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4O DATE WE HAVE ALWAYS GROWN FROM SEEDS AND THIS TIME WAS NO DIFFERENT "UT THIS TIME WE ALSO SWITCHED THE MEDIUM AND THE NUTRIENTS 7E DECIDED WE WOULD USE #OCO NEVER BEFORE HAD WE DONE THIS 7E HAD ONLY USED IT IN A RATIO MIXED WITH A GROWTH MEDIUM LIKE "IO "IZZ !LL -IX ,IGHT -IX 7HEN WE MIXED THE TWO WE TREATED THE MEDIUM JUST AS WE WOULD STRAIGHT !LL -IX ,IGHT -IX 4HIS WORKED FINE WE JUST WOULD ADD A LITTLE MORE FOOD 7E EXPECTED TO BE ABLE TO DO THE SAME WITH THIS CROP SO IT WAS A SMALL LEARNING CURVE FOR US 4HIS IN THE SIMPLEST TERMS

)N THE FLOWERING AREA WE HAD SOME OF THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURES WE HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED IT WAS REACHING DEGREES #ELSIUS BEFORE THE LIGHTS WERE SWITCHED ON WITH THE TEMPERATURE CAME INSECTS 4RIPS 4HE 4RIPS WERE ATTACKING SOME 7HITE 7IDOW PLANTS WE WERE GROWING 4HEY WERE LATE INTO THEIR FLOWERING STAGE SO WE DIDN T WANT TO SPRAY THEM WITH A PEST REPELLENT &ORTUNATELY THE PLANTS REVIEWED WERE BARELY AFFECTED BY THE INCREASED TEMPERATURES AND INSECTS

AS WE SIMPLY HELD THEM IN THE GROWTH AREA UNTIL THE PROBLEMS IN THE FLOWERING

7E WERE LOOKING AT BY FAR THE LARGEST PLANTS WE HAD EVER VEGETATED 4HE CANOPY CREATED WAS AMAZING

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MEANS WE HAD ALWAYS GROWN IN A MEDIUM WITH A HIGHER BUFFER 4HE BUFFER IS THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE MEDIUM CAN ABSORB AND REALISE NUTRIENTS TO THE PLANT 7ITH A HIGHER BUFFER THE PROCESS HAPPENS MUCH SLOWER AND THE MEDIUM ITS SELF HOLDS NUTRIENTS 7ITH A LOWER BUFFER THE MEDIUM HOLDS LESS NUTRIENTS #OCO HOLDS NO NUTRIENTS 3O EVEN THOUGH WHEN WE HAD USED THEM MIXED IN A RATIO WE HAD ENOUGH OF A BUFFER TO WORK WELL THIS TIME WITH NO BUFFER WE HAD PROBLEMS )T IS NOT JUST THE NUTRIENT BUFFER #OCO PREFERS A LOWER P( THEN SOIL TOO AND WE HAD NEVER MEASURED THIS BEFORE #ONDUCTING NO PRIOR RESEARCH INTO #OCOS PROPERTIES UNFORTUNATELY PROVED TO BE OUR FIRST MAJOR DOWNFALL !LSO WE DECIDED TO CHANGE THE NUTRIENTS 7E HAD RECENTLY BEEN HEARING VERY GOOD REPORTS ABOUT THE 0LAGRON LIQUID AND POWERED NUTRIENT RANGE "UT WE ALSO DID A LITTLE RESEARCH INTO SOME OTHER NUTRIENT MANUFACTURERS AND FOR US ONE QUICKLY BEGAN TO STAND OUT FORM THE REST 4HIS COMPANY IS !DVANCED .UTRIENTS 4HEY ARE BASED IN #ANADA AND ARE HEAVILY ORIENTATED TOWARDS THE MEDICAL SCENE 4HE #ANADIAN GOVERNMENT ACTUALLY RECOMMENDS THIS BRAND FOR THEIR REGISTERED MEDICINAL GROWERS 4HEIR TECHNICAL SUPPORT TEAM IS VAST INCLUDING 4ECH -IKE

THIS GUY IS AN EXPERT GROWER WHO WORKS FOR !DVANCED .UTRIENTS HE IS AVAILABLE TO SPEAK WITH AND HELP ANYONE WORLDWIDE FROM AM PM #ANADIAN TIME TOLL FREE (E HAS A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND REALLY HELPED US TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE MANY PRODUCTS THE COMPANY OFFERS WILL INTERACT WITH OUR PLANTS AND HOW PLANTS INTEGRATE WITH A CERTAIN ENVIRONMENTS

7HITE 2OSE AT DAYS FLOWERING

7E TRAILED THE /RGANIC RANGE

PLUS 3WEET ,EAF %MERALD 3HAMAN AND #OLOSSAL "UD "LAST 4HE BASE NUTRIENTS ARE )GUANA 'ROW AND "LOOM THE OTHER BOTTLES MENTIONED ARE STIMULANTS AND SUPPLEMENTS 4HE SOLUTIONS OFTEN HAVE MULTIPLE USES BUT GENERALLY A BOTTLE WILL BE PRIMARILY GEARED TO ITS OWN MAIN FUNCTION OR TIME PERIOD 3O YOU COULD ROUGHLY BREAK THE PRODUCT RANGE DOWN INTO 2OOTING &LOWERING AND GENERAL SPECIFIC SUPPLEMENTS !LL THE PRODUCTS MENTIONED EXCEPT #OLOSSAL "UD "LAST ARE DESIGNED FOR ROOT FEEDING BUT SOME CAN DOUBLE UP AS FOLIAR FEEDS AS WELL 7E USED /RGANIC " &ULVIC !CID 'RANDMAS %NGYS 3EAWEED AND #OLOSSAL "UD "LAST AS FOLIAR FEEDS &OR ROOT FEEDS WE USED THE ORGANIC VEGETATIVE GROWTH LISTING FROM AROUND THE SECOND WEEK OF VEGETATIVE GROWTH AS WE WERE GROWING FROM SEEDS THOUGH TO THE FLOWERING PERIOD 4HEN WE SWITCHED TO THE ORGANIC MEDIUM FLOWERING LISTING

AREA WERE RECTIFIED !S YOU WILL SEE WE ALREADY HAD TO GROW THEM FOR AROUND WEEKS BUT THEN THIS SET US BACK ANOTHER HIS CREATED BY FAR THE LONGEST VEGETATIVE STAGE WE HAVE EVER HAD

iÀ >Ì 7E USED THE PLATES AND TOWELS METHOD TO GERMINATE THE SEEDS !FTER AROUND DAYS THE SEEDS STARTED TO CRACK OPEN 7ITHIN DAYS ALL BUT HAD CRACKED OPEN THIS IS A LITTLE SLOWER THEN AVERAGE SO WE WEREN T VERY IMPRESSED 4HEN THREE SEEDS DIDN T RISE AND ONE GREW TOO SLOWLY SO WE SACRIFICED IT LEAVING US WITH SEEDLINGS 7HO KNOWS IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE SEEDS

BUT WE HAVE RARELY HAD LOW GERMINATION RATES WITH "LACK ,ABEL GENETICS BEFORE THIS CROP SO WE BELIEVE IT WAS MOST LIKELY TO HAVE BEEN THE ENVIRONMENT WE CREATED 7E THEN TRANSPLANTED THEM INTO CMX CMX CM POTS FILLED WITH #ANNA #OCO AND GAVE THEM A GOOD WATERING

6i}iÌ>Ì ÛiÊ}À ÜÌ /VER THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS THEY PRODUCED THEIR COTYLEDONS AND THEIR FIRST OR SETS OF LEAFS 4HEY WERE ALL GROWING VERY SLOWLY AND THEY WERE GRADUALLY TURNING TO LIGHTER SHADES OF GREEN 3O WE RAISED THE LEVEL OF FEED A LITTLE 4HIS SLIGHTLY RETURNED THE PLANTS TO A SLIGHTLY DARKER SHADE OF GREEN BUT IT WAS TEMPORARY LASTING ONLY FOR A FEW DAYS ) M THE MEANTIME THE PLANTS HAD STRANGELY DEVELOPED VERY HARD DENSE

ALMOST WIRY STEMS SLIGHT PURPLE COLOURED STREAKS AND A VERY CLOSE INTERNODAL STRUCTURE )T WAS AS IF THEY HAD GROWN INTO MINIATURE PLANTS !T AROUND WEEKS OLD THEY STILL WERE ONLY AROUND INCHES TALL BUT WITH AROUND INTERNODES 3O WE STARTED TO ASK QUESTIONS 7E AREN T IN SOME KIND OF GROWING CIRCLE WHERE WE CAN JUST CALL UP AN EXPERT IN MINUTES n QUITE THE REVERSE ACTUALLY %VENTUALLY ) MANAGED TO SHOW SOMEONE WITH MORE EXPERTISE THEN US !T FIRST GLANCE HE SAID @7OW ,OOK AT THE INTERNODES n 4HESE WOULD BE GREAT FOR MOTHERS HOW HAVE YOU DONE THIS v ) REPLIED h4HEY ARE DAYS OLDv AND THEN THERE WAS A MOMENT OF SILENCE -Y FRIEND THEN SAID HE HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE

AND POINTED OUT WE MOST LIKELY HAD A PROBLEM WITH EITHER THE P( OF THE WATER

OR THE STRENGTH OF THEIR FEED OR BOTH (E SUGGESTED WE SHOULD INVEST IN A P( PEN P( DOWN P( BUFFERS AND AND A FOOD METER QUICKLY 5NFORTUNATELY WE HAD NO SPARE FUNDS FOR SUCH EQUIPMENT AT THAT TIME

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! WEEK LATER DAY THE PLANTS ALSO HAD ENOUGH ROOT MASS TO TRANSPLANT THEM 7E TRANSPLANTED THEM INTO LITRE POTS FILLED WITH "IO "IZZ ,IGHT -IX !NOTHER WEEK ON DAY WE MANAGED TO BORROW A P( PEN OF A FRIEND AND WITH THIS WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP THE P( BETWEEN n 4HE !DVANCED .UTRIENT CALCULATOR HAS PRECISE 00- MEASUREMENTS JUST AS LONG AS YOU UNDERSTAND THE STRENGTH OF YOUR BASE WATER &ORTUNATELY WE KNEW WHAT THIS WAS ROUGHLY AS WE HAD TESTED IT SEVERAL TIMES PREVIOUSLY AND EVERY TIME IT WAS NEVER HIGHER THEN THE FIRST LIGHT BLIP ON THE TRUNCHEON 4HE ISSUES WITH GROWTH LEAF COLOUR ETC RESIDED VERY QUICKLY 4HE P( PEN AND INCREASED BUFFER CREATED FROM THE ,IGHT -IX WOULD APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN THE MAJOR KEY TO RECTIFYING THE PROBLEM

/LÏ AT DAYS

7E HAD GONE FROM EXCESS VEGETATIVE MATERIAL TO FAR INSUFFICIENT AMOUNTS LITERALLY OVERNIGHT

2OOTS AT DAYS

/VER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS THE PLANTS HEALTH AND VIGOUR INCREASED DRAMATICALLY 4HE NEW GROWTH DIDN T APPEAR TO BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE EARLIER PROBLEMS 4OWARD THE END OF THE GROWTH PERIOD WE STARTED BENDING THE MAIN STEMS AND BRANCHES @3UPERCROPPING !T AROUND WEEKS INTO THE VEGETATIVE GROWTH PERIOD AND WERE LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT OPPORTUNITY TO FLOWER THEM

"Y DAY THE PLANTS RESEMBLED PLANTS FLOWERED FOR NEARER DAYS 7E HAVE RARELY IF EVER SEEN THIS LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT SO EARLY !T THIS STAGE WE WERE SOLD n AND DECIDED WE WOULD DEFIANTLY TEST THESE NUTRIENTS FOR FURTHER CROPS !ROUND THIS TIME THE LOWER FAN LEAFS ON BOTH VARIETIES BEGAN TO LOSE THEIR COLOUR 4HIS INDICATES WE SHOULD HAVE USED A GREATER STRENGTH OF FEED EITHER THE MODERATELY HEAVY OR HEAVY SETTING ON THE NUTRIENT CALCULATOR 3O WE RAISED THE FEED FROM THE MEDIUM FEED SCHEDULE

BY AROUND PPM AND WE SHOULD HAVE RAISED IT FURTHER AS THEIR LEAFS DIDN T REALLY DARKEN MUCH "UT WE ARE CAUTIOUS TO RAISE IT MUCH FURTHER )N FACT FROM ABOUT WEEK WE PRETTY MUCH UNDER FEED THEM WE HAD SO MANY ISSUES EARLIER ON WITH THIS CROP AND DEALING WITH A TOXIC NUTRIENT SALT BUILD UP WAS THE LAST THING WE WANTED 5NTIL AROUND DAY WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP THE TEMPERATURE IN THE FLOWERING ROOM BETWEEN DEGREES #ELSIUS !FTER THIS POINT WINTER STARTED KICKING IN A FEW DAYS DROPPING THE NIGHT CYCLE TEMPERATURE S AS LOW AS DEGREES #ELSIUS 4HIS ONLY HAPPENED IN THIS WEEK

AS WE PUT THE INPUT FAN ON A DIMMER AND MANUALLY RAISED AND LOWERED IT WHEN WE FLICKED THE LIGHTS ON OR OFF 7ITH THE INPUT FAN OFF AT NIGHT THE TEMPERATURES ONLY GOT AS LOW AS DEGREES

7E SPRAYED THE PLANTS WITH "UG #LEAR WHEN WE MOVED THE PLANTS BETWEEN THE VEGETATIVE AREA AND FLOWERING AREA AND A FURTHER TIMES IN THE FIRST WEEKS OF FLOWER THE "UG #LEAR AND THE DECREASED TEMPERATURES TOTALLY ERRADICATED THE 4RIPS !T THE POINT WE TRANSFERRED THEM WE WERE LOOKING AT BY FAR THE LARGEST PLANTS WE HAD EVER VEGETATED 4HE CANOPY CREATED WAS AMAZING 4HE COLOUR WAS A MUCH MORE VIBRANT SHADE OF GREEN THEN USUAL 7E REMOVED SOME OF THE LOWER BRANCHES 4HE PLANTS WERE SO LARGE THAT WE HAD TROUBLE FITTING THEM UNDER OUR X 7 LAMPS ) REMEMBER THINKING HOW DISAPPOINTING IT WOULD BE TO HAVE A HIGH MALE TO FEMALE RATIO WITH THIS CROP "UT ALSO HOW DIFFICULT IT WOULD BE TO FLOWER THEM WITHOUT GREATER LUMENS IF THE RATIO WERE SPLIT HEAVILY IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION

7HITE 2OSE DAY

ÜiÀ } )N THE FIRST FEW DAYS THE LEAFS WHICH FORMED THE BUDDING SITES SEEMED TO BE GROWING AT A QUICKER RATE THEN WHAT WE ARE USED TO WITNESSING !S EARLY AS THE THIRD DAY ) NOTICED SOME POLLEN SACKS ON ONE OF THE PLANTS SO ) CHECKED THEM ALL 4HE OTHERS WERE TOO SMALL TO REALLY SEE ACCURATELY 4HE NEXT DAY ) CHECKED THEM ALL AGAIN 7E HAD THE WORST FORTUNE WITH THIS RUN WE HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED n OF THE PLANTS

WERE MALES 7E WERE LEFT WITH JUST ONE OF EACH VARIETY IT WAS HEART BREAKING 7E HAD GONE FROM EXCESS VEGETATIVE MATERIAL TO FAR INSUFFICIENT AMOUNTS LITERALLY OVERNIGHT &ROM THIS RESULT

THE RELATIVELY UNNATURAL PROCESS OF CLONING FOR THE FIRST TIME REALLY GAINED OUR ATTENTION 7E CAREFULLY TIED DOWN EACH BRANCH OPENING THE PLANTS UP TO

"OTH VARIETIES PISTILS WERE GROWING ABUNDANTLY NONE HAD WITHERED BUT THE RESIN WAS THICK ENOUGH TO RUB JOINTS ON 3OMA STYLE BY THE RD n TH WEEK 7E ALSO NOTICED THE PLANTS WERE ROOT BOUND

INDICATING WE SHOULD HAVE USED LARGER FINAL POTS

AS MUCH LIGHT AS POSSIBLE &OR THE FIRST WEEKS OF FLOWERING EACH PLANT HAD A W LAMP TO ITSELF "OTH HAD THEIR FIRST MINOR LAYER OF RESIN APPEAR WITHIN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS 4HE 7HITE 2OSE HAD A LARGER THICKER STEM STRUCTURE SLIGHTLY WIDER LEAFS AND RESEMBLED A STRONGLY )NDICA INFLUENCED STRAIN 4HE /LÏ HAD MORE SLENDER LEAFS THIS PLANT SMELT A LITTLE LESS WAS LIGHTER SHADE OF GREEN AND ROUGHLY RESEMBLED A )NDICA 3ATIVA HYBRID "OTH WERE HEALTHY AND LOVED THE

