää¯Êvi > iÊÃii`Ê .OW THAT THE SOIL MIX HAS BEEN RICHLY PROVIDED WITH ALL THOSE NUTRIENTS AND WE HAVE SET UP A LOVELY LITTLE COMPOST HEAP IT IS NOW JUST A QUESTION OF CHOOSING A GOOD MARIHUANA VARIETY AND WE CAN BEGIN 4HIS YEAR ) WILL BE GROWING $URBAN VARIETY MARIHUANA PLANTS WHICH ) WANT TO GERMINATE FROM FEMALE SEEDS 4HE BIG ADVANTAGE OF THIS IS THAT ) NO LONGER HAVE TO SEPARATE THE MALE PLANTS FROM THE FEMALE PLANTS BY HAND AND SO ) AIM TO SAVE A LOT OF WORK "UT ) AM ALSO VERY CURIOUS AS TO THE QUALITY OF THE OUTDOOR SEEDS %SPECIALLY SINCE THEY ARE FEMALE ) HAVE MY DOUBTS AS TO WHETHER THEY ARE GOING TO BE SUFFICIENTLY STURDY 4HE $URBAN VARIETY AND THE MANY RELATED CROSSINGS OF WHICH AMONG OTHERS IS THE $URBAN 0OISON IS ONE OF MY FAVOURITE OUTDOOR VARIETIES 4HESE PLANTS DEVELOP PRETTY QUICKLY IN GENERAL TAKE ON A DECENT SIZE AND WILL WITH A BIT OF LUCK DELIVER VERY LOVELY FLOWER HEADS 4HIS LAST POINT

THE FACT THAT THIS VARIETY PRODUCES QUITE A LOT OF LARGE LEAVES AND IS NOT VERY SUSCEPTIBLE TO MOULD INFECTION 4HE HARVEST TIME WILL BE AROUND THE FIRST OR SECOND WEEK OF /CTOBER )N THEORY THIS IS NOT PARTICULARLY EARLY FOR AN OUTDOOR VARIETY WHICH IS WHY WE WILL ALSO NEED A BIT OF LUCK IN THE !UTUMN 7E COULD ALSO CHOOSE TO RULE OUT THE LUCK ELEMENT AND DARKEN THE PLANTS DURING THE 3UMMER MONTHS SO THAT THEY WILL BLOOM A FEW MONTHS EARLY 7E CAN DO THIS QUITE EASILY

BY EACH EVENING OR END OF THE AFTERNOON TEMPORARILY COVERING THE PLANTS WITH A DARK SHEET OR WITH OPAQUE PLASTIC

)N THE WHEELBARROW WE ALSO FILL THE FLOWER POTS WITH POOR SOIL WITH NO ADDED FERTILIZER AND PERL ITE )T IS IN THIS THAT ) WILL LET THE SEEDS GERMINATE

)T IS VERY IMPORTANT WHEN DOING THIS THAT THE PLANTS DO NOT HAVE EVEN THE TINIEST CHINK OF LIGHT FALL ON THEM (OW LONG THE PLANTS ARE COVERED DEPENDS ON HOW EARLY IN THE MORNING THE PLANTS GET LIGHT AGAIN )N OTHER WORDS WE MAKE SURE THAT THE PLANTS GET A MAXIMUM OF HOURS OF LIGHT IN TOTAL SO THAT THEY ARE GIVEN THE IMPRESSION THAT !UTUMN HAS ALREADY ARRIVED 4HE PLANTS WILL THEN PRETTY QUICKLY BEGIN TO FORM THEIR FLOWER HEADS AND AFTER A WEEK OR THREE WE SHOULD BE SEEING THE FIRST OF THE 4(# THREADS APPEARING ON THE ENDS OF THE MANY BRANCHES 4HE BIG ADVANTAGE WITH THIS TECHNIQUE IS THAT THE FLOWER HEADS CAN DEVELOP DURING THE WARM 3UMMER MONTHS THANKS TO WHICH THE QUALITY OF THE OUTDOOR WEED WILL TOTALLY BE OF MASSIVE PROPORTIONS 4HE STRONG SUN AND THE GREAT QUANTITIES OF LIGHT CREATE CONDITIONS ALMOST COMPARABLE TO THOSE IN INDOOR GROWING AND AS A RESULT THE WEED PRODUCED WILL BE CRAMMED FULL WITH 4(# PROVIDED OF COURSE THAT WE CONTINUE TO CARE WELL FOR THE PLANTS AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL THEIR NUTRITIONAL NEEDS ARE MET 9ET ANOTHER OPTION IS TO PROTECT THE PLANTS WHEN IT COMES TO !UTUMN

BY BUILDING

! HAND FULL WITH FEMALE SEED

HOODS TO POP OVER THEM SOMETHING ) COVERED IN A PREVIOUS SERIES OF ARTICLES n SEE OUR WEB SITE FOR ARCHIVES 4HIS YEAR THOUGH ) WILL PROBABLY END UP USING NEITHER OF THESE METHODS AND JUST LETTING NATURE TAKE ITS COURSE -Y AIM IS PRIMARILY JUST TO MAKE SURE ) RAISE NICE BIG PLANTS AND BUILDING HOODS AND OR COVERING UP THE PLANTS DURING THE 3UMMER MONTHS ARE BOTH PRETTY UNNECESSARY .ATURALLY ) WILL STILL MAKE SURE ) TAKE GOOD CARE OF THE PLANTS

THROUGHOUT THE GROW CYCLE AND MAKE SURE THEY REMAIN WELL FED WITH NUTRIENTS AND STIMULATORS n THESE ARE NOT ELEMENTS ) M PREPARED TO LEAVE TO NATURE 3INCE ) AM GOING TO BE ALLOWING MY PLANTS TO REACH PRETTY BIG DIMENSIONS ) START WITH GERMINATING SEEDS AROUND THE BEGINNING OF -ARCH "Y DOING THIS WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME WITH WHICH TO BE ABLE TO PUT THE YOUNG SEEDLINGS STRAIGHT IN TO THEIR TUBS WHEN THE LOVELY WEATHER STARTS

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MY PLANT WAS DOING OK "Y THIS POINT THE PLANT WAS AROUND FT HIGH AND HAD A GOOD SINGLE MAIN COLA WITH SIX SIDE BRANCHES THAT ALL WERE CARRYING GOOD WEIGHT 4HE 4(# PRODUCTION WAS SLOWER THAN ) THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BUT THIS COULD HAVE BEEN DOWN TO THE SHOCK OR ) HAD UNDER ESTIMATED THE AMOUNT OF SATIVA IN THE PLANT )N THE LAST THREE WEEKS THIS PLANT PILED ON THE RESIN AND MORE WEIGHT $URING WEEK SEVEN OF FLOWERING ) USED #ANNA 0+ TO GIVE IT THAT EXTRA BOOST ) ONLY MOVED MY %# UP TO n WHICH AGAIN IT HANDLED VERY WELL 4HE PLANT FINISHED AT FT HIGH AND WAS TAKEN ON DAYS ) KNOW FROM GROWING WITH OTHER PEO PLE THAT SOME FOLKS DON T LIKE TO TRY THIS STRAIN AS SOME SEE IT AS A DIFFICULT GROW (AND ON HEART ) CAN SAY BAR THE NUTRIENT DEBACLE THIS PLANT WAS GREAT AND WOULD HAVE GIVEN ME MORE BUT FOR THE CAUTIOUS APPROACH TAKEN BY ME 7HAT ) WILL SAY IS LET THIS PLANT GET BIG TO GET THE MOST FROM HER !LSO PROPS TO 3HANTI 'REAT STRAIN WHICH AGAIN THEY HANDLED WITH OUT ANY PROBLEM !T WEEK THE BUDS WERE WELL STRUCTURED AND DENSE AND HAD ME DRIB BLING WITH ANTICIPATION 4HIS IS WHEN ) ADDED (AMMERHEAD 0+ TO THE MIX &OR THE LAST TWO WEEKS OF THE PLANTS LIFE THEY WERE FED ON JUST STRAIGHT WATER AS ) LIKE A DAY OR MORE FLUSH IN SOIL 4HE 'REENHOUSE #O SAYS THIS PLANT CAN FINISH IN WEEKS BUT GIVE IT ) WILL RECOMMEND YOU GO WITH THE LATER AS THE AMOUNT OF RESIN THAT WAS PACKED ON IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS WAS HUGE 4HE SMOKE FROM THIS PLANT STARTS OFF WITH A VERY NICE CLEAN UP THAT LASTS FOR A WHILE THEN YOU DRIFT SLOWLY BACK DOWN TO EARTH WITH A BIG SMILE AND A SWEET TOOTH ) TEND TO SMOKE AROUND HALF GRAM JOINTS AND THIS PLANT HAS STAYING POWER BEFORE THE FOOTBALL AND YOUR SET FOR THE MATCH -Y ONLY REGRET IS ) DIDN T TAKE A MOTHER BUT ) WILL BE GROWING THIS STRAIN AGAIN WITHOUT A DOUBT 4WO THUMBS UP TO THE 'REENHOUSE ON THIS ONE ! GREAT PLANT AT A GREAT PRICE AND VERY HARDY AS MY NEW GROWER FRIEND WILL TESTIFY COLOURS THOUGH ON THE )NDY PHENO 4HE SATIVA DOES BETTER INDOORS YIELDS NICELY IN A 3/' 7HEN THE LIGHTS ARE SWITCHED THINGS GET EVEN MORE INTERESTING THE )NDY HAS SMALL BUDS AND FLOWERS LIKE A (AZE 4HAI WITH FOXTAILS AND STACKED CALYX SMELLS AT DAYS IN LIKE PLASTIC TOY SOLDIERS AND CANDIED LEMONS 4HE SATIVA PRODUCES FRUITY SMELLING FLOWERS

