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AND PUTTING A LOT OF 335+ CONTACTS TO WORK WE FINALLY MET THREE KNOWLEDGEABLE LOCALS WHO WERE WILLING TO DISCUSS THE MATTER WITH US /BVIOUSLY THE SUBJECT MATTER IS OF A VERY SENSITIVE NATURE AND WHILE ALL INTERVIEWEES WERE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE WRITING OF THIS ARTICLE THEY VALUE THEIR KNEE CAPS AND SO ALL THE NAMES OF PEOPLE PLACES ETC HAVE BEEN CHANGED !N 335+ EXCLUSIVE

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3O IT WAS WITH SOME TREPIDATION THAT ) SET ABOUT GERMINATING MY OWN ,OWRYDER SEEDS ONCE ) RECEIVED THEM FROM THE 3EEDSMAN )T DOESN T MATTER HOW LONG YOU GROW FOR 9OU STILL FEEL THE SAME @TINGLE OF ANTICIPATION WHEN IT COMES TIME FOR GERMINATING SEEDS ) VE USED THE SAME METHOD FOR GERMI NATING CANNABIS SEEDS SINCE AS LONG AS ) CAN REMEMBER AND ITS ALWAYS SERVED ME WELL 4HIS TIME ) EXPECTED NOTHING DIFFERENT 3O ) MOISTENED PIECES OF KITCHEN ROLL WITH SOME TAP WATER ) THEN LAY THE FIRST PIECE OF KITCHEN ROLL INSIDE AN OLD

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3O ) REPLACED THE SEEDS AND PUT THEM BACK IN THE AIRING CUPBOARD

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OF THE GENETICS AVAILABLE IN THE SEED BANKS AND ) WAS LOOKING FOR A NEW MALE TO WORK WITH *ACKS #LEANER AND ) HAD X 3PACE 1UEEN SEEDS FROM 6IC (IGH ) STARTED THESE RUNNING ALL FEMALES THROUGH RIGO ROUS TESTING DETERMINING THE BEST FEMALE 4HEN WE SELECTED A MALE BASED ON THE CRI TERIA ) HAVE SET FORTH 7E THEN CROSSED THE MALE AND FEMALE 3PACE 1UEENS TO CREATE AN & GENERATION SO WE COULD DETERMINE WHAT TRAITS OUR MALE WOULD PASS ON 7E GAVE THESE SEEDS AWAY FOR FREE TO ANYONE WHO BOUGHT A PACK OF 4'! STRAINS 4HIS ALLOWED US TO COLLECT AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF GROW INFORMATION RAPIDLY

* i>ÃiÊÌi ÊÕÃÊ>L ÕÌÊÌ iÊ >ÌiÃÌÊ LÀii` }Ê«À iVÌÃÊ>ÌÊ/ Ê-ii`ð° 7E ARE CURRENTLY TESTING OUR NEW 1UERKLE -ALE BY OUT CROSSING HIM TO MULTIPLE FEMA LES AND THEN TESTING THE OFFSPRING $EEP 0URPLE IS A BACK CROSS OF 1UERKLE 5RKLE 8 3PACE 1UEEN 8 THE 0URPLE 5RKLE MOTHER PLANT 7E GAVE AWAY PACKS TO FRIENDS OF 4'! FOR TESTING 7E HAVE GONE A STEP FURTHER AND NOW CROSSED THIS SAME 1UERKLE MALE X OUR *ACKS #LEANER MOM AND THESE NEW SEEDS WILL BE TESTED THIS !UTUMN

ÊÞ ÕÊÌ ÊÌ >ÌÊ«À viÃà > Ê1 Ê LÀii`iÀÃÊ>ÀiÊ ÜÊÃÌ>ÀÌ }ÊÌ ÊLiÊ 7 ÞÊ` ÊÞ ÕÊÌ Ê v À >Ì Ê>L ÕÌÊ Ì> i Ê ÀiÊÃiÀ ÕÃ Þ¶Ê }i iÌ VÊ«>Ài Ì>}iÊ ÃÊ « ÀÌ> ̶ 4HERE ARE WAY TOO MANY MYSTERY STRAINS OUT THERE 'ENETIC HERITAGE IS EVERYTHING IN BREEDING AND IF YOU WANT GOOD STRONG VIABLE HYBRIDS THEN YOU WANT TO WORK WITH GOOD PARENTS *UST LIKE WITH BREEDING DOGS THE TRAITS PASSED ON ARE DETERMINED BY THE PARENTS )F YOU USE INFERIOR GENES OR A PARENT PRONE TO PASSING ON HERMAPHRO DITE S THEN THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE YOU RE GOING TO PRODUCE SEED THAT IS LOADED WITH SHE MALES AND YOUR REPUTATION WILL NOT GROW 7E HAVE MADE WORKING WITH HARD TO FIND CLONE ONLY STRAIGHTS THE CORNER STONE OF OUR BREEDING PROGRAM

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)N A SERIES OF INTERVIEWS WITH SOME OF THE WORLDS LEADING CANNABIS SEED COMPANIES AND THEIR BREEDERS 3OFT 3ECRETS WANTED THE OPPORTUNITY TO CATCH UP WITH A FEW OF THE 5+ BREEDERS RETAILING ON THIS SIDE OF THE POND "REEDERS IN THE 5+ AREN T ALWAYS THE EASIEST PEOPLE TO FIND SINCE MANY OF THEM WORK OVERSEAS IN (OLLAND .ONETHELESS USING A LITTLE INTUITION AND A FEW CONNECTIONS 335+ WAS ABLE TO TRACK DOWN 3UBCOOL AT 4'! 3EEDS JUST TO CHAT ABOUT THE FINER POINTS OF THEIR SEED COM PANY AND ITS GENETIC GOALS

--1 \Ê7 iÀiÊ ÃÊ/ Ê-ii`ÃÊL>Ãi`¶ 3UBCOOL 7E DISTRIBUTE OUT OF THE 5+ WHERE WE HAVE A 3EED 3HOP IN "IRMINGHAM CALLED #ANNASEUR

7 ÞÊ` `ÊÞ ÕÊÃÌ>ÀÌÊLÀii` }¶ !FTER THE CREATION OF MY FIRST CROSS ) FOUND AN INSIDE TALENT ) DIDN T KNOW ) HAD ) AM SOMEWHAT A *ACK OF ALL TRADES BUT IN SELECTING PARENTS FOR BREEDING ) SEEMED TO REALLY HAVE AN EYE FOR IT ) REALLY LOVE CANNABIS AND THIS PASSION HAS DRIVEN ME TO CONTINUE WITH THIS HOBBY

7 >ÌÊÜ>ÃÊÌ iÊ Ì Û>Ì ÊLi `Ê Þ ÕÀÊv ÀÃÌÊVÀ Ãö ) FOUND AN AMAZING CANNABIS PLANT THAT WAS INCREDIBLY POTENT BUT WAS ONLY AVAILABLE IN CLONE FORM 3O ) SET OUT TO CREATE THE TRAITS ) LIKED SO MUCH INTO A SEED FORM SO THAT OTHERS COULD SIMPLY GERMINATE SOME SEEDS AND GROW THEIR OWN EPIC REEFER

7 i ÊÜ>ÃÊ/ Ê-ii`ÃÊv ÀÃÌÊ i Û Ã i`¶ )N .OVEMBER OF MY BEST FRIEND DIED WHILE VISITING ME IN !MSTERDAM )T HAD A VERY PROFOUND EFFECT ON THE WAY ) LIVE AND VIEW LIFE ) DECIDED TO CREATE A STRAIN AND NAME IT AFTER MY MATE 7E GAVE THE CROSS CALLED $ANNYBOY TO AS MANY GROWERS AS POSSIBLE 4HEY WERE PICKED UP BY A FEW DISTRIBUTORS AND THE STRAIN WENT GLOBAL

7 Ê ÃÊ ÃÃÊ ¶Ê 3HE IS MY SOUL MATE AND MY REASON FOR LIVING 3HE GIVES ME PURPOSE FAMILY AND SHE IS ALSO ONE HELL OF A COOL STONER CHICK

7 Êi ÃiÊ > iÃÊÕ«ÊÌ iÊ/ Ê-ii`ÃÊ VÀiܶ ) HAVE A GOOD FRIEND IN #ANADA NAMED "ADBOY (E IS ALSO A MEGA POTHEAD AND HAS COLLECTED SOME PRETTY AMAZING CROSSES HIMSELF (E HAS CROSSED THESE WITH SOME OF MY PROVEN MALES TO MAKE SOME *OINT CROSSES WHILE OTHERS HAVE WORKED WITH US ON PROJECTS OVER THE YEARS ) TRY AND DO MOST OF THE MEDICAL CROSSES MYSELF NOW WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A FEW FAVORITES BY "ADBOY LIKE !STROQUEEN

- iÊ vÊÞ ÕÀÊÃii`ÃÊ`iÃVi `ÊvÀ Ê Ì iÊÛ>À iÌÞÊ-«>ViÊ+Õii °Ê7 >ÌÊ ÃÊ Ì iÊÃÌ ÀÞÊLi `ÊÌ ÃÊÃÌÀ> ¶ )T S MUCH LESS SCIENTIFIC THAN YOU D IMA GINE ) AM NOT IMPRESSED AT ALL WITH MOST

7ITH A PROVEN MALE IT CAN HAPPEN AS FAST AS MONTHS )F YOU ALREADY KNOW THE TRAITS HE WILL PASS ON IT IS SIMPLY A MATTER OF USING A PROVEN CLONE ONLY FEMALE LIKE 0URPLE 5RKLE AND CROSSING HIM WITH A PROVEN MALE LIKE 3PACE 1UEEN THEN YOU HAVE A NEW HYBRID WITH VARIATION 4HESE HYBRIDS ARE IN HIGH DEMAND RIGHT NOW )T S THE STABILIZING OF THESE STRAINS THAT CAN TAKE SEVERAL YEARS AND WHILE THE COMMON THOUGHT IS LARGER ESTABLISHED COMPANIES DO THIS ) CAN TELL YOU IT S SIMPLY NOT TRUE 4HERE IS AS MUCH OR MORE VARIATION IN MANY FAMOUS STRAINS THAT ARE SUPPOSEDLY STABILIZED STRAINS

) THINK THE BREEDERS THAT AREN T AFRAID TO MAKE CHANGES AND DOCUMENT THEIR CROSSES WILL BE TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY 4HE INFORMA TION GATHERED BY GROWERS ON EACH STRAIN AND PASSED TO EACH OTHER ONLINE IS MAKING A HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHO S GEAR PEO PLE ARE WILLING TO GROW OUT

7 >ÌÊ` ÊÞ ÕÊÌ Ê >ÃÊ«À «Ìi`Ê Ì ÃÊV > }i`¶ )NTERNET GROW SITE INFORMATION

> ÊÜiÊiÝ«iVÌÊÌ ÊÃiiÊ/ Êi ÌiÀ }Ê > `ÊÜ }ÊV> >L ÃÊVÕ«Ã¶Ê 7E ENTERED THE (IGH 4IMES #ANNABIS #UP IN ) HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH A POORLY RUN MANAGED OR JUDGED EVENT IN MY LIFE )T IS BASICALLY A CONTEST THAT CAN BE BOUGHT WITH ADVERTISING DOLLARS AND NOT WON WITH THE BEST CANNABIS ENTRY )S THIS SOMETHING YOU D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE OR AVOID 7E ARE VERY EVOLVED WITH THE MEDICAL COM MUNITY IN ALL COUNTRIES AND WE PREFER TO SEE OUR STRAINS ENTERED BY LEGAL MEDICAL GROWERS IN SMALLER GRASS ROOTS EVENTS 7E NOW DONATE WELL OVER b THE SEEDS WE PRODUCE TO THOSE IN NEED AND ) FIND IT MUCH MORE REWARDING TO WIN A LOCAL MEDI CUP WITH MY GEAR AND NOT ACTUAL BUD ) GREW OUT MYSELF

7 >ÌÊ ÃÊÌ iÊ` vviÀi ViÊLiÌÜii Ê Þ ÕÀÊ-«>ViÊ+Õii Ê> `Ê-«>ViÊ +Õii Ê Ó¶ 3PACE 1UEEN WAS CREATED USING 2OMULAN "#'! AND #INDY "ROTHERS 'RIMM 4HE & GENERATION OF 3PACE 1UEEN HAD MANY DIFFERENT EXPRESSIONS FROM VERY SMALL AND RESINOUS TO VERY LEAFY AND SMALL 7HEN WE CHOOSE WITHIN THE & OR FIRST GENERATION WE CHOOSE PARENTS BASED ON THE SPECIFIC TRAITS WE WERE LOOKING FOR

WHILE ELIMINATING TRAITS THAT WERE UNDESI RABLE LIKE SMALL YIELDS AND HIGH LEAF RATIOS 4HE & GENERATION OF 3PACE 1UEEN YIELDS A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF SIBLINGS WITH THE DESIRABLE TRAITS WE WANTED TO PASS ON 4HE HEAVY CHERRY SMELL LARGE HEADED TRICHO MES LARGE YIELDS AND STRONG POTENCY ARE MUCH MORE PREVALENT IN THE & SEED LINE

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+ X 4OP PART )N THIS LATEST ARTICLE IN THE SERIES ABOUT RAISING + X 4OP HYBRIDS WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLANTS IS PROCEEDING AND WHETHER OR NOT ANY LOVELY BUDS ARE STARTING TO FORM 7ITH IT WE WILL BE ABLE TO CONCLUDE WHETHER OR NOT THE + X 4OP IS INDEED A VERY SPECIAL HYBRID

BECAUSE THESE PLANTS IN TERMS OF SIZE AT LEAST ARE REAL @PIXIE PLANTS THEY ARE SO TO SPEAK THE REAL DWARF RACE AMONG THE MARIHUANA VARIETIES 4HIS REALLY IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT THEM SINCE MOST OTHER HYBRIDS THAT PASS THROUGH OUR DOORS TEND IN THE SHORTEST OF TIMES TO RAPIDLY OUTGROW THEIR CUPBOARDS AND TAKE OFF LIKE MANIACS 4HIS + X 4OP HAS VERY DIFFERENT PLANS AND DEVELOPS INTO STURDY COMPACT BUSHES THAT STAY REALLY SMALL IN SIZE ! GREEN LADY FOR KEEPING IN OTHER WORDS 4O QUICKLY RECAP ON THE TWO SUBSTRATES WE RE USING NOW THAT THE PLANTS ARE QUICKLY APPROACHING THEIR EVENTUAL TOTAL SIZE THEIR GROWTH SURGE IS WELL PAST ITS PEAK IT IS STARTING TO BECOME APPARENT THAT THE PLANTS GROWN ON THE #OPITO ARE GROWING A LITTLE QUICKER BECAUSE EVEN DURING THE BLOOM PHASE THE PLANT WILL STILL GROW A LITTLE HIGHER &URTHERMORE

THE PLANTS ARE ALSO GROWING A LITTLE BIT MORE LUXURIOUSLY ON THE #OPITO AND THE LEAF COVERAGE IS THAT TINY BIT THICKER )N SHORT THERE IS NOW A DETECTABLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO SUBSTRATES !S REGARDS THE GROWING ENVIRONMENTS WITHIN THE GROW SPACE THERE IS PRACTICALLY NO DIFFERENCE 7HICH IS A GOOD THING BECAUSE FORTUNATELY WE CAN KEEP THE AIR MOISTURE LEVELS NICE AND LOW AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEM SINCE THERE IS VERY LITTLE CHANCE OF MOULD INFECTION WHILE THE FLOWER HEADS START THEIR INCREASE IN SIZE