INTENSITY OF THE LIGHT 4HE VIBRANT GREEN COLOUR HAD REMAINED 3OMETHING WAS DIFFERENT WITH THIS CROP IT APPEARED HEALTHIER AND TO BE GROWING FAR QUICKER THEN USUAL 4HEY WERE GROWING AT A RATE YOU COULD ALMOST WITNESS DAILY 7E UNDERSTOOD THIS MUST BE DUE TO THE OVER OPTIMUM LIGHTING THE NEW NUTRIENTS AND THE EXTENDED GROWTH PERIOD 7E WOULD CREDIT THE EXTENDED GROWTH PERIOD AND THE NUTRIENTS OVER THE LIGHT AS WE HAVE GROWN PLANTS WITH THIS LEVEL OF LIGHT INTENSITY BEFORE n BUT NEVER HAD THESE KINDS OF RESULTS THEY REALLY TOOK OFF

"Y THE WEEKS WE NOTICED THE PLANTS SEEMED TO BE DRINKING REALLY WELL SOME DAYS THEY WOULD CONSUME n LITRES PER PLANT 4HIS QUICK RATE OF PROCESSING THE WATER FEED IS A GREAT SIGN AS NO PLANT CAN PRODUCE BUDS WELL WITHOUT BEING A THIRSTY PLANT 4HE TECHNIQUE WE HAVE BEGAN TO USE IS WE LET THE PLANT DRINK THE AMOUNT OF WATER IT DESIRES FROM THE SAUCER MOST DAYS 4HEN WHEN THE TOPSOIL BECOMES FAIRLY DRY WHICH IS NORMALLY ONLY n TIMES PER FORTNIGHT WE GIVE THE PLANT A GOOD DRENCH FROM THE TOP UNTIL THE FIRST TRICKLE COMES OUT THE BOTTOM 4HEN

THE DAY AFTER WE GIVE THEM NO WATER 4HE DAY AFTER THAT WE BEGIN LETTING THEM DRINK AGAIN TO THEIR CONTENT 4HIS WAY THE TOPSOIL ROUGHLY GOES THOUGH A WEEKLY WET DRY CYCLE AND THE LOWER HALF GOES THOUGH THE SAME CYCLE EVERY ONE OR TWO DAYS 4HOUGHT THE WEEK WE JUST CARRIED ON THE NUTRIENT SCHEDULE AND THEN ON DAY WE BEGAN TO FEED THE PLAIN WATER 4HE PLANTS WERE SO WELL DEVELOPED COMPARED WITH WHAT WE NORMALLY ACHIEVE AROUND THIS TIME 4HIS IS THE FIRST TIME IT LOOKED LIKE THE TIME ON THE PACKET MAY ACTUALLY BEAR SOME RELEVANCE TO THE TIME WE NEED TO FLOWER FOR 4HE PLANT STRUCTURE OF BOTH VARIETIES WAS BIG AND BUSHY THE 7HITE 2OSE HAD LONGER INTERNODES REALLY THICK STEMS AND LONG FAIRLY LEAFY BUT POTENTIALLY DENSE )NDICA BUDS 4HE /LÏ HAD PLUMPER BUDS WITH A CRYSTAL COVERING THAT WAS REALLY ON PAR WITH ANY hWHITEv STRAIN )N FACT FOR FROM AROUND THE THIRD WEEK WE HAD MUDDLED UP THEM UP DUE TO THIS

THINKING THE /LÏ WAS THE 7HITE 2OSE .EITHER STRAIN WAS EXCESSIVELY PUNGENT

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7E WERE PLANNING ON ALLOWING THEM TO FLUSH FOR THREE WEEKS PLANNING FOR HARVEST AT SEVENTY DAYS "UT ON DAY ) NOTICED THE 7HITE 2OSE HAD SOME YELLOWED LEAFS IN THE CENTRE OF THE BUDS WHICH WHEN REMOVED GAVE OF LITTLE PUFFS OF POWDER 5PON CLOSER INSPECTION THIS PLANT HAD n PATCHES OF MOULDY GROWTH IT ITS LARGER COLAS 7E HAD A LOOK AT BOTH OF THE PLANTS THEY HAD BOTH YELLOWED CONSIDERABLY AND WE HAD HAD NO DOPE FOR SEVERAL WEEKS BY NOW SO A LITTLE HASTILY ) LL ADMIT WE DECIDED TO HARVEST BOTH PLANTS THERE AND THEN 7E CUT THE MOULDY SECTION AWAY WHICH WAS MINIMAL AT THAT STAGE FORTUNATELY WE ONLY LOST AN ESTIMATED n G 4HE REST OF THE HERB WAS BETWEEN MIDDLE AND GREAT QUALITY TRULY AMAZING THOUGH

WHEN COMPARED TO THE COMMERCIAL TOXIC GARBAGE WE HAD BEEN SMOKING )N FACT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HARVEST WEEK STRAINS ACTUALLY ANYWHERE NEAR WEEKS AND RECEIVE ANY HERB OF ANY DECENT MATURITY "OTH PLANTS YIELDED ROUGHLY G EACH 7E ESTIMATE THE YIELD COULD HAVE BEEN EASILY

/LÏ BUDS

BETWEEN G n G PER PLANT HAD WE HAD BIGGER POTS FEED THEM CORRECTLY

CONTROLLED THE ENVIRONMENT MORE PRECISELY ETC

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4HE 7HITE 2OSE HAD A LOW CALYX TO LEAF RATIO AND THE CALYXES THAT IT DID HAVE WERE SMALL AND THE RESIN CONTENT WAS FAIRLY LOW )T WAS FAIRLY LIGHT STRUCTURE

BUT THE BUDS LOST A LOT OF THEIR DENSITY AFTER THEY DRIED INDICATING THEY COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT DENSER AND MORE RESINOUS )T RESEMBLED A FAIRLY LEAFY

HEAVILY INDICA DOMINATED HYBRID 3OME JOINTS TASTED MEDIOCRE OTHERS VERY SWEET INDEED ESPECIALLY FROM AROUND HALFWAY DOWN WHICH ALWAYS CONFUSES ME 4HE SMOKE WAS VERY THICK )T PLUMED 4HIS PLANT SEEMED TO INDUCE MEDIUM HEAVY BODY EFFECTS MIXED WITH A MENTAL HIGH )T WAS NOT PARTICULARLY DERAILING OR hSTRONGv BUT IT WAS MORE RELAXING THEN STIMULATING ) REMEMBER GIGGLING FOR NO REAL REASON ) MUST ADD JUST MAKING A TOTALLY UNRELATED HAPPY

7HITE 2OSE BUDS

4HIS QUICK RATE OF PROCESSING THE WATER FEED IS A GREAT SIGN AS NO PLANT CAN PRODUCE BUDS WELL WITHOUT BEING A THIRSTY PLANT MENTAL CONNECTION OR TWO AT TIMES ) PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE NOT (AD IT BEEN FLOWERED LONGER ) M CERTAIN IT WOULD HAVE PRODUCED HEAVIER MORE LETHARGIC TYPES OF EFFECTS 3O ULTIMATELY IT WAS PLEASANT TO SMOKE BUT NOT AMAZING 7ERE WE TO GROW IT AGAIN WE WOULD HAVE LEFT IT TO MATURE FOR LONGER AND ALLOWED IT TO DRY OUT A LITTLE LONGER BETWEEN WATERING INTERVALS 4HE /LÏ WAS GREAT )T WAS FAIRLY DENSE WITH HIGH CALYX TO LEAF RATIO

WHICH MEANT LITTLE TRIMMING WAS INVOLVED 4HE CALYXES WERE MEDIUM IN SIZE ) DON T KNOW WEATHER THIS STRAIN THIS RELATED GENETICALLY TO !+ BUT IT SEEMED TO RESEMBLE THIS STRAIN SLIGHTLY

IN IT S STRUCTURE EFFECTS OVERALL QUALITY

OH ERR AND ITS NAME 3O ) PRESUME IT PROBABLY IS 4HE BUDS SEEM TO SWIRL IN THEIR STRUCTURE MAKING IT EASY TO CHECK

FOR MOULD FOR INSTANCE )T SMOKED JUST LIKE IT SAID ON THE PACKET hSURPRISING LIGHT TASTEv 4HE BUDS SMELT FRESH AND LIGHT TOO THEY WERE NOT OVER POWERING DANK AT ALL 4HE EFFECTS WERE FAIRLY hSTRONGv IN A MENTALLY STIMULATING WAY WITH ONLY SLIGHT BODY RELAXATION BUT LIKE WITH MANY TYPES OF THIS HERB IN LARGER AMOUNTS OR OVER LONG PERIODS YOU MAY BECOME MENTALLY AND OR PHYSICALLY EXHAUSTED )N REASONABLE DOSES THIS STRAIN SEEMED TO HIT YOU QUICKLY AND THEN CREEP INTO OTHER REALMS OF REALITY WITH OUT YOU REALISING IT 9OU MAY THICK YOUR hSOBERv WHEN YOU RE NOT 4HE EFFECTS ARE NON SLEEPY MENTALLY UPLIFTING AND ADVENTUROUS 4HIS IS REALLY GREAT QUALITY HERB STEM AND BUD STRUCTURE RESIN CONTENT ETC AND IT HAD A REALLY NICE EFFECT 7E HAVE MORE SEEDS SO MAYBE WE WILL GROW IT AGAIN AND FIND OUR FIRST EVER MOTHER PLANT 7HITE 2OSE ROOTS

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Ü À `Ê vÊ BY 7ECKELS THE GROW SPECIALIST FROM !TAMI

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4HE + X 4OP HYBRID PART

)N THIS ARTICLE WE WILL BE ONCE AGAIN PUTTING A NEW HYBRID UNDER THE MICROSCOPE TAKING A LOOK AT HER SPECIFIC QUALITIES AND DISCUSSING THE IDEAL GROWING CONDITIONS THAT SHE PREFERS 4HE + X 4OP CROSS IS ONE OF THOSE TYPES OF PLANT THAT YOU COME ACROSS RELATIVELY LITTLE IN OUR HUMBLE GROWING COUNTRY THE .ETHERLANDS 7HY THIS SHOULD BE SO IS A MYSTERY 4HE SMELL OF THE VARIETY IS SWEET AND VERY STRONG

THE TASTE AND APPEARANCE OF THE WEED ARE ABSOLUTELY IN ORDER AND MOREOVER THE EFFECT IS SUCH THAT IT IS NOT VERY ADVISABLE TO SKIN UP A PURE ONE EARLY IN THE EVENING "ELIEVE ME 4HIS WEED REALLY COMES IN TO ITS OWN AS A SLEEPING CAP FOR A GOOD NIGHT S SLEEP "UT ALSO FOR THE FACT THAT THIS PLANT MAKES A REASONABLE TO GOOD YIELD EASILY FEASIBLE YOU WOULD THINK THAT THE + X 4OP WOULD FIND A SPOT SOMEWHERE IN THE SHED OF MANY MORE COMMERCIAL GROWERS "ECAUSE

!N AIR MOISTURE CONTENT OF IS ALMOST A GUARANTEE OF VERY LITTLE TROUBLE DURING THE BLOOM PERIOD

7E LET TWO CLONES ROOT IN #OPITO THE OTHER TWO IN -APITO )N THIS PHOTO THE LITTLE BLOCKS OF COCO #OPITO ARE CLEARLY VISIBLE

WITH HER SHORT BLOOM PERIOD n A TOTAL OF ONLY ABOUT SEVEN AND A HALF WEEKS n IT REALLY SHOULD BE AN INTERESTING VARIETY )N ADDITION THIS HYBRID IS BARELY SUSCEPTIBLE TO MOULDS AND OR ILLNESS

WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT MANY GROWERS FIND REASSURING 4HE QUESTION OF WHY ) WENT FOR THIS HYBRID IS ACTUALLY PRETTY SIMPLE + IS A STURDY PLANT AND THE 4OP A QUICK BLOOMER )N COMBING BOTH QUALITIES AND CROSSING A + WITH A 4OP WE END UP WITH A PLANT THAT PERFORMS IN BOTH A QUANTITATIVE AS WELL AS QUALITATIVE SENSE

,i> Ê ` V> 4HE + X 4OP IS A REAL )NDICA PLANT AND THAT MAKES HER ALSO VERY SUITABLE FOR RAISING IN A GROW SPACE 4HE )NDICA VARIETIES AFTER ALL REMAIN SMALL AND COMPACT IN SIZE IN CONTRAST TO THEIR 3ATIVA COUSINS WHICH CAN SOMETIMES GROW UP IN TO REAL BUSHES

OF UNPRECEDENTED SIZE DEPENDING ON THE SPACE AVAILABLE TO THEM AND THE CARE THEY ARE GIVEN

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4HE YOUNG CLONES ARE GIVEN WATER VIA AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM )N THE BEGINNING WE USE JUST A ROOT STIMULATOR AS AN ADDITIVE

)F WE ARE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE GROWING CONDITIONS THEN OUR ATTENTION SHOULD FALL FIRST ON THE IDEAL TEMPERATURE 7HEREAS IN THE PREVIOUS GROW VARIETY WE HAD TO RAISE ALL THE SAILS TO KEEP THE TEMPERATURE FROM RISING TOO HIGH

THIS TIME WE HAVE THINGS MUCH EASIER ) HAVE TO CONFESS HERE THAT WE ARE ONLY HANGING WATTS OF LAMP ABOVE THEM "UT THE IDEA IS THAT DURING THE PASSAGE OF THE GROWTH PERIOD WE WILL BE CRANKING THIS UP TO WATTS 'IVEN THE FACT THAT THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE IN THE COMING WEEKS WILL PROBABLY REMAIN AT A REASONABLY LOW LEVEL THIS SHOULD IN PRINCIPLE BE POSSIBLE )N ADDITION TO

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7E GIVE THE YOUNG CLONES IN THE FIRST FEW DAYS IN PRINCIPLE AS LITTLE WATER AS POSSIBLE

SO THAT THE ROOTS GROW OFF TO LOOK FOR MORE

7ITH AN IDEAL TEMPERATURE OF BETWEEN ª# AND ª# THE + X 4OP CLONES WILL DEVELOP MARVELLOUSLY

THIS WE WILL BE SUCKING THE INCOMING AIR FROM OF A COOL SPACE SO THAT THIS SHOULD MORE THAN COMPENSATE FOR THE HEAT OF THE LAMPS 3O JUST TO PUT SOME CONCRETE VALUES TO THIS THEORY DURING THE DAY WHEN THE LAMPS ARE SHINING THE TEMPERATURE WILL LIE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN AND # AND AT NIGHT WHEN THE LAMPS ARE OFF THE TEMPERATURE WILL VARY BETWEEN ABOUT AND # !LL IN ALL VERY GOOD CONDITIONS FOR RAISING THE MARIHUANA PLANTS IN "UT BESIDES THE TEMPERATURE OF COURSE THERE IS THE AIR MOISTURE CONTENT TO THINK ABOUT AND THIS IS IN OUR OPINION STILL A BIT ON THE LOW SIDE 4HE AIR MOISTURE AMOUNTS TO AN AVERAGE OF ONLY ABOUT AND THAT IS TOO LOW DURING THE GROWTH PERIOD ! SMALL OBSERVATION HERE IS THAT THE BLOOM PERIOD WILL PROBABLY BE SAFE AT THIS LEVEL BECAUSE AN AIR MOISTURE CONTENT OF IS ALMOST A GUARANTEE OF VERY LITTLE TROUBLE DURING IT 4HE MOULDS THAT ARE SO DANGEROUS FOR THE FLOWER HEADS HAVE VERY LITTLE CHANCE OF TAKING HOLD AT SUCH A LEVEL 7HAT CAN CREATE TROUBLE THOUGH IS THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE THE LEAVES CAN PUMP OUT DURING THE BLOOM PERIOD !N + X 4OP PRODUCES A HUGE AMOUNT OF LEAVES DURING THE BLOOM AND THIS CAN HAVE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES .ATURALLY WHEN THE TIME COMES WE WILL BE SHOWING SOME COMMON SENSE AND REMOVING SOME OF THE LARGEST LEAVES IN GOOD TIME DO THIS IN MODERATION AND CERTAINLY DON T GO PLUCKING YOUR PLANTS BALD

-ÕLÃÌÀ>Ìi]Ê Ê> `Ê« ÊÛ> Õià !S WE TURN TO THE SUBSTRATE ON WHICH THE PLANTS ARE GOING TO BE RAISED THEN HERE THERE ARE CLEAR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THOSE AVAILABLE 4WO PLANTS WERE RAISED ON #OPITO THAT IS BLOCKS OF COCO WHICH HAS A P( VALUE OF AND THE %# IS 4HE ADVANTAGE OF THIS SUBSTRATE IS THAT IT IS BUFFERED THANKS TO WHICH THE P( IS REASONABLY CONSTANT AT BETWEEN n 4HE OTHER TWO PLANTS WERE RAISED ON -APITO 4HE DRAWBACK WITH USING -APITO COMPARED TO #OPITO IS THAT THE P( VALUE OF VAN -APITO CAN CREEP UP