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(YDROPONICALLY GROWN PLANT IN THE CENTER HAD TO BE PINCHED BACK SO THAT IT DID NOT GROW INTO THE ROOF OF THE GREENHOUSE "RANCH TIPS WERE PRUNED IN MID *ULY SO THAT BLOOMING WOULD NOT BE RETARDED

.ONE OF THE PLANTS IN THIS GARDEN WERE PINCHED BACK 4HE RESULT IS ONE HUGE BUD WITH SMALLER AUXILIARY BUDS

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WHICH MAKES IT A PRIME TARGET FOR LARGE PESTS SUCH AS RODENTS RABBITS AND DEER %XCLUDE THESE PESTS BY COVERING THE PLANT WITH A LOW SLUNG FOR SECURITY WIRE DOME 0LACE A FEW MOUSE TRAPS AROUND IF MICE ARE A PROBLEM BUT REMEMBER ANY hFOODv ON THE TRAP WILL ATTRACT ANIMAL ATTENTION !LSO SQUIRT A GOOD LINE OF $EADLINE 3NAIL AND 3LUG BAIT AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE PLANT AT LEAST A FOOT FROM THE TRUNK

4WO 3PANISH GROWERS INSPECT BUDS AT THE END OF THE SUMMER (OT WEATHER AND SPIDER MITES TOOK A TOLL ON THE CROP BUT

AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE SMILE THE BUDS ARE CRYSTALLINE

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!RE YOU SUPPOSED TO PINCH THE TOPS ON PLANTS -Y STUFF IS GROWING REALLY TALL IN SHORT TIME ONLY DAYS AND INCHES TALL 3HOULD ) START DAY NIGHT LIGHT SCHEDULE NOW !NONYMOUS 3OUNDS LIKE YOU PLANTED FROM SEED 0LANTS GROWN FROM QUALITY & SEED GROW PERCENT FASTER AND STRONGER THAN WEAKER SEEDS 9OUR PLANTS ARE GROWING ABOUT CM PER DAY 4HAT S PRETTY FAST 0LANTS GROWN FROM SEED MUST GO THROUGH THE SEEDLING AND VEGETATIVE GROWTH STAGE BEFORE THEY CAN START PROPER FLOWERING )F PLANTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DEVELOP PROPERLY FLOWERING WILL BE IRREGULAR AND PROBLEMATIC &IRST PLANTS MUST SHOW PRE FLOWERS BEFORE THEY ARE READY TO START FLOWERING 0RE FLOWERS USUALLY SHOW ABOUT WEEKS AFTER GERMINATION AND LOOK LIKE SMALL IMMATURE MALE OR FEMALE FLOWERS 4HE PRE FLOWERS DEVELOP AT THE BRANCH INTERNODES FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE PLANT /NCE YOU SPOT THE PRE FLOWERS YOU CAN INDUCE FLOWERING WITH A DAY NIGHT PHOTOPERIOD 0INCHING BACK OR CUTTING OFF BRANCH TIPS WILL DIFFUSE HORMONES AND RETARD FLOWERING BY A WEEK OR LONGER "ENDING BRANCHES DOES NOT DISPERSE HORMONES AS MUCH AND RETARDS FLOWERING MUCH LESS 7AIT UNTIL THE PRE FLOWERS SHOW BEFORE BENDING BRANCHES

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ETC *UST TO RUN THE GARDEN CABINETS YOU WILL NEED AT LEAST AMPERES AMPS AT VOLTS 4HIS MEANS THAT YOU WILL NEED AT LEAST TWO AMP CIRCUITS THAT DO NOT SUPPLY ELECTRICITY TO OTHER APPLIANCES &OR SAFETY USE TWO AMP CIRCUITS ONE FOR EACH CABINET #IRCUITS ARE CONSIDERED OVERLOADED WHEN MORE THAN PERCENT OF THE POTENTIAL IS USED )F YOU HAVE ONLY ONE FREE AMP CIRCUIT USE ONLY ONE GROW CABINET )F THERE IS NOT ENOUGH ELECTRICITY TO RUN THE W LAMP CHANGE TO A W LAMP

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'O TO YOUR FUSE OR BREAKER BOX AND TURN OFF ALL BUT THE SINGLE AMP CIRCUIT 4HEN PLUG IN A LAMP TO EVERY ELECTRICAL OUTLET IN THE HOUSE !LL THE OUTLETS THAT ARE hHOTv ARE ON THE SAME CIRCUIT 5SE THIS CIRCUIT TO SUPPLY ELECTRICITY FOR YOUR GROW SHOW 3ETTING UP AN AUXILIARY POWER SOURCE IS EXPENSIVE AND CONSPICUOUS "ACKUP POWER SUPPLIES ARE USUALLY IN THE FORM OF A GASOLINE POWERED MOTOR ATTACHED TO AN ELECTRIC GENERATOR )F YOUR POWER GOES OUT AND YOU ARE NOT THERE TO START THE GASOLINE MOTOR YOU MUST ALSO INSTALL A BATTERY POWERED STARTER

4HE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS (AZE PLANT IS BLOOMING AND THE LEFT SIDE IS VEGETATIVE 4HE VEGETATIVE SIDE OF THE PLANT RECEIVED LIGHT FROM A STREETLAMP LOCATED ABOUT FEET AWAY

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4HIS hWATER HASHv IS A MASS OF RESIN GLANDS 7E MADE GRAMS OF TOP GRADE HASH FROM GRAMS OZ OF RESINOUS LEAVES

4HE TWO MOST COMMON WAYS TO MAKE HASH INCLUDE DRY SIEVING AND WATER EXTRACTION WET SIEVING /F THE TWO WATER EXTRACTION IS THE MOST EFFICIENT &OR EXAMPLE

GRAMS OF RESINOUS SMALL LEAVES AND SMALL BUDS THAT HAVE BEEN DRY SIEVED YIELDS GRAMS OF HASH 5SE WATER TO EXTRACT THE SAME MATERIAL AND GET GRAMS /NCE EXTRACTED THE RESIN IS PRESSED INTO A BLOCK TO FACILITATE CONSUMPTION TRANSPORT AND STORAGE 2ESIN HEADS ARE DIFFERENT SIZES 7ITH THE HELP OF SIEVES EITHER WET OR DRY YOU CAN USE THE DIFFERENCES IN RESIN HEAD SIZES TO SEPARATE THEM FROM OTHER PLANT MATTER 4YPICALLY A MINIMUM OF TWO SIEVES ARE USED TO MAKE HASH 4HE FIRST ONE FILTERS OUT THE LARGE PLANT MATTER AND LARGER DEBRIS LETTING THE RESIN GLANDS AND SMALL DEBRIS PASS THROUGH TO THE SECOND SIEVE 4HE FIRST SIEVE SHOULD HAVE n MICRON PORES 4HE SECOND SIEVE ALLOWS SMALL RESIN GLANDS TO PASS WHILE IT HOLDS BACK LARGE MATURE RESIN GLANDS 4HE PORES ON THE SECOND SIEVE SHOULD BE FROM n MICRONS 9OU CAN FIND SILKSCREENS AT YOUR LOCAL HOBBY ART SUPPLY OR OFFSET PRINTING SUPPLIERS 4O SIEVE PLANTS SHOULD BE AS DRY AS POSSIBLE AND COLD ABOUT # SO RESIN GLANDS BREAK OFF EASILY "E CAREFUL NOT TO FORCE THE PLANT MATERIAL THROUGH THE SIEVE &ORCING WILL BREAK MORE RESIN GLANDS AND SMEAR THEIR CONTENTS ON THE SIEVE AND OTHER PLANT MATERIAL 4HE CONTENTS OF THESE RUPTURED GLANDS CANNOT BE RECOVERED .ORMALLY THE LARGEST MATURE RESIN GLANDS FALL FIRST 4HEY ARE FOLLOWED BY LESS MATURE GLANDS AND DEBRIS INCLUDING PISTILLATE HAIRS AND PLANT DEBRIS )F YOU FORCE TOO MUCH THROUGH THE SIEVE THE HASH WILL BE GREEN AND OF LOW QUALITY !T BEST DRY SIEVING REMOVES ONLY HALF OF THE 4(# RICH RESIN IN CANNABIS

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GROWS ARE OUTDOORS UNDER THE BIG SUN OF 3OUTHERN %UROPE 7HY IS IT THAT YOU PREFER GROWING CROPS ORGANICALLY /RGANICALLY GROWN CROPS TASTE FAR SUPERIOR PROVIDE BETTER HEALTH GIVING PROPERTIES AND FOR OUR FAVOURITE BOTANICAL IT IS A MUST FOR US 7E DO NOT WANT TO BE SMOKING CHEMICALS OR HELPING TO PROMOTE THAT INDUSTRY !LSO FOR US HERE WHEN MAKING SEEDS FROM ,ANDRACES AND (EIRLOOM STRAINS IT IS VITAL TO SHOW THEM IN AS CLOSE TO NATURAL HABITAT AS POSSIBLE SO WE ONLY EVER USE /RGANIC METHODS OF GARDENING AND PLANT MAINTENANCE )S CANNABIS EASILY ADAPTED TO SYSTEMS OF PERMACULTURE ECO FARMING