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%VEN THOUGH THE PLANTS ARE NOT YET READY TO BE HARVESTED ) CAN ALREADY TELL YOU THAT THESE LADIES WILL DO VERY NICELY WHEN THEY COME UNDER THE SHEERS ,ITTLE PLANTS LIKE THIS WITH SUCH LOVELY COMPACT BUDS WILL EASILY BE TRIMMED INTO A NICE PILE OF COFFEE SHOP READY BUDS IN NO TIME AT ALL 0ERHAPS THE ONLY CLOUD IN THIS SUNNY PROSPECT IS THE LARGE QUANTITY OF LEAVES THE HYBRID PRODUCES 4HIS HAS BEEN THE BANE OF MANY A GROWER SINCE KEEPING THE VOLUME TRIMMED DOWN TO A REASONABLE LEVEL CAN TAKE UP A GOOD BIT OF YOUR TIME ! VARIETY SUCH AS + X 4OP FORTUNATELY REMAINS FAIRLY SMALL IN SIZE

THANKS TO WHICH THE AMOUNT OF LEAVES IT PRODUCES DOES REMAIN EASY TO OVERSEE /THERWISE WERE WE TO ALLOW THE VARIETY TO DEVELOP INTO A NICE THICK BUSH THEN WE WOULD BE FACED WITH MANY HOURS POTTERING ABOUT SNIPPING AWAY AT THEM

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7HEREAS IN THE LAST ISSUE ) SPENT A LOT OF TIME EMPHASISING HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT ALL PLANTS ARE ALLOWED TO GROW TO THE SAME HEIGHT SO AS TO FACILITATE THE HANGING OF LAMPS SAFELY ABOVE

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)N THIS PHOTO WE CAN CLEARLY SEE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE PLANTS THAT WERE RAISED ON -APITO AND THOSE RAISED ON #OPITO 4HE PLANT ON #OPITO DEVELOPED NOTICEABLY BETTER THE PLANT IS GROWING MORE LUXURIANTLY

THEM IN ADVANCE OF THEM BEING PUT IN TO BLOOM THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT VERY RARELY OCCURS WITH THIS HYBRID !N ADDITIONAL ADVANTAGE OF THIS IS THAT

SINCE THESE PLANTS ARE SO SMALL ALL THEIR BUDS GET ACCESS TO THE OPTIMUM AMOUNT OF LIGHT SINCE WE CAN HANG THE LAMPS SO CLOSE ABOVE THEM %SPECIALLY WHEN DEALING WITH INDOOR PLANTS THAT QUICKLY SHOOT UP IN HEIGHT IT CAN BE A REAL PROBLEM TO GET GOOD LIGHT TO THE LOWER MOST GROWTH SHOOTS /NE SIMPLE SOLUTION TO THIS CAN BE TO REMOVE MOST OF THESE GROWTH SHOOTS ALONG WITH MOST SIDE BRANCHES SO THAT WE END UP WITH JUST A SINGLE NICE GROWING CROWN BUD 4HE ADVANTAGE OF DOING IT LIKE THIS IS THAT WHEN THE BLOOM PERIOD IS IN FULL BLOSSOM WE WILL HAVE A SEA OF LOVELY BUDS AND BIG BUDS AT THAT )F DURING THE

7E TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE SITUATION IMMEDIATELY AND CRANKED THE TOTAL LIGHTING WATTAGE UP TOWARDS WATT PER SQUARE METER GROWTH PERIOD WE HAD NOT REMOVED THE LOWEST SIDE BRANCHES THEN DURING THE BLOOM PERIOD WE WOULD HAVE A MISH MASH OF MESSY LITTLE BUDS GROWING ON THESE SIDE BRANCHES THAT WOULD ONLY BE A DISTRACTION OF TIME AND ENERGY 4HIS IS WHY THE ONE GROWER WITH THE SAME NUMBER OF PLANTS IS BUSY FOR A WEEK WITH HIS HARVEST WHEN THE OTHER IS FINISHED IN FOUR DAYS AND YET THEIR YIELDS ARE PRETTY MUCH IDENTICAL 4HE LATTER GROWER TOOK THE SIMPLE EXPEDIENT OF PRUNING HIS PLANTS DECIDING TO ONLY ALLOW THE BEST LOOKING BUDS TO MAKE IT TO HARVEST TIME AND THEREBY SAVED HIM OR HER SELF A LOAD OF TIME IN NOT HAVING TO PONCE ABOUT SNIPPING OFF LITTLE BUDLETS )N SHORT ALL POINTS WORTH BEARING IN MIND IF YOU WANT TO MAKE YOUR GROWING ROUTINE A WELL OILED BUD MACHINE

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4O RETURN TO THE ISSUE OF LAMPS SINCE THESE PLANTS ARE SO SMALL AND COMPACT AND WILL REMAIN SO WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SITUATION IMMEDIATELY AND CRANK THE TOTAL LIGHTING WATTAGE UP TOWARDS WATT PER SQUARE METER ) KNOW MOST GROWERS ARE PERHAPS GOING TO FIND THIS SOUNDING A LITTLE ON THE EXCESSIVE SIDE BUT SINCE WE KNOW HOW TO KEEP THE TEMPERATURE DOWN AND UNDER CONTROL EVEN WITH THIS HUGE INCREASE IN LIGHT WE WANT TO DISCOVER A LITTLE ABOUT THE BOUNDARIES OF THIS METHOD OF GROWING /F COURSE WE CAN ONLY TRY SUCH DRAMATIC EXPERIMENTS IN THE AUTUMN OR WINTER WHEN THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE THE GROWING SPACE IS RELATIVELY LOW $URING THE SUMMER MONTHS IF WE WERE TO TRY A STUNT LIKE THIS IN FOR EXAMPLE A HOT ATTIC SPACE ESPECIALLY WHEN THE TEMPERATURE

4HE + X 4OP HYBRID IS A VERY COMPACT PLANT AND IT REMAINS SMALL

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STATE TO BE ABLE TO COPE WITH A LARGE WEIGHT OF FLOWER HEADS 4HE PLANT WILL SIMPLY DROOP THANKS TO WHICH HER CHANCES OF DEVELOPING NICE FAT BUDS IS REDUCED

7ITH A STEM LIKE THIS THE + X 4OP WILL BE MORE THAN WELL EQUIPPED TO CARRY A LARGE LOAD OF FLOWER HEADS 7E HAVE CRANKED UP THE AMOUNT OF LIGHT BEING GIVEN QUITE SUBSTANTIALLY

4HIS IS OF COURSE SOMETHING THAT WE AS GROWERS AIM TO PREVENT

BY FOR EXAMPLE STRINGING A NET IN THE GROW SPACE AND OR SETTING UP A @YOYO TRUCK THIS LATTER IS SOMETHING ) WILL BE EXAMINING MORE CLOSELY IN A FUTURE ARTICLE 4HE FACT REMAINS THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF TECHNIQUES FOR COUNTERACTING THE HASSLE OF BEING SADDLED WITH WEAK OR FRAGILE PLANT THAT DO NOT GUARANTEE HUGE YIELDS

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&ORTUNATELY WE DID NOT HAVE TO SPEND VERY LONG THINKING ABOUT OR WEIGHING

THE PROS AND CONS OF INCREASING OUR WATTAGE DRAMATICALLY $ESPITE THE FACT THAT THE PLANTS WERE MAYBE ON THE SMALL SIZE THEY NONETHELESS WERE BLESSED WITH STEMS LIKE HEALTHY TREE TRUNKS AND SIDE BRANCHES ON WHICH WE COULD PRACTICALLY HANG FROM OURSELVES )N SHORT IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT WE FIRMLY EXPECT GREAT THINGS AND GRAMS FROM OUR LADIES .ATURALLY THINGS HAVE TO BE KEPT OPTIMAL AS A MISTAKE IS EASY TO MAKE AND THEN IT S CURTAINS FOR OUR EXPERIMENT )N THE NEXT ARTICLE IN THIS SERIES WE WILL BE TAKING AN EXTENDED LOOK AT USE OF #/ 7E HOPE THAT OUR EXERTIONS WILL BEAR FRUIT AND WE ARE ALREADY STARTING TO ANTICIPATE THE HARVEST 4HE PREPARATIONS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN WITH THE SHARPENING OF OUR TRIMMING SHEARS

4HE FLOWER HEADS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP QUITE NICELY AND JUST THINK THE BEST IS YET TO COME

OUTSIDE THE GROW SPACE IS HOT TOO THEN THE RESULT WOULD BE A SLAUGHTER OF OUR BELOVED PLANTS "UT IF YOU RE GROWING DURING A COLDER TIME OF THE YEAR OR IF YOU ARE GETTING YOUR AIR SUPPLY FROM A NICE COOL CELLAR THEN YOU CAN CONSIDER UPPING THE WATTAGE OF LIGHT YOU RE PUTTING INTO YOUR GROW SPACE EVEN DURING THE WARMER MONTHS "ECAUSE WE ARE TAKING OUR COLDER REPLACEMENT AIR FROM OUTSIDE THE GROW SPACE THIS COOLS THE SPACE NICELY AND ALLOWS HIGHER POWERED LAMPS TO BE USED SAFELY ON THE PLANTS

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"UT DO NOT ASSUME THAT AN INCREASING AMOUNT OF LIGHT WILL LEAD AUTOMATICALLY TO EVER BETTER RESULTS CERTAINLY NOT WHEN WE ARE GOING TO JUST KEEP RAISING IT AND RAISING IT AND THAT THE YIELD WILL IMMEDIATELY BE RAISED BY A HUGE FACTOR !T A CERTAIN MOMENT WE WILL BE DEALING WITH OUR MAX AS IT S KNOWN IN GROWER S JARGON MEANING WE ARE NOW ENJOYING OUR MAXIMUM CAPACITY 4O ADD ANY MORE ENERGY IN THE FORM OF EVEN MORE LAMPS WILL HAVE A NEGLIGIBLE EFFECT

OR WORSE IT MIGHT EVEN START TO HAVE A NEGATIVE EFFECT BECAUSE MAYBE THE TEMPERATURE FINALLY BECOMES TOO HIGH n AS ) SUSPECT WOULD THE ELECTRICITY BILL FOR YOU HONEST BILL PAYERS IN THA HOUSE )N ADDITION AS GROWERS WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE AWARE OF THE STATE IN WHICH THE PLANTS FIND THEMSELVES BEFORE WE GO RAISING THE WATTAGE THEY ARE TO RECEIVE WILLY NILLY 4HE PLANTS NEED TO BE IN THE RIGHT CONDITION TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THE LARGE NUMBER OF FLOWER

3INCE THE + X 4OP PLANTS ARE SO SMALL

ALL THEIR BUDS RECEIVED OPTIMAL LIGHT HEADS THAT WE HOPE TO ENCOURAGE TO DEVELOP BY GIVING THEM LARGER AMOUNTS OF LIGHT 3O A FRAGILE SKINNY PLANT WILL NEVER DELIVER A TOP HARVEST AT LEAST AS MEASURED BY WEIGHT SIMPLY BECAUSE A POORLY DEVELOPED FEMALE IS NOT IN A

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3OFT 3ECRETS WANTED TO KNOW A BIT MORE ABOUT THE LOCAL WEED MARKET IN .ORTHERN )RELAND !FTER A LONG WAIT AND PUTTING A LOT OF 335+ CONTACTS TO WORK WE FINALLY MET THREE KNOWLEDGEABLE LOCALS WHO WERE WILLING TO DISCUSS THE MATTER WITH 335+ 4HE FOLLOWING INTERVIEW IS MADE UP OF THREE INTERVIEWS WITH THREE INDIVIDUALS THAT TOOK PLACE OVER A PERIOD OF EIGHTEEN MONTHS 4HE INTERVIEW SESSIONS TOOK PLACE IN "ELFAST AND IN THE 5+ /BVIOUSLY THE SUBJECT MATTER IS OF A VERY SENSITIVE NATURE AND WHILE ALL THREE INTERVIEWEES WERE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE WRITING OF THIS ARTICLE THEY VALUE THEIR KNEE CAPS AND SO THE ALL THE NAMES OF PEOPLE PLACES ETC HAVE BEEN CHANGED

- vÌÊ-iVÀiÌÃ\Ê- ÊÌi ÊÕÃÊ>L ÕÌÊÌ iÊ ÃÊ> `Ê ÕÌÃÊ vÊ` «iÊ Ê i v>ÃÌ¶Ê -ARK 7ELL IN THIS CITY THERE S ONLY REALLY TWO PLACES THAT DRUGS OF ANY SHAPE OR FORM COME FROM AND THAT S #ATHOLIC DEA LERS OR 0ROTESTANT DEALERS 4HERE S NOT REAL LY ANYTHING TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THEM EITHER AS MOST OF THEM ARE WHAT YOU MIGHT CALL FRANCHISES FOR THE BIGGER GUYS FURTHER UP THE TREE 9OU BUY OFF THE #ATHOLICS AND THE MONEY IS GOING TO THEIR SIDE AND YOU BUY OFF THE 0RODS AND IT S THE SAME FUCKING STORY 4HE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT IT S GOING TO SOME SORT OF PARAMILITARY SHIT

Ûi ÊÌ iÃiÊ`>ÞÃÆÊ Ì½ÃÊ> ÊÃÕ«« Ãi`Ê Ì ÊLiÊ i} ÌÊ ÜÊ ÃÊ ÌÊ Ì¶ .EIL !YE WELL THAT S THE WAY IT ALWAYS LOOKS ON TELEVISION OR IN THE PAPERS OR WHATEVER AND SURE THAT S HOW IT IS RIGHT AT THE VERY VERY TOP OF THE TREE 4HESE BOYS ARE ALL LEGIT AND RESPECTABLE FOR SURE

AND REALLY CAN T AFFORD TO BE SEEN TO HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH ALL THIS SHITE BUT DOWN AT STREET LEVEL IF YOU LIKE IT S STILL THE

4HE SCENE IN "ELFAST ISN T OR WASN T REALLY THE SAME AS IT IS ANYWHERE ELSE 4HE POLICE ARE THE LEAST OF YOUR WORRIES YOU KNOW SAME SHITE ,OADS OF GUNS WHAT S IT CALLED

hDECOMMISSIONEDv BUT WHEN NOBODY REAL LY KNOWS HOW MANY GUNS THERE WERE KIC KING ABOUT TO BEGIN WITH IT S DIFFICULT FOR ANYONE TO KNOW HOW MANY THERE ARE LEFT !ND THERE ARE ENOUGH STILL LEFT BELIEVE ME /NE OR TWO IS ONE OR TWO TOO FUCKING MANY ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY RE HELD BY FUC KING PSYCHOPATH GANGSTERS