TO OR EVEN AS HIGH AS 4HIS IS LESS FAVOURABLE FOR THE PLANTS AND THAT IS WHY WE TRIED TO BRING THE P( VALUE OF -APITO BACK DOWN WHEN IT RISES TOO HIGH )N $UTCH GROWER S JARGON THIS IS CALLED AFZUREN OF THE P( VALUE @ACIDIFYING 'ROWERS OFTEN USE A SPECIAL ACID FOR THIS 4HE BEST KNOWN OF THESE ARE PHOSPHORIC OR NITRIC ACID +EEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THE %# AND P( VALUES OF THE SUBSTRATE IS VERY IMPORTANT #ERTAINLY IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A GOOD HARVEST WITH THIS GROW KEEPING WATCH OF THESE ASPECTS ARE IMPORTANT 3MALL SWINGS IN THE %# VALUE CAN HAVE GREAT CONSEQUENCES FOR VERY SENSITIVE VARIETIES 4HIS IS SOMETHING YOU WILL NOTICE WHEN GROWING &ORTUNATELY THE + X 4OP IS A NICE EASY VARIETY AND SO THIS PLANT WILL NOT BE MERCILESSLY PUNISHED FOR SMALL WOBBLES IN THE %# VALUE /N THE CONTRARY THE + X 4OP LIKES A GOOD BIT OF NUTRIENT AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE AS GROWERS CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF "UT NEVERTHELESS IN THE FIRST WEEK OF GROWTH WE DO HOLD OUR HORSES A BIT AND ACTUALLY JUST GIVE THE

YOUNG CLONES A SPLASH OF ROOT STIMULATOR 7ITH THIAS WE HOPE TO SPEED UP THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ROOTS SO AS TO END UP WITH A LOVELY COMPACT ROOT SYSTEM

Ü>ÌiÀ } /N TOP OF THAT WE GIVE THE YOUNG CLONES IN THE FIRST FEW DAYS IN PRINCIPLE AS LITTLE WATER AS POSSIBLE SO THAT THE ROOTS GROW OFF TO LOOK FOR MORE )F WE DID NOT DO THIS THE IT WOULD TAKE AN AGE BEFORE THE CLONES BEGAN TO GROW )F WE WERE TO GIVE THE CLONES TOO MUCH WATER RIGHT FROM THE START THEN THE ROOTS WOULD HAVE NO NEED TO GROW OFF LOOKING FOR IT 7HY

AS A PLANT WOULD YOU WASTE ENERGY ON DEVELOPING ROOTS AFTER ALL IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH FEED WATER RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE 4HIS PROBLEM OCCURS A LOT WITH BEGINNER GROWERS WHO BRING IT ON OUT OF FEAR THAT THEIR CLONES ARE GOING TO DRY OUT 4HESE GROWERS AND THEY ARE USUALLY BEGINNERS GIVE THEIR YOUNG CLONES TOO MUCH WATER 3OMETIMES THEY ARE LABOURING UNDER THE ILLUSION THAT THE MORE WATER THE QUICKER THE PLANTS WILL GROW !LAS NO ONE EVER MANGED TO PASS

THIS THOUGHT ON TO THE NEWLY ROOTING MARIHUANA PLANTS

6> Õ>L iÊ ÃÌÕÀi !S THE PLANTS DEVELOP

BY CONTRAST WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR IRRIGATION IS DONE AUTOMATICALLY 4HIS WILL SAVE US A WHOLE LOAD OF WORK AND THE PLANTS WILL BE HAPPY THAT THEY CAN TAKE UP AS MUCH WATER AS THEY NEED WHEN THEY WANT IT 4O MAKE SURE THAT THIS ALL RUNS SMOOTHLY

THE PLANTS ONCE THEY HAVE BEEN FULLY ROOTED CAN BE WATERED FOR MINUTES IN EVERY HOUR ! QUARTER OF AN HOUR IS USUALLY FINE TO ENSURE THE SUBSTRATE IS WELL AND TRULY SOAKED WITH THE VALUABLE MOISTURE FEED WATER !FTER MINUTES THE PLANT HAS PLENTY OF TIME IN WHICH TO TAKE UP THE WATER OP "EFORE THE NEXT IRRIGATION STARTS AGAIN THE SUBSTRATE WILL BE DRY ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO FILL UP WITH OXYGEN 4HIS OF COURSE IS ESSENTIAL FOR A HEALTHY ROOT SYSTEM )N THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE WE WILL BE FOLLOWING HOW THE + X 4OP CROSS DEVELOPS

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"À}> VÊ6Ã°Ê i V> !FTER A NUMBER OF SUCCESSFUL HARVESTS YOU ARE LOOKING TO ACHIEVE EVER GREATER YIELDS AND TO TRY OUT ALL KINDS OF NEW IDEAS FROM THE GROWING SCENE 3INCE YOU NOW HAVE THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE UNDER YOUR BELT IT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD IDEA TO TRY SOME FUN EXPERIMENTATION 4HERE ARE AFTER ALL LOADS OF POSSIBILITIES SUCH AS PUTTING LOTS OF SMALL PLANTS IN A SINGLE SQUARE METRE OR RAISING JUST A FEW LARGE PLANTS 9OU MIGHT WANT TO TRY TOPPING YOUR PLANTS $ISCOVERING FOR YOURSELF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THESE VARIOUS GROWING METHODS IS EDUCATIONAL AND WILL SERVE YOU IN GOOD STEAD LATER WHEN IT COMES TO CHOOSING THE SYSTEM THAT SUITS YOU BEST

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#HEMICAL FERTILIZERS CONTAIN UP TO FIVE TIMES MORE OF THESE PARTICLES THAN ORGANIC +NOWING THIS IT SEEMS PRETTY OBVIOUS TO ME THAT BIO WEED MUST BE HEALTHIER TO SMOKE THAN ANY RAISED WITH CHEMICALS WHATEVER PART OF THE WORLD THEY COME FROM

!LTHOUGH THE DEBATE USED TO BE ALL ABOUT THE YIELD AND THE TASTE EXCLUSI VELY THE DISCUSSION CAN NOW BE MORE ABOUT WHAT IS THE HEALTHIEST FOR YOU 3O TOO THE SMOKING OF CIGARETTES TOBACCO PLANTS THAT HAVE BEEN SPRAYED EN MASSE WITH CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS IS HARMFUL )T IS THESE THAT CONTAIN THE RADIOACTIVE PARTICLES THAT CAUSE THE DEVELOPMENT OF CANCER CELLS *UST SOMETHING ) WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION

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4HANKS TO THE RAPID GROWTH YOU QUICKLY GET A REAL RAINFOREST OF GREEN

!N OVERVIEW OF THE SET UP IN CONSTRUCTION

4HERE ARE ALSO A THOUSAND AND ONE DIFFERENT GROW MIXES AND OTHER MEDIA SUCH AS COCO AND MAPITO THE CHOICES ARE ENDLESS !ND WE HAVE NOT YET EVEN TOUCHED ON THE THOUSANDS OF DIFFERENT VARIETIES THAT ALL DIFFER FROM EACH OTHER IN THEIR GROWTH AND BLOOM CHARACTERIS TICS 4HE ONE VARIETY NATURALLY WORKS BETTER IN ONE SYSTEM THAN THE OTHER )N SHORT THERE IS SO MUCH TO EXPERIMENT WITH THAT YOU COULD QUITE HAPPILY TRY NEW THINGS UNTIL YOU RE YEARS OLD WITHOUT EVER EXHAUSTING THE POSSIBILI TIES 3O YOU VE ALREADY TAKEN A LARGE STEP FORWARD BUT THE FACT IS THAT THERE ARE ALWAYS NEW MEDIA BEING DREAMT UP

NEW VARIETIES AND HYBRIDS ARE CONSTANTLY BEING DEVELOPED AND NEW GROWING SYSTEMS COME ON TO THE MARKET CON TINUOUSLY TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO SAY THAT YOU HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING OUT 7HICH IS JUST GREAT 4HAT SAID FOR ME IT IS HIGH TIME TO GIVE IN TO THE LURE OF THE WATER POOL AND TRY OUT HYDRO GROWING 4HERE IS OF COURSE A RUNNING DEBATE AS TO THE MERITS AND DEMERITS OF HYDRO AND BIO )T IS SAFE TO SAY THAT HYDRO PRODUCES BIGGER HARVESTS AND MORE RAPID GROWTH THAN BIO ORGANIC /N THE OTHER HAND

BIO WEED DOES HAVE A BETTER TASTE AND EFFECT EVEN IF THE AVERAGE *OE 4OKER WILL NOT NOTICE MUCH DIFFERENCE IF HE HAS BOTH DISHED UP IN FRONT OF HIM &ROM THOSE WHO DISLIKE HYDRO YOU WILL OFTEN HEAR REPEATED THAT A DECENT GROWER USING BIO SOIL CAN GET JUST AS GOOD A YIELD AS SOMEONE GROWING ON HYDRO 4HIS IS TRUE OF COURSE IF YOU RE TALKING ABOUT AN AVERAGE HYDRO GROWER "UT THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT AN EXPERIEN CED HYDRO GROWER CAN GET MUCH HIGHER YIELDS THAN AN EXPERIENCED BIO GROWER

3INCE ) COULD NOT GIVE A TOSS WHAT SIZE HARVEST ) GET BEING ONLY INTERESTED GROWING GOOD QUALITY WEED ) GROW ORGANICALLY 3HOULD ) EVER FALL TO THE TEMPTATIONS OF THE FINANCIAL REWARD

THEN IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT ) LL SWITCH TO HYDRO .OT BECAUSE ) WANT TO BUT BECAUSE ) HAVE TO IF ) WANT TO GET THE REALLY BIG CROPS

à ÊÜ>ÃÌi 4HESE DAYS THERE ARE ALSO THE TECHNI QUES OF ORGANIC HYDRO AND AQUAPONICS

WHICH SHOULD GIVE HYDRO A BETTER NAME 2EGARDING THE AFOREMENTIONED AQUAPO NICS IT SHOULD GET A FAVOURABLE MENTION

SINCE THE PLANTS ARE FED THE DROPPINGS OR WHATEVER THEY RE CALLED OF MANY FISH SOMETHING THAT ADDS GOOD QUAN TITIES OF .0+ TO THE WATER WHILE THE PLANTS IN TURN CLEANSE THE WATER FOR THE FISH !QUAPONICA IS AN INTEGRATION OF WATER CULTURE RAISING FISH AND HYDROPONICS GROWING IN WATER IN A SINGLE SYSTEM &IRST AND FOREMOST THE OUTFLOW WATER

THROUGH A FILTER THAT IS PACKED FULL WITH BACTERIAL LIFE AND THEREBY TRANSFORMED IN TO NUTRIENT !FTER THIS THE WATER IS TRANSPORTED TO THE PLANTS 9OU CAN MAKE SUCH A FILTER YOURSELF BY PUMPING WATER THROUGH A VAT FILLED WITH CLAY PEBBLES )T TAKES AROUND DAYS TO GET A GOOD BACTERIAL LIFE UP AND RUNNING "UT THE PROCESS HAPPENS ALL BY ITSELF YOU DON T NEED TO DO ANYTHING "UT YOU CAN ALSO GET HOLD OF BACTERIAL LIFE IN LIQUID FORM FROM AN AQUARIUM SHOP 4HIS WILL SPEED UP THE PROCESS 4HE SYSTEM SHOULD DELIVER TERRIFIC BUDS OF EXTREMELY GOOD QUALITY )T COULD ALSO BE DESCRIBED AS @ORGANIC BECAUSE THERE ARE NO CHEMICAL NUTRIENTS ADDED TO THE WATER ) RECENTLY READ AN INTERES TING ARTICLE ON THE SUBJECT OF ORGANIC FERTILIZERS VERSUS CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS )N SHORT IT WAS ALL ABOUT HOW CANNABIS PLANTS ARE CAPABLE OF TAKING UP RADIOAC TIVE COMPOUNDS AND THEREBY CLEANSING THE SOIL OF THEM )F YOU DIDN T KNOW THIS ALREADY CANNABIS PLANTS ARE BEING USED TO DECONTAMINATE THE SOIL AROUND

)F YOU DIDN T KNOW THIS ALREADY CANNABIS PLANTS ARE BEING USED TO DECONTAMINATE THE SOIL AROUND #HERNOBYL FROM THE FISH TANKS IS PUMPED TO A PART OF THE SYSTEM TO BE TREATED WITH NATURAL BACTERIA THAT TRANSFORMS THE FISH WASTE FISH SHIT IN TO A FORM THAT IS USABLE AS NUTRIENT BY THE PLANTS /NCE THIS CONVERSION IS COMPLETED THE FISH WASTE WATER CAN BE USED ON THE PLANTS )T IS PUMPED TO THE PART OF THE SYSTEM WHERE THE MEDIUM IN WHICH THE PLANTS ARE GROWING )T CAN ALSO BE USED IN A HYDROPONIC SYSTEM AS NUTRIENT WATER FOR THE PLANTS 4HE WATER IN SHORT IS PUMPED

#HERNOBYL 9ES ) SHIT YOU NOT THE PLACE WHERE THE NUCLEAR PANT WENT UP IN SMOKE "ECAUSE THE SOIL FOR MILES AROUND IT CONTAINS RADIOACTIVE SUBSTAN CES CANNABIS AND TOBACCO PLANTS ARE BEING USED TO STRIP THE RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES FROM OUT OF THE SOIL THEREBY DECONTAMINATING IT NATURALLY )N CONNECTION WITH THIS IT IS ALSO NICE TO KNOW THAT MANY FERTILIZERS CON TAIN MINUSCULE RADIOACTIVE PARTICLES

#HOICES CHOICES TOO MANY CHOICES ) HAVE DECIDED TO GO WITH A HYDRO SETUP WITH CLAY BALLS IN IT 9OU COULD ALSO DECIDED TO USE COCO SLABS OR OTHER MEDIA SUCH AS EBB AND FLOOD THE .&4 SYSTEM A GROW BOX OR A HOST OF OTHER POSSIBILITIES 7HICHEVER SYSTEM YOU OPT FOR IT IS USUALLY GOING TO COST YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INVESTMENT TO GET HOLD OF THE MATERIALS YOU NEED

3O ANYWAY ) VE GONE WITH HYDRO !LSO BECAUSE IN SO CHOOSING ) AM ABLE TO USE THE KNOWLEDGE ) HAVE OF PREVIOUS HAR VESTS )NSTALLING EVERYTHING WENT REALLY SMOOTHLY 3INCE ) HAVE NOT WORKED WITH A VAT WHEN GROWING IN SOIL ) STILL HAD TO GET HOLD OF ONE OF THESE ALONG WITH ALL THE P( AND %# GIZMOS THAT ) HAD ALSO NEVER USED WHEN GROWING IN SOIL BUT WHICH ARE PRETTY HANDY HYDRO GROWING 0ERSONALLY ) DON T TRUST ALL THAT FAFFING ABOUT WITH WATER AND FOR THAT REASON WOULD ALWAYS CHOOSE TO GROW ON THE GROUND FLOOR OR IN A CELLAR WHEN POS SIBLE )N THIS WAY YOU MINIMISE ANY DAMAGE SHOULD YOU GET A LEAK /NE OF THE MOST PREVENTABLE CAUSES OF GROWERS GETTING BUSTED IS LEAKS 4HE SCENARIO DOES NOT BEAR THINKING ABOUT SITTING QUIETLY IN YOUR ARMCHAIR WHEN YOU SUDDENLY FEEL WATER DRIPPING ON YOUR BONCE .O WHICH IS WHY ) FEEL A WHOLE LOT SAFER STICKING TO MY SOIL 4O MAKE SURE THAT THE VAT WAS KEPT AT A TEMPERATURE OF AROUND DEGREES #ELSIUS ) BOUGHT A HEATING ELEMENT IN AN AQUARIUM SHOP 4HIS IS PERFECT FOR KEEPING THE WATER AT THE CORRECT TEMPE RATURE 4HE PLANTS AFTER ALL ARE ABSOLU TELY CRAZY ABOUT LIGHTLY WARMED WATER "ECAUSE THE PLANTS GROWN ON HYDRO WILL BE A BIT BIGGER THAN USUAL OR WILL GROW UP QUICKER ) DECIDED TO LET THEM GROW A BIT FURTHER APART FROM EACH OTHER )N THIS WAY THEY WERE GIVEN ENOUGH ROOM IN WHICH TO FULLY DEVELOP THEIR SIDE BRANCHES ) PRETTY QUICKLY NOTICED THAT THE PLANTS RAPIDLY GOT STARTED ON HYDRO AND BEGAN THEIR GROWTH IMMEDIATELY !FTER A FEW DAYS OF GROWTH IT IS EASY TO NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE !FTER THEY HAD TAKEN A WEEK OR SO TO GET UP TO SPEED

THEY WERE GROWING SEVERAL CENTIMETRES A DAY 4HE GROWTH PHASE IN OTHER WORDS DOES NOT NEED TO LAST LONG BEFORE THEY CAN BE BROUGHT IN TO BLOOM )F ) WERE TO GIVE THEM JUST ANOTHER WEEK THEN THEY WOULD SURELY TURN INTO A VERITABLE RAINFOREST

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) TRIED TO CHECK THE P( AND %# REGU LARLY AND KEEP EVERYTHING WITHIN THE RIGHT PARAMETERS 3O FAR IT HAS GONE VERY SMOOTHLY !S AN ADDITION TO THIS ) HAVE TO REPORT THAT ) HAVE BEEN USING A SPECIAL HYDRO NUTRIENT 3PECIALLY DEVE LOPED FOR GROWING IN WATER IN OTHER WORDS ) KEPT IT REALLY SIMPLE AND TRIED NOT TO USE TOO MANY BOOSTERS AND OTHER ADDITIVES THAT MIGHT HAVE INFLUENCED MY P( AND %# LEVELS &ORTUNATELY ) DID NOT COME ACROSS ANY PROBLEMS 'ROWING ON SOIL ) QUICKLY REALISE WHEN SOMETHING IS AMISS BUT SINCE HYDRO WAS NEW TO ME THERE WAS A CHANCE THAT IT WOULD BE HARDER FOR ME TO GET TO THE ROOT OF ANY PROBLEMS

!FTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS BLOOM THE BUDS BEGAN TO DEVELOP VERY NICELY 4HEY HAD ALREADY REACHED A GOOD SIZE AND SMELT NICE AND SWEET 4HERE WAS CLEARLY AN EXPLOSIVE BLOOM UNDERWAY AND THE BUDS WERE ALREADY BIGGER THAN THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN AT AROUND THE SAME TIME IF THEY BEEN GROWN ON SOIL "ECAUSE PLANTS LOVE OXYGEN ) USED A SMALL AQUARIUM PUMP TO RAISE THE OXY GEN CONTENT OF MY FEED WATER VAT 4HIS THEY ALSO SEEMED TO ENJOY AND THEY RES PONDED BY PUTTING OUT NEW WHITE HAIRS ON THEIR INCREASINGLY FAT BUDS

HASH HAVING BEEN USING THIS VERY HIGH QUALITY STUFF IT JUST DOESN T TASTE RIGHT

OR HAS ONLY A VERY MILD EFFECT "UT WHILE THE BUDS WERE DRYING OUT FOR THREE WEEKS ) WAS ABLE TO ENJOY MY WATER HASH )T IS REALLY USEFUL TO BE HAVE ACCESS TO YOUR OWN SUPPLY OF GREAT QUALITY WATER HASH WHILE YOUR BUDS ARE STILL DRYING OUT ) WAS NEVER TEMPTED EVEN FOR A SECOND TO TRY AND SNEAK A BUD AND DRY IT OUT QUICKLY TO TRY OUT ) WAS ABLE TO RESIST THIS TEMPTATION AND LET THE WHOLE HARVEST RIPEN PROPERLY 4HE GLISTENING CRYSTALS LOOK PARTICULARLY TASTY

THE RIGHT P( SO THAT THE PLANT USES UP ALL ITS NUTRIENTS AND IF NEEDED DRAWS MORE FROM ITS OWN LEAVES 4HIS CAUSES THEM TO TURN YELLOW BUT THAT IS NORMAL 3OMETIMES SOME VARIETIES REACT VERY WEIRDLY TO THIS NUTRIENT SHORTAGE AND DEVELOP LOVELY LOOKING RED OR COLOURED LEAF SHOOTS $URING TRIMMING ) NOTICED THAT THE BUDS WERE NICE AND HARD AND BURSTING WITH

! GREAT HYDRO BUD "IG HARD AND FILLED WITH 4(#

4(# !S USUAL ) COLLECTED UP ALL THE LEAF TRIMMINGS AND LET THIS DRY FOR A FEW DAYS 4HIS MATERIAL WAS ON THE BORDER BETWEEN WET AND DRY AND IS PERFECT FOR MAKING WATER HASH OUT OF ) FROZE THE LEAF MATERIAL OVERNIGHT AND DID INDEED MAKE A LOVELY WATER HASH THE NEXT DAY 4HE QUALITY WAS AS USUAL VERY HIGH 4HE ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT YOU GET SO USED TO IT THAT YOU RE KIND OF SPOILT 7HEN YOU RE FORCED TO GO BACK TO REGULAR

ÀÞ }Êë>Vi 4HE HARVEST WAS GETTING VISIBLY CLOSER AND LOOKED FURTHERMORE TO BE SQUARING UP TO BE A GREAT ONE 3O ) WAS ALSO PRET TY BUSY GETTING EVERYTHING SORTED FOR MAKING MY DRYING SPACE READY ) ALSO GOT MY TRIMMING SHEARS TOGETHER /NE THING ) FIND VERY HANDY ARE THOSE SMALL WHITE NETS ON WHICH YOU CAN LAY BUDS FOR LEAVING THEM TO DRY 9OU CAN SAFELY STACK A COUPLE ON TOP OF EACH OTHER

) FIND THE ATTIC THE BEST PLACE FOR DRYING OUT BUDS )T IS NEVER TOO WARM AND NEVER TOO COLD AT LEAST NOT AT MY PLACE IT ISN T 4HERE IS ALWAYS A PERFECT TEM PERATURE OF BETWEEN AND DEGREES #ELSIUS 7ITH THIS THE BUDS CAN DRY OUT NICE AND SLOW RIPENING AS THEY DO SO !FTER JUST A FEW DAYS THE SMALLEST BUDS WERE ALREADY DRY AND READY FOR TRYING OUT !FTER TWO WEEKS MOST OF THE OTHER BUDS WERE ALSO READY THOUGH THE REALLY HUGE BUDS TOOK UP TO THREE WEEKS 4HE BLOOM IS NEARLY OVER AND SO ) ONLY GIVE MY PLANT FRESH WATER WITH

)T DID NOT TAKE LONG FOR THIS LADY TO BECOME GIANT SIZED

4HERE WAS CLEARLY AN EXPLOSIVE BLOOM UNDERWAY AND THE BUDS WERE ALREADY BIGGER THAN THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN AT AROUND THE SAME TIME IF THEY BEEN GROWN ON SOIL

) WOULD STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT ANYO NE WHO HAS EVER BEEN TEMPTED TO DRY THEIR WEED TOO HASTILY IN ORDER TO TRY IT OUT GETS THEIR HANDS ON AN )CE / ,ATOR 7ITH ONE YOU CAN EASILY AND QUICKLY GET YOUR HANDS ON YOUR VERY OWN TOP QUA LITY HASH FOR USE WHILE YOU WAIT )F YOU ARE SO IMPATIENT THAT YOU SIMPLY CAN T PUT OFF SNEAKING SOME WEED TOO EARLY

THEN YOU CAN STICK YOUR FRESH WET LEAF TRIMMINGS STRAIGHT TO WORK AFTER YOUR HARVEST 7ITHIN A FEW HOURS YOU BE SMOKING AWAY TO YOUR HEART S CONTENT /NCE YOUR BUDS HAVE FINISHED DRYING AND YOUR HASH SUPPLY IS ALMOST USED UP IT IS TIME TO TEST THEM OUT .OW ) SHOULD MENTION THAT MY SENSE OF TASTE IS NOT VERY WELL DEVELOPED AND FRANKLY ) CAN NOT TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HYDRO AND BIO "UT EVEN THOUGH THE HYDRO BUDS LOOK FANTASTIC WITH LOADS OF 4(# SMOTHERING THEM AND ) GOT A GREAT YIELD ) WOULD STILL RATHER GROW IN SOIL AND USE ORGANIC FERTILIZERS .OT BECAUSE IT TASTES BETTER BUT SIMPLY BECAUSE BIO IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE HEALTHY /R TO PUT IT ANOTHER WAY AS HEALTHY AS IS POSSIBLE !ND IF ) HAVE TO GIVE SOMETHING UP ON THE YIELD THEN ) DO SO WITH PLEASURE 4HAT S NOT TO SAY ) WILL NEVER EXPERIMENT WITH HYDRO AGAIN n ) WILL IF ONLY FOR THE THRILL OF EXPERIMENTATION AND TRYING OUT NEW SYSTEMS "UT AT THE END OF THE DAY ) WILL ALWAYS COME BACK TO GOOD OLD SOIL #OCO ALSO INTERESTS ME A LOT PRIMARILY BECAUSE YOU CAN GROW ON IT FOR MONTHS WITH NO LOSS OF YIELD OR INCREASING THE RISK OF SICKNESSES #LONES ROOT SUPERBLY AND RAPIDLY IN A GOOD AIRY COCO SLAB 4O SUM UP MY ADVENTURES IN HYDRO GROWING A SHORTER PRE GROWTH PERIOD IS NEEDED A SUMPTUOUS BLOOM LEADS TO GREAT YIELDS AND REGULAR CHECKS ON THE P( AND %# VALUES ARE VITAL /NWARDS TO THE NEXT SYSTEM

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9EAH SO BY THE TIME YOU READ THIS WE LL HAVE HAD A GENERAL ELECTION HERE IN THE 5+ AND WILL HAVE THE SAME OLD SHIT BY THE SAME NAME OR ANOTHER NAME )T S A LOSE LOSE SITUATION AND YEARS AGO ) DECIDED TO VOTE WITH MY FEET RATHER THAN WITH ANYTHING ELSE 4O TELL THE TRUTH hWHY ) WON T EVER VOTEv IS WRONG COS ) DO ACTUALLY TAKE THE TROUBLE TO HAUL MY SKINNY ASS ALONG TO THE POLLING BOOTH !FTER ALL GOOD MEN DIED SO ) COULD HAVE THE FUCKING RIGHT BLAH BLAH BLAH 3O WITH THIS IN MIND ) DULY TURN UP AT THE POLLING BOOTH GET MY BIT OF PAPER AND A PENCIL WRITE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAPER h./.% /& 4(% !"/6%v AND DRAW IN A BOX WHICH ) THEN TICK 4HIS IS ME MAKING A STATEMENT AND IT S WHAT ) VE DONE FOR A GOOD NUMBER OF YEARS ) CAN T BE ARSED WITH THOSE INDOLENT FUCKERS WHO DON T VOTE BECAUSE THEY CAN T BE BOTHERED 4HAT JUST COMES ACROSS AS PURE FUCKING LAZINESS AND THEY DESERVE WHAT THEY GET

THE BELOVED WEED A #LASS ! DRUG WITH #LASS ! PUNISHMENTS ATTACHED TO HAVING ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT !ND THE POLITICAL WANNABES ARE FALLING OVER THEMSELVES TRYING TO LOOK HARDER AND TOUGHER ON hTHE 3+5.+ ISSUEv THAN THE OTHER GUY 'ET REAL AND GIVE ME A FUCKING BREAK !LL THIS hTOUGH ON CRIME TOUGH ON THE CAUSES OF CRIMEv MALARKEY REALLY GETS ME DOWN 4HE KIND OF STUFF ) D THINK OF AS hREALv CRIME YOU KNOW THE KIND OF CRIME THAT HURTS OR KILLS PEOPLE IS TOO MUCH BOTHER TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH SO INSTEAD THERE S ALL THIS GETTING TOUGH ON STONERS BOLLOCKS ) RECKON THAT ONCE THE ELECTION IS OVER AND THE POLITICIANS HAVE QUICKLY FORGOTTEN ALL THE STUFF THEY PROMISED EVERYONE CAN GO BACK TO DOING PRETTY MUCH AS THEY LIKE IN SPITE OF WHAT THE GOVERNMENT SAYS 7HICH LET S FACE IT IS PRETTY MUCH HOW IT IS AND IS ANOTHER REASON FOR NOT VOTING 9EAH IT SEEMS TO ME THAT POLITICIANS ARE ALL THE SAME )F ONLY THEY D BE HONEST ABOUT IT )F THEY D JUST SAY SOMETHING LIKE h7ELL ) DON T REALLY GIVE A FUCK ABOUT CANNABIS BUT SAYING ) LL BURY DEALERS IN A DEEP DUNGEON FOR FIFTY YEARS WILL GET ME VOTESv

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) DON T VOTE FOR ANY OF THE FUCKING IDIOTS ON THE VOTING SHEET FOR A REALLY SIMPLE AND STRAIGHTFORWARD REASON NONE OF THEM REPRESENT ME )N FACT NOT ONLY DO NONE OF THEM REPRESENT ME EVERY FUCKING ONE OF THEM WOULD SEE ME IN THE BIG HOUSE BECAUSE OF HOW ) CHOOSE TO MAKE A LIVING

h) M JUST LOOKING FOR A REALLY WELL PAID JOB WITH A GREAT PENSION AND LOADS OF PERKS AND ) D FUCK MY GRANNY LIVE ON TELEVISION IF ) THOUGHT IT WOULD GET ME INTO POWERv

!ND LATELY IT S BEEN TEN TIMES FUCKING WORSE THAN USUAL ) M WONDERING IF THERE S A FORMULA FOR THE AMOUNT OF GREENHOUSE GASSES PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF THE BULLSHIT THAT POLITICIANS SPOUT ABOUT DOPE )F THERE IS A CORRELATION OR WHATEVER THEN THERE MUST BE A BIG FUCKING HOLE OVER THE 5+ JUST LIKE THE ONE OVER THE SOUTH OR IS IT THE NORTH POLE YES !T THE MOMENT ANYONE WITH ANY CONNECTION TO 3+5.+ IS ON A PAR WITH A KIDDIE FIDDLER SO YOU LL KNOW THE DEAL hHANGING S TOO GOOD FOR THEMv hTAR AND FEATHER THEMv ETC ETC 5NBELIEVABLE REALLY BUT THERE S ALL THIS BULLSHIT TALK OF MAKING

$ON T GET ME WRONG IT WOULDN T MAKE ME WANT TO RUN OUT AND VOTE FOR ANY OF THEM OR ANYTHING AS RASH AS THAT BUT AT LEAST ) D GET A LAUGH BEFORE GOING BACK TO THE BUSINESS OF IGNORING THEM 9EAH 5NTIL NEXT TIME *OE "LOW HORRIBLY?STONED?BOY HOTMAIL COM

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". 8 CE,PRO IS A NATURAL GROWTH AND FLOWERING STIMULANT WHICH IS APPLICABLE TO ALL PLANT SPECIES AND SHOWED A DEMONSTRABLE ENHANCEMENT OF QUALITY AS WELL AS QUANTITY IN ALL TESTS ! HIGHER YIELD AND A BETTER QUALITY

4HIS SOPHISTICATED COMBINATION OF INGREDIENTS STIMULATES THE BIOCHEMICAL PROCESSES ON ALL LEVELS 4HE FRESHWATER ALGAE DERIVED INGREDIENTS ACCELERATE THE RATE OF ASSIMILATION AND PHOTOSYNTHESIS THEREBY INCREASING THE FORMING OF CARBOHYDROXIDES

(ORMONE BALANCE IS ACTIVELY STIMULATED BY THE NATURAL COMBINATION OF FREE AMINO ACIDS WHILE A NATURAL BALANCED EXTRACT OF DESALINATED SEAWATER DELIVERS ALL KNOWN TRACE ELEMENTS 4HIS GUARANTEES THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTHY STRONG PLANTS

".8 CE,PRO CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING SUBSTANCES MULTIPLE VITAMINS NATURAL STIMULANTS

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&ROM THE FIRST DAY OF APPLICATION ". 8 CE, IS AN ACTIVE FACTOR IN THE GROWING AND FLOWERING PROCESSES AND ROOTING GOES FASTER WITH LESS FALL OUT ! VERY EXTENSIVE ROOT SYSTEM IS FORMED AND AT THE SAME TIME YOUR PLANTS WILL GROW VITALLY AND VIGOROUSLY 4HE READINESS TO FLOWER WILL BE STIMULATED AND IN THE END ONE MAY COUNT ON A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER YIELD

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4HERE HAVE BEEN MANY ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN THE PAST ABOUT CLONING IN VARIOUS MAGAZINES 0ERHAPS EVEN TOO OFTEN ) FEAR "UT WHAT IS SOME VAGUE CLONE STORY FROM FOUR ISSUES AGO TO YOU THAT YOU CAN T EVEN FIND ANY MORE ANYWAY "ECAUSE IT IS RIGHT NOW WITH THE CLONE MARKET CRISIS RAGING THAT YOU NEED FOR CLONES IS OVERWHELMING 3O NOW IS OBVIOUSLY THE MOMENT TO MAKE ABSOLUTELY CLEAR IN WORD AND IMAGE EXACTLY HOW MAKING CLONES IS ACTUALLY DONE "ECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IS MISSING IN ALL THESE ARTICLES CLARITY 3TEP BY STEP SO THAT EVEN A CHILD COULD DO IT 3O NO COMPLICATED PSEUDO SCIENTIFIC DETAILS THAT SIMPLY SERVE TO CONFUSE YOU 9OU CAN GO FIND THESE LATER IN A BOOK OR ON THE )NTERNET 3O HERE IT COMES A PAGE TO CUT OUT AND PLASTIFY AND HANG ON THE WALL IN YOUR WORK SPACE ,ET THERE BE ABSOLUTELY NO MISUNDERSTANDINGS THE IGNORANCE ABOUT CLONES IS STILL HUGE *UST HOW HUGE WAS BROUGHT HOME TO ME RECENTLY IN ONE OF MY FAVOURITE GROW SHOPS WHEN ) HAD TO EXPLAIN TO THE SHOP KEEPER WHERE THE FORK IN THE STALK WAS (OPEFULLY ONCE YOU HAVE MADE CLONES FOR YOURSELF YOU WILL NOT WANT TO GET THEM IN ANY OTHER WAY EVER AGAIN BECAUSE ) SWEAR n THERE S NOTHING TO BEAT YOUR OWN CLONES 4HEY ARE STRONGER GROW BETTER HAVE BETTER RESISTANCE TO DISEASE AND PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY OF ALL IT IS SUPER FUN AND YOU KNOW FOR ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN JUST WHAT YOU RE GROWING .O MORE OVER CLONED