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4HROUGHOUT HISTORY CANNABIS CULTURE HAS WITNESSED SEVERAL FUNDAMENTAL STAGES IN ITS HOLISTIC SOCIAL AND POLITICAL EVOLUTION 4HE FIRST CANNABIS FARMERS WERE CONSERVATIONISTS THEN AGRICULTURALISTS THEN VENTURE CAPITALISTS ,ATER THE OUTLAWING OF CANNABIS AND CANNABIS FARMING RECRUITED MANY INDIVIDUAL HOBBYISTS INTO THE CANNABIS CULTIVATION SCENE 4ODAY THE MAJORITY OF CANNABIS FARMERS ACROSS THE PLANET ARE STILL HOBBYISTS ALTHOUGH MANY A VENTURE CAPITALIST STILL REMAIN 2ECENTLY MANY HOBBYISTS HAVE STARTED TO BACKTRACK ON THE ORIGINAL PRINCIPLES OF CANNABIS CULTURE 4IRED OF THE COMMERCIALISM ASSOCIATED WITH CONTEMPORARY BREED ETHIC THEY SLOWLY WORK TO RE DISCOVER THE FORGOTTEN SECRETS OF MANY OFTEN CASTAWAY LANDRACE GENETICS !LTHOUGH STILL STRICTLY AN UNDERGROUND PHENOMENON

CIRCULATED AMID A COMMUNITY OF RECREATIONAL BREEDERS A CANNA BOTANICAL RENAISSANCE IS ALREADY SET AND SOWN 3OFT 3ECRETS THEN DECIDED TO INTERVIEW JUST ONE OF THE BREEDERS THAT IS HELPING TO SPEARHEAD THIS hCOUNTER CULTURAL CANNABIS REVOLUTIONv A GUY AT (OT (OUSE &LOWERS 335+ 7HEN DID YOU FIRST ENCOUNTER CANNABIS ((& ) FIRST STARTED USING #ANNABIS IN MY EARLY TEENS "EING BORN CLOSE TO ONE OF %NGLAND S LARGEST 7EST )NDIAN COMMUNITIES WE HAD ACCESS TO SOME GREAT IMPORTED SATIVA S FROM *AMAICA AND !FRICA IN PARTICULAR "Y OUR LATE TEENS OUR GROUP OF FRIENDS HAD DEVELOPED REFINED TASTES AND HAD STARTED BRINGING IN OUR OWN CONNOISSEUR HASHISH FROM -OROCCO HAD ACCESS TO THE BEST OF THE (INDU +USH LINES AND HERBS FROM EVERYWHERE ON EARTH WHERE AVAILABLE TO US 4HIS BEGAN A LIFELONG LOVE AFFAIR WITH THIS MOST SPECIAL OF PLANTS

7HAT GOT YOU INTO CULTIVATING YOUR OWN CANNABIS #ANNABIS USE AROUND THE WORLD HAS SEEN A HUGE EXPLOSION AND FINDING A GOOD SUPPLY OF CONNOISSEUR QUALITY SMOKE GOT EVER HARDER "Y THE MID S QUALITY SMOKE WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND WITH THE MARKET AWASH IN LOW QUALITY HASH AND HYDROPONICS HERBS .EITHER OF WHICH ARE OF ANY INTEREST TO US "EING BROUGHT UP ON HAND RUBBED CHARAS FINE OILS AND HASH FROM -OROCCO GUM HASH FROM *AMAICA AND THE BEST SATIVA FROM AROUND THE WORLD WE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO START GROWING INDIVIDUALLY FOR PERSONAL SUPPLY -YSELF AND FRIENDS FIRST TRIED TO GROW BACK IN THE EARLY S AS %UROPEANS STARTED TO GET GENETICS IN FROM (OLLAND 7E WHERE NOT SUCCESSFUL AS WE WHERE TRYING TO GROW PURE *AMAICANS IN GREENHOUSES AND THEY NEVER FINISHED )N THE MID S WE WHERE GROWING 3KUNK AND +USH TYPES GUERILLA STYLE IN THE WOODS 4HESE WHERE A LOT BETTER BUT WE WHERE STILL STRUGGLING TO FINISH THEM IN THE 5+ AS 3KUNKS FROM (OLLAND WHERE A LOT MORE SATIVA IN THOSE DAYS )NDOOR CULTIVATION CAME SOON AFTER &RIENDS THAT BECAME GROWERS CONCENTRATED ON THE SKUNK LINES THAT HAD EMERGED FROM (OLLAND 4HOSE EARLY LINES WHERE THE BACKBONE OF OUR GROWS AND PERSONAL SUPPLIES FOR MANY YEARS 7HICH METHODS AND TECHNIQUES DO YOU PREFER TO USE 7E LIVE IN 3OUTHERN %UROPE AND OPERATE A SELF SUFFICIENT FARM AND ARE HEAVILY INTO PERMACULTURE 3O ALL OF OUR COMPOSTS AND FERTILISERS ARE MADE HERE ON SITE 7E DO NOT BUY IN ANYTHING

AND EVERYTHING IS FULLY ORGANIC 7E MAKE OUR COMPOSTS FROM ANIMAL AND GREEN WASTE AND MAKE EXTRACTS FROM CULTIVATED #OMFREY .ETTLE AND !LFAFA 4HIS PROVIDES EVERYTHING WE NEED FOR OUR PLANTS 7E STILL GROW INDOORS TO TEST LINES AND DO GERMINATION TESTS ON OUR SEEDS BUT ALL OF OUR BREEDING AND

#ANNABIS HAS HAD A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP WITH PEOPLE SINCE THE DAWN OF TIME )T HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT FOOD

MEDICINE CLOTH AND SOURCE OF FUEL FOR US THROUGHOUT OUR SPECIES DEVELOPMENT 4HE PLANT IS NOW PROVEN TO BE CAPABLE OF PROVIDING SIGNIFICANT FUEL RESOURCES AND IS AN IMPORTANT FOOD AND FABRIC FOR OUR FUTURE )T FITS PERFECTLY INTO ALL SYSTEMS OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND PERMACULTURE SYSTEMS 7E HOPE TO GAIN A LICENSE IN THE FUTURE TO DEVELOP FOOD PRODUCTS FROM THE PLANTS AND THIS MEANS AGAIN THAT PRESERVATION IS ALL IMPORTANT &OR US HERE WE EAT #ANNABIS SEEDS LOTS OF THEM AND HAVE MANY CULTIVAR FOR THIS PURPOSE SOME ARE (EMP #ULTIVAR SOME $RUG #ULTIVAR 7E DO NOT RECOGNIZE ANY LAW OF MAN THAT CONTROLS THE ABILITY TO FEED THE FAMILY IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE )T IS A GROSS VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND THERE IS NO ARGUMENT TO SUPPORT IT 7HEN DID THE BREEDING BUG FIRST TAKE HOLD !S SOON AS ) STARTED GROWING AGAIN ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO ) STARTED BREEDING IT WAS THE ONLY REASON FOR ME TO START GROWING AGAIN 7E WHERE HOLDING A SET OF INCREDIBLE hCLONE ONLYv GENETICS WE VE HAD IN OUR GROUP FOR MANY YEARS AND MY FIRST EFFORTS WHERE TO SECURE SOME OF THOSE GENETICS IN SEED FORM 7E HAD SHARED THEM OUT WORLDWIDE IN CLONE FORM TO PRESERVE THEM BUT KNEW WE HAD TO GET THE IMPORTANT !LLELES THESE LINES CONTAINED IN SEED FORM TO BE PRESERVED 4HIS LED ME INTO THE AREA OF PRESERVATION BREEDING WHICH IS THE SOLE FOCUS OF THE TEAM AT (OT (OUSE &LOWERS WHICH IS OUR SEED COMPANY (OT (OUSE &LOWERS IS A #ANNABIS #ONSERVATION COMPANY WORKING WITH A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD TO PRESERVE IMPORTANT LANDRACE AND HEIRLOOM GENETICS 7E COLLECT AND PRESERVE THESE GENETICS IN DEEP STORAGE FOR THE FUTURE 7E ALSO RELEASE THE LINES AS SEEDS FOR BREEDERS AND OTHER CULTIVATORS TO HOPEFULLY PRESERVE

7E OFFER A SMALL GROUP OF LANDRACE AND HEIRLOOM LINES FROM OUR COLLECTION EVERY YEAR TO THE PUBLIC 4HIS YEAR WE ARE RELEASING #OLOMBIAN "LACK

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/AXACAN AND TWO PURE +USH LINES 4HESE ALONG WITH THE HEIRLOOM GENETICS LIKE (AZE ARE VITALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE FUTURE OF CANNABIS BREEDING FOR BOTH PROFESSIONALS AND RECREATIONAL BREEDERS ALIKE 5NTIL NOW MOST OF THESE LINES HAVE BEEN hTHE PROPERTY OF v INDIVIDUAL BREEDING COMPANIES 7E ARE DRIVEN TO RELEASE THESE LINES IN PURE FORM TO THE PUBLIC 0LEASE TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT (AZE VARIETIES !S MOST KNOW #ALIFORNIA IN THE EARLY S WAS THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE (AZE LEGEND 7HAT MOST DO NOT KNOW IS THAT (AZE HERBS HAD BEEN MARKETED IN #ALIFORNIA FROM THE LATE S WITH A FEW GROUPS CULTIVATING THESE PURE SATIVA HYBRID LINES 4HE MOST FAMOUS OF WHICH WHERE THE (AZE "ROTHERS OF 3ANTA #RUZ

#ALIFORNIA WHO WHERE POSSIBLY THE LAST CULTIVATORS OF THE LINES -OST (AZE PRODUCTION WAS STOPPED BY PROHIBITIONS IN AND BY THE ONSET OF #!-0 0RIOR TO THIS (AZE WAS BEING CULTIVATED IN A FEW OF THE #ALIFORNIAN COMMUNES