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LIKE THE EIGHTIES AND NINETIES THEY HAD A SORT OF A COVER STORY IF YOU LIKE )T WAS A WAR WITH ONE SIDE FIGHTING THE OTHER AND ANOTHER ONE IN SUPPOSEDLY TO KEEP THE PEACE !NYHOW MONEY IS ALWAYS NEEDED AND THE EXCUSE BACK THEN WAS KIND OF hIT S ALL FOR THE WAR EFFORTv SORT OF THING &OLK STILL OBJECTED OBVIOUSLY BUT WHAT COULD YOU DO ) THINK ONLY REALLY FUCKING IGNORANT FOLK THOUGHT FOR ONE MINUTE THAT THE HUGE FUCKING AMOUNTS OF MONEY WE RE TALKING ABOUT WAS ALL GOING TO hTHE WAR EFFORTv AND THAT GOES FOR BOTH SIDES 4HERE WERE AND ARE THE USUAL GREEDY FUCKERS WHO ARE THERE PURELY TO LOOK AFTER THEM

SELVES AND FUCK EVERYONE ELSE 3O ALL THIS BUY DRUGS FOR YOUR COUNTRY STUFF IS JUST SO MUCH SHITE 3TEVEN 9OU SEE IT S LIKE THIS 7HEN ALL THE TROUBLES AND SHIT WERE GOING PARTICULARLY IN THE S THERE WAS ALWAYS MONEY NEEDED FOR GUNS BOMBS AND ALL THAT SHITE !ND THERE WAS A LOT OF MONEY AND ) MEAN A LOT OF MONEY TO BE MADE FROM DEALING

PARTICULARLY HEROIN DEALING )T S THE SAME EVERYWHERE BUT HERE IT WAS A BIT DIFFERENT AS YOU ONLY REALLY HAD TWO OPTIONS FOR BUYING IT LIKE WE ALREADY SAID 3O ANYWAY

THERE S A SEIZURE OF GUNS OR WHATEVER SO THE PRICE WOULD GO UP TO COVER IT .EIL !ND THEN THEY GOT WISE TO THE FACT THAT ALL OF THE ILLEGAL DRUGS WERE REAL MONEY MAKERS AND THEY MOVED INTO THOSE MARKETS TOO !LL THE )NDY )NDEPENDENT DEALERS GOT SQUEEZED OUT

ܽÃÊÌ >̶ .EIL (OW DO YOU THINK ! FRIEND OF MINE USED TO DEAL A BIT OF THIS AND THAT AND THEN HE GOT A KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND TOLD THAT EITHER HE WENT TO WORK FOR SO AND SO OR HE STOPPED TRADING 7HEN SOME FUCKER YOU VE NEVER MET BEFORE PUTS A GUN ON YOUR KITCHEN TABLE WHEN THEY RE TELLING YOU THIS THE MESSAGE IS PRETTY OBVIOUS

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WELL AND HERE OF COURSE THE FUCKING POLICE ARE THE LEAST OF YOUR WORRIES !T LEAST WHEN THEY COME KNOCKING YOU CAN BE FAIRLY SURE YOU RE NOT GOING TO GET A MACHETE IN THE HEAD WHEN YOU OPEN THE FUCKING DOOR YEAH .EIL "UT THE THING IS THAT IT DOESN T ALWAYS QUITE WORK THE WAY YOU MIGHT THINK IT WOULD 9EAH THERE WAS THIS ONE GUY CALLED #HRISTIE WHO WAS A REAL BAD BASTARD A REAL CUNT (E WAS JUST A FUCKING SPIDEY AND HE DECIDED THAT HE WAS GOING TO GO INTO DEALING 4HE IDEA OF COMPETI TION NEVER CAME ON HIS RADAR AND HIMSELF AND A COUPLE OF HIS LADS JUST WENT ROUND A FEW DEALERS AND HANDED OUT A FEW SERIOUS BEATINGS JUST TO PUT EVERYONE IN THE PIC TURE THAT HE WAS THE BIG BOY IN THE AREA (E WAS TOTALLY FUCKING WRONG OF COURSE AND HE FOUND OUT PRETTY QUICK THAT ONE OF THE LITTLE BOYS HE D HOSPITALISED WORKED FOR ONE OF THE BIGGER BOYS !CTUALLY HE WAS GETTING ON FOR A VERY BIG BOY IF YOU GET MY DRIFT 3O ANYHOW ONE NIGHT THIS #HRISTIE GETS HIS THUMBS SMASHED TO A PULP WITH ONE OF THOSE FUCKING LUMP HAM MERS -ARK 3O NO MORE ROLLING JOINTS FOR HIM

.EIL !BSOLUTELY THEY STOPPED &UCK ME 4HEY STOPPED AND THEN THEY MOVED CAUSE THE SAME GUY CAME BACK AND WAS LOOKING FOR HIM TO GIVE UP THE NAMES OF ALL HIS PUNTERS 4HEY MOVED TO THE -AINLAND IN THE END TO GET AWAY FROM IT -ARK )T S SORT OF CHANGED SINCE THE TRUCE OR WHATEVER CAME INTO EFFECT .OW THERE ARE A SMALL BUT GROWING NUMBER OF GROWERS WHO KNOW EACH OTHER BUT TEND TO KEEP THEIR HEADS DOWN AND KEEP IT ALL VERY QUIET INDEED 4HE DEALING IS DONE REALLY STRICTLY TO FAMILY AND CLOSE FRIENDS ONLY

AND ) VE HEARD OF SOME PEOPLE HAVING A KIND OF RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM WHERE A PUNTER HAS TO BE RECOMMENDED BY SO MANY CURRENT CUSTOMERS BEFORE THEY GET SOLD ANY WEED

ÌÊÃ Õ `ÃÊ iÊ>Ê ÌÊ vÊ >ÃÃ i° -ARK 7ELL OF COURSE IT IS BUT WHEN YOU VE BEEN DOING IT FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME THEN IT JUST BECOMES SECOND NATURE YOU KNOW 4HE TRICK IS TO KEEP THE SOURCE AS ANONYMOUS AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN YOU KNOW A NEED TO KNOW TYPE THING WITH AS FEW FOLK AS POSSIBLE KNOWING WHERE THE WEED COMES FROM BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY WHO S GROWING IT )T S WORKED PRETTY WELL FOR KEEPING THE POLICE OFF OUR BACKS AS

.EIL AND AFTER THIS HE DISAPPEARS &OR A WHILE THERE EVERYONE THOUGHT HE D BEEN KILLED BUT WE HEARD AFTER THAT THE THUMB BUSINESS WAS A TASTER OF WHAT TO EXPECT IF THERE WAS ANY MORE OF HIS SHITE AND THAT HE SHOULD LEAVE AND NOT COME BACK -ARK !ND THAT WASN T LEAVE THE AREA OR

LEAVE THE CITY NO 4HAT WAS YOU KNOW

LEAVE THE COUNTRY 3O HE DID AND HE WENT TO LIVE WITH FRIENDS IN %NGLAND )F YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE KIND OF POWER THE GUYS WE RE TALKING ABOUT HAVE OVER PEOPLE HERE S THE REST OF THE STORY #HRISTIE S MUM GOT CANCER AND SHE DIED (E OBVIOUSLY WANTED TO GO TO THE FUNERAL BUT BEFORE HE COULD HE HAD TO WRITE A LETTER TO SOMEONE TO PASS ONTO SOMEONE ELSE WHO SPOKE TO SOMEONE ELSE 4ELEPHONE CALLS WERE MADE AND HE GOT PERMISSION TO COME BACK FOR HIS OWN MA S FUNERAL

9 Õ½ÀiÊ `` }Ê i° .EIL .O WE ARE NOT THE GUY HAD TO GET THE NOD FROM THE TOP BRASS BEFORE HE COULD SET FOOT BACK HERE (E HAD TO GET A SORT OF GUARANTEE OF SAFE PASSAGE IF YOU LIKE 3O HE CAME BACK STAYED AT A HOUSE KEPT HIS HEAD DOWN

%VERYTHING COSTS MORE BECAUSE THERE S A SORT OF hPARAMILITARY PREMIUMv BUNGED ON TOP OF THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING -ARK .O SOCIALISING NO PUB NO NOTHING .EIL WENT TO THE FUNERAL AND THEN LEFT ON THE FIRST AVAILABLE PLANE BACK TO %NGLAND !ND THAT S WHY IT REALLY PAYS TO

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PUT THE POLICE ON FOLK IN THE FIRST PLACE

YOU KNOW !ND OF COURSE THE ORGANISED BOYS ARE THE ONES WITH THE MONEY AND SO THEY RE THE ONES WHO CAN YOU KNOW CROSS A FEW PALMS WITH SILVER AND THAT MAKES LIFE MUCH EASIER HAVING A FEW COPPERS IN YOUR POCKET

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KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN IF YOU VE GOT ANY SORT OF INVOLVEMENT IN WEED AS AN )NDY PLAYER 3TEVEN /NE OF THE PROBLEMS IS THAT A LOT MORE PEOPLE ARE INTO WEED THAN ARE INTO JUNK OR WHATEVER AND SO THERE S POTENTI ALLY A LOT MORE MONEY TO BE MADE FROM IT AND AS IT S #LASS # RATHER THAN #LASS ! IF YOU DO GET CAUGHT YOU RE NOT GOING TO GO TO JAIL USUALLY )T USED TO BE THAT THE DOPE THAT WAS SOLD AROUND WAS JUST THIS PRETTY SHITE RESIN THE SAME AS YOU D GET

TO BE AWARE OF THAT 4HE SCENE IN "ELFAST ISN T OR WASN T REALLY THE SAME AS IT IS ANYWHERE ELSE 4HE POLICE ARE THE LEAST OF YOUR WORRIES YOU KNOW

.EIL /NE THING ) VE HEARD OF THAT S BEING DONE IS THAT SOME GROWERS ARE SELLING WHOLESALE TO TRAVELLERS 4HESE BOYS HAVE THEIR OWN DISTRIBUTION NETWORK IF YOU CAN CALL FIRING ABOUT UP AND DOWN THE COUNTRY GOING TO RAVES AND PARTIES THAT !ND BECAUSE THEY DON T LET THE GRASS GROW UNDER THEIR FEET THEY RE NOT REALLY GOING TO HAVE MUCH OF A PROBLEM WITH THE FUCKING SPIDEYS EITHER

3TEPHEN ) CAN T SEE IT EVER CHANGING VERY MUCH TO BE HONEST /RGANISED DEALING S REALLY A WAY OF LIFE HERE AND IT S GOING TO BE REALLY HARD TO BREAK THAT CYCLE )T S KIND OF LIKE 4ESCO SETTING UP IN A NEIGHBOU RHOOD AND PUSHING ALL THE SMALL SHOPS OUT OF BUSINESS EXCEPT IN THIS CASE EVERYTHING 4ESCO HAS TO SELL IS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN

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THE CORNER SHOP !ND IN THIS CASE 4ESCO PERSUADE THE CORNER SHOP OWNERS TO SELL UP WITH BASEBALL BATS AND GUNS

SAID SO THERE WOULD STILL BE ROOM FOR THE SAME SHITE IT STILL NEEDS TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE AND STILL NEEDS TO BE DISTRIBU TED )F YOU SET UP A COFFEE SHOP SYSTEM HERE ALL THAT WOULD HAPPEN WOULD BE THAT THE SAME HARD MEN WOULD MUSCLE IN AND SO YOU D JUST GET ALL THE SAME HASSLE AND COERCION FROM THEM

3TEPHEN ) DON T SEE HOW DECRIMINALISA TION WOULD REALLY HAVE ANY BIG EFFECT 4HE PROBLEM WOULD BE THAT IT WOULD STILL BE AGAINST THE LAW IN SPITE OF WHAT ANYONE

-ARK 4HE PRICE OF DRUGS IN )RELAND IS STILL WAY ABOVE THE PRICE ANYWHERE ELSE ) THINK EVERYTHING COSTS MORE BECAUSE THERE S A SORT OF hPARAMILITARY PREMIUMv BUNGED ON TOP OF THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING 3O THEY TRY TO KEEP THE PRICE AS HIGH AS THEY CAN WITHOUT PUTTING THE PUNTERS OFF BUYING IT 4HE INDY DEALER COULD USE THIS FACT TO HIS OR HER ADVANTAGE OF COURSE AND UNDERCUT THE PRICES OF THE OTHER GUY )N A REGULAR ECONOMY YOU D BE ABLE TO DO JUST THAT BUT HERE IT S QUITE TRICKY AS YOU RE LIABLE TO HAVE SOME HARD BOY TURN UP AT YOUR DOOR THREATENING TO BREAK EVERY BONE IN YOUR BODY UNLESS YOU DESIST 4HIS DOES HAVE A WAY OF FOCUSSING THE MIND YOU KNOW

.OW THERE ARE A SMALL BUT GROWING NUMBER OF GROWERS WHO KNOW EACH OTHER BUT TEND TO KEEP THEIR HEADS DOWN AND ÃÊ ÌÊÃÌ Ê iÊÌ >ÌÊÌ iÃiÊ`>Þö KEEP IT ALL VERY QUIET INDEED -ARK 4O AN EXTENT IT IS YEAH 4HE THING ANY WHERE ELSE AND THEN EVERYONE GOT WISE TO GROWING SHIT HOT QUALITY WEED !

MATE GROWING FOR HIMSELF AND SELLING THE SURPLUS ON SO HE DIDN T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE FUCKING HOODLUM ELEMENT AND THIS ALSO MEANT THERE WAS LESS HASSLE WITH THE POLICE BECAUSE YOU WEREN T SMUGGLING AS SUCH SO THE CHANCES OF GETTING BUSTED WERE A LOT LESS YOU KNOW !NYHOW THE QUALITY OF THE WEED MEANT THAT THE ARSE FELL OUT OF THE DOPE MARKET CAUSE EVERYONE EXCEPT KIDS AND SPIDEYS HAD A CONNECTION FOR GOOD GRASS 7HAT HAPPENED THOUGH WAS THAT THE @2! GOT WIND OF WHAT WAS GOING ON AND REALISED THAT THERE WAS ,/!$3 OF MONEY TO BE MADE FROM SELLING QUALITY WEED AND THAT THE ONLY WAY THEY COULD SELL THEIR SHITE RESIN WAS BASICALLY TO PUT A GUN TO SOMEONE S HEAD AND MAKE THEM 3O UNFORTUNATELY THEY GOT IN ON THE ACT TOO SO WHAT YOU GET FROM GANGSTER DEALERS IS YOU CAN ONLY BUY WEED BY THE GRAM SO S TO KEEP THE PRICE HIGH 9OU CAN T BUY OUNCES OR WHATEVER CAUSE THEN YOU RE EXPECTED TO GIVE A BULK DISCOUNT AND THEY RE NOT REALLY INTO THAT 4HE INDEPENDENTS WOULD DO IT MORE BUT AGAIN YOU VE GOT TO BE REALLY CAREFUL WHO YOU SELL TO AND HOW MUCH YOU SELL THEM IN CASE THEY GRASS YOU UP )T S A PRETTY FRAUGHT WAY OF DOING ALRIGHT AND YOU REALLY CAN T AFFORD TO PISS YOUR CUS TOMERS OFF EH 4HIS WAS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS FOR ME GIVING IT UP IN THE END ) STARTED TO GET SO PARANOID THAT ) THOUGHT PEOPLE ) D KNOWN FOR YEARS WERE GOING TO DROP ME IN IT WITH THE PARAS )T REALLY FUCKS WITH YOUR HEAD AND ) THINK YOU NEED