WASHED OUT AND INBRED GENETICS BUT VITAL

HEALTHY AND LITERALLY FRESH OFF THE KNIFE

"UT HOLD YOUR HORSES WE RE NOT AT THAT STAGE OF THE CLONE STORY JUST YET "ECAUSE A CLONE SUCH AS THIS HAS TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE !ND THEN WE GET IN TO CHICKEN OR EGG TERRITORY WHAT CAME FIRST THE CLONE OR THE MOTHER PLANT 9OU HAVE TO LOOK AT IT LIKE THIS A CLONE IS JUST A LITTLE BRANCH OF A LARGER PLANT THAT HAS GONE OFF TO LIVE ON ITS OWN 3O IN ORDER TO MAKE ONE YOU HAVE TO HAVE SUCH A LARGER PLANT IN THE FIRST PLACE !ND THERE S THE STICKING POINT BECAUSE HOW DO YOU GET YOUR HANDS ON A MOTHER PLANT IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A CLONE TO START WITH 4HE SOLUTION IS SEED 9EAH YEAH ) KNOW THE DRAWBACKS LABORIOUS TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND THEN YOU HAVE ALL THE HASSLE OF MALES AND FEMALES "UT ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BE TRULY INDEPENDENT OF CLONE SUPPLIERS HAS NO OTHER CHOICE IF YOU WANT TO BE A GOOD MOTHER YOU SIMPLY HAVE TO GROW FROM

SEED AT LEAST THE FIRST TIME ANYWAY !FTER THAT YOU CAN HAPPILY TAKE CLONES FROM THE NEW MOTHERS 9OU CAN EVEN STORE CHUNKS OF PLANT TISSUE IN THE FRIDGE SEE TWO ISSUES AGO AND FROM THIS MAKE AND RAISE NEW MOTHER PLANTS IN THE FUTURE "UT THE MOTHER ISSUE IS A SEPARATE THING

AND THAT S A STORY THAT MAYBE ) WILL RETURN TO IN THE NEXT ISSUE "UT FIRST THE SPEED COURSE IN CLONE MAKING

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/NE NOT BLOOMING PLANT

4RANSPARENT MATERIAL WITH WHICH YOU CAN CLOSE OFF THE TRAY FROM ABOVE

KITCHEN CLING FILM OR A PLATE OF GLASS FOR EXAMPLE

/NE VERY SHARP KNIFE NICE AND SIMPLY A RAZOR BLADE IN A CORK /NE SHARP WEED TRIMMING SCISSORS /NE NAIL OR SOME OTHER POINTED OBJECT #LONING POWDER OR GEL ! BOTTLE OF P( MIN

! FLAT WATER TIGHT TRAY THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE THE NUMBER OF CLONE BLOCKS THAT YOU AIM TO USE ! BOTTLE OF "UGS !WAY OR SOME OTHER INSECT REPELLING SUBSTANCE WITH ADDED LEAF NUTRIENT

&LUORESCENT LIGHTS COLOUR THAT FITS OVER THE TRAY OR AQUARIUM !N ENERGY SAVING LAMP USED IN PLANT GROWING ALSO WORKS FINE BUT IS PERHAPS A BIT OF AN OVERKILL AT THIS STAGE !N AIR HUMIDIFIER OR A PLANT SPRAYER TO CREATE A MIST

! P( METER ! THERMOMETER #LONE BLOCKS 4HE CLASSIC CLONE BLOCKS ARE CUBES OF ROCK WOOL THE BLOCKS USED HERE FROM "IO)BO CONSIST OF A MIX OF ROCK WOOL AND PERLITE AND FIT PERFECTLY IN A SPECIAL TRAY 4HOSE FROM 0LAGRON ARE PURE ORGANIC BLOCKS OF COCO "OTH ARE GOOD TO USE 2EMEMBER THAT WHEN YOU CALCULATE THE NUMBER OF CLONES YOU WANT TO END UP WITH THAT THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A FEW WEAK SISTERS AMONG THEM SO YOU NEED TO USE ABOUT MORE BLOCKS THAN THE NUMBER OF PLANTS YOU WANT

! HYGROMETER OR A COMBINED THERMO HYGROMETER ! TIMER SWITCH ONLY IF YOU WANT TO GIVE THEM HOURS OF LIGHT

0RICK A HOLE WITH THE NAIL OR OTHER POINTED OBJECT IN THE CLONE BLOCKS NET TO THE ALREADY MADE SMALL HOLE 4HE HOLE HAS TO STOP BEFORE IT REACHES THE BOTTOM OF THE CLONE BLOCK )N THIS HOLE THE NEW CLONES WILL SOON BE PLACED 'ENTLY SQUEEZE SOME OF THE WATER OUT OF THE CLONE BLOCK SO THAT IT IS NO LONGER TOTALLY SOAKED THROUGH

*Ài«>À>Ì 'ET YOUR WORKING SPACE TIDY -AKE SURE EVERYTHING IS SPOTLESSLY CLEAN 4HAT INCLUDES WASHING YOUR HANDS ,AY OUT ALL YOUR TOOLS SO YOU CAN EASILY SEE THEM ALL TOGETHER 9OU ARE ABOUT TO BECOME A PLANT SURGEON SO YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE WANDERING AROUND LOOKING FOR YOUR TOOLS THE WHOLE TIME -AKE UP A COUPLE OF LITRES OF WATER WITH A P( OF BETWEEN AND AND A TEMPERATURE OF ABOUT ª# &RESH RAINWATER IS THE BEST 0OUR WATER WITH A P( OF IN THE TRAY n ONE LITRE WILL DO ABOUT CLONE BLOCKS ,ET THE CLONE BLOCKS SIT FOR AN HOUR IN THIS WATER &ILL ONE OF THE TWO MEASURING BEAKERS WITH THE SAME WATER

4HE BASIC TOOLS OF THE WEED SURGEON ARE SMALL SCISSORS RAZOR BLADE SET IN A CORK

#LONEX CLONING GEL HOLE PRICKING AWL n TAKE NOTE OF THE TAPE THAT MARKS THE CORRECT DEPTH TO BE PRICKED

&ILL THE OTHER MEASURING BEAKER ACCORDING TO THE CONCENTRATIONS STIPULATED BY THE MAKERS WITH THE INSECT REPELLING SOLUTION

BY PREFERENCE USE MORE OF THE WATER WITH A P( BETWEEN AND

#HOOSE A NICE LOOKING BRANCH 4HERE MUST BE AT LEAST FOUR GROWTH SHOOTS ON IT 4HE BIGGER THE LEAVES THE BETTER THE CLONE WILL DEVELOP !VOID USING BRANCHES THAT ARE TOO WOODY #UT THE BRANCH CLEANLY OFF WITH A CUT AT AN ANGLE OF DEGREES $O THIS ON A SECTION OF STALK BETWEEN THE LEAVES OR BRANCH NODES

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3TIR THE SLANTINGLY CUT STALK FOR A HALF MINUTE A COUPLE OF CENTIMETRES DEEP IN THE CLONING GEL MY FAVOURITE OR DIP IT IN CLONING POWDER 4HE GEL OR POWDER CONTAINS GROWTH HORMONES THAT CAUSE THE STALKS TO DEVELOP ROOTS

CLONES HOUR LIGHT "UT IF YOU RE GOING TO USE HOUR LIGHT IT IS ESSENTIAL #HECK AFTER AN HOUR THAT THE HEAT IS NOT TOO STRONG ! TEMPERATURE OF BETWEEN AND ª# IS IDEAL (IGHER TEMPERATURES WILL RETARD OR PREVENT ROOT FORMATION -AKE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE LAMP AND THE PLANTS A BIT WIDER IF IT DOES BECOME TOO HOT OR AIM A SMALL FAN VENTILATOR AT THE TUBE OR BULB SO THAT THE HEAT IS DISSIPATED

)F EVERYTHING HAS BEEN RUNNING AS DESCRIBED HERE THEN AROUND DAY SEVEN THE FIRST ROOT TIPS WILL BE VISIBLE AT LEAST IN CLONES FROM SEED GROWN PLANTS WITH CUTTINGS TAKEN FROM A CLONE THIS WILL USUALLY TAKE A FEW DAYS LONGER #LONES THAT BY DAY STILL HAVE NO ROOT GROWTH CAN BE WRITTEN OFF AS HAVING FAILED

7ARMING THE BASE IS VERY GOOD FOR CLONES THEY PREFER IT IF THEIR FEET ARE WARMER THAN THEIR LEAVES 4HERE ARE HANDY WARMING MATS WITH A BUILD IN THERMOSTAT AVAILABLE THAT FIT PRECISELY IN A TRAY BUT A LIGHT BULB UNDER THE BASE ALSO WORKS VERY WELL #HECK THE AIR HUMIDITY REGULARLY AND MIST IT IF THIS IS TOO LOW !FTER ABOUT FOUR DAYS THE HUMIDITY CAN BE ALLOWED TO FALL A LITTLE TO BUT THIS IS NOT TOTALLY ESSENTIAL

3LIDE THE STALK GENTLY IN TO THE HOLE THAT YOU PREVIOUSLY PRICKED IN THE CLONE BLOCK )F IT DOES NOT SLIDE EASILY IN THEN WIDEN IT SLIGHTLY WITH THE NAIL $O NOT FORCE THE STALK IN 'ENTLY SQUEEZE THE CLONE BLOCK AROUND THE STALK 4RIM THE LARGER LEAVES IN HALF SO THAT THE CLONE DOES NOT LOSE TOO MUCH MOISTURE $UNK THE CLONE IN THE MEASURING BEAKER OF "UGS !WAY SOLUTION

0LACE THE CUT STALK IMMEDIATELY IN THE MEASURING BEAKER FILLED WITH WATER #ONTINUE DOING THIS UNTIL THE MEASURING BEAKER IS FULL 9OU WILL HAVE A BRANCH OR FIVE

0LACE THE CLONE BLOCKS WITH THEIR CLONES IN THE TRAY OR AQUARIUM IF NECESSARY WITH A LAYER OF MOIST PERLITE ON THE BASE SO THAT THE ROOTS DO NOT BECOME DRIED OUT IF THEY COME TO POKE OUT -AKE SURE THAT THE LEA VES OVERLAP EACH OTHER AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE

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4RIM OFF THE LOWER MOST TWO SETS OF LEAVES AND OR SHOOTS THIS PART OF THE STALK WILL SOON BE SITTING IN THE CLONE BLOCK

3PRAY THE TRAY WELL ON THE INSIDE OR USE AN AIR HUMIDIFIER SO AS TO CREATE A NICE HIGH AIR MOISTURE OF AT LEAST PREFERABLY MORE ! HIGH AIR HUMIDITY IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL FOR CLONES SO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON IT 0LACE A THERMOMETER AND A HYGROMETER IN THE TUB 0UT THE LID ON THE TRAY OR COVER IT WITH A GLASS PLATE OR A SHEET OF CLING FILM (ANG OR LAY THE FLUORESCENT LAMP ABOVE THE TRAY AND IF YOU RE USING ONE CONNECT UP THE TIMER !IM TO LEAVE ABOUT CM BETWEEN THE PLANT AND LAMP THOUGH THIS CAN BE A GREATER DISTANCE ! TIMER IS NOT NEEDED IF YOU ARE GOING TO ALLOW THE

!FTER ABOUT FIVE DAYS YOU SHOULD ALLOW SOME VENTILATION THROUGH THE TRANSPARENT COVERING OF THE TRAY BY SLIDING THE LID AWAY A BIT OR OPEN THE SLOTS DESIGNED FOR THIS IN THE LID OF THE MINI TRAY )T IS NORMAL FOR THE CLONES TO DROOP A LITTLE IN THE FIRST FEW DAYS 4HIS GENERALLY IMPROVES AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS HOWEVER 3OME CLONES DO NOT RECOVER OR WILL DEVELOP YELLOW LEAVES AND THESE ARE USUALLY THE ONES THAT WERE NEVER GOING TO MAKE IT "UT DON T GIVE UP HOPE STRAIGHT AWAY 3OME CLONES DO NOT LOOK UP TO MUCH BUT THEY STILL END UP FORMING HEALTHY ROOTS EVENTUALLY

/NCE THERE ARE SEVERAL ROOT TIPS EMERGING FROM THE CLONE BLOCKS THEN THE PLANT IS READY TO BE MOVED IN TO A MORE NUTRITIOUS MEDIUM 3O ) RECKON FROM THIS POINT ON YOU KNOW ALREADY WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FURTHER 3O HAVE A LOT OF CLONING PLEASURE AND AN ABUNDANT HARVEST FROM THEM

)F YOU CUT OPEN THE CLONE BLOCK THIS IS HOW THE STALK WILL LOOK AFTER ABOUT SIX DAYS

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)N THESE POTS ) LET THE FEMALE SEEDS GERMINATE !T THE MOMENT THAT THE SEEDLING POPS UP OUT OF THE GROUND ) IMMEDIATELY RE POTTED THEM IN TO A LARGER FLOWER POT

)N THE PREVIOUS ARTICLE WE LOOKED AT GETTING ALL THE PREPARATIONS SORTED OUT AND WERE BUSY MAKING UP AS RICHLY FERTILIZED SOIL MIX AS POSSIBLE 4HE AIM WAS TO GIVE THE PLANTS AN EXCELLENT AND SPEEDY START IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT SO THAT THEY WOULD BECOME NICE AND BIG IN SIZE "Y DOING SO WE WERE AIMING TO RAISE HUGE LADIES WHO WOULD DELIVER A GREAT HARVEST AND BY THIS BENCHMARK ALL OUR HARD WORK HAS BEEN MORE THAN WORTH IT )N THE MEANTIME ) HAVE ALLOWED THE FEMALE SEED TO GERMINATE AND THE LITTLE SEEDLINGS HAVE RAPIDLY DEVELOPED 4HERE ARE STILL CLEARLY DISCERNABLE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE SEEDLINGS 3OME SEEDLINGS DEVELOP VERY WELL AND NICE AND

UP AS A MALE OR A FEMALE 3TILL THIS NEW DISCOVERY DID NOT MANAGE TO THROW MY GROWING SCHEME OUT OF BALANCE BECAUSE ) MADE ALLOWANCES FOR SOMETHING ALOJNG THESE LINES BEFORE ) STARTED AND AS ) ALWAYS DO HAD ALLOWED MORE THAN SUFFICIENT SEEDS TO GERMINATE 4HIS IS A TACTIC ) WOULD ALWAYS ADVISE GROWERS TO ADOPT BECAUSE IT ALWAYS GOOD AS A GROWER TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A CHOICE FROM AMONG YOUR SEEDLINGS (AD WE ONLY ALLOWED A COUPLE OF SEEDS TO GERMINATE AND FATE DID NOT GO OUR WAY THEN WE WOIUKLD HAVE BEEN FORCED TO START ALL OVER AGAIN FROM THE BEGINNING AND ORGANISE ANOTHER BATCH OF SEEDLINGS TO BE GERMINATED 4HE PROBLEM IS THAT THEN

)N THIS FLOWER POT ) LET THE YOUNG SEEDLINGS DEVELOP FURTHER 4HE BIG MEGA TUB IN WHICH THE PLANTS WOULD EVENTUALLY COME TO BE STANDING WILL IN THE MEANTIME BE CRAMMED WITH A HOST OF FERTILIZERS AND SOIL MIXES

MORE THAN ONE SEEDLING IN A SINGLE TUB OR A NUMBER OF THEM IN A SINGLE FLOWER BED OR PATCH OF SOIL 4HEN WE WOULD BE FACING SOME PROBLEMS VIS Ë VIS THE LARGE DIFFERENCES THAT WOULD ARISE IN THE DIFFERENT GROWTH PHASES OF THE STILL YOUNG PLANTS (AD WE INSTEAD HAD A BUNCH OF PLANTS GROWING WELL TOGETHER AND WE HAD TO LATER PLANT A NEW BATCH OF YOUNG SEEDLINGS WITH

THEM ONES WE GERMINATED AT A LATER STAGE THEN IT WOULD BE A HOPELESS TASK FOR US AS GROWERS TO ALOOS GIVE THESE NEW SEEDLINGS A GOOD START IN LIFE 4HE ALREADY WELL DEVELOPED AND LARGER LADIES WOULD CERTAINLY MONOPOLISE THE AVAILABLE SUNLIGHT AND FURTHERMORE WOULD HAVE ALSO GRABBED ALL THE MOST IMPORTANT NUTRIENTS THAT WE HAD SO PAINSTAKINGLY MIXED IN TO OUR SOIL 4HANKS TO THIS

!S WELL AS THIS ROOT STIMULATOR GIVING THE SOIL LIFE A BIT OF A BOOST THE ROOTS OF THE PLANT WILL ACCELERATE THEIR ENDLESS BRANCHING GRADUALLY WHILE ANOTHER SEEDLING WILL FOR EXAMPLE SPRING UP THIN AS A BLADE 4HERE ARE ALSO A NUMBER OF SEEDLINGS THAT APPEAR TO BE INN POSSESSION OF VERY LITTLE LIOFE FORCE !LTHOUGH THEY GREW REASONABLY WELL IN THE FIRST FEW DAYS SOME OF THEM LET THEIR HEADS DROOP AND SOMETIMES LOOK AS AS IF THEY HAVE NO SPIRIT TO DEVELOP ANY FURTHER 4HIS IS PRETTY NOTICEABLE BECAUSE THESE SYMPTOMS ARE SOMETHING ) HAVE NEVER ENCOUNTERED WHEN GROWING FROM NORMAL SEEDS WHEN THE EVENTUAL PLANT CAN END