FIELD SCALE (AZE HERBS WHERE ALWAYS THE FINEST LOCALLY CULTIVATED PURE SATIVA S WHICH HAD BEEN ACCLIMATISED AS BEST AS POSSIBLE TO THE REGION OVER MANY YEARS 4HESE (AZE LINES WHERE ALL CREATED FROM PURE SATIVA LANDRACES COLLECTED FROM AROUND THE WORLD BY THE "EATNIK AND (IPPIE GENERATIONS (AZE REPRESENTED WHAT WAS BEING FOUND ON TRAVELS AND THESE (AZE LINES CONTAIN SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT GENETICS KNOWN (OWEVER MANY OF THE INDIVIDUAL LINES THAT WENT INTO THE MIX ARE NO LONGER IN EXISTENCE 4HERE IS ALWAYS MUCH SPECULATIONS AROUND THE (AZES WITH MANY CLAIMING THE ONLY TRUE (AZE IS THAT OF THE (AZE BROTHERS (OWEVER THERE WHERE MANY OF THESE (AZE LINES IN THE AREA AT THE TIME )N THE MID S "/%, AND THE EARLIEST SEED COMPANIES WHERE SPREADING VARIOUS (AZE LINES ABOUT 3ILVER (AZE 0URPLE (AZE AND %ARLY (AZE WHERE ALL OFFERED

BY THE FIRST SEED CO 7E KNOW EXACTLY WHERE OURS CAME FROM )T WAS COLLECTED BY THE GENTLEMAN BREEDER /LDTIMER FROM THE -OTHER %ARTH COMMUNE PEOPLES IN #ALIFORNIA PRIOR TO )N THIS OLD (AZE LINE YOU CAN FIND THE PHENOTYPES OF THE OLD ORIGINAL THE 0URPLE IS FREQUENT

3ILVERBLUES AND THE 'REEN PHENOTYPE ARE ALL STILL PRESENT &OR US THIS MAKES IT ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL PURE SATIVA LINES TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE )T CONTAINS THE BEST SELECTIONS OF THE LANDRACES OF OLD )N TASTES BEAUTY AND QUALITY OF HIGH IT IS FOR SURE ONE OF THE WORLDS MOST SPECIAL SEED LINES 7HICH LANDRACE VARIETIES WENT INTO THE MAKING OF ORIGINAL @(AZES 4HAT IS A MYSTERY AS OLD AND AS DEEP AS THE (AZE LINES THEMSELVES TO BE HONEST ) DO NOT KNOW FOR SURE AND ) AM NOT SURE ANYONE TRULY DOES 4HE REASON FOR THIS IS (AZE WAS FARMED IN SOUTHERN #ALIFORNIA FOR MANY YEARS IT WAS A

9ES FOR SURE THERE ARE A FEW PRESERVATION PROGRAMS AND SITES ONLINE YOU CAN ALSO SAVE YOUR OWN SEEDS AND IF YOU HAVE THE PASSION YOU CAN FIND MANY WILLING TO SHARE SEEDS 4HESE CAN BE MULTIPLIED SIMPLY JUST PUT TO USE ALL THE MALES AND FEMALES YOU CAN TO MAINTAIN MAXIMUM AVAILABLE DIVERSITY AND MAKE YOURSELF A LARGE NUMBER OF SEEDS 9OU CAN ALSO JOIN IN WITH THE @3AVE THE 3TRAINS PROGRAM AT )#-AG 4HIS IS A PROJECT RUN BY THE MEMBERS TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE IMPORTANT LANDRACE GENETICS FOR THE FUTURE 7HICH WE ARE ALSO COMMITTED TO AND ARE SHARING OUR ,ANDRACE LINES WITH THE PROJECT

FIELD GROWN CROP DERIVED FROM MANY IMPORTED SUPERIOR SATIVA ) THINK ALSO THERE MAY HAVE BEEN MANY (AZE LINES IN THE REGION CERTAINLY THERE ARE AT LEAST TWO WE KNOW OF AND REPORTS OF OTHERS PRIOR TO THE INFAMOUS (AZE "ROTHERS WORK WITH THE /RIGINAL (AZE LINES THEY DEVELOPED AND MARKETED IN THE MID S 7E KNOW IN THE S THE EARLY BREEDERS AND FARMERS IN THE REGION HAD ACCESS TO A NETWORK OF CULTIVATORS EXTENDING FROM THE (IMALAYA S THROUGHOUT 3OUTH !SIA AND OF COURSE COVERING THE 3OUTH !MERICAN REGIONS AND ANY SOURCE OF GENETICS WHERE AVAILABLE TO THESE PEOPLE THAT DEVELOPED THE EARLY (AZE LINES 4HE "ROTHERHOOD OF %TERNAL LOVE AND THE -OTHER EARTH COMMUNES OF THE REGION WHERE DISTRIBUTING AND GROWING (AZES FOR SALE IN THE REGION BEFORE THE (AZE "ROTHERS EVEN BEGAN GROWING ACCORDING TO THOSE THAT WHERE THERE

7HAT MAKES A REALLY NICE SATIVA PLANT ! TAKE THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD OF EXPRESS ELEVATOR RIDE TO THE STARS HIGH ABOVE !CCEPT NOTHING ELSE 4HEY ARE OUT THERE TRULY PSYCHEDELIC CANNABIS STRAINS EXIST BUT THEY ARE THE PRESERVE OF THE SATIVA ONLY 4HIS IS WHAT MAKES A SPECIAL SATIVA FOR ME ) DON T HAVE ANYTHING @NICE MOST OF OUR PLANTS ARE SCARY RATHER THAN NICE WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE BEST OF THE BEST ONLY FROM WITHIN LARGE LOTS OF PRESERVATION PLANTS THE ONES THAT RIP YOUR HEAD OFF AND PUT A BIG SMILE ON YOUR FACE

7E KNOW THE BACKBONE OF THE LINE IS A #OLOMBIAN SATIVA S COLLECTED FROM TRAVELS OF THE OLD SCHOOL AND IMPORTERS OF #ANNABIS TO THE 53 FROM 3OUTHERN !MERICA 4HESE ARE OLD TRADE ROUTES ESTABLISHED SOMEWHAT BEFORE THE S 7E SEE MANY EXPRESSIONS OF THE 3OUTH !MERICAN CULTIVARS IN THE LINE AND WE FEEL THIS IS THE DOMINANT SIDE OF THE COMPOSITION 7E SUSPECT THIS COMES FROM THE HIGHLY INBRED SIDE OF THE LINE AND THE COMBINATION OF NEW SATIVA FROM THE MALE SIDE EVERY YEAR 7E KNOW THE FARMERS AND BREEDERS BACK THEN WORKED WITHOUT CLONES AND LIGHTS SO NO SELECTED MOTHERS AND FATHERS WHERE POSSIBLE 4HEY WOULD FOCUS ON THE MALES AND SELECT THE BEST OF THEM TO POLLINATE FEMALES IN THE FEMALE PLOT THEY WHERE FARMING FOR MARKET 3O EVERY YEAR THE COMBINATION WAS CHANGING OR COULD BE

$O YOU HAVE ANY SECRET OUTDOOR GARDENING TECHNIQUES TO SHARE .O /RGANIC GARDENING HAS DEVELOPED OVER MANY CENTURIES AND IT IS EASY TO LEARN 4HERE ARE NO SECRETS IS THE SECRET ) THINK *UST KNOWLEDGE GATHERING AND AS YOU GET OUT WHAT YOU PUT IN IT IS A REWARDING HOBBY FOR SURE ) M ALSO SURE MAN HAS FORGOTTEN MORE THAN WE KNOW NOW

4HIS IS WHAT MAKES THEM SO SPECIAL FOR US TO PRESERVE AS THEY CONTAIN THE SELECTIONS MADE FROM THE BEST LINES BY THE @OLD SCHOOL THEY ARE A LINK TO THAT TIME IN SEED FORM

7HAT S YOUR TOP GROWING TIP FOR THIS SEASON &EED THE SOIL NOT THE PLANT ) WAS TAUGHT THIS BY /LDTIMER )T IS THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSON )F YOU TRULY UNDERSTAND THIS SIMPLE PHRASE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND ANY PLANT AND ITS NEEDS

-ANY MODERN (AZE VARIETIES DO ./4 CONTAIN (AZE IS THIS CORRECT -OST DO NOT )T STARTED WITH 3AM THE 3KUNKMANS INTRODUCTION OF (AZE LINES TO (OLLAND 4HIS FAR SUPERIOR PLANT LINE WAS QUICKLY MADE FAMOUS AND THROUGHOUT (OLLAND (AZE BECAME THE GENERIC TERM FOR ALL EXCELLENT SATIVA DOMINANT STRAINS 0EOPLE USE 4HAI AND #OLOMBIAN LINES ALSO CALLED (AZES 3O THERE ARE MANY LINES THAT ARE NOW CALLED (AZE OR USE THE NAME EVEN IF THEY CONTAIN NO (AZE AND ARE NOT EVEN PURE SATIVA S ) VE SEEN INDICA (AZE LINES FROM THE MEDICAL CLUBS IN THE 53! AND $UTCH SEED VENDORS ALL CALLING (AZES )T IS A GENERIC TERM ON BOTH SIDES OF THE POND

$O YOU THINK THIS IS MISLEADING )T IS MISLEADING TO THE PURISTS WHO LIKE TO KEEP PLANT NAMES IN TACT BUT ALSO IT IS ONLY THE NAME OF A PLANT LINE 4HE IMPORTANT THING IS THE PLANTS THEMSELVES WHAT THEY DO FOR US AND THE RESPECT WE EMPLOY LOOKING AFTER THEM IN PURE FORM IS THE IMPORTANT PART )T IS IMPORTANT TO PRESERVE GENETICS FOR THE FUTURE NOT PLANT NAMES )N FACT AT (OT (OUSE &LOWERS WE ARE CONSIDERING DOING AWAY WITH PLANT NAMES RECENTLY