RIGHT BACK TO YOUR BASIC PROBLEM OF SAFETY AND SELF PRESERVATION YOU KNOW

NOW IS THAT NOW THERE S BEEN A CLEAR DIS TANCE MADE BETWEEN THE OLD PARAMILITARY GUYS WHO HAVE ALL EITHER RETIRED OR GONE INTO LEGIT POLITICS OR WHATEVER AND THE FUCKING SPIDEYS WHO RUN THE DEALING AND WHO THINK THEY CAN JUST BREAK THE HEADS OF ANYONE WHO CROSSES THEM 4HEY RE CUT LOOSE OR THAT S HOW IT LOOKS SO THEY DON T HAVE THE SANCTION OF ANY PARTICULAR GROUP AND THAT MEANS THAT THEY VE GOT NO PROTEC TION AS SUCH OTHER THAN THEMSELVES .EIL 3O IF THEY COME KNOCKING YOU CAN DEFEND YOURSELF A BIT MORE THESE DAYS THAN YOU USED TO -ARK !YE BUT A LOT OF THEM STILL HAVE GUNS SO WHILE THAT S TRUE THE BEST THING TO DO IS KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN AND DON T GET GREEDY "UT THAT S REALLY HARD WHEN YOU SELL SHIT HOT WEED CAUSE EVERYONE WANTS SOME OF IT AND THEN THE WORD INEVITABLY GETS ROUND YOU KNOW .EIL 4HAT S WHEN YOU NEED A GOOD SECURE ENTRY SYSTEM ON YOUR FRONT DOOR !ND ON YOUR BACK DOOR AS WELL COME TO THAT -ARK !YE SO IT S A BIT OF A TRICKY KIND OF LIFE DEALING WEED 9OU CAN GO IT ALONE AND RISK GETTING A KICKING FROM SOMEONE UP THE FOOD CHAIN OR YOU CAN WORK FOR THE SAME PERSON UP THE FOOD CHAIN !ND THEN THERE S ALWAYS THE CHANCE OF GETTING BUSTED A REAL WORRY IF YOU RE A SOLE TRA DER BUT NOT SO MUCH IF YOU RE WORKING FOR SOMEONE ELSE AS ) RECKON THAT A LOT OF THE TIME IT S THE COMPETITION WHO

-ARK ) DON T KNOW MANY PEOPLE WHO STILL GROW AND DEAL WEED NOW THAT ) USED TO KNOW TEN OR EVEN FIVE YEARS AGO 4HEY COME AND GO AND ) THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE GETTING INTO IT HAVE THE IDEA THAT THEY CAN GROW A BIT OF GRASS SELL SOME ON MAKE A PRETTY GOOD LIVING OUT OF IT AND DO SOME THING GOOD IN THE PROCESS BY UNDERCUTTING

)F THEY COME KNOCKING YOU CAN DEFEND YOURSELF A BIT MORE THESE DAYS THAN YOU USED TO THE BIG PLAYERS 4HESE ARE ALL YOU KNOW

LAUDABLE INTENTIONS BUT THE REALITY OF THE FUCKING SITUATION BECOMES ALL TOO CLEAR ALL TOO FUCKING QUICKLY /NE WAY OF DOING IT IS TO MOVE RIGHT OUT OF THE CITY AND SETTING UP THE GROW ROOM SOMEWHERE OUT IN THE COUNTRYSIDE 4HAT S THE PRODUCTION SIDE OF THINGS SORTED BUT IF YOU RE WANTING TO GET THE STUFF DISTRIBUTED YOU NEED A MARKET

AND THAT S IN THE CITY AND THAT BRINGS YOU

-ARK ) DON T REALLY KNOW )F IT WAS LEGA LISED THEN ANYONE AND EVERYONE COULD DO IT AND THAT WOULD CERTAINLY TAKE IT OUT OF THE HANDS OF THE CRIMINAL ELEMENT .OBODY WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE MUCH MONEY OUT OF IT MIND BUT PERHAPS THAT WOULDN T BE A BAD THING IN THE CIRCUMSTAN CES EH .EIL 4HAT WOULD BE A SHAME AND ALL TOO BECAUSE A LOT OF THE WEED AVAILABLE WOULD BE FROM SOURCES ON THE FACE OF IT LEGIT AS IN BIG BUSINESS AND THAT S NOT SOMETHING ) D BE MAD ABOUT EITHER ) M A BIG BELIEVER IN SO CALLED LEGIT BUSINESS WHEN IT GETS CORPORATE OR WHATEVER JUST BEING GANGSTERS WHO USE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CLOUT RATHER THAN GUNS AND BASEBALL BATS !T THE END OF THE DAY THEY RE STILL GANGSTERS AND THEY RE STILL LOOKING TO MAKE LOTS FOR THEM SELVES AND GIVING AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE BACK

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4HE FEMINISED #HEESE IS BEING MADE AT THE MOMENT IN (OLLAND &EMINISED SEEDS ARE BIG AT MARKET IN THESE TIMES 7ITH CLONES MORE READILY AVAILABLE PEOPLE PLANTING SEEDS CAN NOW HAVE THAT CHOICE OF M F OR FEM 0ERSONALLY ) LIKE TO FIND GOOD MALES AND FEMALES BUT AT LEAST YOU CAN HAVE THAT CHOICE NOW 7HEN BREEDING "IG "UDDHA S #HEESE

WHY DID YOU CHOOSE TO BACK CROSS TO THE !FGHAN RATHER THAN -EXICAN OR #OLOMBIAN PARENTS BEHIND 3KUNK /UR !FGHAN WAS FROM A UNIQUE SOURCE 4HE SEEDS WERE FROM AN OLD TIME DEALER RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING BACK TONNES OF !FGHAN "ORDER (ASH BACK IN THE S 4HE SEEDS HE HAD REQUESTED FOR

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-EANWHILE THE NEWLY CREATED %UROPEAN STATE OF THE #ZECH 2EPUBLIC HAS TAKEN A STEP THE OTHER WAY BY ANNOUNCING CANNABIS SMOKERS WILL BE TREATED LESS HARSHLY THAN PREVIOUSLY

)N (OLLAND AND REGARDLESS OF THE NEW SMOKING LAWS WHICH ABOUND POLITICIANS HAVE COMMENTED ON THE FACT THAT $UTCH COFFEE SHOPS ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE ANYTIME SOON

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(OW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU KNOW WHO WENT TO !MSTERDAM FOR THE MUSEUMS AND CANALS SPECIFICALLY AS OPPOSED TO THOSE WHO TOOK IN THE MUSEUMS OR A BOAT TRIP WHILST THEY WERE THERE TO SMOKE WEED

!S THINGS STAND TODAY (OLLAND LEADS THE WAY WHEN IT COMES TO DEALING WITH RECREATIONAL DRUG USE .OT BY LEGALIZING IT EITHER

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#ONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF CANNABIS IS JUST AS ILLEGAL IN (OLLAND AS IT IS ANYWHERE ELSE ) SHIT YOU NOT

"Y TOLERATING IT IN CERTAIN ZONES (OLLAND HAS ONE OF THE LOWEST CANNABIS USE STATISTICS IN THE WHOLE OF %UROPE SO CLEARLY TOLERANCE IN CONTROLLED SITUATIONS HAS LITTLE OR NO BEARING ON OVERALL DRUG USE FIGURES

3O HOW CAN THE 5+ GOVERNMENT AFTER FIRST TELLING US OF THEIR OWN DRUG USE NOT ONLY REFUSE TO OFFER ANY SIMILAR SOLUTIONS AS THEIR $UTCH COUNTERPARTS HAVE BUT ALSO TELL US THEY PLAN TO PUNISH US MORE SEVERELY

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#AN YOU TELL US WHICH "LUEBERRY LINE WAS USED IN THE BREEDING OF YOUR "LUE #HEESE

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)NDOOR OUTDOOR OR GLASSHOUSE 7HICH ENVIRONMENTS AND METHODS ARE BEST SUITED TO STRAINS WITH HEAVY !FGHAN LINEAGE (EAVY !FGHAN HERITAGE ) KNOW WHAT BEST SUITS OUR STRAINS 7E PREFER OUR BUDS MADE INDOORS )N 3PAIN MY FRIENDS ARE PRODUCING GREENHOUSE BUD THAT IS REALLY COFFEESHOP STANDARD INDOOR LOOKING BUD HUGE "OTH "LUE #HEESE AND "IG "UDDHA S #HEESE WILL FINISH OUTDOORS BY END OF /CTOBER IN THE 5+

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4HAT THE STREETS OF 'RONINGEN AND 5TRECHT !MSTERDAM AND (AARLEM ARE LITTERED WITH THE FILTHY $UTCH WRETCHES WHO ARE LAYING IN GUTTERS AS A RESULT OF WISHING TO HAVE A JOINT AFTER A HARD DAYS WORK INSTEAD OF A BELLY FULL OF BEER

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)N A SIMILAR VEIN JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO THE 0ORTUGUESE 0OLICE ALLUDED TO SIMILAR TACTICS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST FOOTBALL HOOLIGANISM WITH AN INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPER CAMPAIGN IN WHICH IT WAS SAID h7E WON T ARREST ANYONE FOR SMOKING MARIJUANA 7E WON T CAUTION ANYONE FOR PUFFING POT AND WE WON T EVEN CONFISCATE IF MARIJUANA IS FOUND ON A PERSON v

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4HEY WOULDN T GET AWAY WITH IT IF IT WERE THE &RENCH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS WHO WERE GETTING THE SHITTY END OF THE STICK 4HEY WOULD JUST CLOSE &RANCE UNTIL SOMEONE LISTENED TO THEM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE !UGUST HOLIDAY PERIOD IF NECESSARY

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)N THIS INSTANCE ) M SURE OUR NEAR NEIGHBOR S TOLERANT ATTITUDE AND SUCCESSFUL OR CERTAINLY MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN THE "RITISH EFFORT POLICY ON DRUGS COULD BE USED AS A PRECEDENT TO FORCE THE 5+ GOVERNMENT INTO EITHER A SIMILAR POLICY OR AT THE VERY LEAST A NATIONAL REFERENDUM TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PUBLIC THINKS ON THE CANNABIS DEBATE ONCE AND FOR ALL

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WHICH HAVE BEEN IMPROVED ON 7HAT WE DON T LIKE ARE HACKS OR JUST COPIES OF OTHERS WORK )F YOU HAVE A FAVOURITE STRAIN OR A REALLY UNIQUE OLD SCHOOL PLANT THAT S BEEN DOING THE ROUNDS FOR SURE BACK CROSSING THEM OUT IS COOL 0UTTING THEM OUT ON THE MARKET AND GETTING IT THE RECOGNITION IT DESERVES WELL THAT S THE HARDEST PART 0LEASE KEEP WORKING ON IT ALL /THERS INCLUDING OURSELVES GREATLY APPRECIATE IT )S MOVING TO A COUNTRY THAT TOLERATES CANNABIS THE ONLY OPTION FOR PERSPECTIVE 5+ BREEDERS .O #ANNABIS IS BRED EVERYWHERE NOT JUST THE CANNABIS TOLERATED COUNTRIES &OR OURSELVES WE WERE LUCKY TO BE AT THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME

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SUBJECTED TO STRESS MARIHUANA PLANTS REACT

BY PUMPING OUT EVEN MORE AMOUNTS OF 4(# THANKS TO WHICH THE STRESSED FLOWER HEADS CAN BECOME FILLED TO BURSTING POINT WITH CRYSTALS .ATURALLY THERE ARE MANY METHODS WITH WHICH TO SUBJECT PLANTS TO STRESS )T IS USUALLY IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS OF THE BLOOM PERIOD THAT GROWERS USE A VARIETY OF TRICKS TO INFLUENCE THINGS

ÕÃÌÊ>``ÊÃÕ}>À ) HAVE ALREADY LOOKED AT A FEW OF THESE TRICKS IN THE PAST &OR EXAMPLE THE TECHNI QUE WHEREBY OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS OF HER LIFE WE PLUCK THE PLANT ALMOST BARE 4HE PLANT WILL BECOME STRESSED AS A RESULT OF THIS TO THE EXTENT THAT SHE WILL DEVOTE THE REMAINS OF HER ENERGY IN TO THE FORMATION OF HER FLOWER HEADS 4HE RESULT WILL AMAZE YOU !NOTHER METHOD IS TO ADD SUGAR TO THE FEED WATER 4HIS RATHER CONTROVERSIAL METHOD HAS SUPPORTERS AND DETRACTORS )TS PROPONENTS SWEAR THAT IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS OF HER LIFE THE MARIHUANA PLANT PRIMARILY USES GLUCOSE FOR THE FORMATION OF ITS FLOWER HEADS ! LITTLE SUGAR ADDED TO THE FEED WATER CAN RAISE THE AMOUNT OF GLUCOSE AVAILABLE TO THE MARIHUANA PLANT

4HE FIRST BUDS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP 7E START TO GIVE THE $URBAN 0OISON PLANTS ! " NUTRIENTS BLOOM FEED 0+ AND A BLOOM STIMULATOR

4HE AUTUMN IN WHICH THESE $URBAN PLANTS SPENT THE FINAL DAYS OF THEIR BLOOM PERIOD IN WAS AN EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD ONE 4HE ABUNDANCE OF SUNRAYS AND THE OPTIMAL AUTUMN WEATHER HAD A VERY BENEFICIAL INFLUENCE ON THE FORMATION OF THE FLOWER HEADS ) DID WHAT ) COULD AS A GROWER TO MAXIMISE THIS ADVANTAGE

AND AT NO TIME DID THE LADIES HAVE TO

TO A HIGHER LEVEL THANKS TO WHICH SHE WILL HAVE MORE ENERGY FOR BRINGING TO THE JOB OF BUILDING FLOWER HEADS !ND OFTEN THE WEED WILL TASTE SWEETER AS WELL AND THIS IS ONE CHARACTERISTIC THAT YOUR AVER AGE SMOKER IS PRETTY MUCH IN FAVOUR OF 4HERE ARE ALSO GROWERS WHO HAVE HAD LESS FAVOURABLE EXPERIENCES WITH ADDING SUGAR TO THEIR FEED WATER AND ) HAVE ONCE HAD THE MISFORTUNE TO COUNT MYSELF AMONG THEM 4HE PROBLEM IS THAT IF YOU PUT TOO MUCH SUGAR IN THE FEED WATER THERE IS A STRONG CHANCE THAT THE @SUGAR WATER WILL CONGEAL THANKS TO WHICH THE DRAINAGE HOLES IN FLOWER POTS FOR EXAMPLE AND OR THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM BECOME CLOGGED 4HIS IS A PROBLEM PRIMARILY WITH INDOOR GROWING AND IT CAN BE A REAL PAIN IN THE ARSE 7ITH OUTDOOR GROWING AND PARTICU LARLY IF YOU RE RAISING REALLY BIG BUGGERS IN NICE BIG TUBS SUCH PROBLEMS ARE LESS LIKELY TO STRIKE 4HE DRAINAGE HOLES IN THE MEGA TUBS ARE PLENTY LARGE ENOUGH THAT THE CHANCE OF THEM BECOMING BLOCKED ARE VIRTUALLY NIL .EVERTHELESS IT IS STILL RECOM MENDABLE IN BOTH GROWING TECHNIQUES TO ONLY ADD A TINY AMOUNT OF SUGAR MIXED IN WITH THE FEED WATER AFTER HAVING FIRST DIS SOLVED IT WELL IN WARN WATER

