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(ELLO 3OFT 3ECRETS 4HIS IS MY FIRST ATTEMPT AT GROWING AND ) THINK IT S GOING TO BE A DECENT HARVEST 4HANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE HELP THAT 3OFT 3ECRETS PROVIDES ) WOULDN T HAVE GOTTEN ANYWHERE WITHOUT YOU /F SEEDS ) GOT FEMALES THEY GOT QUITE TALL AND ) DIDN T WANT MY NEIGHBORS TO SEE THEM SO A FRIEND TOLD ME TO TIE THEM DOWN IT WORKED WELL BUT ) HAD TO TIE THEM UP STANDING FOR THE PICTURE 5SED "IO IN VEG STATE AND $ELTA WHILE BUDDING ) AM GOING TO HARVEST IN ABOUT DAYS LETS HOPE ) DO A GOOD JOB DRYING AND CURING RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE A STRONG ODOR HINTING TOWARDS CAT PISS THAT S A BAAAAD KITTY 4HE LITTLE BUDS ) PRUNED EARLY FROM INSIDE HAVE A NICE @CREEPER HIGH AND ) AM WELL PLEASED

- 2 -ARBELLA 3PAIN "UENO 'OOD WORK FOR YOUR FIRST ATTEMPT 4HESE PLANTS HAVE TOO HIGH A LEAF RATIO IN THE BUD 9OU WANT A LOT MORE DENSE CRYSTAL AND LESS LEAF IN THE FLOWERS THEMSELVES 4RIM PLANTS EARLY TO ENCOURAGE BRANCHING SO THEY DON T GET TALL

) HAVE SOME FOTOS OF -ONA OUR #HIHUAHUA ATTACHED 3HE WAS A LITTLE STIFF IN HER FIRST TWO FOTO SHOOTS 7E JUST GOT TO GET HER WITH SOME OF HER FAVOURITE STRAINS SO SHE CAN LOOSEN UP *ORGE #ERVANTES "ARCELONA *UDGING FROM HER LOOKS YOUR DOGGY IS MORE THAN READY TO LOOSEN UP AND FERTILISE THAT PLANT WITH SOME GOOD OL #HIHUAHUA 'UANO $ON T HOLD HER BACK BUT LET -OTHER .ATURE DO HER THING )T S ORGANIC AFTER ALL (APPY TOKIN

!NONYMOUS 'OOD CRYSTAL (EALTHY LEAF COLOR ) NOTICE JUST A BIT OF LEAF TIP BURN 7OULD VE LIKED MORE FILL IN OF BUDS THOUGH /UR MAGAZINE LOVES ITS PLACE ON YOUR GIRL

ÌÌi Ì Ê ÕiÀ >Ê À ÜiÀÃtÊÊ iÜÊÀÕ iÃt (ERE S OUR BIGGEST GARDEN TO DATE A FEW WEEKS FROM HARVEST 7E USE !DVANCED .UTRIENTS FERTILIZERS )GUANA *UICE 'ROW IN VEG AND #ONNOISSEUR IN BLOOM ALONG WITH THEIR BENEFICIAL MICROBE STUFF 4HIS IS A (ERER .ORTHERN ,IGHTS !FGHANI CROSS 7E ARE SEEING OUR BIGGEST HARVEST EVER

.IGEL )PSWICH 7HEW LOOKS LIKE YOU VE GOT A BIT MORE THAN A CLOSET GROW .IGEL 4HE LEAF COLOR CROP UNIFORMITY AND BUD DEVELOPMENT ARE TOP RANK

&ANCY A &2%% PACKET OF (IGH 1UALITY 3EEDS 4HEN SEND US A PICTURE OF YOUR GARDEN INCLUDING A VISIBLE COPY OF 335+ AND WE LL SEND YOU THE SEEDS 3HOULD YOUR GARDEN HAPPEN TO FEATURE YOUR GIRLFRIEND OR WIFE TOPLESS WEARING A SEXY BIKINI OR WEARING HOT LINGERIE YOU ALSO GET A PACK OF "LACK ,ABEL STOCK THE LABEL OF THE CHAMPIONS %DITOR S #HOICE RECEIVES PACKS PRIME "LACK ,ABEL STOCK % MAIL YOUR ENTRIES TO 335+ SOFTSECRETS NL OR SEND THEM TO OUR 0O"OX PHOTOS ONLY ./ DIGITAL PRINTS ./4% !LL ENTRIES ARE HANDLED WITH THE UTMOST DISCRETION 7E DON T PUBLISH OUT OF FOCUS PICS AND WE DON T LIKE PHOTOS OF PLANTS IN VEG STAGE )T S FAT BUDS HOT TITS WE WANT TO SEE