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RECENTLY WE GOT INTO A ARGUMENT WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF A SEED VENDOR OVER CALLING OUR #ALIFORNIAN (AZE LINE WE HELPED TO PRESERVE (AZE THEY DO NOT EVEN OFFER A PURE SATIVA LET ALONE A PURE (AZE )T DOES MAKE ME LAUGH 3OME PEOPLE PROTECT NAMES AS THIS IS REALLY THE KEY TO MARKETING WE DO NOT CARE AS WE ARE FOCUSED ON THE PRESERVATION OF THEM 4WO DIFFERENT GOALS ENTIRELY 7HY DO YOU FEEL THE CONSERVATION OF ORIGINAL GENETICS SO IMPORTANT 4HIS MIRACULOUS #ANNABIS PLANT CAN PROVIDE US WITH MANY OF THE THINGS WE NEED IN THE FUTURE 4O BE ABLE TO DELIVER ANY OF THEM WE NEED TO PRESERVE AS

MANY OF THE ORIGINAL GENETICS AS WE CAN %VERY BREEDING EVENT CURRENTLY BEING MADE IS SELECTING OUT IMPORTANT AND USE FULL GENETICS FOR THE FUTURE 7E ARE NOT SAVING AND BACKING UP OUR WORK CORRECTLY AND THE BUILDING BLOCKS WE NEED IN THE FUTURE TO DEVELOP NEW LINES WILL NOT BE THERE 4HEREFORE IT IS MORE THAN IMPORTANT IT IS VITAL 0ROFESSIONAL PLANT BREEDERS IN ANY OTHER ENVIRONMENT WOULD NEED THESE TO RESTORE VIGOUR

COMBAT PEST AND PLAGUE PROBLEMS AND TO DEVELOP NEW LINES OF COURSE )T IS TIME FOR THE #ANNABIS SEED INDUSTRY TO MATURE TO BECOME A PROFESSIONALLY PLANT BREEDING ENVIRONMENT AND ACT ACCORDINGLY )S THE CONSERVATION OF LANDRACE GENETICS SOMETHING THE AVERAGE HOME GROWER CAN TAKE PART IN

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AND THOSE LATERAL ROOTS ARE REALLY IMPORTANTv "ESIDES THE ADVANTAGE OF INCREASED LATERAL ROOT GROWTH A WELL MANAGED SOIL BED MAINTAINS ITS WARMTH EASILY AND ACTS AS A COMFORTABLE MEDIUM TO GROW PLANTS 4HE NUMBER OF PLANTS THAT A SOIL BED CAN HAPPILY SUPPORT ULTIMATELY DEPENDS UPON THE SIZE OF THE PLANTS BEING GROWN 4HE NUMBER OF PLANTS FLOWERED IS USUALLY REDUCED IN RELATION TO THE LENGTH OF THE VEGETATIVE PERIOD USED )N THIS WAY MANY SMALL PLANTS MAY FILL OUT THE SAME SPACE AS FEWER LARGE PLANTS WITHOUT COMPROMISING ON THE SAME AVAILABLE ROOT SPACE

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)N THE LAST ISSUE OF 3OFT 3ECRETS WE FOCUSED ON THE MANAGEMENT OF SOIL BEDS OUTDOORS )N THIS ISSUE WE SHALL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT HOW THESE METHODS AND TECHNIQUES CAN BE ADAPTED AND PRACTISED INDOORS )NDOOR SOIL BEDS AIM TO REPLICATE OR MIMIC OUTDOOR SOIL SITES 3OIL BEDS ARE DETAILED TOWARDS MORE NATURAL METHODS OF CULTIVATION WITHIN A CONFINED SPACE OR AREA MEANING THAT THEY CAN BE PRACTISED ALMOST ANYWHERE )NDOOR SOIL BEDS DESPITE THE NAME ARE ALSO EASILY CONVERTED TO A VARIETY OF HYDROPONIC MEDIUMS BESIDES SOIL -OST SOIL BED ENTHUSIASTS HOWEVER PREFER TO PRACTISE ORGANICS

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* ÌÃ]Ê« > ÌiÀÃ]Ê ÀÊà ÊLi`ö 4HE SIZE OF THE CONTAINER IN RELATION TO THE SIZE OF THE PLANT IT MAY POTENTIALLY SUPPORT IS A FUNDAMENTAL PART OF ORGANIC GROWING 1UITE AT WHICH POINT A POT BECOMES A PLANTER AND A PLANTER BECOMES A SOIL BED IS OFTEN DEBATABLE ! PLANTER THAT SUPPORTS MORE SOIL THAN IS REQUIRED FOR INDIVIDUAL GROWTH ISN T A NESICARILY A SOIL BED IT S JUST A LARGE PLANT POT ! PLANTER THAT IS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT LATERAL ROOT GROW ON THE OTHER HAND COULD AND SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A SOIL BED EVEN IF IT ONLY HOUSES A SINGLE PLANT AND THIS IS WERE OPINION DIFFERS #IRCULAR PLANT POTS ARE MOST COMMONLY USED INDOOR FOR SOME REASON 0LANT POTS ARE EASY TO MANAGE AND TRANSPORT "UT CIRCULAR PLANT POTS WASTE VALUABLE SOIL SPACE SINCE THEY DO NOT TESSELLATE FLUSH WITH ONE ANOTHER MISSING CORNERS )N NUMBERS THESE MISSING EDGES MAY COVER UP TO OF THE TOTAL AVAILABLE FLOOR SPACE ,IGHT THAT FILTRATES BENEATH THE PLANT CANOPY INTO THESE DARK SPACES IS THEN LOST OR WASTED &URTHERMORE INTERACTION WITH THE ORIENTATION OF THE SOIL SUBSTRATE

WHEN POTS ARE TRANSPORTED LIFTED AND TWISTED TENDS TO PROLONG THE GROWING PERIOD BETWEEN SEEDLING AND BLOOM 4HAT IS ANY ALTERATION IN THE POSITIONING OF THE SOIL BASE BELOW GROUND CREATES CONFUSION IN THE PLANT LIFE IT SUPPORTS ABOVE GROUND 4HE SOLAR

ALIGNMENT OF A PLANT THE DIRECTION THAT ITS LEAF PANELS FACE IS REQUIRED TO RE ADJUST TO A NEW DIRECTIONAL LIGHT SOURCE EACH TIME THE PLANT IS MOVED INTO A NEW POSITION OR PLACE 4HIS MOVEMENT TAXES MUCH OF THE PLANTS ENERGY WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE BE CONCERNED WITH GROWTH 0LANTERS LARGE PLASTIC CONTAINERS

AND HOUSEHOLD TUBS ARE ALL IDEAL FOR PRACTISING SOIL BED METHODS ON A SMALL SCALE INDOORS 3QUARE OR RECTANGULAR PLANTERS WORK BEST SINCE THE EDGES TESSELLATE AGAINST MOST GROW ROOM EDGES ! LARGE PLASTIC CONTAINER PREFERABLY WITH HANDLES ON EITHER SIDE IS /+ FOR PLANTING PLANTS 4HE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT THE CONTAINER HAS SQUARE EDGES AND AS MUCH WIDTH IN ALL DIRECTIONS AS POSSIBLE 4HE AIM IS TO FILL THE CONTAINER WITH AS MUCH SOIL SUBSTRATE AS IS PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE

IRRESPECTIVE OF THE OVERALL DEPTH 4HE WIDER THE CONTAINER THE WIDER THE PLATFORM UPON WHICH A ROOTS CAN TAKE HOLD AND PERFORM 0LASTIC CONTAINERS COME IN A VARIETY OF SHAPES AND SIZES SO FINDING THE RIGHT PLANTER TO MEASURE IS SELDOM A TASK ! 3OIL "ED ON THE OTHER HAND IS MUCH MORE LIKE AN INDOOR FIELD A GIANT PLANTER OR MANY PLANT POTS STRUNG TOGETHER TO SAVE ON PLASTIC ! SOIL BED IS A HOMOGENEOUS SUBSTRATE OF EARTH ALL READY FOR PLANTING

!NOTHER ADVANTAGE IS THAT SOIL BEDS CAN BE @MADE TO MEASURE AND ENGINEERED TO FIT ANY GROW ROOM SITUATION -OST SOIL BEDS ARE OF A SIMPLE DESIGNED THE SIMPLER THE BETTER USING ODDS AND ENDS FOUND AROUND THE HOME 4HE DEPTH WIDTH AND HEIGHT OF A SOIL BED IS THEN ALWAYS INTERCHANGEABLE AND MAY BE DESIGNED TO INCLUDE SYSTEMS OF UNDERGROUND HEATING IRRIGATION AND OR DRAINAGE 7HILE SOIL BEDS CAN AND HAVE BEEN ADAPTED TO RUN ON STERILE MEDIUMS LIKE COCO FIBRE CUBES PEBBLES AND PERLITE

AS THE NAME SUGGESTS SOIL BEDS ARE BEST SUITED TO SOIL SUBSTRATES AND OR SOIL COCO MIXES -ANY SOIL BED GROWERS ALSO CHOOSE TO USE ORGANIC METHODS OF CULTIVATION SINCE THE OVERALL IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT THE GROW ROOM AND THE WALLET IS MUCH REDUCED ! CAREFULLY MANAGED SOIL BED IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SUCCESSIVE CROPS ON THE SAME INITIAL BASE OF SOIL 4HE METHOD THEN HELPS SAVE NOT ONLY ON THE EXPENSE OF MULTIPLE PLANT POTS AND TRAYS BUT IT ALSO HELPS CUT DOWN ON TRIPS TO THE SHOP TO BUY SOIL !PPLICATIONS OF FRESH ORGANIC MATTER LIKE EARTHWORM CASTINGS GUANO AND COMPOST IS ADDED BEFORE EACH NEW GROW TO KEEP THE SOIL BED FIT HEALTHY AND KEEN FOR GROWTH "EYOND THIS THERE IS NO REASON WHY AN INDOOR SOIL BED CANNOT BE MAINTAINED FOR SEVERAL YEARS WITHOUT EVER CHANGING THE MAIN SUBSTRATE !S WITH OUTDOOR SOIL BEDS ONCE THE MEDIUM IS hDIALLED INv