4HE $URBAN 0OISON BEGINS TO BLOSSOM INNOCENTLY

4HE BARK AT PRECISELY THE THICKEST PART OF THE STEM WAS ALMOST TORN RIGHT THROUGH

AND THIS LEFT HER PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO MOULD INFECTION DISEASE AND OR OTHER PESTS (ELPING THE BRANCHES BACK INTO POSITION AND BINDING THEM WITH STRING AND TAPE WAS NOT AN OPTION AS THE BRANCHES THAT NEEDED THE HELP WERE MUCH TOO LARGE AND HEAVILY LADEN )N THE END ) DECIDED

3TRESSED MARIHUANA PLANTS REACT BY PUMPING OUT QUANTITIES OF 4(# THANKS TO WHICH THE FLOWER HEADS CAN BECOME FILLED TO BURSTING POINT WITH CRYSTALS DEAL WITH A SHORTAGE OF NUTRIENTS OR STIMULATORS 4HE PLANTS IN TURN WERE LAVISH IN THEIR APPRECIATION BLOOMING LIKE NEVER BEFORE 4HEY DID DO A FEW STRANGE THINGS HOWEVER &OR INSTANCE

THERE UNEXPECTEDLY BROKE OFF FROM ONE PLANT THE BIGGEST OF THEM ALL SEVERAL VITAL BRANCHES THANKS TO WHICH ) HAD TO DEAL WITH THE EXCITEMENT OF WONDERING WHETHER THIS LADY WAS EVEN GOING TO MAKE IT THROUGH

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/NE OTHER DRAWBACK OF ADDING SUGAR TO THE FEED WATER IS THAT THE SUGAR CAN FERMENT

AND THAT CREATES A HUGE STENCH WHEN IT HAP PENS ) ONCE HAD THIS HAPPEN SO BADLY THAT WE BARELY DARED TO ENTER THE GROW SPACE THE SMELL WAS SO HORRIFIC "UT FERMENTATION AND THE STINK THAT ACCOMPANIES IT ARE QUITE EASY TO PREVENT *UST MAKE SURE THAT THE EXCESS FEED WATER CAN EASILY FLOW AWAY AND DON T LET IT SIT TOO LONG IN A COLLECTING TUB /NE FURTHER ARGUMENT AGAINST THE SUGAR ADDING PRACTICE IS THAT MARIHUANA PLANTS ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE EXCESS OF

4HE UPPERMOST BUDS ARE LOGICALLY ALSO THE BIGGEST 4HEY RECEIVE THE MOST SUNLIGHT

AFTER ALL

LARGE VOLUME OF CRYSTALS THANKS TO WHICH THE WEED CERTAINLY IF YOU COMPARE IT WITH OTHER OUTDOOR VARIETIES CONTAINS A RELATIVELY HIGH AMOUNT OF 4(# !T THE SAME TIME A VARIETY LIKE $URBAN IS NOT VERY SUSCEPTIBLE TO MOULDS AND THIS ALONE MAKES IT WELL LOVED BY OUTDOOR GROWERS

$URBAN COMES ORIGINALLY FROM 3OUTH !FRICA AND HAS BEEN ADAPTED BY $UTCH GROWERS TO THE CONDITIONS IN (OLLAND AND SURROUNDING COUNTRIES 4HIS 3ATIVA BREED CAN PRODUCE A CONSIDERABLY QUANTITY OF FLOWER

! PLANT LIKE $URBAN 0OISON PRODUCES NOT SO MANY LEAVES THANKS TO WHICH THE EVENTUAL HARVEST OF THE FLOWER HEADS WILL PROCEED SMOOTHLY NUTRIENTS AND STIMULATORS THEY ARE GIVEN

BY MOST GROWERS ALREADY HAVE MORE THAN SUFFICIENT GLUCOSE FOR THE BLOOM PERIOD )N SHORT ADDING EXTRA SUGAR TO THE FEED WATER WILL ACCORDING TO THE NAY SAYERS HAVE VERY LITTLE IMPACT 3O IN THE END IT IS UP TO YOU AS A GROWER TO DECIDE FOR YOURSELF THE RIGHT PATH TO TAKE 3OMETIMES IT CAN BE INTERESTING TO ALLOW A FEW PLANTS TO BE GIVEN EXTRA SUGAR AND A FEW PLANTS NOT TO 4HIS NOW GIVES US A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SEE FOR YOURSELVES WHAT THE DIFFERENCES IF ANY MIGHT BE AND MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS ACCORDINGLY /BVIOUSLY YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GROWING CONDITIONS IN WHICH THE TWO SETS OF PLANTS ARE BEING RAISED ARE OTHERWISE IDENTICAL OR ELSE ANY FAIR COM PARISON IS NOT POSSIBLE

Ài> >}i 4O RETURN BRIEFLY TO THE ISSUE OF THE BROKEN SIDE BRANCHES 4HE BREAKAGE ACTUALLY HAD A POSITIVE CONSEQUENCE "ECAUSE THE SIDE BRANCH HAD TO BE LAID HORIZONTALLY WHEN FIXED ALL THE LITTLE FLOWER HEADS ON IT WERE GIVEN ACCESS TO FULL LIGHT THANKS TO WHICH THEY BEGAN TO GROW VERTICALLY 4HE RESULT WAS A VERITABLE SEA OF UPWARDS GROWING FLOWER HEADS .OW WE JUST HAVE TO HOPE THAT THEY CAN KEEP IT UP FOR THE DURATION OF THE BLOOM CYCLE UNTIL THE LAST DAY HARVEST )F THEY DO THE RESULT WILL BE STAGGERING ! VARIETY SUCH AS $URBAN AND IN MY CASE $URBAN 0OISON HAS A TENDENCY TO PRODUCE REALLY LOVELY FAT FLOWER HEADS WHICH ONCE THEY HAVE BEEN HARVESTED AND DRIED MAKE FOR PARTICULARLY TASTY WEED 4HE TASTE IS

ACCORDING TO CONNOISSEURS A LITTLE BIT LIKE A SWEET LIQUORICE OR ANISEED TASTE !S WELL AS THIS THE VARIETY PRODUCES A COMPARATIVELY

HEADS CERTAINLY IF WE GIVE HER THE RIGHT CIRCUMSTANCES AND RESOURCES WITH WHICH TO ALLOW HER TO REACH THE HUGE DIMENSIONS SHE CAN ACHIEVE !LL TO OFTEN OUTDOOR GRO WERS MAKE THE MISTAKE OF RAISING TOO MANY MARIHUANA PLANTS IN TOO SMALL A SPACE 4HIS IS A PITY BECAUSE THE PLANTS WILL ONLY COMPETE WITH EACH OTHER UNNECESSARILY IN THEIR ATTEMPTS TO GRAB AS MUCH OF THE AVAILABLE SUNLIGHT AND NUTRIENTS -UCH BET TER IS TO CONCENTRATE YOUR GROWING EFFORTS ON JUST A COUPLE OF PLANTS WHICH YOU CAN THEN MOLLYCODDLE 4HESE LADIES WILL WORK WONDERS 7HAT IS MORE THE RISK OF GROWING IS CONSIDERABLY REDUCED AS THE CHANCES OF BEING PROSECUTED ARE REDUCED #ERTAINLY IN (OLLAND AND MAYBE IN THE 5+ IN SOME AREAS GROWERS OF A PLANT OR TWO ARE RARELY BUSTED 0LUS YOU WILL FIND THAT NEIGHBOURS WILL OFTEN SEE ONE OR TWO PLANTS AS A SWEET

"OHEMIAN TOUCH RATHER THAN A CRIMINAL ACTIVITY 3TRONGER STILL A GIGANTIC WEED PLANT CAN OFTEN CONVINCE EVEN THE STERNEST OF NON WEED LOVERS THAT THE GROWER OF SUCH A COLOS SAL BUSH DOES INDEED POSSESS A CERTAIN SKILL AND IS DESERVING OF BEING CUT SOME SLACK 9OU SHOULD BEAR IN MIND THAT A SINGLE GIANT BUSH CAN STILL PUMP OUT AS MUCH ODOUR AS TEN SMALLER BUSHES )N NINE CASES OUT OF TEN THE NEIGHBOURS GENERALLY START TO COMPLAIN ONLY WHEN THE NUMBER OF PLANTS INCREASES DRAMATICALLY )T SEEMS TO BE A BIT OF A PSY CHOLOGICAL EFFECT /KAY SO GIANT PLANTS DO HAVE THE DRAWBACK OF BEING EASILY NOTICE ABLE AND THAT INCREASES THE CHANCES OF THEM BEING ROBBED OF THEIR FLOWER HEADS SOME WHAT "UT KEEP THE FACT THAT YOU RE GROWING MARIHUANA QUIET AND KEEP YOUR STORIES FOR LATER ONCE THE PLANTS HAVE BEEN SAFELY HAR VESTED 4HIS SIMPLE PRACTICE CAN SAVE YOU A LOT OF TROUBLE

! PLANT LIKE $URBAN 0OISON PRODUCES NOT SO MANY LEAVES THANKS TO WHICH THE EVEN TUAL HARVEST OF THE FLOWER HEADS WILL PRO CEED QUITE A BIT MORE EASILY 4HIS IS COM PLETELY THE OPPOSITE IN LEAF RICH VARIETIES SUCH AS 4OP 4HIS WEED PLANT FREQUENTLY GROWN INDOORS IS ALSO OFTEN GROWN BY OUT DOOR GROWERS FOR THE REASON THAT CLONES OF IT ARE EASY TO GET HOLD OF ALMOST ANYWHERE

AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT ITS GROW SEASON IS DECIDEDLY ON THE SHORT SIDE 4HE BLOOM PERIOD OF 4OP GENERALLY LASTS AROUND DAYS AROUND SIX WEEKS AND THAT IS A GOOD STARTING POINT FOR AN OUTDOOR GROWER !S WELL AS THIS PLANTS LIKE 4OP ARE UNUSU ALLY EASY TO RAISE AS THEY ARE MORE EASILY SATISFIED WITH THE NUTRIENTS AND AMOUNTS OF SUNLIGHT THEY RECEIVE 3O A 4OP CAN EASILY REACH A NICE GOOD SIZE EVEN IN A RAINY SUMMER THANKS TO HER PROLIFERATION OF LEAVES BEING ABLE TO PHOTOSYNTHESIZE ENOUGH LIGHT /N THE DOWN SIDE THE LARGE NUMBER OF LEAVES THIS VARIETY PRODUCES ALSO HELPS DECREASE ITS POPULARITY BECAUSE THE HARVESTING OF THE FLOWER HEADS OF A 4OP CAN BE A REAL BLOODY HASSLE THANKS TO ALL THOSE LEAVES

! LOVELY $URBAN 0OISON BUD ON A SIDE BRANCH

/BVIOUSLY THE BEST THING IS TO BE ABLE TO LEAVE THE MARIHUANA BUDS TO ENJOY THE SUNLIGHT AS LONG AS POSSIBLE SO THAT THEY CAN RIPEN OPTIMALLY $OING SO WILL ENSURE A GOOD HARVEST AND YIELD AND PERHAPS JUST AS IMPORTANT PRODUCE A VERY GOOD QUALITY OUTDOOR WEED "UT NONETHELESS AS A GROWER WE DO NOT ALWAYS HAVE THE LUXURY OF BEING ABLE TO CHOOSE THE EXACT DATE FOR HARVESTING 4HE WEATHER IS STILL THE CRITICAL FACTOR 4HAT IS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO PAY GOOD ATTEN TION TO THE POINTS RAISED 4HE HARVESTING OF

,ÕÃÃ > Ê, Õ iÌÌi 4HE PLANTS THAT ) HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH DURING THIS SERIES OF ARTICLES THE FEMALE PLANTS ARE AS ) HAVE SAID BEFORE

$URBAN PLANTS )T WAS A DELIBERATE DECISION TO GO WITH THE $URBAN 0OISON )T IS A PLANT THAT HAS ALWAYS HELD A CERTAIN INTEREST TO ME TO GROW OUTDOORS AND SO WAS WELL WORTH HAVING A STAB AT /N TOP OF THIS IT WAS ALSO MY VERY FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH RAI SING PLANTS FROM FEMALE SEED 4HE $URBAN 0OISON PLANTS BLOOM FOR A TOTAL OF EIGHT TO NINE WEEKS !LTHOUGH THE PLANT BEGINS TO BLOOM REASONABLY EARLY AROUND THE SECOND OR THIRD WEEK OF !UGUST SHE DOES STILL NEED UNTIL THE SECOND OR THIRD WEEK IN THE MONTH OF /CTOBER THE PRECISE DATE DEPENDING ON WHETHER IT IS A GOOD OR BAD AUTUMN TO BE ABLE TO FULLY DEVELOP ! VARIETY SUCH AS ONE OF THE 0URPLES FOR EXAMPLE WOULD BY THEN HAVE BEEN LONG TRIMMED BEFORE THIS DATE 3O IN SHORT WE DO STILL NEED A BIT OF LUCK WITH THE AUTUMN WHEN GROWING AN OUTDOOR VARIETY LIKE THE $URBAN +EEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THE WEATHER REPORTS IS REALLY IMPOR TANT BECAUSE WHENEVER THERE ARE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN FORECAST ) HAVE A TENDENCY TO PLAY THINGS SAFE AND HARVEST A LITTLE EARLY RATHER THAN RISK THE PLANTS HEALTH

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OUTDOOR WEED CAN SOMETIMES BE A KIND OF 2USSIAN ROULETTE THE ONE MOMENT EVERY THING SEEMS GOOD BUT LESS THAN A WEEK LATER AND THE WEATHER GODS HAIL DOWN A DISASTER UPON YOUR PLANTS DASHING YOUR HOPES OF A GOOD HARVEST )T IS ALWAYS A BIT OF A GAMBLE WHATEVER YOU DO WHICH IN A WAY ADDS TO THE EXCITEMENT ) GUESS -EANWHILE HARVES TING DOES GUARANTEE THAT AT LEAST YOU WILL DEFINITELY HAVE AT LEAST SOME NICE OUTDOOR WEED 4AKING A PUNT ON YOUR HARVESTING CAN WORK OUT WELL !ND WHEN IT DOES THE QUALITY OF YOUR WEED WILL BE ELEVATED TO THE @SUPER CATEGORY )N ANY EVENT ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT YOU HARVEST THE RIPEST WHICH ARE ALSO OFTEN THE BIGGEST BUDS 4HESE WELL DEVELOPED FLOWER HEADS ARE OFTEN THE MOST VULNERABLE TOO !S WELL AS PAYING ATTENTION TO THE RISK OF MOULD INFECTION IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT THAT YOU BEAR IN MIND THAT A OUTDOOR HARVEST WILL OFTEN NEED TO START A BIT EARLIER THAN YOU HAD PLANNED ORIGINALLY +EEP A CLOSE EYE ON THE WEATHER REPORTS AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE FLEXIBLE IN THE DAYS AROUND THE HARVEST DATE ! STRONG WEATHER DEPRESSION ARRIVING CAN MEAN YOU HAVE TO DROP EVERYTHING AND DO YOUR HARVESTING A FEW DAYS EARLY ! BIT OF FORETHOUGHT IS NEEDED GIVEN HOW SUCH AN EVENT MIGHT CLASH WITH YOUR WORK HOURS