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)T MAY HAVE BEEN A WET SUMMER BUT THIS REALLY HELPED WITH GOOD VEGETATIVE GROWTH ! HELPING HAND FROM A DRY STARTING 3EPTEMBER SEEMED TO SAVE THE DAY 0LANTS LEFT AND RIGHT $URBAN 3KUNK FROM 3EEDSMAN SEEDS 0LANTS IN FRONT (OLLAND S (OPE $UTCH 0ASSION 4OTAL YIELD FROM ALL PLANTS PLANTED OVER GRAMS .OT BAD FOR ONE OF THE WETTEST 3UMMERS ) HAVE SEEN

'REEN 'ARDENER !BSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL 4HIS REMINDS US OF A PRIMO #ALIFORNIA OUTDOOR GROW FROM THE LEGENDARY %MERALD 4RIANGLE 9OU DID WELL TO AVOID MOLD &ANTASTIC

+EITH 9OUR INDOOR PLANT SHOT SHOWS HUGE DEVELOPMENT BUT NOT MUCH BUD 4HE OUTDOOR SHOT WITH THE LOVELY LASS IS BETTER BUD GROWTH BUT PEO PLE TRIM EARLY FOR MORE BUDS LESS STEM

(ERE ARE FEW PICS OF MY FIRST ATTEMPT GROWING THE SACRED WEED ) DON T SEEM ABLE TO GET REALLY BIG BUDS ALTHOUGH THE SMOKE WASN T BAD ANY HELP APPRECIATED ) LIVE UP IN THE HILLS NORTH EAST OF -ALAGA AND IT CAN BE QUITE WINDY UP HERE FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL $ALE 9OU DID WELL TO ENCOURAGE SHORT BUSHY PLANTS 'ROWING UNDER A ROOF LIKE THAT MIGHT HAVE ROBBED THE LIGHT THEY NEEDED TO GET BIGGER BUD GROWTH

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2ENÏ (OLLAND 4HIS IS THE KIND OF PROFESSIONAL GROW WE LOVE TO SEE AND THE FEMALE HUMAN FLOWER IS LOVELY TOO 'REAT BUD DENSITY "EGINNERS TAKE NOTE 4HIS IS WHAT YOUR INDOOR GROW AND YOUR WOMAN SHOULD LOOK LIKE

0 .ETHERLANDS 'REAT THICK BUD DEVELOPMENT AND YUMMY THONG TOO 'ROWERS THIS KIND OF TOP TO BOTTOM CRYSTAL IS WHAT YOU WANT

9ESSS 'UYS WHAT S UP 3OFT 3ECRETS CREW ITS 3NEAK FROM -ANCHESTER ERE -E AN MY MATES ARE BAD BONG HEADS AND GRAB YOUR PAPER FROM OUR LOCAL SMOKE SHOP IN -ANCHESTER CALLED $R (ERMANS "IG UP !NYWAY WE GOT MAJOR WRECKED THIS SUMMERTIME AND GOT SCREWED OVER BY THE "RITISH WEATHER 7E HAD %ARLY -ISTY THAT DIED OFF AND A 4HAI AND AN UNKNOWN 4HE 4HAI HAS SHED ALL ITS LEAVES AT THE BASE OF ITS STEM AND JUST HAS A BUSH AT THE TOP OF IT IT S WEIRD 4HE UNKNOWN JUST WONT STOP GROWING ITS HUGE STANDS AT ABOUT FOOT NOW 4HE 4HAI AND UNKNOWN SURVIVE BOTH ARE JUST STARTING TO BUD BUT ITS TOO LATE SO DUE TO THEIR SIZE WERE GOING TO LEAVE THEM OVER WINTER AND HOPE THEY RE GENERATE NEXT TIME TO SAVE US A BIT OF TIME ,ETS HOPE THE WEATHER IS SORTED NEXT YEAR BOYS

3NEAK !EAH PEOPLES U CAN T COUNT ON "RITISH WEATHER 4RY INDOOR OUTDOOR COMBO GROW !ND AS WE KEEP SAYING TRIM TOP GROWTH EARLY TO ENCOURAGE BRANCHING 4OOOOO MUCH VERTICAL GROWTH