THIS NEW GENERATION WOULD BE SADDLED WITH A CLEAR DISADVANTAGE COMPARED WITH THEIR SISTERS THAT HAD GERMINATED EARLIER

AND WOULD ALREADY HAVE HAD CHANCE TO DEVLELOP ALREADY 0ERSONALLY ) PREFER TO GROW THE PLANTS IN HUGE TUBS AND GENERALLY DO NOT PLANT MORE THAN ONE YOUNG PLANT IN EACH "Y DOING THIS A SLIGHT DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY WILL NOT END UP HAVING HUGE CONSEQUENCES 4HIS WOULD NOT BE THE CASE IF WE HAD FOR EXAMPLE PLANTED

4HE FEMALE PLANT IS NOW IN HER EVENTUAL GROWING SPOT NAMELY THE GIANT TUB 7HAT IS NOTICEABLE IS THAT THE PLANT SHOOTS UP RAPIDLY IN HEIGHT

3INCE THE PLANT GREW CONSIDERABLY IN HEIGHT AND IT HAD A TENDENCY TO DROOP OR EVEN NOW AND THEN BEND DOUBLE ) DECIDED TO SUPPORT HER BY STICKING A STAKE IN THE GROUND WITH A STRING ATTACHED AND AN BICYCLE INNER TUBE ATTACHED TO IT

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ALLOW THEM TO GROW UP IN THEIR OWN POTS

FOR EXAMPLE )N THIS WAY WE CAN MOVE THE FLOWER POTS AROUND IF NEEDS BE SO THAT THE NEW SEEDLINGS CAN ALSO BE GIVEN THE BEST CHANCE OF A GOOD DEVELOPMENT

¼* À½ÊÃ Ê Ý "EFORE THE PLANTS ARE PUT IN TO THEIR GIANT TUBS ) FIRST MAKE A SMALL DIMPLE IN THE SOIL MIX IN TO WHICH WE WILL LATER PLACE THE YOUNG SEEDLINGS )N THIS DIMPLE ) TIP A SMALL AMOUNT OF SPECIAL SOIL MIX ONE THAT HAS BARELY ANY FERTILIZER AT ALL IN IT 4HIS IS WHAT IS MEANT BY A @POOR SOIL MIX 7E DO THIS BECAUSE THE YOUNG ROOTS OF THE PLANTS DO NOT HAVE MUCH PROTECTION FROM THE CONCENTRATION OF NUTRIENTS AND SO THEY NEED A LITTLE PROTECTION AGAINST THEM

)N THIS PHOTO YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE HOW THE INNER TUBE IS ATTACHED 7E PULL THIS AROUND THE PLANT AND ATTACH IT WITH THE AID OF THE STRONG TO THE STAKE 4HE INNER TUBE IS PRETTY SUPPLE

THANKS TO WHICH IT FUNCTIONS AS A SHOCK ABSORBER SHOULD THERE BE ANY WIND GUSTS

THEY WOULD DEVELOP AS THEY NEED TO AND ENGAGE THEIR SURVIVAL INSTINCT SO THAT THE YOUNGER GENERATION WAS SIMPLE UNABLE TO COMPETE )N SHORT EITHER THE YOUNG SEEDLINGS WOULD NOT SURVIVE THIS OR THE SMALL PLANTS WOULD ALWAYS REMAIN UNDERDEVELOPED IN SIZE 4HIS LATTER SCENARIO IS NOT WHAT WE WANT GIVEN THAT POORLY DEVELOPED PLANTS SUCUMB EARLIER TO PROBLEMS ARE MORE SENSITIVE

TO MOULDS AND PESTS AND PERHAPS MORE IMPORTANTLY BADLY DEVELOPED PLANTS WILL YIELD VERY LITTLE COME HARVEST TIME 4HAT IS WHY IT S MUCH BETTER TO CONCENTRATE ON THE COUPLE OF GREEN LADIES THAT HAD DEVELOPED WELL "ETTER ONE OR TWO GOOD PLANTS THAN TEN POORLY GROWING ONES 3O ALL IN ALL WE ARE BETTER OFF NOT SOWING THE YOUING SEEDLINGS BETWEEN THE BETTER DEVELOPED ONES )T IS MORE PRODUCTIVE TO

4HE FEMALE PLANT A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER 3HE IS NOW ALMOST A METER TALL

/NE OF THEE BIGGEST SIDE BRANCHES BROKE AT A PRETTY EARLY STAGE 7ITHOUT THERE HAVING BEEN ANY REAL WARNING IT WAS GOING TO DO SO

7HEN WE HAVE FILLED THE DIMPLE EXCLUSIVELY WITH THIS @POOR MIX THEN WE CAN CHOOSE IF WE WISH TO JUST POP THE FEMALE SEED STRAIGHT IN TO IT FOR GERMINATION "ECAUSE OF THE OFTEN QUITE COLD NIGHTS IN EARLY SPRING AND THE OFTEN QUITE COLOD OUTDOOR TEMPERATURES

THE GERMINATION WILL TAKE A BIT LONGER IF DONE LIKE THIS 4HE ADVANTAGE OF DOING IT LIKE THIS IS THAT THE YOUNG SEEDLINGS WILL BE MORE USED TO THE COLDER ENVIRONMENT RIGHT FROM THE START SINCE THE SEEDLING HAS NEVER KNOWN ANY OTHER TEMPERATURE

THANKS TO WHICH SHE WILL BE LESS SUBJECT TO STRESS $OING IT THE OTHER WAY ROUND

&ORTUNATELY THE NECESSARY REPAIRS DID THEIR JOB 7ITH THE AID OF TYRIPS ) WAS ABLE TO REATTACH THE SIDE BRANCH

ALLOWING GERMINATION INDOORS THEN TAKING THE SEEDLINGS OUTSIDE FOR PLANTING CAN LEAD TO SOME PROBLEMS "UT IF WE CHOOSE TO DO IT THIS WAY THEN WE CAN AT LEAST BE SMART ABOUT IT AND ALLOW THE SEEDLINGS TO GET USED TO THE NEW COLDER TEMPERATURE IN STAGES 7E CAN DO THIS BY FOR EXAMPLE

BY ALLOWING THE SEEDS TO GERMINATE INSIDE

AND AFTER THIS PUTTING THE SEEDLINGS IN A SHED FOR A FEW DAYS IN A SMALL LIDDED TRAY )T IS WITH SMALL STEPS LIKE THIS THAT WE CAN MAKE LIFE FOR OUR SEEDLINGS AS PLEASANT AS WE CAN

/NCE WE HAVE GOT OUR PLANTS IN THEIR BIG TUBS THEN WE HAVE PUT THE MOST DIFFICULT WORK BEHIND US &OR THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER THE SEEDLINGS HAVE BEEN PLANTED THERE IS NOT ACTUALLY THAT MUCH WE AS GROWERS NEED TO DO EXCEPT KEEP AN EYE ON THEM A BIT 4HE CLIMATE IN THE SPRING IS PRETTY IDEAL WITH THE ODD RAIN SHOWER AND OFTEN A GOOD AMOIUNT OF SUNSHINE 4HE YOUNG PLANTS MAY SOMETIMES HAVE TO DEAL WITH A BIT OF A WATER SHORTAGE BUT THIS CAN NOT REALLY DO MUCH HARM 4HE SOIL AROUND THE PLANT WILL AS A RESULT OF THIS BECOME NICE AND AIRY THE ROOT SYSTEM WILL GET PLENTY OF OXYGEN AND THE ROOTS WILL ALSO SPRING OFF IN SEARCH OF MORE WATER 4HIS METHODE WHEREBY WE INCONVENIENCE THE PLANT A LITTLE BIT

BY NOT GIVING HER WATER IMMEDIATELY WIL IN THE LONG RUN MAKE SURE THAT THE PLANT WILL ALLOW HER ROOT SYSTEM TO FULLY DEVELOP )N ADDITION BY

4HIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN JUST AFTER THE RE ATTACH MENT OF THE SIDE BRANCH !S YOU CAN SEE THE BRANCH IS BACK EXACTLY WHERE IT SHOULD BE 4HE TYRIPS ENSURE IT HAS SUFFICIENT SUPPORT

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A LOT OF EFFORT TIME AND PROBABLY ALSO FRUSTRATION ESPECIALLY AT THE MOMENT THAT IT TURNS OUT THAT THE MAJORITY OF YOUR PLANTS IN FACT TURNED OUT TO BE MALE /NE OTHER REMARKABLE PHENOMENON IS THAT THE SIDE BRANCHES OF THE PLANT OFTEN GROW IN AN UNNATURAL WAY TO THE SIDE ) EVEN HAD BRANCHES ON THE PLANT THAT SORT OF GREW IN A RECTANGLE )N SHORT ALL VERY STRANGE TO SEE )N ADDITION TO THAT A LOT OF BRANCHES SIMPLY SNAPPED OFF WITHOUT ANY OBVIOUS REASON FOR THEM HAVING DONE SO %ACH TIME ) WAS FORCED TO SUPPORT THE BRANCHES WITH TYRIPS OR WITH TAPE TO HELP THE PLANT REPAIR HER SIDE BRANCHES !NOTHER IRRITATING POINT WAS THAT THE PLANT SOMETIMES DANGLED DOWN DANGEROUSLY IN ALL DIRECTIONS

3OMETIMES TAPE ALSO OFFERS A VERY GOOD SOLUTION )T ALL DEPENDS IN FACT A BIT ON THE SNAP ITSELF WHICH MATERIAL IS BEST FOR SUPPORTING IT

4HE FEMALE PLANT HAS CLEARLY NOT GOT VERY STRONG SIDE BRANCHES 3OMETIMES THEY SEEMED TO DROP OFF ALMOST SPONATEOUSLY OR OR WHEN THEY HAD BEEN SUBJECT TO THE BAREST BREEZE OF WIND

DOING THIS IT WILL NOT BE LONG BEFORE THE ROTS OF THE YOUNG PLANT BREAK THROUGH THE @POOR SOIL LAYER &ROM THEN ON SHE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE USE OF THE CONSIDERABLY BETTER FERTILIZED SOIL MIX /NCE THE PLANTS HAVE REACHED THIS OASIS OF NUTRIENTS AND MINERALS YOU WILL SEE THEM REALLY START TO EXPLODE &ROM THIS POINT ON THEY WILL BE GROWINMG LIKE PLANTS POSSESSED AND ALL THE SUNSHINE AND RAIN SHOWERS WILL ONLY ADD TO THIS !T THIS POINT ) CAN USUALLY NOT RESIST GIVING THEM A LITTLE EXTRA ROOT STIMULATOR

BY MIXING SOME IN A WATERING CAN WITH WATER AT ROOM TEMPERATURE

SO AROUND # !S WELL AS THIS ROOT STIMULATOR GIVING THE SOIL LIFE A BIT OF A BOOST THE ROOTS OF THE PLANT WILL ACCELERATE THEIR ENDLESS BRANCHING 4HANKS TO THIS THE SIZE OF THE ROOT SYSTEM WILL INCREASE

THEREBY GIVING THE PLANT BETTER ANCHORAGE

INCREASING HER DIMENSIONS BELOW AS WELL AS ABOVE GROUND )T IS MOMENTS LIKE THIS THAT MAKE THE LIFE OF A GROWER WORTHWHILE YOU HAVE ACHIVED EXACTLY WHAT YOU SET OUT TO DO AND IT DOES GIVE YOU A CERTAIN KICK )T GIVES YOU A FEELING OF VICTORIOUSNESS 4O MY MIND THERE IS NOTHING QUITE AS ADDICTIVE ABOUT MARIHUANA AS THE ACT OF SUCCESSFULLY GROWING IT

À ÜÌ ÊÃÌ>}iÊ $URING THE GROWTH STAGE OF THE FEMALE PLANTS THERE WERE A NUMBER OF CONSPICUOUS DIFFERENCES 3O FOR EXAMPLE

THE FEMALE PLANT DEVELOPS MAINLY IN HEIGHT 4HAT IS SOMETHING THAT WITH FEMALE PLANTS THOSE OBTAINED FROM NORMAL SEED IS SOMETHING ) HAVE NOT COME ACROSS BEFORE %VEN IN THE SUNNIEST SPOTS THE FEMALE PLANTS FIRST GREW IN HEIGHT

BEFORE THEY BEGAN TO DEVELOP IN BREADTH )N PRINCIPLE THERE IS NOTHING INHERENTLY WRONG IN THIS BUT IT LOOKS SO WEIRD THAT AS A GROWER YOU CAN BE FORGIVEN FOR SWEARING THAT IT IS ACTUALLY A MALE PLANT YOU RE DEALING WITH 3INCE ) HAVE NEVER HAD ANY EXPERIENCE IN ALL MY PREVIOUS YEARS OF GROWING WITH FEMALE PLANTS THEY SIMPLY DID NOT YET EXIST THEN ) WAS TEMPTED TO INTERPRET THE ABOVE MENTIONED GROWTH PATTERN ESPECIALLY THAT THEY SPRANG UP MAINLY IN HEIGHT IMMEDIATELY AS THAT OF A MALE PLANT )N ALL HONESTY AT SUCH A MOMENT IT IS SOMETHING OF A RELIEF AS A GROWER KNOWING WITH ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY THAT WHAT YOU ARE DEALING WITH IS INDEED A FEMALE PLANT !LSO FOR THOSE GROWERS AMONGST US WHO PREFER TO EXPEND AS LITTLE EFFORT AS POSSIBLE IN RAISING AN OUTDOOR FEMALE PLANT GETTING HOLD OF FEMALE SEED OBVIOUSLY HAS ITS ADVANTAGES !FTER ALL WE HAVE NO NEED TO ASCERTAIN FOR EACH AND EVERY PLANT

BY TAKING A CUTTING FROM EACH PLANT AND FORCING IT IN TO BLOOM

BY REDUCING ITS LIGHTING HOURS WHETHER YOU ARE DEALING WITH A MALE OR A FEMALE PLANT 4HAT SAVES

)N SHORT AS A GROWER YOU WILL REALLY NOTICE THAT THE FEMALE PLANTS ARE INDEED A LITTLE LESS HARDY AND SOMETIMES HAVE REAL TROUBLE IN STAYING UPRIGHT )N ORDER TO REDUCE THE RISK OF A SNAPPED OR BLOWN OVER PLANT AND TO SERVE AS SOME EXTRA SUPPORT

) DECIDED TOO STICK STAKES IN TO THE GROUND AROUND EACH PLANT 4O THESE STAKES ) ATTACHED SOME STRING AND TO EACH STRING ) TIED AN OLD INNER TUBE FROM A BIKE .EXT ) WRAPPED THE INNER TUBE AROUND THE STEM OF THE PLANT AND THEN ATTACHED EACH END OF THE INNER TUBE TO THE STAKE 4HANKS TO THIS THE PLANT WAS STRONGLY SUPPORTED AND THE CHANCES OF IT BEING DAMAGED CONSIDERABLY REDUCED 4HE INNER TUBE ALSO SERVES AS A SORT OF SHOCK ABSORBER 4HE RUBBER IS PRETTY SUPPLE THANKS TO WHICH THE PLANT CAN STILL MOVE SUFFICIENTLY TO RESIST A WIND GUST 4HE RUBBER INNER TUBE ALSO HAS THE ADVANTAGE THAT IT WILL NOT CUT IN TO THE BARK OF THE PLANT )N SHORT ALL IMPORTANT POINTS TO BEAR IN MIND WHEN SUPPORTING A MARIHUANA PLANT )N THE BEGINNING ) USED JUST A SINGLE STAKE AND ONE INNER TUBE BUT LATER ) EXTENDED THIS TO FOUR STAKES AND IN DOING SO GAVE SUPPORT TO THE PLANT FROM ALL SIDES 4HANKS TO ALL MY EFFORTS IN REPARING THE BROKEN BRANCHES WITH TAPE AND TYRIPS AND BY REMOVING THE WORST PERFORMING BRANCHES ALTOGETHER ) STILL MANAGED TO END UP HAVING RAISED A LOVELY FULL PLANT )N THE BEGINNING IT WAS A BIT OF A HEADACHE BUT AS TIME PROGRESSED AND ) MANAGED TO TAKE THE PLANT

BY THE HAND SO TO SPEAK IT EVENTUALLY ENDED UP WITH DIMENSIONS PRETTY MUCH AS ) HAD HOPED FOR 4HE MAJORITY OF THE SIDE BRANCHES HAD ALSO MANAGED TO DEVELOP

!T THE TOP OF THE PLANT TOO BRANCHES BROKE OFF EASILY 4HIS PLANT WAS COVERED IN BROKEN OFF BRANCHES

PRETTY WELL AND THE PLANT REACHED A GOOD WIDTH AND EVENTUALLY LOOKED RATHER LOVELY AND WELL DEVELOPED

ÕÀL> !S WELL AS GROWING THE $URBAN PLANTS IN GIANT TUBS ) HAD ALSO DECIDED TO LET A NUMBER OF SEEDS GERMINATE TO GROW BESIDES THEM IN POTS 4O DO THIS ) GERMINATED A COUPLE OF SEEDS AT A LATER STAGE SINCE ) DID WANT THEM TO BECOME TOO LARGE 4HE BIG ADVANTAGE OF GERMINATING THE SEEDS A LITTLE LATER IS THAT RIGHT FROM THE START THE SEEDLINGS AS LONG AS THE WEATHER COOPERATES A BIT ARE IMMEDIATELY IN FULL SUNLIGHT AND THEREFORE CAN DEVELOP EXPLOSIVELY 4HE RESULT REALLY WAS SADDENING !LTHOUGH AT FIRST THE SEEDS GREW REASONABLY WELL