SCHOOLING OR OTHER ACTIVITIES ) PERSONALLY AM VERY EASY WITH THIS AND IN THE WEEKS SURROUNDING THE HARVEST DATE ) MAKE SURE TO MAKE NO FIXED PLANS IN ADVANCE SO THAT ) CAN START HARVESTING IMMEDIATELY EVEN WHEN IT HAS TO BE DONE A FEW DAYS BEFORE ) HAD BEEN ANTICIPATING IT ! $URBAN IS AS HAS BEEN SAID REASONABLY RESISTANT TO MOULDS BUT WHEN THE FLOWER HEADS HAVE DEVELOPED TO THEIR MAXIMUM SIZE EVEN A PLANT LIKE THE $URBAN IS VERY VULNERABLE TO LOTS OF BAD WEATHER AND THE RESULTING HIGH AIR MOISTURE LEVELS 4HE CHANCE OF MOULD IS THEN EVER PRESENT

"«Ì > Ê>ÕÌÕ ÊÜi>Ì iÀ (APPILY MY $URBAN 0OISON PLANTS WERE ABLE TO ENJOY OPTIMAL AUTUMN WEATHER AND THIS WAS EVENTUALLY A YEAR IN WHICH THE HAR VEST DID NOT CAUSE VERY MUCH STRESS FOR THE GROWER 4HINGS HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT IN OTHER YEARS )N SOME YEARS ) HAVE BEEN LEFT WITH SOME VARIETIES OF WEED THAT HAD LOTS LEFT ON THEM FOR HARVESTING 4HESE WERE OFTEN PLANTS THAT HAD COME INTO BLOOM TOO LATE OR WORSE THE AUTUMN AND SOMETIMES EVEN THE

(ERE S THE CROWN BUD OF THE $URBAN 0OISON !S YOU CAN SEE IT S EXCEPTION ALLY WELL DEVELOPED

FROST HAD BEGUN MUCH TOO QUICKLY 4HIS TIME THOUGH THE AUTUMN WAS SO MILD IT WAS REALLY AS WARM AS SUMMER 4HE NUM BER OF HOURS SUNLIGHT WAS ALSO OPTIMAL 4HE ABUNDANCE OF SUNSHINE WORKED WONDERS 4HE BENEFICIAL CONDITIONS GAVE ME THE CHANCE TO GIVE THE LADIES PRETTY MUCH EVERY DAY AND IF NOT THEN AT LEAST EVERY OTHER DAY LARGE HELPINGS OF BLOOM FEED STIMULA TORS AND A 0+ MIX !T THE MOMENT THAT THE FIRST 4(# THREADS SHOWED UP WE STARTED ADDING THIS 0+ TO THE FEED WATER !S WELL AS THIS WE CONTINUED GIVING THE PLANTS THEIR STANDARD ! " NUTRIENT )N ADDITION TO THESE SUPPLEMENTS ) ALSO GAVE THEM BLOOM FEED AND A BLOOM STIMULATOR 4OGETHER THESE WOULD ADD UP TO THAT @LITTLE BIT EXTRA AND ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS SUNNY WEATHER THEY ARE MORE THAN WORTH THE EXTRA INVESTMENT &OR THE OUTDOOR GROWERS WITH THE MORE LIMITED WALLET THEN THE ADDITION OF SOMETHING LIKE FISH EMULSION AND WORM CASTINGS IS ALSO VERY EFFECTIVE 0ARTICULARLY WHEN THESE ARE MIXED WITH LUKEWARM WATER PREFERABLY AROUND # WHICH IS THEN POURED LIBERALLY OVER THE SOIL OVER SO THAT IT SATURATES DEEP IN TO THE SOIL MIX AND THUS REACH A GOOD MAJORITY OF THE ROOTS 7ORM CASTINGS HAVE THE ADVANTAGE THAT THEY CAN BE FOUND FOR FREE IN PRETTY MUCH ANY COM POST HEAP SO IT IS BOTH EASILY AVAILABLE AND AFFORDABLE /F COURSE IT CAN ALSO BE BOUGHT FROM GARDEN CENTRES AND GROW SHOPS !LTHOUGH IT IS TRUE THAT MARIHUANA PLANTS JUST LOVE FISH EMULSION ESPECIALLY DURING THE BLOOM PERIOD BE WARNED THAT IT IS A STRONGLY PUNGENT SUBSTANCE ) M TALKING @REEKS OF ROTTING FISH PUNGENT AND IT IS THEREFORE PROBABLY GOING TO BE A SOURCE OF NUISANCE &OR THIS REASON ) WOULD NOT RECOMMEND YOU USE IT SAY ON YOUR BAL CONY GROWN PLANTS THE NEIGHBOURS WILL THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION "UT THERE ARE A FEW TRICKS YOU CAN USE TO REDUCE THE PROBLEMS OF USING IT 3O FOR INSTANCE YOU MIGHT FEED A NUTRIENT LIKE FISH EMULSION TO YOUR PLANTS IN THE LATE EVENING WHEN MOST PEOPLE HAVE GONE INDOORS ! GOOD RINSE WITH FRESH WATER AFTER APPLYING THE FISH EMULSION IS ANOTHER OPTION "UT DO TRY AND GIVE THE PLANTS A GOOD HALF HOUR BEFORE YOU DO SO TO ENJOY THEIR FISH EMULSION &INALLY

THERE ARE GROWERS WHO STREW A LAYER OF FRESH SOIL ONTO THE SURFACE WHERE THE APPLICATION OF FISH EMULSION AND WATER TOOK PLACE )N THIS TECHNIQUE WE COVER THE SOIL AFTER EACH

4HE CROWN BUD ONCE MORE BUT NOW STRIPPED OF ITS LARGER LEAVES

WATERING WITH A THIN LAYER OF FRESH SOIL 4HIS CAN ALSO HELP REDUCE THE STENCH *UST DON T TAKE THE LAYER OF SOIL TO STREW OVER THE WET PATCH FROM THE TUB OR POT IN WHICH YOU ARE GROWING YOUR PLANTS 4HE CHANCE OF DAMAGING THE ROOTS IS TOO GREAT AND THE RISK IS JUST NOT WORTH IT !LSO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO NOT SPREAD TOO THICK A LAYER OF SOIL AFTER THE FISH EMULSION APPLICATION AS THIS RETARDS THE FLOW OF OXYGEN TO THE ROOTS OF THE MARIHUANA PLANT n WHICH IS NOT WHAT YOU WANT GIVEN THE IMPORTANCE OF SUFFI CIENT OXYGEN FOR THE PROPER FUNCTIONING OF THE ROOT SYSTEM AND THEREFORE OF A HEALTHY MARIHUANA PLANT

iÜ>ÀiÊ vÊ Õ `ÃÊ !FTER ALL THAT LOVELY AUTUMNAL WEATHER THE HUGE AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE AND THE OPTIMISED CARE THESE FEMALE PLANTS HAD DONE PRETTY WELL )NDEED SOME PLANTS LOOKED

THANKS TO THEIR BRANCHES HAVING SNAPPED

A BIT WOUNDED BUT THE PROVISIONAL RESULT OF THE FLOWER HEADS LOOKED PROMISING 7E CONTINUED TO CAREFULLY GIVE THE PLANTS LIQUID NUTRIENT AND STIMULATORS 7E CONTINUOUSLY TRIED TO GENTLY INCREASE THE QUANTITIES WE GAVE THEM 2IGHT FROM THE FIRST WEEK THAT WE SET TO WORK WITH THE 0+ WE BEGAN ADDING THE BLOOM NUTRIENT AND THE STIMULATORS AS WELL GRADUALLY BUILDING UP THEIR CONCENTRATIONS BIT BY BIT TOWARDS THEIR MAXIMUM AS STATED ON THE PACK "Y DOING THIS WE GRADUALLY GOT THE PLANTS USED TO AND ENJOYING THESE HIGHER VALUES %VEN THOUGH THE LOVELY WEATHER THAT THESE $URBAN PLANTS WERE ENJOYING THEIR MATU RATION IN LESSENED THE CHANCES OF MOULD GETTING A GRIP WE CONTINUED OUR DUTIES AS GROWERS AND KEPT A CLOSE CHECK FOR IT CON TINUOUSLY 4HANKS TO THE SHEER SIZE OF THE COLOSSAL PLANTS WE FOUND THE USE A KITCHEN STEP LADDER HELPFUL 7ITH IT AT LEAST WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE UPPERMOST BUDS !T THE SLIGHTEST SIGN OF MOULD OR A STRONG INDICATION THAT IT MIGHT BE DEVELOPING SUCH AS SMALL BROWN LEAVES IN THE FLOWER BUD

) IMMEDIATELY REMOVE THE WHOLE FLOWER HEAD )F NECESSARY REMOVE AS MUCH OF THE INFECTED PLANT AS NEEDS BE AND DRY OUT THE HEALTHY PART OF THE BUD STRAIGHT AWAY )N ANY EVENT NOW YOU HAVE A SAMPLE OF WHAT YOU ARE UP AGAINST

7ITH THE PASSAGE OF TIME THE MOMENT OF HARVEST WAS GETTING EVER CLOSER 4HE WEATHER REMAINED VERY PLEASANT AND IT S MOMENTS

!ND THIS IS HOW A DRIED OUT BUD FROM OUR $URBAN 0OISON EVENTUALLY LOOKED LIKE 4HE VARIETY IS WELL LOVED FOR ITS SWEET LIQUORICE OR ANISEED TASTE

SUCH AS THESE THAT MAKE THE OUTDOOR GRO WING LIFE WORTH LIVING .OTHING TO DO NOW EXCEPT SIT BACK AND REVEL IN THE ANTICIPATION !S THE BLOOM PERIOD COMES TO AN END WE STOP GIVING ANY LIQUID NUTRIENT OR BOOSTERS 7E JUST GIVE THE PLANT PURE MAINS WATER SO THAT THE WEED HAS CHANCE TO PURGE ITSELF OF ANY AFTER TASTE 3INCE THE LADIES HAD MANAGED TO PRODUCE SUCH A LARGE VOLUME OF FLOWER HEADS IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE HARVEST WAS GOING TO TAKE A MINIMUM OF FIVE DAYS ) SHOULD MENTION HERE THAT MY DAY S HARVESTING BEGINS AT AROUND NOON 4HIS IS BECAUSE THE MOR NING HOURS ARE NOT BEST SUITED TO HARVESTING

AS THE BUDS ARE OFTEN ESPECIALLY IN AUTUMN STILL VERY WET FROM THE DEW 4HAT IS WHY IT IS BETTER TO DO YOUR HARVESTING IN THE AFTERNOON WHEN THE SUN HAS HAD A CHANCE TO EVAPORATE THE MOISTURE WHICH HAS THEN BEEN BLOWN AWAY BY THE BREEZE )DEALLY THE FLOWER HEADS WILL BE GOOD AND DRY THOUGH OBVIOUSLY STILL STICKY "Y ENSURING THIS WE MAKE THINGS A LOT MORE EASY TO KEEP UNDER CONTROL ONCE THE BUDS HAVE BEEN TRIMMED OFF AND LAID OUT IN THE DRYING PROCESS AND THIS PROCESS PRO CEEDS MUCH MORE SAFELY AS A RESULT /NCE THE DEW HAD BEEN DRIVEN OFF THE FLO WER HEADS WE CAN BEGIN TRIMMING THEM 7E MAINLY HARVEST THE BIGGEST ONES FIRST BEGIN 4HIS CREATES A NICE REASSURING FEE LING AT LEAST NOTHING REALLY BAD CAN HAPPEN NOW SINCE WE DO HAVE THE CONDITIONS IN AND AROUND THE DRYING ROOM NICELY IN HAND -AYBE AN EQUALLY IMPORTANT REASON IS THAT OFTEN THE BIGGEST BUDS ARE ALSO THE MOST READY FOR HARVEST !S WELL AS THIS THE BUDS LYING UNDER THEM ARE SUDDENLY EXPOSED TO CONSIDERABLY MORE SUNLIGHT ONCE THIS TOP LAYER OF BUDS HAS BEEN REMOVED 4HIS GIVES THESE n OFTEN COMPARATIVELY SMALLER n FLOWER HEADS A CHANCE TO FINISH THEIR BLOOMING OFF NICELY #ERTAINLY IN GOOD AUTUMN WEATHER THIS IS A TACTIC THAT WILL RICHLY REWARD YOU

GIVING YOU A BETTER AS IN BIGGER AND AS IN HIGHER QUALITY HARVEST ) HOPE THAT THIS SERIES OF ARTICLES HAS GIVEN YOU SOME INSIGHT IN TO THE GROWING OF A MARIHUANA VARIETY LIKE $URBAN 0OISON OUTDOORS !LTHOUGH THERE WERE SOME UNAC COUNTABLE GLITCHES IN THE RAISING OF THIS FEMALE PLANT 2EGARDING OVERALL STRENGTH AS SHOWN BY QUALITY OF BRANCHING AND SUCHLIKE

IT WAS INDEED FOUND TO BE LESS ENERGETIC THAN ITS SISTER VARIETIES RAISED FROM @NORMAL SEEDS

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WHERE FOG AND RAIN ARE A REAL MENACE TO HEALTHY BUDS 4HE RESULTS WERE VERY GOOD

WITH LESS THAN HALF THE DAMAGE COMPARED TO OTHER STRAINS )T IS ALSO VERY WELL SUITED FOR INDOOR GROWERS THANKS TO THE GREAT PRODUCTION PER SQUARE METER 4HE !-3 FLOWERS IN WEEKS BUT IT CAN BE HARVESTED FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSE AFTER WEEKS ALREADY 4HE COLAS ARE LONG BUT DENSE AND GUARANTEE THAT THE MAXIMUM PRODUCTION IS REACHED ALREADY IN WEEK 4HE TH WEEK WILL BRING IN THE COMPLEXITY OF THE BOUQUET AND A MORE COMPLEX HIGH !T THE 'REEN (OUSE 3EED #OMPANY WE ALWAYS SUGGEST TO RIPE THE PLANTS FOR MAXIMUM FLAVOR AND EFFECT 4HE FLOWER STRUCTURE IS QUITE COMPACT

WITH BIG ROUND CALYXES AND PINKISH BROWN HAIRS 4HE CALYX TO LEAF RATIO IS WELL BALANCED AS WELL AND A SLOW DRYING WILL ENSURE ALL CHLOROPHYLL GETS OUT OF THE FLOWERS FOR A SWEETER TASTE

4HE !-3 HAS BEEN ON THE 'REEN (OUSE 3EED #OMPANY CATALOGUE FOR A LONG TIME BUT NEVER AVAILABLE 5NTIL NOW 4HE MOST AWAITED STRAIN IN THE HISTORY OF THE 'REEN (OUSE IS FINALLY READY AND AVAILABLE IN MOST GROWSHOPS ,IKE ALL NEW 'REEN (OUSE 3EED #OMPANY STRAINS THE !-3 IS PRESENTED IN THE FEMINIZED VERSION IN PACKS OF FIVE AND TEN SEEDS 4HE !-3 IS A SATIVA INDICA CROSS WITH A BIG PRODUCTION AND A VERY STRONG