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) AM NOT SURE IF YOU EVER RECEIVED A PIC FROM 2USSIA HOWEVER ) MUST TELL YOU THAT THERE ARE NO WHITE BEARS WALKING AROUND HERE 4HERE ARE THOUSANDS OF HECTARES OF WILD 2UDERALIS GROWING IN OUR COUNTRY 4HE FAMOUS 2USSIAN WAY TO CONSUME THIS PLANT IS TO BOIL IT IN MILK AND THAN DRINK IT )T IS ALSO PERFECT FOR HAND RUBBED HASH 4HIS IS MY FRIEND S GIRLFRIEND FROM .OVOSIBIRSK

)WAN +EEP THE 2UDERALIS FOREST A HARD SECRET 0LANT POTENT )NDICA WITH IT AND GET SOME CROSS POLLINATION GOING -AKE SEEDS $O MORE PHOTOS GET THE GIRL TO STRIP NAKED AND SEND US MORE PHOTOS 4HANKS COMRADE

4HIS IS ONE PLANT )T IS IN THE 5+ AND STILL FLOWER ING HOPEFULLY IT WILL MAKE IT BY $ECEMBER WITH THE NICE SUNNY DAYS WE HAVE BEEN HAVING 'REEN 3KUNK 7E LOVE THE BUSHINESS 7ATCH OUT FOR MOLD 'REAT WORK

(ERE IS A PIC OF MY !FGHAN FROM 7ORLD OF 3EEDS GROWN IN SOIL UNDER A 7 VERY EASY TO GROW AND VERY EASY TO SMOKE ALL IN ALL GREAT FOR FREE SEEDS +EEP UP THE GOOD WORK AS MANY OF MY FRIENDS NOW SAY 3OFT 3ECRETS IT S THE BIBLE "LUEBOY )NDEED 3OFT 3ECRETS IS THE "IBLE OF 'ROWING AND YOU ARE A SUCCESSFUL FOLLOWER "LUEBOY

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) AM A FIRST TIME GROWER 4HIS IS 3KUNK X! WEEKS FLOWERING AND MY SEXY GIRLFRIEND 3MELLS GREAT CAN T WAIT TO SMOKE ,OVE THE PAPER KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK 4HE MISSES IS A GREAT FAN OF THE "LUEBERRY PLANT 2AVER 2EP OF )RELAND 7AS THAT A HINT MATE 7E LL SHOWER YOUR MISSUS WITH "LUEBERRY #AN WE SHOWER HER PERSONALLY PLEASE

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(I AGAIN 3OFT 3ECRETS AND ALL GREEN PEOPLE 4HE FIRST PIC IS OF MY GIRLFRIEND AND ONE OF OUR OUTDOOR #INNAMONS 4HE NEXT IS OF MY GIRL AND OUR INDOOR #INNAMON (APPY GROWING ALL ,EET 8AN #HA -AN 3AM -MM FIRM BREASTS KINKY PIERCING GREAT BUTT AND VERY INVITING LASSIE INDEED 3ORRY

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5SCHI 4HESE PLANTS ARE SURE STANDING UP FIRM AND HARD WONDER WHY 4HE VERY LONG AND THICK BUD DEVELOPMENT ON ONE OF THE PLANTS IS EXCELLENT

0IX FROM A GROW CALLED THE #HURCH FROM THE 'REENHOUSE 3EED #O IN A HOME MADE GROW CUPBOARD MX MX M HIGH FITTED WITH AN CARBON FILTER EXTRACTOR WITH SILENCER )T HAS OSCILLATING FANS FOR CIRCULATION AND TWO EXPELAIRS BLOWING COOL FRESH AIR IN KEEPING TEMPERATURE DOWN WITH ONE 7 (03 LAMP &IVE CUTTINGS SPEND FOUR WEEKS ON HOURS THEN SIX WEEKS ON HOURS WHICH IS UP AT TIME OF PHOTO FED ON #ANNA &LORES IN AN .&4 SYSTEM DRIES IN SAME CUPBOARD WITH EXTRACTOR AND EXPELAIRS ON &ISHERMAN S FRIEND "OLTON 5+ 3WEET EXAMPLE OF MAXING A SMALL SPACE 9OUR PLANTS ARE ALMOST ALL BUD !ND YOUR WOMAN IS ALL BUD TOO 7HEW