INDOOR BEDS CAN BE WORKED TO PERFECTION WITH VERY LITTLE EFFORT INDEED 4O HELP SCATTER SOME LIGHT OVER THE LATEST METHODS BEING USED WE DECIDED TO CASE STUDY X SOIL BED GROWERS

>ÃiÊ-ÌÕ`ÞʣʭL>à VÊ iÌ `®\ .AMELESS STARTED CONVERTING PLANTERS INDOORS AFTER SEEING THE @3OMA S /RGANIC 'ROWING "EDS ARTICLE IN 3OFT 3ECRETS ! SIMPLE YET EFFECTIVE WAY OF CREATING A SINGLE PLANT hSOIL BEDv IS

BY USING X PLASTIC LARGE PLANTERS ONE

STACKED INSIDE THE OTHER 4HE PLANTER NEEDS TO BE AT LEAST CM DEEP HOLDING LITRES COMPOST AT THE LEAST -ANY LARGER PLASTIC CONTAINERS USUALLY STACK NEATLY INTO EACH OTHER LEAVING A NICE GAP IN BETWEEN AT THE BASE 4HESE ARE GOOD TO GROW IN &ILL THE BASE OF ONE PLANTER WITH CLAY PEBBLES TO THE GAP LEVEL WORKS BEST

SO THAT WHEN TWO PLANTERS ARE STACKED INSIDE EACH OTHER THEY SIT NICE 4HEN PUNCH SOME GOOD SIZED DRAINAGE HOLES INTO THE BASE OF ANOTHER PLANTER SO THAT WATER CAN FREELY DRAIN INTO THE PLANTER CONTAINING THE CLAY PEBBLES BELOW 0LACE THE ND PLANTER OVER THE FIRST ONE .EXT THE PLANTERS CAN BE FILLED WITH A SUITABLE COMPOST 0RE MIXED COMPOSTS

AVAILABLE AT ALL HYDRO OUTLET IS GOOD FOR THIS BASIC METHOD %XPERIMENTING WITH DIFFERENT MIXES OF COMPOST BY ADDING EXTRA PERLITE COCO FIBRE VERMICULITE DEPENDING ON GENETICS IS ALSO WORTH A TRY 4HESE PLANTERS CAN ALSO BE CONVERTED TO HYDRO BY USING THOSE SMALL 'ROWDAN CHIPS CUBES INSTEAD OF SOIL

AND STILL WATERING BY HAND &ILL THE PLANTERS WITH COMPOST LEAVING ONLY AN INCH OR TWO AT THE TOP TO ALLOW FOR SPILLS WHEN WATERING 0LACING THE PLANT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PLANTER WORKS BEST !T FIRST WATER FROM THE EDGES TO FORCE THE ROOTS TO GROW SIDEWAYS AND THEN DOWNWARDS 4HIS HELPS PROMOTE ROOT GROWTH )F THE MEDIUM CONTAINS ADDED PERLITE THEN THE WATERING MUST BE REALLY EVEN ACROSS THE TOP SO THAT ALL THE ROOTS UNDER THE SURFACE RECEIVE EQUAL AMOUNTS OF WATER FEED EACH TIME 4HIS METHOD IS VERY RESPONSIVE USING ADDED PERLITE !NY EXCESS NUTRIENTS OR WATER DRAINS INTO THE SECOND PLANTER BELOW AND IS EMPTIED OUT AFTER EVERY WATERING !FTER A WEEK OR SO IT IS EASY TO GAGE EXACTLY HOW MUCH WATER TO GIVE EACH TIME

>ÃiÊ-ÌÕ`ÞÊÓÊ­>`Û> Vi`Ê iÌ `®\ 'ROWDOC IS REALLY INTO HIS ORGANICS AND LOVES GROWING IN SOIL BEDS 'ROWDOC S SOIL BEDS ARE ADAPTED TO TAKE WATER FROM THE BOTTOM WHICH IN HIS OPINION HELPS GIVE INDOOR PLANTS THE MOST NATURAL ENVIRONMENT POSSIBLE !S HE EXPLAINS h#ANNABIS BEING LARGE LEAF PLANT FUNNELS WATER AWAY FROM THE STEM 4HIS PLANT NATURALLY DOESN T LIKE TO BE WATERED AT THE STEM v (IS BEDS CAN BE ADAPTED TO HYDRO AND OR HYDRO ORGANIC MEDIUMS WITH PRACTISE HOWEVER THE METHOD THAT 'ROWDOC PREFERS IS TOTALLY ORGANIC

À> iÊV ÃÌÀÕVÌ \ 4HE FRAME IS MADE FROM WOOD AND LINED WITH THICK PLASTIC SHEETING BLACK WHITE PLASTIC SHEETING PLACING THE WHITE ON THE OUTSIDE 'ROWDOC BUILDS HIS BEDS OUT OF WHATEVER HE CAN GET HIS HANDS ON EVERYTHING FROM OLD PALLETS TO X TIMBER ANYTHING HE CAN FIND FOR FREE 4HE IMPORTANT THING IS TO MAKE EVERYTHING WATER TIGHT 4HE SIZE AND SHAPE OF THE FRAME CAN BE ALTERED TO FIT ANY GARDEN BUT THE DEPTH OF THE SOIL SHOULD BE NO LESS THEN CM DEEP )T CAN BE UP TO ALMOST CM DEEP IF DESIRED 4HE BED CAN BE PLACED ALONG A WALL OR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM 4HE

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-ÕLÃÌÀ>Ìi\ 4HE SUBSTRATE ITSELF CAN RANGE IN DEPTH FROM CM CM DEPENDING ON PLANT SIZE 4HE COMMERCIAL USE OF THIS METHOD DOES NOT REQUIRE LONG VEG TIMES AND THEREFORE THE LESS AMOUNT OF SOIL CAN BE USED &OR A HOBBYIST VEG TIME CAN BE EXTENDED MANY MONTHS BY ADDING MORE SOIL TO THE BEDS 4HE SOIL BED IS FILLED WITH THE SOIL MIX ABOVE AND THEN WATERED IN FROM THE BOTTOM USING THE PIPING SYSTEM

7>ÌiÀ }Ê> `Êvii` }\ÊÊ ADVANTAGE OF HAVING THE BED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM IS THAT IT IS EASIER TO GET TO ALL PLANTS FROM ALL SIDES ,IKEWISE THIS TYPE OF BED REQUIRES NO DRAINAGE WHICH MEANS IT CAN GO JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE

* « }ÊÃÞÃÌi \Ê )NTO THE BOTTOM OF THE BOX FRAME 'ROWDOC PLACES A LENGTH OF FLEXI PIPING THAT ZIGZAGS 3 SHAPE FROM THE MIDDLE OUT WARD TO BOTH SIDES )T IS MADE FROM MM DRAINAGE COIL PIPING THE SORT THAT HAS SLITS ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH ON ONE SIDE )T IS VERY LIGHTWEIGHT AND CHEAP 4HE PIPING MAKES AN 3 SHAPE THROUGH THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE BOX WITH THE DRAINAGE SLITS FACING DOWNWARDS 4HE END MUST BE CAPPED OR SEALED )N THE MIDDLE OF THE PIPING SYSTEM 'ROWDOC RUNS A SEPARATE LENGTH OF PIPE UP AND TO ONE SIDE h$ON T CAP THIS OFF v 4HIS PIPE IS WHERE HE WATER S THE PLANTS FROM ! FUNNEL CAN ALSO BE ADDED TO THE WATERING PIPE FOR EASY POURING 4HE IDEA IS THAT THE WATER WILL FLOW DOWN AND OUT OF THE PIPES ACROSS THE ENTIRE BASE OF THE BED 4HIS MAKES THE PLANTS SEARCH FOR WATER WITH THEIR ROOTS 4HE WATER IS DIRECTLY USED UP BY THE PLANTS

AND THE SOIL ALL THE WAY SO THERE IS NO NEED FOR DRAINAGE HOLES IN THE FRAME BASE AT ALL

- \Ê 4HE SOIL SHOULD NOT NEED TO BE CHANGED MORE THEN ONCE A YEAR $O NOT PACK THE SOIL TOO TIGHTLY WHILE THE BED IS BEING FILLED ,ET THE SOIL FALL GENTLY INTO PLACE .%6%2 LEAN ON A SOIL BED IS THE GOLDEN RULE ,IKEWISE CRUSH UP ANY LARGE CHUNKS OF SOIL SO THAT THE MEDIUM IS FREE 'ROWDOC USES A CEMENT MIXER TO MIX HIS MEDIUM UP

RUNNING IT FOR ABOUT MINS WITH EACH BATCH OF SOIL 4HIS REALLY HELPS CUT DOWN ON THE BACK PAIN 4HE FINAL SOIL MIX SHOULD HAVE VERY LITTLE AERATION EXPANDED CLAY PERLITE 3URFACE DRAINAGE ISN T SO IMPORTANT WITH THIS METHOD BECAUSE WATERING TAKES PLACES UNDERGROUND 'ROWDOC RECOMMENDS THAT A GOOD QUALITY SOIL BE USED HE USES 0LAGRON 2OYALTY -IX AS A BASE WITH LOTS OF ADDED HEALTHY ORGANIC AMENDMENTS