RESISTANCE TO MOULD AND BUD ROT )T COMES FROM A 3WISS SATIVA PLANT

CROSSED WITH A 3WISS INDICA FROM THE 4ICINO REGION 4HE IMPRESSIVE RESULT A MOSTLY INDICA PLANT WITH VERY SWEET

COMPLEX TASTE A VERY STRONG EFFECT ON THE BODY AND A VERY INTENSE CEREBRAL HIGH )T IS A MEDIUM SIZED PLANT WITH GOOD BRANCHING AND A VERY SUPPORTING STRUCTURE IT DEVELOPS WITH A TYPICAL CONED SHAPE WHEN LEFT UNTOUCHED THE STRONG BRANCHES SUPPORT WELL THE FAST FORMING HEAVY BUDS 4HE INTERNODES ARE BETWEEN AND CM ON AVERAGE THE LEAVES ARE DARK GREEN AND THICK ,EAFLETS ARE SLIGHTLY OVERLAPPING SHOWING THE LIGHT PREDOMINANCE OF THE INDICA SIDE

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%INSTEIN !LL OF THIS MUST BE REALLY WORRYING FOR -R AND -RS !VERAGE DOPE SMOKER SITTING

4HE !-3 IS AVERAGING ON 4(# AND OVER ON #"$ MAKING IT A VERY INTERESTING STRAIN FOR MANY PATIENTS AND MEDICINAL USERS 4HE #". IS ALSO QUITE HIGH AT AVERAGE MAKING THE HIGH VERY RELAXING AND NOT TOO TRIPPY 1UITE A COMPLEX EFFECT THAT APPEALS TO MOST SMOKERS

!T THE 'REEN (OUSE 3EED #OMPANY WE LIKE TO GROW THE !-3 IN EARTH TO ACHIEVE MAXIMUM SWEETNESS BUT THE HIGHEST PRODUCTION HAS BEEN ACHIEVED IN HYDRO SYSTEMS AS WITH MOST STRAINS 4HE !-3 CAN PRODUCE UP TO GRAMS PER SQUARE METER

4HE SMELL OF THE !-3 IS STRONG SWEET AND SPICY AT THE SAME TIME )T IS MOSTLY AN INDICA SWEET SMELL BUT THE SATIVA BACKGROUND IS WELL BALANCED AND VERY SPICY

)N THE -EDITERRANEAN REGIONS THE !-3 FINISHES OUTDOOR IN EARLY /CTOBER 4HE FEMINIZED SEEDS ALLOW MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY BOTH INDOOR AND OUTDOOR WITH NO SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS OTHER THAN THE USUAL TENDER LOVING CARE !-3 IS A NEW #HAMPION FROM !RJAN AND THE 'REEN (OUSE 3EED #OMPANY 7E MADE YOU WAIT FOR A WHILE BUT IT WAS WELL WORTH IT

4HE !-3 IS FAST AND EASY TO GROW WITH A VERY STRONG FIBER THAT MAKES IT IDEAL FOR

'REEN (OUSE 3EED #OMPANY

IN THEIR LIVING ROOM AFTER THE KIDS HAVE GONE OUT OR GONE TO BED OR WHATEVER 4HEY RE JUST SETTLING DOWN TO WATCH SOME SHIT ON TELEVISION h&ANCY A SPLIFF DEAR )T S OKAY BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT SAY THAT WE RE NOT REALLY BREAKING THE LAW AND LET S FACE IT WE RE IN OUR FORTIES AND WE RE JUST KICKING BACK IN THE PRIVACY OF OUR OWN HOMEv 4HE NEXT THING THEY KNOW THAT S ALL CHANGED h"ETTER NOT HAVE THAT SPLIFF BECAUSE IT S ACTUALLY QUITE A SERIOUS OFFENCE NOW AND WE COULD THEORETICALLY GO TO COURT GO TO JAIL LOSE OUR JOBS HAVE THE KIDS TAKEN INTO CARE AND BE AT THE MERCY OF ALL SORTS OF STUPID GOVERNMENT AGENCIESv 7E VE HAD A REAL SUCCESSION OF TOTAL TWATS AS (OME 3ECRETARIES IN THE 5+ NOW FOR FUCKING YEARS AND THE NEW ONE DOESN T LOOK LIKE SHE S GOING TO BE ANY DIFFERENT 9EAH SHE SMOKED A BIT OF WEED WHEN SHE WAS AT /XFORD %LITE 7HAT %LITE

NO SHE DIDN T ENJOY IT )N FACT SHE THINKS IT S REALLY BAD FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH )T CERTAINLY FUCKING WAS IN HER CASE SHE WENT INTO POLITICS &OR ZILLIONS OF OTHER PEOPLE IT S PRETTY FUCKING GOOD FOR THEIR MENTAL HEALTH )T S A WAY OF UNWINDING THAT DOESN T HAVE TO INVOLVE BOOZE AND IT S A NICE WHAT S THE PHRASE SOCIAL FACILITATOR 3URE THERE ARE FUCKWITS OF THE h4()3 )3 '2%!4 ) 4().+ ) ,, $/ )4 5.4), ) - ! &5#+).' :/-")%v TYPE BUT LET S FACE IT BOOZE DOES THIS TO FAR MORE FOLKS THAN WEED DOES !ND ) KNOW THAT -R AND -RS !VERAGE DOPE SMOKER PROBABLY WON T ACTUALLY HAVE ALL THAT SHIT ) TALKED ABOUT EARLIER COMING DOWN ON THEIR HEADS IF THEY RE NICKED

AND ) KNOW THAT THE DIBBLE WILL JUST CONFISCATE THEIR WEED AND TELL THEM NOT TO DO IT AGAIN 7HAT ) DON T KNOW IS WHY THEY BOTHER WITH THIS STUPID LAW IN THE FIRST PLACE )T CONFUSES PEOPLE AND IT SCARES PEOPLE BUT IT DOESN T SEEM TO PUT THEM OFF WANTING TO GET STONED SO WHY NOT JUST GET RID OF IT ) MIGHT EVEN VOTE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT !DIOS

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%STEEMED MEDICAL JOURNAL 4HE ,ANCET RECENTLY PUBLISHED A PAPER CALLED h$EVELOPMENT OF A RATIONAL SCALE TO ASSESS THE HARM OF DRUGS OF POTENTIAL MISUSEv 4HIS IS BEING SERIOUSLY PROPOSED AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE EXISTING 5+ -ISUSE OF $RUGS !CT AS hTHE CURRENT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM HAS EVOLVED IN AN UNSYSTEMATIC WAY FROM SOMEWHAT ARBITRARY FOUNDATIONS WITH SEEMINGLY LITTLE SCIENTIFIC BASISv 3O THERE YOU GO NO RATIONAL BASIS FOR THE -ISUSE OF $RUGS !CT 4HE AUTHORS OF THE ,ANCET PAPER USED AN h%XPERT $ELPHIC 0ROCEDUREv TO ASSESS THE HARMS OF VARIOUS DRUGS AND PUT THIS SITUATION RIGHT &IRST OFF ) LL EXPLAIN TO ANY READERS WHO DON T KNOW ABOUT SUCH THINGS WHAT AN h%XPERT $ELPHIC 0ROCEDUREv IS "ASICALLY IT INVOLVES GETTING TOGETHER A GROUP OF hEXPERTSv TO DISCUSS AN ISSUE AND COME TO AN INFORMED CONSENSUS )N THIS CASE FOR EXPERTS READ hA BUNCH OF MIDDLE AGED CHEMISTS PROBABLY ALL MALE WHO KNOW HOW THESE SUBSTANCES WORK ON THE BRAINS OF SMALL RODENTS IN LAB ENVIRONMENTS TOTALLY DIVORCED FROM THE REAL WORLD AND PROBABLY NO DIRECT EXPERIENCE OF DRUG USE THEMSELVESv 4HEY PICKED hDRUGS OF POTENTIAL MISUSEv AND ASKED THEIR EXPERT PANEL TO RANK THEM ACCORDING TO THREE hCATEGORIES OF HARMv h0HYSICAL (ARMv h$EPENDENCEv AND h3OCIAL (ARMv GIVE A SCORE FOR EACH DRUG FROM LOWEST TO HIGHEST IN EACH CATEGORY ) M NOT GOING TO LIST ALL OF THE DRUGS ON THEIR LIST BECAUSE ) DON T HAVE THE ROOM NOR

TO BE HONEST THE INCLINATION &OR ME THE MAIN INTEREST IS THE FACT THAT THE AUTHORS HAVE INCLUDED TOBACCO AND ALCOHOL IN THE EQUATION PURELY THEY SAY FOR REFERENCE PURPOSES 5NSURPRISINGLY HEROIN COMES OUT ON TOP FOLLOWED BY COCAINE !LCOHOL IS AT NUMBER

TOBACCO AT AND CANNABIS AT ,ESS HARMFUL THAN CANNABIS ACCORDING TO THIS ARE SUBSTANCES SUCH AS SOLVENTS ) D DEFINITELY TAKE ISSUE WITH THAT ONE '(" AND %CSTASY +HAT IS RATED LOWEST AND SAFEST WHICH MUST COME AS A CONSIDERABLE RELIEF TO ALL THOSE

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4HIS GROWER DRIED HIS PLANTS IN A SMALL CLOSET (E OPENED THE DOOR PART OF THE TIEM TO LET MOISTU RE ESCAPE (E ALSO KEPT A SMALL VENTILATION FAN CIRCULATING AIR IN THE ROOM TO AVOID MOLD

Õ}}ÞÊ Õ`ÃÊ 0LANTS GROWN OUTDOORS ARE EXPOSED TO INSECTS 4HESE SPIDERS GNATS AND OTHER INSECTS GET CAUGHT IN THE FLOWERS !RE THEY SAFE TO SMOKE 4HIS MIGHT SOUND SILLY BUT ) JUST FIND SOME SORT OF BUG EVERY TIME ) LOOK AT THE PLANTS 2OY !LTHOUGH INSECTS CONTAIN ABOUT PERCENT PROTEIN THEY OFFER LITTLE BENEFIT AND TASTE BAD WHEN SMOKED 9OU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK A LITTLE HARDER AND FIND A GROWER THAT KEEPS THEIR PLANTS INSECT AND SPIDER FREE 4HE BEST WAY TO EXCLUDE INSECTS FROM OUTDOOR PLANTS IS TO COVER THEM WITH SPUN ROW COVERS SUCH AS !GRONET "UT COVERING PLANTS GROWN CLANDESTINELY IS A BIT AWKWARD AND DRAWS UNNECESSARY ATTENTION 4HE OTHER WAY TO KEEP THE BUGS OFF THE BUDS OFF PLANTS IS TO SPRAY FOR THEM REGULARLY 0YRETHRUM FATTY ACID SOAPS CITRUS HOT PEPPER NEEM ETC ARE ALL BIOLOGICAL SPRAYS THAT WILL NOT HARM PLANTS -AKE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT THE LITTLE CRITTERS DO NOT LIKE AND THEY WILL STAY AWAY

'ERMINATING SEEDS IS VERY EASY ONCE YOU GET THE HANG OF IT &IRST SOAK SEEDS IN WATER FOR HOURS 'OOD SEEDS LIKE THESE "LUE 3ATELLITE SEEDS WILL SHOW SIGNS OF A SMALL WHITE ROOT WITHIN HOURS

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4HIS BUD OF $ELTA IS A LONG WAY FROM HARVEST AND IT IS ALREADY FILLED WITH RESIN

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!LL THE WHILE ) WAS WITHOUT WEED HAVING CONSUMED MY LAST OUTDOOR CROP A LONG TIME AGO 3O SETTING A GROW UP JUST BIG ENOUGH TO REPLENISH A COUPLE OF JARS WAS MY TOP PRIORITY

4HE ONLY FLY IN THE OINTMENT ) WAS OFFICIALLY BETWEEN ADDRESSES AND AFTER A KINDLY OFFER FROM MY BIG SISTER ) MOVED IN TO HER SPARE ROOM WHICH WAS JUST ABOUT BIG ENOUGH TO SKIN UP IN SO LONG AS ) DIDN T USE KING SIZE PAPERS

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3O ANY SORT OF GROWING WOULD HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL ) MOVED INTO MY OWN PLACE OR THE SPRING WHEN ) COULD FIND A LITTLE SPOT OUTDOORS

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3O ) GET AN E MAIL FROM AN OLD FRIEND OVER AT 3EEDSMAN 3EEDS ASKING IF ) WOULD LIKE TO UNDERTAKE A hTESTv GROW ON SOME NEW #RITICAL -ASS SEEDS HE HAD JUST RECEIVED FROM THE -R .ICE SEEDBANK

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OF A SHED EVERY MORNING NIGHT ) ENCLOSED THEM IN A LITTLE PLASTIC GARDEN STORAGE BOX

7HEN IT WAS LIGHTS OUT ) SIMPLY CLOSED THE LID AND DOORS TO SIMULATE THE DARK PHASE

)T WORKED QUITE WELL AS AN OUTDOOR BOX

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4HE FIRST THING THAT NEEDED CHANGING WAS THE REFLECTIVITY OF THE INTERIOR OR SHOULD THAT BE THE LACK OF REFLECTIVITY !S THE INTERIOR PANELS ARE EITHER BLACK OR GREEN

NEEDLESS TO SAY IT GETS QUITE DARK WITH THE LID AND DOORS CLOSED AND ALL THAT DARK WILL ABSORB HEAT AND LIGHT 3O ) FLOURISHED THE REFLECTIVE BLACK WHITE SHEETING AROUND LIKE A DECORATOR ON ACID UNTIL ) WAS HAPPY WITH THE END RESULT

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(AVING A SINGLE TWO EVEN VENT HOLES JUST DOESN T ALLOW ENOUGH AIR INTO THE CHAMBER TO REMOVE THE STUFF THE EXHAUST FAN PULLS OUT 3O YOUR FAN IS PULLING ITS GUTS OUT TRYING TO IMPLODE THE SIDES OF THE GROW BOX

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) WAS PAYING PER OZ 4HE QUALITY WASN T ALWAYS THE SAME AND ) NEEDED A LOT IN ORDER TO HELP ME COPE WITH MY AIL MENTS $UE TO THE LEGALITY OF CANNABIS IT WASN T ALWAYS READILY AVAILABLE

335+ 7HY AND WHEN DID YOU FIRST START USING CANNABIS

7HICH METHODS OF MEDICATING WORK BEST FOR YOU

-2 ) STARTED USING CANNABIS AT A VERY YOUNG AGE ) BELIEVE ) WAS OR YEARS OLD WHEN ) HAD MY FIRST TOKE ON A JOINT ) WAS FIRST OFFERED A JOINT WITH (ASH MIXED WITH CIGARETTE TOBACCO AND ) CHOKED LIKE NO TOMORROW 4O THIS DAY ) STILL $/. 4 SMOKE (ASH OR #ANNABIS MIXED WITH CIGA RETTE TOBACCO

7ELL ) PREFER TO VAPORIZE WHEN ) AM IN THE COMFORT OF MY OWN HOME )F ) AM OUT RUN NING ERRANDS OR IF ELECTRICITY IS NOT AVAIL ABLE THEN ) WILL SMOKE JOINTS ) EAT CANNA BIS EDIBLES IN THE EVENING AND SOMETIMES DURING THE DAY IF ) DON T HAVE TO BE DRIVING AROUND TOWN ) GET A TOTALLY DIFFERENT EFFECT FROM EATING CANNABIS THAN ) DO FROM EITHER SMOKING OR VAPORIZING ) MAKE MY OWN HASH USING WATER AND ICE AND THAT IS THE ONLY THING THAT ) VAPORIZE ) ROLL JOINTS WITH CURED CANNABIS BUDS ) .%6%2 SMOKE JOINTS THAT CONTAIN HASH NOR DO ) VAPORIZE CANNABIS BUDS THE REASON FOR THIS IS THAT ) FIND THEM HARSH WHEN USED THAT WAY