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'REENFINGERSI .ICE HARVEST -IGHT HAVE BEEN A BIT EARLY ,ET THEM GROW LATER NEXT TIME GIVE THEM MORE LIGHT

3/' OF 3ERIOUS 3EEDS !+ b WEEKS AND READY FOR THE CHOP %ND RESULT G PER WATT PER DAYS FLOWERING WITH X W (03 IN THE ROOM 7ANT TO INVEST IN A LIGHT MOVER AS CAN T REALLY ADD MUCH MORE TO THE ELECTRICITY ANY ADVICE ON HOW TO RAISE YIELD A LITTLE MORE $ $ 3OUTH #OAST ,OVELY BABE MATE 9OU DON T NEED LIGHT MOVER YOU NEED MORE SIDE LIGHTING )T S TOO DARK BELOW THE CANOPY

4HE -ASK .ICE OUTDOOR GROW .OT READY FOR HARVEST YET (EALTHY BUSHY DENSE PLANTS 4HIS IS MY )CE PLANT SHE S BEEN GROWN UNDER A W (03 IN 0LAGRON "ATMIX AT WEEKS ) DON T HAVE A GIRLFRIEND TO POSE IN SOME SKIMPY GEAR FOR YOU BUT REALLY WANT SOME "LACK ,ABEL SEEDS 3( 7ELL NEXT TIME LET THAT PLANT GROW LONGER SO YOU GET MORE BUD WATCH OUT FOR OVER NITROGENIZING AND SHOW US A GIRL NEXT TIME EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO HIRE HER

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$EAR 3OFT 3ECRETS ) HAVE BEEN GROWING FOR YEARS NOW WORKING WITH MORE STRAINS THAN ) WOULD CARE TO MENTION HERE BUT LATELY ) TOOK MORE OF AN INTEREST IN BREEDING AND SO HERE ARE THE RESULTS FROM THAT PROJECT ) WANTED TO CREATE A STABLE STRAIN AND SO ) KNEW THAT ) WOULD NEED TO DO MANY CROSSES OVER GENERATIONS TO FIX THOSE TRAITS ) DESIRED TO KEEP ) ALSO WANTED TO CREATE SOME STRAINS FOR MY FRIENDS WHO WORK TO HELP SUFFERERS OF - 3 AND SIMILAR ILLNESSES WITH FREE MEDICATION $URING THE S ) LIVED IN (UMBOLDT COUNTY AND THEN AROUND /RANGE #OUNTY WHERE ) GOT HOLD OF MANY UNIQUE STRAINS LIKE THE ONE ) USED FOR THE -OTHER IN MY NEW STRAINS 7E HAVE HAD THIS STRAIN IN THE 5+ FOR MANY YEARS AND ) KNOW IT IS GROWN ALL OVER THE COUNTRY