THEY STOPPED GROWING COMPLETELY AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS 4HIS WAS REALLY NOTICEABLE GIVEN THAT THE WEATHER WAS EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD THE SOIL MIX WAS EXCELLENT THE SEEDLINGS HAD JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF WATER AND SO IN FACT ALL THE ELEMENTS FOR A SUCCESSFUL GROW WERE PRESENT 3O WHEN THE PLANTS CAME TO A STANDSTILL AS IT WERE ON EVERY SINGLE SEEDLING THE LOWER SIDE OF THE STEM JUST STARTED TO ROT COMPLETELY AWAY 4HIS SIS SOMETHING ) HAVE NEVER ENCOUNTERED BEFORE 4HIS IS THE SORT OF THING THAT NORMALLY ONLY EVER HAPPENS TO A SICK PLANT OR TO PLANTS THAT DURING THEIR GROWTH SUFFER A SERIOUS INJURY WOUND TO THEIR STEM THANKS TO WHICH MOULD IS GIVEN FREE ACCESS 4HERE WAS NO SUGGESTION OF THIS HAVING HAPPENED TO ANY OF THE YOUNG SEEDLINGS 4HIS WAS ALL THE MORE REMARKABLE FOR THE FACT THAT THE SEEDLINGS STARTED TO DIE OFF WHILE ALL THE OTHER PLANTS WERE DEVELOPING VERY WELL ) DO NOT WANT TO GO ASSIGNING ANY BLAME HERE TO THE FACT THAT THE SEEDS WERE FEMALE "UT THIS WAS A SITUATION THAT ) HAVE NEVER COME ACROSS BEFORE WITH NORMAL SEEDS 7HAT S MORE WE@RE NOT TALKING HERE OF ONE OR TWO SEEDLINGS THAT THIS PROBLEM RAISED ITS HEAD WITH A SIMILAR FATE ALSO HAPPENED TO THE FIRST WAVE OF SEEDS ) ALLOWED TO GERMINATE )N THE NEXT ISSUE WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THE $URBAN PLANTS DID AND OR WHETHER THE FIRST FLOWER HEADS PERHAPS MIGHT BEGIN TO FORM ON THE PLANTS ) CAN TELL YOU IN ADVANCE THAT THE PLANTS WILL BE PRETTY BIG IN SIZE

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!ND THIS IS THE POINT GROWING TECHNIQUES HAVE IMPROVED AND THIS ALLOWS PEOPLE TO PRODUCE THEIR OWN /NE OF THE REASONS THEREFORE THAT WEED IS A BIT STRONGER IS THAT IT NO LONGER HAS TO TRAVEL FROM OVERSEAS TO GET HERE AND SO IT RETAINS THE FULL 4(# QUOTIENT &URTHERMORE IN COMPARISON TO THE VERY DODGY 3OAPBAR RESIN THAT S WIDELY AVAILABLE EVEN STANDARD HOME GROWN WILL KNOCK THE SOCKS OFF AN INEXPERIENCED TOKER AND MAYBE SOME EXPERIENCED ONES IF ALL THEY VE HAD ACCESS TO IS 3OAP FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME 4HERE ARE MANY MANY DIFFERENT STRAINS AND TYPES OF SEED AVAILABLE IN HEADSHOPS OR ONLINE CANNABIS INDICA CANNABIS SATIVA MIXES OF THE TWO GENETICALLY MODIFIED

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! QUESTION THAT ALWAYS SEEMS TO ARISE IS h7HAT TO DO WITH OLD BOTTLES OF NUTRIENTS v 7E DON T BUY NUTRIENTS IN PLASTIC BOTTLES THESE DAYS BUT THE REPLY IS ALWAYS THE SAME h4AKE THEM BACK TO THE SHOP YOU GOT THEM FROM v -OST PEOPLE MISS THE POINT AND LAUGH 7HAT WE REALLY MEAN IS h4AKE THEM BACK TO THE SHOP YOU GOT THEM FROM IN THE SLIM HOPE THAT THE OWNER MIGHT CATCH ON TO RE USING RECYCLING THEM 3EVERAL NUTRIENTS IMPORTED INTO THE 5+ THE #ANADIAN AND $UTCH ONES ARE SHIPPED IN CAGE FRAME STORAGE TANKS AND THEN BOTTLED OFF AND LABELLED FOR RETAIL IN STORE -OREOVER CERTAIN NUTRIENTS ARE MADE UP HERE IN THE 5+ BY WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS )RISH 3TOUT AND -ICKEY -OUSE COLA /THERS ARE BATCHED TOGETHER MORE LIKE (-0 HOOCH MADE FROM DIRTY OLD DISHWATER 0RODUCT ! MIGHT WELL CONTAIN PRODUCT "

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1 \Ê- « iÊ 9Ê ÌÊÜ ÊÃ ÜÊ i Ì> Ê i> Ì Ê`> }iÀÃÊ vÊV> >L Ã 3CIENTISTS ARE DEVELOPING A REVOLUTIONARY TEST TO IDENTIFY PEOPLE AT RISK OF CANNABIS INDUCED SCHIZOPHRENIA %XPERTS AT THE )NSTITUTE OF 0SYCHIATRY IN ,ONDON HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ISOLATE A TYPE OF GENE FOUND IN PEOPLE WHO ARE FIVE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BECOME MENTALLY ILL FROM USING THE DRUG '0S HOPE TO USE THE SIMPLE AND INEXPENSIVE MOUTH SWAB TEST AS AN EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR VULNERABLE PATIENTS 5NTIL NOW IT HAS BEEN IMPOSSIBLE TO PREDICT WHO IS AT GREATEST RISK OF MENTAL ILLNESS FROM THE DRUG UNLESS THERE IS ALREADY A FAMILY HISTORY OF SCHIZOPHRENIA (OWEVER $R -ARTA $I &ORTI A CLINICAL RESEARCHER AT THE )NSTITUTE OF 0SYCHIATRY

SAID THAT SCREENING COULD BENEFIT YOUNG PEOPLE AS WELL AS THEIR PARENTS WHO MAY BE WORRIED ABOUT THE EFFECT OF CANNABIS ON THEIR CHILDREN S MENTAL WELLBEING h3CREENING COULD REALLY HELP PARENTS IN THE FUTURE WHO MAY BE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN v SAID $R $I &ORTI A PSYCHIATRIST WHO IS CONDUCTING A THREE YEAR STUDY INTO GENETICS AND PSYCHOSIS 7E DON T WANT TO RAISE THEIR EXPECTATIONS BECAUSE WE ARE NOT AT THE STAGE WHERE WE CAN MARKET THIS AND SAY THAT IF YOU HAVE THIS VARIANT YOU RE SAFE AND THIS ONE YOU RE NOT BUT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE $.! SCREENING TO PREDICT VULNERABILITY IN THE FUTURE

%XPLAINING THE CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT EX 7HAM STAR -ICHAEL SAID h)T INVOLVES PRESCRIBED DRUGS AND IT INVOLVES A DEPENDENCY ON THEM AND THE TENDENCY TOCHASE ONE DRUG WITH ANOTHER BECAUSE OF SIDE EFFECTS v ADDING THAT HE COULD NOT SAY MORE BECAUSE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS ARE STILL ONGOING (E WILL BE SENTENCED AT "RENT -AGISTRATES #OURT IN NORTH WEST ,ONDON ON -AY 4HE ARREST WAS ONE OF A STRING OF BIZARRE EPISODES IN RECENT YEARS WHICH HAVE LEFT FANS WORRIED FOR THE YEAR OLD STAR S WELLBEING !SKED BY 0ARKINSON IF HIS hCHILDISH BEHAVIOURv WAS A BID TO COURT PUBLICITY

-ICHAEL ADMITTED h7ELL ) HAVE TO ASK MYSELF DON T ) v (E BLAMED HIS BEHAVIOUR ON THE DEATH OF HIS BELOVED MOTHER ,ESLEY IN

SAYING h) KNOW ) HAVE A VERY SELF DESTRUCTIVE TENDENCY SINCE MY MOTHER DIED ) HAVE GOT TO BE HONEST 4HAT HAS KIND OF MADE ITSELF CLEAR IN OTHER WAYS h) THINK THERE HAS TO BE SOME ELEMENT IN THAT IN WHY ) WAS BASICALLY NOT TAKING CARE OF MYSELF REALLY v $ATE 3OURCE "URNLEY %XPRESS

h/NE OF THE REASONS SOME PEOPLE USING CANNABIS DEVELOP SCHIZOPHRENIA COULD BE RELATED TO GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY v 4HIS COMES AMID INCREASING CONCERN OVER THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH CANNABIS USE !LTHOUGH EXPERTS ARE DIVIDED THERE IS GROWING EVIDENCE THAT PARTS OF THE POPULATION ARE AT RISK OF DEVELOPING MENTAL ILLNESS FROM CANNABIS USE ! YEAR STUDY PUBLISHED LAST MONTH REVEALED THAT PEOPLE WHO START USING CANNABIS AS TEENAGERS ARE MORE LIKELY THAN DRINKERS TO SUFFER FROM MENTAL ILLNESS AND ALSO MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS 4HE FINDINGS FROM !USTRALIAN RESEARCHERS WERE BASED ON THE EXPERIENCES OF

SCHOOLCHILDREN %XPERTS HAVE NOW DISCOVERED THAT CANNABIS CAN DISRUPT BRAIN FUNCTION 4ESTS ON HUMAN VOLUNTEERS GIVEN 4(# THE ACTIVE INGREDIENT IN MARIJUANA HAD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED ACTIVITY IN THE FRONTAL LOBE A PART OF THE BRAIN RESPONSIBLE FOR CO ORDINATION AND EMOTIONAL BEHAVIOUR )T IS STILL UNCLEAR EXACTLY HOW CANNABIS CAN TRIGGER PSYCHOSIS BUT IT IS THOUGHT THAT THE DRUG RAISES THE BRAIN S LEVELS OF DOPAMINE A CHEMICAL THAT TRANSMITS SIGNALS BETWEEN NERVE CELLS AND IS ASSOCIATED WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA !S MANY AS ONE IN FOUR "RITONS IS AT INCREASED RISK OF DEVELOPING CANNABIS RELATED MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS 4HEY HAVE WHAT IS KNOWN AS A hVAL VALv VARIANT OF THE GENE THAT REGULATES DOPAMINE LEVELS COMPARED WITH THOSE OF THE hMET METv TYPE WHO HAVE NO INCREASED RISK $ATE 3OURCE 4HE )NDEPENDENT

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Àii Ê ÕÃiÊ Ê- ÕÌ Ê vÀ V> 4HE 'REEN (OUSE 3EED #OMPANY IS ONE OF THE WORLD LEADING SEED COMPANIES )N THIS POSITION IT IS OUR PRIDE TO BE THE TREND SETTERS THE ONES CREATING THE FLAVORS AND HIGHS THAT SMOKERS WORLDWIDE LOOK FOR %VERY YEAR WE TRAVEL THE WORLD TO DISCOVER NEW LANDRACES AND NEW HYBRIDS THAT WE USE TO DEVELOP NEW STRAINS WAS NO DIFFERENT )N *ANUARY ) WENT ON A HOLIDAY TO 3OUTH !FRICA TO VISIT SOME FRIENDS AND IN /CTOBER !RJAN DECIDED IN TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME INTERESTING LOCATIONS TO FIND NEW LANDRACES FOR THE BREEDING PROGRAMS OF THE 'REEN (OUSE 3EED #OMPANY #ANNABIS CONNOISSEURS NEVER STOP LOOKING FOR NEW FLAVORS AND EVERY ADDITION TO THE GENETIC LIBRARY IS A POSSIBLE WINNER ON THE INTERNATIONAL MARKETS 3INCE !RJAN GREW UP IN !FRICA OVER A YEARS PERIOD IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES IT WAS NO BIG DEAL TO ORGANIZE A TRIP DEEP INTO THE WILDEST AREAS OF THE COUNTRY

!FTER HOOKING UP WITH SOME OLD FRIENDS AND SOME NEW CONTACTS WE DECIDED TO MOVE TO THE 4RANSKEI AREA WHERE MOST OF THE PRODUCTION IS HAPPENING AND WHERE CANNABIS IS THE BIGGEST CASH CROP FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE EXTREMELY POOR POPULATION 4HE REGION IS ONE OF THE LESS DEVELOPED IN THE WORLD WITH A VERY HIGH MORTALITY RATIO FOR CHILDREN "ASIC INFRASTRUCTURE IS A LUXURY AND EDUCATION A CHALLENGE 7E CAME IN CONTACT WITH MANY LOCAL 8OSA AND :ULU VILLAGES AND WE CAME TO REALIZE THAT THESE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAKING OF SUCH GOOD HERB

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UPON THE REQUEST OF 2Y #OODER FOR A SOFTER VOICE THAT )BRAHIM S LATENT TALENT WAS DISCOVERED 3INCE THEN AUDIENCES AROUND THE WORLD HAVE BEEN SPELL BOUND BY THE WARMTH AND DEPTH OF HIS PERSONALITY COMBINED WITH HIS MUSICAL VERSATILITY %XQUISITELY BEAUTIFUL YET POIGNANTLY SAD THIS FAREWELL ALBUM WAS RECORDED WITH A RELATIVELY SMALL BAND

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(MSDQUHDV !RJAN WITH THE BREEDING OF THE NEW STRAINS AND THE CREATION OF OUR FEMINIZED SEEDS ) ALSO WORK ON 02 AND %XPOS 7AS IT A CHALLENGE PICKING UP FROM WHERE FORMER 'REENHOUSE 3EED #OMPANY BREEDERS HAD LEFT OFF ) LEARNED MOST OF WHAT ) KNOW ABOUT BREEDING FROM !RJAN AND FROM MY EXPERIENCE AT 3)-- )T IS AN ONGOING CHALLENGE TO KEEP LEARNING AND KEEP TESTING ) DON T FEEL LIKE ) PICKED UP THE WORK LEFT BY ANOTHER PERSON ) FEEL MORE LIKE ) JUST CONTINUED THE WORK OF !RJAN WITH HIS AMAZING GENETIC LIBRARY 3INCE ) STARTED WORKING FOR THE 'REEN (OUSE 3EED #OMPANY WE STARTED MANY NEW PROJECTS AND NEW STRAINS !ND IT KEEPS GROWING (OW DOES 'REENHOUSE 3EEDS MANAGE TO MAINTAIN THE BALANCE BETWEEN ITS OLD SEED LINES AND NEW PROJECTS 4HE OLD SEED LINES ARE STILL VERY IMPOR TANT FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS THEY REPRESENT THE STRONGEST NAMES THE ONES THAT WON THE FIRST AWARDS !NOTHER REASON IS THAT THEY INCLUDE NAMES THAT ARE NOW COPIED BY MANY COMPETITORS "UT THE PUBLIC ALWAYS PREFERS TO GO TO THE ORIGINAL BREEDERS 4HE NEW PROJECTS INCLUDING THE STRAINS AND THE FEMINIZED SEEDS ARE VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY REPRESENT THE CORE OF THE BUSINESS 7E HAVE TO KEEP BOTH THE REGULAR AND FEMINIZED SEEDS GOING

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4HE RECENT MEDIA CAMPAIGNE SURROUND ING 'REEN (OUSE 3EEDS HAS IRONICALLY CREATED MUCH SPECULATION REGARDING THE EXACT ORIGIN OF 'REEN (OUSE 3EEDS

AND EQUALLY THE METHODS BENEATH WHICH 'REEN (OUSE 3EED LINES ARE MANAGED 3PECULATION ASIDE 3OFT 3ECRETS THEN DECIDED TO ARRANGE A BRIEF 1UESTION !NSWER INTERVIEW WITH &RANCO THE IN HOUSE BREED MANAGER AT THE 'REEN (OUSE 3EED #O

WITH QUALITY BUDS !FTER THAT MY CURI OSITY AND MY IDEAS PUSHED ME TO FIND A CAREER IN THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY ) MET !RJAN AND ) HAD NO DOUBT HE WAS THE BEST ) AM GLAD HE SAW THE PASSION IN MY WORK ) AM GRATEFUL FOR WHERE ) STAND NOW

335+ &RANCO WHY DID YOU FIRST START BREEDING CANNABIS

) STARTED IN FIRST AS A DEALER IN THE 'REEN (OUSE #OFFEESHOPS AND THEN MOVED TO THE 3EED #OMPANY )N THE PERIOD ) WORKED AT 3)-- )NSTITUTE FOR -EDICAL -ARIJUANA WHERE THE GENETICS FROM 'REEN (OUSE WERE USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF MEDICINAL GRADE CANNABIS FOR THE $UTCH PHARMACIES )N ) BECAME MANAGER OF THE 'REEN (OUSE 3EED #OMPANY WHERE ) HELPED