LIKE BENEFICIAL BACTERIA AND WORM CASTING %ARTH WORMS ARE ALWAYS FOUND IN 'ROWDOC S SOIL AND THEY LOVE HIS BEDS

3OIL DEPTH WILL HELP DETERMINE HOW OFTEN THE BED SHOULD BE WATERED $EEP SOIL BEDS SHOULD BE WATERED FROM THE TOP FOR THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OR UNTIL THE ROOTS HIT THE BOTTOM 7ITH HIGH ACTIVE SOIL YOU SHOULD NOT GIVE FOOD MORE THEN %# MAX AND THIS SHOULD ONLY BE DONE IF YOU SEE THERE IS A PROBLEM OR YOU KNOW ONE IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN 'ROWDOC FEEDS HIS SOIL BEDS WITH A 4%! MIX &OR EVERY LITERS OF LUKEWARM WATER HE ADDS ML 'UANO 0ERU AND PINCHES OF BENEFICIAL BACTERIA 4HE TEA IS LEFT TO MATURE FOR MONTHS OR MORE AT C BEFORE USE

/ «Ê ÀiÃÃ }\ !S PLANTS ENTER INTO THE FLOWERING STAGE 'ROWDOC RECOMMENDS A TOP DRESSING IS CAREFULLY SCATTERED EVENLY ACROSS THE TOP LAYER OF THE SOIL 4HIS DRESSING HELPS PLANTS TO ACHIEVE BETTER WEIGHT AND BOOSTS THEIR IMMUNE SYSTEM )T ALSO CONTAINS ADDED BACTERIA TO HELP BREAK DOWN ANY LEFT OVER NUTES

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COFFEE SHOP RANGES JUST DON T GET MUCH BETTER THAN THIS 7ELCOME TO CAN NABIS 6ALHALLA

+ATSU ONE OF THE GEMS OF !MSTERDAM S SMOKING CULTURE

) MEET UP WITH !PPIE THE CO OWNER AND !L THE MANGER AND WE RETIRE UP WHAT

EVEN FOR !MSTERDAM ARE SOME VERTIGI NOUS FUCKING STAIRS PRACTICALLY STRAIGHT UP !PPIE IGNITES A PURE GRASS JOINT AND PASSES IT OVER WHICH IMMEDIATELY STARTS ME COUGHING AWAY AND RENDERING MUCH OF THE FIRST FEW MINUTES OF OUR CONVER SATION UNINTELLIGIBLE 4HROUGH THE SPLUTTERS ) HEAR THAT THE +ATSU SET UP IN h BY 0IETER WHO LEFT THEN MY COLLEAGUE (ARRY TOOK IT OVER IN AND CONTINUED RUNNING IT v SAYS !PPIE h) JOINED HIM IN THE @ S AND LATER *OHN CAME ONBOARD 3O THREE PARTNERS RUN IT v !PPIE AGREES THAT h"ACK IN THE S THIS WAS NOT ONE OF THE NICEST AREAS BUT NOW n AS YOU KNOW n IT S ONE OF THE TRENDIEST "UT BACK THEN IT WAS DIRTY NOT SO NICE v

! CHANGELESS OASIS IN !MSTERDAM S BOHEMIAN DISTRICT ) NEVER FOUND OUT WHAT IF ANYTHING @+ATSU MEANS BUT AMONG THE LOCALS OF !MSTERDAM AND THE MORE WITH IT TOUR ISTS FROM ABROAD IT IS A BY WORD FOR @SUPERIOR QUALITY PRODUCE AND ONE OF THE COSIEST SPACES IN WHICH TO SMOKE IT 3ITUATED JUST A COUPLE OF HUNDRED METRES 3OUTH OF THE (EINEKEN BREWERY

TUCKED IN A BASEMENT ON A PEDESTRI ANISED STREET OFF THE MILE LONG !LBERT #UYP MARKET IT S JUST HARD ENOUGH TO FIND FOR IT TO BE AN OPEN SECRET AND YET STILL KEEP THE RIFF RAFF AND THE DAY TRIP PERS AWAY ) LIVED IN THIS AREA n KNOWN AS THE 0IJP

BECAUSE IT S SHAPED LIKE A TROUSER LEG ON THE MAP FOR MORE THAN A DECADE AND WATCHED IT EVOLVE FROM A GRIMY

NEGLECTED DISTRICT POPULATED BY STUDENTS AND IMMIGRANTS INTO THE MOST VIBRANT AREA OF TOWN A BOHEMIAN PLAYGROUND DUBBED SOMEWHAT OVER THE TOPLY BY THE CITY S BOOSTERS AS THE @,ATIN 1UARTER OF !MSTERDAM !S THE CRAPPY SHOPS BECAME REPLACED WITH HIP BARS AND POSH RESTAURANTS AND YOUNG PROFESSIONALS JOINED THE STUDENTS

AND AS WHAT PASSES FOR STYLE SUPPLE MENTS HERE EXHAUSTIVELY COVERED THE NEW NIGHTLIFE EPICENTRE OF !MSTERDAM

THE +ATSU REMAINED UNCHANGED A HAVEN FOR THE MARKET TRADERS ON THEIR LUNCH BREAK LONG TERM EXPATS WHO PIONEERED THE AREA S TRANSITION AND LOCAL $UTCH WHO COME BOTH FOR ITS AMBIENCE AND THE OUTSTANDING QUALITY OF ITS CANNABIS 4HE FRONT WINDOW IS CRAMMED WITH HOUSE PLANTS AND THE DOOR GIVES A VIL LAGE SHOP LIKE @DING AS YOU ENTER 7ALKING PAST THE LARGE READING TABLE AND DOWN THE STEPS IN TO THE LOW CEILINGED BASEMENT ) M HIT BY A BLAST OF NOSTALGIA AS STRONG AS THE DOPE HAZE .OTHING HAS CHANGED SINCE THIS WAS MY LOCAL FROM THE ALWAYS CUTE AND FRIENDLY BAR STAFF TO THE ALWAYS DECENT MUSIC 4HE GAFF EVEN STILL HAS ITS PINBALL MACHINE AN INCREAS INGLY RARE COFFEE SHOP AMENITIES THESE DAYS 4HE MENU TOO IS JUST AS ) REMEMBER IT EXTENSIVE AND TOP QUALITY 4HERE ARE FOREIGN WEEDS FROM 4HAILAND #OLOMBIA AND *AMAICA ORGANIC DOMESTIC WEEDS 3ATIVA )NDICA CROSSES SUCH AS -ASTER +USH AND 7HITE 3NAKE PURE SATIVAS AND A HUGE RANGE OF HASHISH BOTH FROM ABROAD AND HOME PRODUCED )N ALL THE MENU RUNS TO THREE PAGES

EACH VARIETY STAR RATED AND GIVEN A SHORT DESCRIPTION 2IGHT HERE RIGHT NOW IN

(OW IMPORTANT IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR GROWERS IN PROVIDING THE CONTINUITY OVER THE YEARS 6ERY IMPORTANT "UT COMMERCIALITY IS BECOMING A BIT TOO MUCH 4HERE ARE TOO MANY GROWERS WHO SHOULD NOT BE GROW ING PRODUCING REALLY BAD QUALITY GRASS MIXED UP WITH SHIT YOU DON T WANT TO SMOKE 4OO MANY COWBOYS INVOLVED ) WORK WITH GROWERS SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN GROWING FOR YEARS ALREADY !L 4HEY HAVE CERTAIN STANDARDS AND THEY WON T SELL IT TO YOU IF IT S NOT UP TO THOSE STANDARDS

!PPIE 7E DON T HAVE MUCH TO DO WITH THEM AND WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST HERE IN THIS STREET AND THEY ALL CAME AFTER US

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9OU WON ANY PRIZES WITH THEM

!PPIE .YEEHHx MUTTERS SOMETHING UNINTELLIGIBLE BUT GENERALLY CONVEYING @YES BUT IT S NOT A PROBLEM

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!PPIE 9OU CAN SAY SO )F YOU RE A REAL SMOKER YOU CAN SAY SO )F ONLY THE AMOUNT MATTERS WELL IT DOESN T MATTER TO YOU "UT HERE AS YOU SAY IT S A LOT OF LOCALS DAILY SMOKERS AND THERE ARE A LOT OF COFFEES SHOPS AROUND US HERE SO IF YOU RE NOT DOING SO GOOD THEY CAN JUST GO ELSEWHERE 9OU HAVE TO CONTINUALLY DO YOUR BEST TO BE THE BEST

33 (OW HAVE THINGS CHANGED FOR THE +ATSU $O YOU GET ANY GRIEF FROM THE NEWER POSHER NEIGHBOURS

33 (AVE RENTS HAVE NOT GONE SKY HIGH

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)T S GOT TO BE ONE OF THE BEST SELECTIONS IN TOWN HERE

) SAW SEVERAL PEOPLE IN HERE AS ) CAME IN ) RECOGNISED FROM WAY BACK WHEN ) USED FREQUENT THE PLACE SO AND MORE YEARS AGO )T S ALWAYS BEEN KNOWN AS REAL @BUURT CAFÏ NEIGH BOURHOOD LOCAL 9EAH MOST OF OUR CUSTOMERS DO COME FROM THE AREA A FEW TOURISTS KNOW IT BECAUSE IT S KNOWN AS A SMOKERS CAFÏ 7E HAVE GOOD HAZES GOOD HASHISH AND PEOPLE MAKE THE EFFORT TO FIND US .OT EVERYONE GUYS WHO GET STONED FROM EVE RYTHING AND ANYTHING THEY GO TO THE FIRST COFFEE SHOP THEY FIND AND THEY GET HIGH "UT GUYS WHO ARE USED TO SMOKING WHERE THEY LIVE THEY WANT SOMETHING BETTER THAN WHAT THEY RE USED TO SMOKING 4HEY LOOK ON THE )NTERNET AND CHECK THE EXPE RIENCES OF OTHERS 7E RE A CONNAISSEUR S SHOP 7E NOT ONLY HAVE GOOD WEEDS AND GOOD $UTCH HASH BUT ALSO -OROCCAN