7HEN DID YOU FIRST DISCOVER THE MEDICI NAL PROPERTIES OF CANNABIS ) STARTED LOOKING AT CANNABIS AS MEDI CINE BACK IN WHEN THE #ANADIAN 'OVERNMENT WAS LOOKING AT LETTING SICK PATIENTS USE CANNABIS TO HELP THEM COPE WITH THEIR AILMENTS 4ERRY 0ARKER GOT THE BALL ROLLING WHEN HE TOOK THE #ANADIAN 'OVERNMENT TO THE 3UPREME #OURT AND THE COURT GAVE THE #ANADIAN 'OVERNMENT YEAR TO PUT A MEDICAL CANNABIS PROGRAM IN PLACE 7HAT ENCOURAGED YOU TO START GROWING YOUR OWN 4HE COST QUALITY AND AVAILABILITY 7HEN ) STARTED USING CANNABIS AS MY MEDICINE

OR DESIGNATE SOMEONE ELSE TO GROW IT FOR THEM 4HIS PAPERWORK HAS TO BE SUBMITTED EACH YEAR AS THE PERMITS ARE ONLY VALID FOR YEAR EVEN THOUGH THERE IS ./ #52% FOR OF THE ILLNESSES THAT THESE PATIENTS HAVE

PROMOTED IN #ANADA 7ELL ) WOULD HAVE TO SAY NEITHER 5NLESS A GROUP SETS OUT AND TRIES TO EDUCATE THE UNINFORMED THEN ALL THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC SEE IS WHAT IS ON THE NEWS OR WHAT THEY READ IN THE NEWSPAPERS

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(ELL NO 4HERE ARE OVER

PEOPLE IN #ANADA THAT USE CANNABIS AS THEIR MEDI CINE YET THERE ARE ONLY PATIENTS THAT HAVE RECEIVED THEIR PERMITS )T IS DIFFICULT TO FIND DOCTORS THAT ARE WILLING TO FILL OUT AND SIGN THE (EALTH #ANADA PAPERWORK

) HAVE TAKEN IT UPON MYSELF TO DO MY PART 3O ) SET UP A STAND VARIOUS CONSUMER SHOWS THAT ARE NOT MARIJUANA RELATED TO TRY AND HELP EDUCATE THE ATTENDEES 4HE LAST HOME SHOW WE PARTICIPATED IN HAD MORE THAN PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE 7E WERE SUCH A HIT THAT WE HAVE BEEN INVITED BACK %VEN THE PLANTS ARE /+ TO HAVE IN THE BOOTH

(OW OFTEN DO YOU MEDICATE -ORE THAN MOST FOLKS AND LESS THAN OTHERS 4O TELL YOU THE TRUTH MY CURRENT PERMIT ALLOWS ME GRAMS PER DAY AND MY NEW PERMIT WILL ALLOW ME GRAMS PER DAY ) HAD BEEN AT GRAMS PER DAY FOR THE PAST YEARS AND ) CONVINCED MY DOCTOR TO INCREASE MY DAILY INTAKE TO GRAMS ) MEDICATE THROUGH OUT THE DAY 3OME DAYS ) MEDICATE MORE OFTEN IT ALL DEPENDS ON HOW ) AM FEELING

(OW DOES THE #ANADIAN SYSTEM OF LICENSED MEDI GARDENS GROWING OPER ATE ! SICK PATIENT EITHER DOWNLOADS THE APPLI CATION FROM THE (EALTH #ANADA WEBSITE OR CALLS THEIR TOLL FREE NUMBER AND ASKS THE OPERATOR TO SEND THEM AN APPLICATION BY POST /NCE THE PATIENT HAS THE PAPERWORK IN HAND THEY TAKE THAT TO THEIR DOCTOR TO FILL OUT AN SIGN THE FORMS 4HE PATIENT CAN EITHER GROW THEIR OWN MEDICAL CANNABIS

0LEASE EXPLAIN A LITTLE ABOUT THE 4ORONTO #OMPASSION #LUB AND YOUR WORK THERE )T S ACTUALLY CALLED THE 4ORONTO #OMPASSION #ENTRE AND ) DON T REALLY WORK THERE ) AM JUST ONE OF THEIR MANY SUPPORTERS .OW ) DO WORK AT 4REATING 9OURSELF -EDICAL -ARIJUANA #LUB WHICH WAS A CLUB THAT ) STARTED 49--# WAS THERE TO HELP SUPPLY PATIENTS WITH QUAL ITY MEDICAL CANNABIS AT A DISCOUNT OR FOR &2%% 4HOSE WHO COULDN T AFFORD TO PUR CHASE MEDICAL CANNABIS GOT IT FOR &2%%

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"LAKE GAVE VOICE TO A REMARKABLY DIFFERENT CREDO h3ELF LOVE IS THE SOURCE OF EVERYTHING IN A PERSON AND REASON IS THE ONLY RESTRAINT OF NATURE 4HE DEVELOPMENT OF PLEASURE AND THE REDUCTION OF PAIN IS THE GOAL OF LIFE v )T WAS A NOTION THAT RAN COUNTER TO THE OPIN IONS OF CHURCH AND STATE BECAUSE KNOWL EDGE IS THE ENEMY OF FAITH 3TILL VERY REL EVANT TODAY #ERTAINLY IN A WORLD IN WHICH BUREAUCRATS TECHNOCRATS AND ONE DIMEN SIONAL LAW MAKERS SEEM INTENT ON LACING THE CITIZEN EVER TIGHTER IN TO A STRAIGHTJACKET OF RULES AND LAWS -ASS CULTURE MUST HAVE BEEN A NIGHTMARE FOR "LAKE (E LIVED IN A TIME OF GREAT CHANGE THE &RENCH REVOLUTION THE %NLIGHTENMENT

.EWTON ALSO A MYSTIC EVEN IF THAT IS NOT WHAT HE NOW BEST KNOWN FOR AND DOUBT ABOUT ABSOLUTE RELIGIOUS TRUTH BROUGHT CONFUSION TO MANY PEOPLE )T IS HERE THAT THE PARADOXICAL "LAKE COMES SUDDENLY TO THE FORE 4HE MYSTIC APPEARS AS A RATIONAL IST #OUNTER TO THE DOMINANT BELIEF AT THE TIME THAT PEOPLE CAN NOT BE ALL KNOWING AND THAT 'OD S WAYS ARE UNFATHOMABLE 7ILLIAM "LAKE WAS ADAMANT THAT THIS AREA WARRANTED FURTHER EXAMINATION TO DISCOVER WHAT LAY BEYOND OUR INTELLECTUAL GRASP 7HO FANCIES TAKING BETS THAT WERE HE TO HAVE COME OUT WITH SUCH IDEAS TODAY THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME FUNDAMENTALIST THINKING TRUE BELIEV ER IN SOME 'OD OR OTHER WHO WOULD QUITE LITERALLY SHOOT "LAKE DOWN &OR THIS ALONE IT IS WORTH THE EFFORT OF GETTING TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS NON CONFORMIST !ND WE HAVE NOT YET GOT TO DISCUSSING HIS GLORIOUS POEMS AND THE WONDERFUL DIVINE DEMONIC ILLUSTRA TIONS 7HILE ONE CALLED "LAKE S ETCHINGS GOTHIC HORROR THE OTHER SAW A MIXTURE OF SADISM AND MASOCHISM

)N ANY CASE HIS WORK IS INDEED GROTESQUE

UNCATEGORISABLE AND DOES WHAT GOOD ART IS SUPPOSED TO DO CREATE UNEASE (IS BREAK THROUGH TO A LARGE PUBLIC NEVER CAME

MAINLY BECAUSE HE REALLY DIDN T WANT TO /N THE OTHER HAND THERE IS MATERIAL HE PRODUCED THAT COULD WIPE THE FLOOR WITH ANYTHING BY 2EMBRANDT OR -ICHELANGELO .OR WERE HIS WORKING METHODS EXACTLY SUITED TO MASS PUBLICATION (E PRINTED EVERYTHING HIMSELF PUBLISHED ON EXPEN SIVE PAPER AND KEPT ALL CONTROL OF THE ORIGINAL ETCHINGS FOR HIMSELF 0RINTERS OTHER THAN "LAKE WERE ALLOWED TO DO NOTH ING EXCEPT TAKE DELIVERY OF THE TEXT %VEN THESE DAYS IT IS NIGH ON IMPOSSIBLE TO GET HOLD OF WELL ILLUSTRATED COPIES OF HIS WORK

BECAUSE THEY ARE SO EXPENSIVE )T IS AS IF HE WAS IN EFFECT MAKING NEW VERSIONS OF THE ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS THAT MONKS IN THE -IDDLE !GES WROTE AND PAINTED THEM SELVES BY HAND

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(IS FATHER WAS A SMALL SCALE TEXTILE TRADER WHO PLIED HIS TRADE IN 3OHO IN THE HEART OF ,ONDON 7HEN HE WAS TEN YEARS OLD HE FOUND THAT SCHOOL NO LONGER HAD ANYTHING TO OFFER HIM (E ENTERED AN APPRENTICE SHIP WITH AN ARTIST PRINTER )T WAS HERE THAT HE BEGAN TO WORK FOR HIMSELF (E QUICKLY MASTERED THE TRADITIONAL SIDE OF THE TRADE "UT TO MAKE ETCHINGS AND DRAWINGS FROM LIFE WAS A HORROR FOR HIM 4HE TECHNIQUES HE LEARNED HE USED TO MAKE PICTURES WHICH WERE DRAWN DIRECTLY FROM HIS IMAGINATION (IS REALITY h$RAWING FROM REAL LIFE IS DEADLY FOR FANTASY v WAS HIS CREDO )N HIS FIRST COLLECTION OF POETRY AND ETCHINGS WAS PUBLISHED 0OETICAL 3KETCHES 4HE POEMS CAUGHT THE TASTE OF THE DAY CRITICS DUBBED HIS YOUTHFUL WORK A ROMANTIC REVIVAL 4HAT LABEL DID NOT SUIT HIM AT ALL 3HORTLY THEREAFTER HIS BROTHER 2OBERT DIED "LAKE SAT BY HIS DEATHBED AND AT THE MOMENT OF DEATH 7ILLIAM "LAKE SAW h4HE RELEASED SPIRIT ASCEND HEAVENWARDS CLAPPING HIS HANDS FOR JOY v &ROM THAT MOMENT ON "LAKE CLAIMED TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE SPIRIT OF HIS DEAD BROTHER WHOSE ADVICE HE FOL LOWED .OWADAYS WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE CALLED HIM MAD "UT BECAUSE "LAKE THE

POET AND PRINTER DELIVERED SUCH OUTSTAND ING WORK AND BECAUSE SPIRITISM WAS NOT YET WELL IGNORING THE PROTESTATION OF THE CHURCH CONTROVERSIAL NO ONE REALLY BATTED AN EYELID !FTER THIS "LAKE BEGAN WORK ON HIS OWN FORM OF ILLUMINATION ALWAYS DUALISTIC AND EVER ALTERNATING BETWEEN THE GODLY AND THE DEMONIC STATE 4HE TITLES ALONE SAID IT ALL 3ONGS OF )NNOCENCE AND OF %XPERIENCE *IMI (ENDRIX !RE 9OU %XPERIENCED

4HE -ARRIAGE OF (EAVEN AND (ELL 'NOMIC 6ERSES 4HE "OOK /F 4HEL AND HIS FAMOUS VARIATION ON THE !POCALYPSE *ERUSALEM (E DID RUN IN TO SOME PROBLEMS WITH HIS LONG PAMPHLET !LL RELIGIONS ARE /NE 7ERE SUCH A PIECE TO BE WRITTEN TODAY THEN THERE WOULD NO DOUBT HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS TOO

BUT "LAKE ESCAPED A BAN OR A FATWA BECAUSE THE LIBERAL BODY OF THOUGHT IN HIS TIME REALLY WAS RELATIVELY LIBERAL 4HE FACT THAT HE WAS SEEN AS A BIT OF AN ECCENTRIC ARTIST

WITH NOT TOO GREAT AN INFLUENCE ALSO GAVE HIM A HELPING HAND IN ESCAPING THE STERN EYE OF THE AUTHORITIES PRIESTS AND IMAMS 7HO WOULD DARE IN TO WRITE A PIECE WITH THE TITLE 4HE $EVIL S 0ARTY !ND ETCH PICTURES OF ANGELS COPULATING UNDER THE BENEVOLENT GAZE OF THE ,ORD "Y "LAKE WAS ALMOST ON HIS KNEES (IS CLIENTS HAD STARTED TO FIND HIS WORK TOO RADICAL "UT HE STUBBORNLY PERSISTED WITH HIS MADCAP WORK AND WAS SUP PORTED BY FRIENDS ! FIERCE BATTLE OF WORDS OVER RELIGION AND FREEDOM LED IN TO HIM BEING SENT TO PRISON FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS 3OMETHING ELSE NOT EXACTLY HELP FUL TO SALES !FTER THIS BEGAN A PERIOD OF IMMENSE PRODUCTIVITY BUT GREAT POVERTY AND "LAKE DISAPPEARED INTO OBSCURITY )T WAS ONLY AT THE END OF THE NEXT CENTURY THAT HIS WORK WAS RE DISCOVERED AND GIVEN APPROPRIATE VALUE !ND THEN (UXLEY WROTE HIS $OORS OF 0ERCEPTION AND THERE WAS NO KEEPING HIS REPUTATION DOWN ANY LONGER "LAKE BECAME A HERO OF THE PSYCHEDELIC MOVE MENT )T IS DOUBTFUL WHETHER HE WOULD HAVE BEEN PLEASED WITH THIS (E WOULD HAVE FELT THAT HE HAD A LOT MORE TO OFFER THAN A FEW QUOTES ABOUT WORLDS IN GRAINS OF SANDS AND INFINITY )N HE DAZZLED FOR ONE LAST TIME WITH HIS FANTASTIC ILLUSTRA TIONS FOR $ANTE S (ELL ! WORTHY FINALE FOR SOMEONE WHO CLOSED HIS EYES FOR THE LAST TIME ON !UGUST WITHOUT EVER HAVING COMPROMISED HIS LIFE OR WORK 4HE 2OAD OF %XCESS ,EADS TO THE 0ALACE OF 7ISDOM FROM 0ROVERBS OF (ELL 4HE WORKS OF 7ILLIAM "LAKE ARE MAINLY ON SHOW IN THE 4ATE 'ALLERY ,ONDON (IS POEMS ARE STILL IN PRINT 4HE ILLUMINATED VERSIONS FROM THE ORIGINAL PLATES ARE SCARCE AND EXPENSIVE "LAKE S PRINTING ART IS PUBLISHED ON THE INTERNET (IS BEST WORK IS FREELY VIEWABLE BUT NOT FREE TO DOWN LOAD 4HE COMPLETE WORKS OF "LAKE CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP WWW ENGLISH UGA EDU ^WBLAKE HOME HTML 3OURCES "LAKE BY 0ETER !CKROYD 3INCLAIR 3TEVENSEN 7ILLIAM "LAKE 3ELECTED 0OETRY 0ENGUIN

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