) STARTED SMOKING IN GROWING IN AND BREEDING IN

WITH !RJAN ) AM BOTH A MEDICAL AND RECREATIONAL USER ) STARTED GROWING BECAUSE CANNABIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY PASSION AND IT SEEMED TO ME THE MOST LOGICAL THING TO DO TO PROVIDE MYSELF

7HEN DID YOU START WORKING AT THE 'REENHOUSE 3EED #OMPANY IN (OLLAND

4HE !RJAN S 5LTRA (AZE IS A .EVILLE S (AZE CROSS )T IS A VERY INTERESTING PLANT BECAUSE IT CARRIES THE FLAVOR AND HIGH OF THE FAMOUS .EVILLE S (AZE WITH A NEW TWIST 4HE ORIGINAL MOTHER OF THE !5( WAS PICKED FROM A HUGE SELECTION OF & OFFSPRINGS DERIVED FROM .EVILLE S (AZE X #AMBODIAN CROSSED WITH ,AOS 4HIS STRAIN IS SOLD IN THE FEMINIZED VERSION ONLY !LL FEMINIZED SEEDS ARE DERIVED FROM THE ONE SELECTED MOTHER 4HE !5( IS A .EVILLE S (AZE X -ANGO (AZE X ,AOS CROSS WITH THE SAME MALE USED IN THE !5( 4HE -ANGO (AZE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A STRONG PRESENCE ON THE 'REEN (OUSE MENU

BUT THE PLANT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO GROW 4HE !5( IS A MORE STONED VERSION

AS IT HAS A HIGH #"$ LEVEL !LSO THIS STRAIN IS SOLD EXCLUSIVELY IN FEMINIZED SEEDS 7HAT IS YOUR FAVORITE 'REENHOUSE 3EED STRAIN !T THE MOMENT MY PERSONAL FAVORITES ARE THE (AWAIIAN 3NOW AND THE 7HITE 2HINO 4HE (AWAIIAN SNOW IS ONE OF THE SWEETEST AND WOODIEST SATIVAS ) EVER SMOKED 4HE HIGH IS VERY CEREBRAL 4HE PLANT IS NOT THAT EASIEST TO GROW BUT WITH ITS WILD SATIVA CHARACTER IS VERY SPECIAL 4HE 7HITE 2HINO IS A TRUE INDICA WITH GREAT NARCOTIC AND RELAXING EFFECT )T IS A GREAT MEDICINAL STRAIN 4HE PLANT IS STRONG FAST AND EXTREMELY PRODUCTIVE A MUST FOR ALL INDICA LOVERS 3WEET TASTE

AND SUPER COMPACT BUD FORMATION

7HAT ABOUT SELECTION AND BREEDING "REEDING IS ABOUT PASSION KNOWLEDGE BUT MOST OF ALL LOGISTICS "REEDING IS ABOUT HAVING A LOT OF LIGHTS IN SEPA RATE ROOMS TO BE ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY RUN DIFFERENT CROSSING PROGRAMS AT THE SAME TIME ! WELL ORGANIZED MOTHER ROOM WITH CLONING FACILITIES IS ALSO A REQUIREMENT AS WELL AS A BACKUP LIBRARY LOCATED IN A COMPLETELY SELF CONTAINED LOCATION 7HEN SELECTING PLANTS FOR BREEDING PURPOSES IT IS IMPORTANT TO SET OUT AS MANY SEEDS AS POSSIBLE IN ORDER TO FIND OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUALS TO WORK WITH 4HERE IS NO LIMIT WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING A SELEC TION SEEDS ARE BETTER THAN

AND ARE BETTER THAN 3ECURITY IS ALWAYS AN ISSUE AND INFOR MATION SHOULD BE GIVEN ON A NEED TO KNOW BASIS ONLY 7HICH NUTRIENTS DO 'REEN (OUSE 3EED CO USE IN THE '(3CO 'ROW $6$ FOR EXAMPLE $URING THE PAST YEARS WE TESTED ALMOST ALL FERTILIZERS AVAILABLE ON THE $UTCH MARKET 7E HAD GOOD EXPERI ENCES WITH MANY BRANDS UNTIL WE DECIDED TO DEVELOP OUR OWN SECRET RECIPES IN COOPERATION WITH EXPERTS IN THE SECTOR 4HE PLANTS IN THE $6$ ARE GROWN USING OUR OWN HYDRO FEEDING IN COMPONENTS !RE '(3CO PLANTS FOLIAR FED AT ANY STAGE DURING THERE GROWTH 7E SPRAY CLONES WITH A SOLUTION MADE OF WATER AND HYDRO FEEDING SOLUTION 4HIS HELPS THE ROOTING PROC ESS )T IS NOT A NECESSARY STEP BUT THE CLONES LOVE IT 7HICH REGION OF .EPAL DOES THE (IMALAYAN 'OLD STEM FROM 3INCE THE REGION HOLDS SEVERAL VARIETIES )T IS A INDICA STRAIN FROM THE )NDIA .EPAL BORDER REGION CROSSED WITH ANOTHER MOSTLY INDICA FROM .ORTH )NDIA )T IS A VERY POWERFUL OUTDOOR STRAIN WITH A PECULIAR CHOCOLATE TASTE

AND GREAT FOR HASH MAKING AS WELL 7HEN YOU MENTION 4(# #"$ #".

RATIOS WHAT DO YOU MEAN 7E MEAN THE 4(# #"$ AND #".

CONTENT IN THE RESIN &OR EXAMPLE

4(# MEANS THAT OF THE RESIN MATERIAL IS PURE 4(# 4ESTS HAVE BEEN MADE USING A MASS CHROMATOGRAPH AS WELL AS A GAS CHROMATOGRAPH

3INCE BREEDING IS A FULL TIME PROFESSION (OW DO YOU FIND TIME TO RELAX AND HAVE FUN "REEDING IS BOTH RELAXING AND FUN FOR ME ) LOVE TO WORK WITH PLANTS "ESIDES ) TRAVEL A LOT FOR THE #ANNABIS %XPOS AND TO PROMOTE 'REEN (OUSE SEEDS WORLDWIDE ) AM VERY HAPPY -Y ONLY REGRET IS THAT THE DAY HAS JUST HOURS

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ÜÊÜ >ÌÊÞ Õ½ÀiÊà }ÊÜ Ì Ê > > ÞÃi +ULU ORGANISES 4(# MEASURING WORKSHOPS )F YOU GO TO GET A BOTTLE OF WINE BEER OR SPIRITS FROM YOUR LOCAL OFFIE YOU KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH OF THE ACTIVE INGREDIENT ALCOHOL YOU RE GOING TO BE TAKING HOME WITH YOU "UT WHEN IT COMES TO CANNABIS YOU HAVE TO RELY ON GUESSWORK AS TO HOW MUCH 4(# YOUR WEED OR HASH ACTUALLY CONTAINS !NYONE WHO WANTS TO KNOW PRECISELY HOW MUCH 4(# THERE IS IN THEIR WEED HAS TO GO TO A LABORATORY WHERE FOR AROUND A THOUSAND EUROS THEY CAN TEST YOUR SAMPLE n BUT ONLY THE 4(# LEVELS WHEN AT THE SAME TIME THERE ARE MANY OTHER ACTIVE SUBSTANCES IN CANNABIS THAT CO DETERMINE THE EFFECT

7ITH THE MINI CAPILLARY PRECISELY MILLILITRE OF THE CANNABIS SOLUTION IS SUCKED UP

)N THE RACK ARE THE SAMPLES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT TO SOAK IN SOLVENT )N THE FOREGROUND ARE THE DEVELOPING PLATES "EHIND THEM IS THE INCLUDED OVERVIEW CARD WITH THE VARIOUS CANNABINOIDS

2ESULT OF THE 4(# TEST FROM LEFT TO RIGHT 3UPER 3ILVER (AZE COMMERCIAL POLLINATOR HASH AND ICE HASH 4HE DIAMETER OF THE HASH VARIETIES HAS TO BE DOUBLED 4HE REFERENCE CARD TELLS US THAT THE 4(# PERCENTAGES ARE

AND RESPECTIVELY

4HANKS TO 2ONALD 'LAS AND +ULU 4RADING THERE IS NOW AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE EXPENSIVE AND INCOMPLETE LABORATORY TEST THE #ANNALYSE TEST KIT 7ITH THIS YOU CAN MAKE A @FINGERPRINT OF ANY CANNABIS SAMPLE OR TO PUT IT ANOTHER WAY

AN )$ CARD OF A NUMBER OF THE ACTIVE SUBSTANCES CONTAINED IN ANY CANNABIS SAMPLE !S WELL AS THIS WITH THE KIT YOU CAN PRECISELY DETERMINE THE PERCENTAGE OF 4(# PRESENT 3O WITH IT COFFEE SHOPS HAVE THE ABILITY TO LET THEIR CUSTOMERS KNOW JUST AS AN OFF LICENSE CAN THE MOST IMPORTANT PRODUCT INFO ABOUT THEIR BY NO MEANS CHEAP SMOKING MATERIALS

%VENTUALLY THE TEST RESULT IS VISIBLE ON A SPECIALLY PREPARED GLASS PLATE IN THE FORM OF A NUMBER OF COLOURED DOTS THAT REPRESENT THE DIFFERENT CANNABINOIDS 4HE SIZE OF THE DOTS REPRESENTS THE RELATIVE PROPORTIONS OF THE VARIOUS SUBSTANCES )N ORDER TO BE ABLE TO INTERPRET THESE A REFERENCE CARD COMES AS PART OF THE KIT AND FROM THIS YOU CAN SEE PRECISELY WHICH COLOUR DOT REPRESENTS WHICH SUBSTANCE !NOTHER TABLE TELLS YOU WHAT EFFECT EACH PARTICULAR SUBSTANCE HAS &OR THE SPECIFIC 4(# TEST THERE IS ONLY ONE DOT VISIBLE WHICH YOU CAN COMPARE WITH THE INCLUDED REFERENCE CARD 4HE BIGGER THE DOT THE HIGHER THE PERCENTAGE OF 4(#

COMBINATION OF ACTIVE SUBSTANCES WEED OR HASH CAN HAVE VERY DIFFERENT EFFECTS FROM HEAVY AND STONED TO HIGH ENERGETIC AND CLEAR PAIN REDUCING OR MUSCLE RELAXING

APPETITE STIMULATING OR LOWERING OF EYE PRESSURE

/F COURSE THE KIT IS ALSO A MARVELLOUS TOOL FOR ENTHUSIASTIC HOBBY GROWERS GROW SHOPS SEED PRODUCERS OR PEOPLE WHO ARE IN TO MAKING THEIR OWN HYBRIDS %SPECIALLY FOR THE LATTER GROUP THE ABILITY TO TAKE A FINGERPRINT FRO A VERY YOUNG PLANT MAKES THINGS VERY INTERESTING 3INCE THE PROPORTIONS OF ACTIVE SUBSTANCES IS FIXED AT A VERY EARLY STAGE IN ITS LIFE THE CHARACTER OF THE WEED CAN BE ESTABLISHED EARLY ON n SAVING A LOT OF TIME

4HE KIT IS AVAILABLE IN VARIOUS VERSIONS FOR OR TESTS AND IS DELIVERED IN COMPLETE FORM THOUGH YOU DO STILL HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE AN ACCURATE SET OF SCALES YOURSELF IN ORDER TO MEASURE OUT THE MILLIGRAMS CANNABIS THE TESTS USE

&OR THE NOVICE 4(# SCIENTIST THE NUMBER OF PROCESSES THAT HAVE TO BE COMPLETED IN ORDER TO DO A TEST CAN BE A LITTLE BIT INTIMIDATING BUT YOU WILL EASILY AND QUICKLY PICK UP THE ROUTINE )N ORDER TO LEND A HELPING HAND TO THIS PROCESS +ULU 4RADING ORGANISES WORKSHOPS FOR PEOPLE ACTIVE IN THE INDUSTRY %VERY MONTH AT THE +ULU HEADQUARTERS IN .IEUW ,OOSDRECHT

UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE INVENTOR 2ONALD 'LAS THERE IS AN AFTERNOON S WORTH OF LESSONS GIVEN IN THE ART SCIENCE OF CANNABIS TESTING

/N A SINGLE TEST PLATE FIT FOUR FINGER PRINT TESTS (ERE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT ARE THE RESULTS FROM 3UPER 3ILVER (AZE 0URPLE OUTDOOR COMMERCIAL POLLINATOR HASH AND ICE HASH

« iÌiÊ >L À>Ì ÀÞ 4HE #ANNALYSE KIT DOES NEED A BIT OF GETTING USED TO IN ORDER TO USE 4HE KIT CONTAINS A COMPLETE LABORATORY BUT ON A DOLL S HOUSE SCALE 4HE GEAR IT USES AND THE QUANTITIES OF CHEMICALS ARE SO SMALL THAT A STEADY HAND AND A KEEN EYE ARE ESSENTIAL )T IS ALSO ABSOLUTELY VITAL THAT YOU WORK VERY CAREFULLY BECAUSE THE TEST ONLY MAKES ANY SENSE IF YOU USE EXACTLY

&OR MEDICINAL USERS THE TEST CLEARLY HAS ENORMOUS POTENTIAL THE SAME AMOUNTS OF TESTING MATERIAL EACH TIME 3O FOR INSTANCE IT TAKE A BIT OF PRACTICE TO BE ABLE TO USE A MICRO CAPILLARY THAT IS BARELY THICKER THAN A HAIR TO SUCK A SINGLE MILLILITRE OF CANNABIS SOLUTION OUT OF AN EQUALLY TINY TEST TUBE

9 ÕÀÊv>Û ÕÀ ÌiÊÜii` !S WAS MENTIONED THE TEST IS FOR COFFEE SHOPS IN PARTICULAR A FINE METHOD OF TAKING THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE TO A HIGHER LEVEL )F THE AVERAGE SMOKER IS HUNG UP ON THE 4(# LEVEL ONCE PEOPLE GET A BIT USED TO THE FINGERPRINT SYSTEM THEN MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SEE THE VALUE IN THIS REFINEMENT &OR EXAMPLE YOU CAN SEE WHICH COMBINATION OF ACTIVE SUBSTANCES AMONG OTHERS 4(# #"' 4(#6 #"$

#". AND MANY MORE YOUR FAVOURITE WEED HAS IN IT AND DETERMINE WHICH VARIETY WORKS BEST FOR YOU !ND THE DIFFERENCES ARE HUGE DEPENDING ON THE SPECIFIC

!LSO WITH THIS NEW SUBTLETY THE GOVERNMENT INSPIRED WHINING ABOUT EVER GREATER LEVELS OF 4(# CAN FINALLY BE PUT TO REST FOR THE MYTH THAT IT IS )T IS IMMEDIATELY APPARENT THAT THINGS ARE JUST NOT AS SIMPLE AS THIS 4O GIVE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES NO MATTER HOW HIGH THE PERCENTAGE OF 4(# IF THERE IS A LOT OF #"$ PRESENT IN THE PLANT THIS WILL MODERATE THE EFFECT OF THE 4(# 4HE PAIN REDUCING #". IS RELATIVELY MORE PRESENT IN MANY OF THE @WHITE VARIETIES THAN IN (AZE VARIETIES n SOMETHING THAT IS ALSO CLEAR FROM THE SUBJECTIVE EFFECTS OF BOTH FAMILIES 4HEN THERE IS A SUBSTANCE LIKE 4(#6 THAT HAS A BOOSTING EFFECT ON THE EFFECTS OF 4(# BUT WHICH SADLY IS ONLY MANUFACTURED BY VARIETIES THAT GROW AT HIGH ALTITUDES #"' HAS A SPECIFIC EFFECT ON THE PRESSURE IN THE EYES n SOMETHING OF GREAT INTEREST TO ANYONE USING WEED TO SELF MEDICATE GLAUCOMA 0ARTICULARLY FASCINATING ARE THE MYSTERIOUS SO CALLED @CRYPTICS n AS YET UNIDENTIFIED BUT MADE CLEARLY VISIBLE IN THE TEST CANNABINOIDS THE EFFECTS OF WHICH HAVE YET TO BE DETERMINED

,ET S HOPE THAT THE #ANNALYSE KIT IS JUST THE START OF THE MAPPING OUT OF THE WONDERFUL MYSTERY THAT THE CANNABIS PLANT STILL IS ,ET S HOPE THAT THE #ANNALYSE KIT IS JUST THE START OF THE MAPPING OUT OF THE WONDERFUL MYSTERY THAT THE CANNABIS PLANT STILL IS )NFO +ULU 4RADING )NDUSTRIEWEG +( ,OOSDRECHT 4HE .ETHERLANDS 4EL &AX WWW KULUTRADING COM

i` V > ÊÕÃiÀÃ &OR MEDICINAL USERS THE TEST CLEARLY HAS ENORMOUS POTENTIAL ! PATIENT NO LONGER HAS TO TRY OUT EACH VARIETY ANEW IF THE SUPPLY OF HIS OR HER FAVOURED VARIETY HAS DRIED UP BUT INSTEAD THEY SIMPLY HAVE TO CHECK OUT THE FINGERPRINT TO BE ABLE TO SEE AT A GLANCE WHETHER A VARIETY HAS THE RIGHT COMBINATION OF ACTIVE SUBSTANCES PRESENT OR NOT

4ABLE FOR COMPARISON OF THE TEST RESULTS OF A 4(# TEST

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