)NDIAN AND .EPALESE A 3OUTH !FRICAN HASH WE HAVE A HASH FROM +AZAKHSTAN h"ORAT S HASH n HIGH FIVE v CHIPS IN !L THE MANAGER !L HAS BEEN RUNNING THE PLACE SINCE *ULY BUT HAS BEEN INVOLVED AS A HOUSE DEALER IN CITY CENTRE COFFEE SHOPS FOR TEN YEARS SINCE HE LEFT

!PPIE 7E VE WON SOME SECOND PRIZES IN THE #ANNABIS #UP AWARDS FOR OUR ICE O LATOR HASH WE WON FIRST PRIZE AT THE (ASH "ASH ! .ORTHERN ,IGHTS 3PECIAL n A (AZE CROSS VERY NICE WE VE WON WITH %RM A SECOND PRIZE WITH OUR 3AGEx ! WEB SEARCH LATER UNEARTHS THE FOLLOW ING #ANNABIS #UP PRIZES NOT MENTIONED BY !PPIE +ILLER 'REEN ST

#RYSTAL #LEAR HASH ND @3UPER 3AGE ND 7ATER HASH ST AND 0SYCHO 0OLLEN RD 4HERE ARE LOT OF CHANGES TO LAWS UNDER WAY IN (OLLAND AT THE MOMENT (OW DO THESE STAND TO AFFECT YOU 4HE ALCOHOL CANNABIS SPLIT BEING FULLY ENFORCED FOR EXAMPLE 7ELL WE DON T SELL ALCOHOL AND ) PER SONALLY DON T THINK ALCOHOL AND WEED GO TOGETHER ANYWAY 7ILL IT REDUCE THE NUMBER OF OUTLETS IN THE CITY .OT REALLY +NOCK A COUPLE OF NEW DOORS IN AND THE PROBLEM S SOLVED /NE DOOR TO A BAR

ANOTHER TO A SEPARATE COFFEE SHOP SECTION !ND THE SMOKING BAN IN BARS AND COF FEES !PPIE ) JUST READ IN THE PAPER TODAY IT WILL PROBABLY NOT APPLY TO US WHICH IS SENSIBLE BECAUSE WE RE A SMOKING ESTAB LISHMENT )F THERE S NO SMOKING WHAT ARE WE FOR ) MIGHT AS WELL GET A MACHINE AND FILL IT UP IN THE EVENING AND LET PEO PLE SERVE THEMSELVES THEN RE FILL IT IN MORNING )T WOULD BE NOTHING PERSONAL ANY MORE 0LUS PEOPLE WOULD BE OUT SMOKING IN THE STREETS WHICH IS JUST WHAT

4HE GAFF EVEN STILL HAS ITS PINBALL MACHINE AN INCREASINGLY RARE COFFEE SHOP AMENITIES THESE DAYS HIS NATIVE .EW *ERSEY (E PLAYS IN A METAL BAND 4ITTY 0ROJECT 4HERE S ALSO THE %ARL 'REY "AND THAT HANGS OUT HERE -USIC HAS ALWAYS BEEN IMPORTANT IN THE +ATSU n AMBIENT ROCK HOUSEY STUFF

SOME OLDIES TO KEEP THE OLD HIPPY REGU LARS HAPPY

THE COFFEE SHOP SYSTEM WAS SUPPOSED TO STOP "UT WITH ALL THE CHANGES IN RULES IN RECENT YEARS IT S A LOT OF WORK NOWADAYS WE RE BUSY THE WHOLE DAY MAKING SURE ALL THE RULES ARE FOLLOWED

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LIVE MUSIC TO THE CLOSING OF ALL THE INNER CITY SQUATS CONSTANT EXCAVATION OF AND BANNING OF ALL MUSIC INCLUDING BONGOS FROM THE 6ONDELPARK THE CLOSING OF THE MAJOR MUSEUMS FOR YEARS LONG RENOVA TIONS AND THE WAY THE $UTCH JUST ROLLED OVER AND ACCEPTED ALL THE CHANGES WITH BARELY A WHIMPER n INCLUDING COMPUL SORY )$ TO BE CARRIED AT ALL TIMES

!L 7E HAVE TO BE SO CAREFUL THESE DAYS BECAUSE THREE STRIKES AND WE RE OUT n ANY LITTLE EXCUSE FOR THEM TO COME DOWN ON US 3OMEONE S UNDERAGE OR CARRYING A SINGLE 84# TABLET AND WE RE BUSTED !PPIE /NCE A YEAR MINIMUM THEY COME ROUND WITH THE WHOLE TEAM DOGS AND THE CUSTOMS OFFICERS AND TAX OFFICIALS AND YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN EVERYTHING n HOW YOU BUY AND HOW YOU SELL )S THIS GOOD IN SOME WAYS AS IT DRIVES OUT THE COWBOY COFFEE SHOPS !PPIE 4HAT S THE GOOD THING ABOUT IT 4HE OTHER THING IS YOU ARE RESTRICTED IN THE AMOUNT YOU CAN KEEP ON THE PREMIS ES A HALF KILO TOTAL )F YOU HAVE A MENU LIKE WE HAVE WITH KINDS OF GRASS AND MORE THAN KINDS OF HASH KEEPING A FULL STOCK CAN BE HARD !T THE FRONT OF THE SHOP THERE S A LARGE READING TABLE 4HERE S 46 DOWNSTAIRS 3O IT S A SMALL SHOP BUT FRIENDLY n PEOPLE GET TALKING AROUND THE TABLE 7HEN IT S HOT IT GETS VERY HOT IN HERE SO WE VE GOT AIR CONDITIONING

'UYS WHO GET STONED FROM EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING THEY GO TO THE FIRST COFFEE SHOP THEY FIND AND THEY GET HIGH "UT GUYS WHO ARE USED TO SMOKING WHERE THEY LIVE THEY WANT SOMETHING BETTER THAN WHAT THEY RE USED TO SMOKING )T S ALWAYS BEEN QUITE A SOCIAL CENTRE HERE JUST OFF THE MARKET YOU GET SHOP PERS DROPPING IN THE MARKET STALL GUYS )T S ON A PEDESTRIANISED STREET FILLED WITH TERRACES "UT THE AREA IS GET TING MORE AND MORE GENTRIFIED n WILL THERE ALWAYS BE A +ATSU HERE DO YOU THINK !PPIE 9OU NEVER KNOW WITH THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT IT S HARD TO BE SURE OF ANY THING 9OU CAN ONLY DO YOUR BEST n WITH ALL THESE RULES %VERY FOUR YEARS YOU HAVE TO RE APPLY FOR YOUR LICENCE AND THAT TAKES SO MUCH PAPERWORK AND EFFORT 9OU HAVE TO SHOW THEM ALL YOUR BOOK KEEP ING )T S ALL PART OF THE SO CALLED @"IBOB LAW THAT COVERS COFFEE SHOPS 9ES IT KEEPS OUT THE ONES IN IT FOR A QUICK BOOK BUT

IT S STILL A LOT OF WORK 4HE +ATSU HAS A 6OLCANO AND 6ERDAMPER VAPORISERS AND A RANGE OF GOOD CLEAN BONGS THE NOTING OF WHICH LEADS TO A DISCUSSION OF THE DIFFICULTIES OF QUITTING TOBACCO WHEN THE GRASS IS JUST SO STRONG !PPIE AND *OHN HAVE RECENTLY QUIT TOBAC CO !L HAS TRIED TOO AS ) HAVE BUT WE BOTH FIND THE PURE JOINTS JUST TOO DAMN STRONG FOR DAYTIME USE !S !PPIE WANDERS OFF TO DEAL WITH A PHONE CALL !L AND ME ARE LEFT ON THE SOFA AND TALK NATURALLY DRIFTS TO THE TOPIC ALL OF !MSTERDAM S LONG TERM EXPATS LOVE BITCHING ABOUT HOW THE CITY SEEMS TO BE DOING ITS BEST TO DESTROY ALL THE THINGS THAT MADE IT SUCH A GREAT PLACE .OT JUST THE PRESSURE EXERTED ON COFFEE SHOPS

BUT THE NOISE ABATEMENT LAWS KILLING OFF

h.O PROTEST NO TAKING TO THE STREETS v HE SAYS h!MSTERDAM HAS CHANGED IT S CHANGED A LOT SINCE ) CAME HERE YEARS AGOv "ARCELONA IS A LOT MORE OPEN THESE DAYS )F ) WAS COMING TO %UROPE NOW ) DON T THINK ) D CHOOSE HERE v ) KNOW WHAT !L MEANS BUT THAT S A DISCUSSION FOR THE LOCAL PRESS NOT 3OFT 3ECRETS )N THE MEANTIME WE ARE STILL HERE IN !MSTERDAM HOWEVER WATERED DOWN THE PLACE HAS BECOME AND WE RE IN THE +ATSU STILL ONE OF THE GEMS OF !MSTERDAM S SMOKING CULTURE -IGHT AS WELL ENJOY IT WHILE WE STILL CAN

+ATSU %ERSTE 6AN $ER (ELSTRAAT 4AKE TRAM OR TO !LBERT #UYP 3TRAAT ONE STOP AFTER THE (EINEKEN MUSEUM WALK DOWN THE MARKET TO THE FIRST CROSS STREET AND TURN RIGHT /PEN -ON 4HU AM PM &RI 3AT AM PM 3UN AM PM

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