WE CALL IT THE 0URE +USH 9OU MAY KNOW IT AS +USH WITH A VARIETY OF WORDS BEFORE OR AFTER IT 4HIS IS THE REAL ONE NOT JUST ANY STRAIN CALLED +USH TO MAKE IT SOUND BETTER 9OU WOULD KNOW IT FOR ITS BEAUTIFUL FRUIT AND BERRIES SMELL RIDICULOUS HIGH AND INCREDIBLE YIELD !S ) HADN T GROWN ANY MALES FOR SEVERAL YEARS ) HAD TO NOT ONLY FIND A POLLEN PROOF ROOM AND SOME MALES TO SELECT FROM ) GREW OUT SOME SEEDS FROM OF THE BEST STRAINS AROUND SEEDS EACH BUT ONE PLANT STOOD OUT FROM ALL THE REST /UT OF SEEDS FROM $.! S , ! #ONFIDENTIAL THERE WAS ONE THAT HAD A LOT OF CRYSTALS ALL OVER IT ) AM GOING TO BE USING THIS MALE FOR SEVERAL PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE 4HE FIRST OF THE STABILISED STRAINS AFTER TWO YEARS WORK ) HAVE NAMED IN HONOUR OF $.! AND IT IS CALLED 342)#4,9 #/.&)$%.4)!, AND IT IS A NEARLY PURE INDICA WITH AN INCREDIBLE TASTE AND HIGH WHICH EVERYONE LOVES )F YOU LIKE QUICK FLOWERING INDICAS THEN THIS IS THE ONE 0ICTURES SHOWN WERE TAKEN ON DAY 4OTALLY PERFECT FOR HARVEST *UST GIVE THEM HRS DARKNESS BEFORE GOING TO TO KICKSTART FLOWERING !LL GROWN IN MY ORGANIC MIX WHICH I HAVE MASTERED OVER THE LAST DECADE ) FLUSH THEM WITH PURE WATER FOR WEEKS REMOVE THE FAN LEAVES DAYS BEFORE HARVEST TO ASSIST FLUSHING DRY THEM FOR DAYS AND CURE THEM TILL THERE JUST RIGHT ) HAVE NO CONSIDERATION FOR YIELD WHEN ) GROW AND HAVE GROWN ALL THE BEST SATIVAS AND INDICAS NO MATTER HOW LONG THEY FLOWER 4HOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE TO SEE THIS PARTICULAR INDICA AS IT REPRESENTS POSSIBLY THE BEST SEA OF GREEN PLANT ) HAVE EVER WORKED WITH "IG YIELDS FROM SMALL PLANTS ALL VERY DENSE BUDS 7ITH PER SQUARE METRE I CAN GET GRAMS PER WATT PER MONTH 4HE TRIM GOES IN THE BUBBLE BAGS TO MAKE THE BEST FULL MELT 4HEY ARE IN THE PERFECT ENVIRONMENT WITH PLENTY NATURAL AIRFLOW CARBON FILTER AND WATT DIAMOND LIGHTS -Y BEAUTIFUL GIRLFRIEND IS POSING WITH ONE FOR YOU (OPE YOU LIKE HER BODY 4HE OTHER PICTURES ARE A VARIETY OF SHOTS ) THOUGHT YOU WOULD LOVE TO SEE $ON T ASK HOW ) ACQUIRED THE 0OLICE UNIFORM &UCK THE LAW WHEN IT COMES TO THE SACRED HERB 7E FREEDOM FIGHTERS MUST CONTINUE THE STRUGGLE FOR ALL PEACEFUL PEOPLE WHO WISH TO SMOKE AND ALL THOSE WHO NEED FREE ORGANIC MEDICATION FOR THEIR ILLNESSES -AKE YOUR PRODUCE THE BEST YOU CAN AND ALWAYS GROW ORGANIC OR DONT TALK TO ME ABOUT THE QUALITY OF YOUR PRODUCT ) DON T WANT TO PUT IT IN MY 2OOR )F YOU FEEL THESE PICTURES WORTHY OF YOUR MAG THEN PLEASE DONATE SOMETHING TO EITHER THE ,EGALIZE # !LLIANCE IN 5+ ) WONT BE NEEDING ANY SEEDS FOR A WHILE !LL MY LOVE TO EVERYONE AT 3OFT 3ECRETS ! 5 + GROWING EXPERT

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.EXT WE NEED TO FREE THE GROUND OF ANY DEBRIS PERENNIAL GRASSES AND WEEDS )DEALLY WE WANT TO REMOVE EVERYTHING INCLUDING STONES BRICK ENDS BRANCHES BRAMBLES

NETTLES AND BIND WEED FROM THE AREA /THERWISE WEEDS WILL INVADE AND OVERGROW

THE COMPOST BIN IN 3PRING 3OME GARDENERS PLACE DOWN MATTING OR CARPET BUT HALF A JOB IS NEVER A FULL ONE IN OUR BOOK

.EXT WE DIG A SMALL TRENCH ABOUT CM DEEP 7E MAKE THE TRENCH THE SAME WIDTH AS THE WOODEN PALLETS 4HE FIRST PALLET IS THEN SLOTTED INTO POSITION !NOTHER TWO TRENCHES ARE THEN DUG OUT AT DEGREE RIGHT ANGLES TO THE CORNER EDGES OF THE FIRST WOODEN PALLET 7HEN UPRIGHT THREE WOODEN PALLETS FORM A BOX SHAPE 4HE TRENCHES ARE THEN BACK FILLED TO FILL IN ANY GAPS AT THE BASES OF THE WOODEN PALLETS 4HE CORNERS OF THE WOODEN PALLETS ON EITHER SIDE ARE THEN BOUND WITH WIRE TO THE FIRST WOODEN PALLET IN SEVERAL PLACES TO STOP THE WHOLE THING BLOWING OVER IN THE WIND 4HE LAST WOODEN PALLET IS THEN SECURED INTO PLACE WITH WIRE TO MAKE THE WHOLE STRUCTURE COMPLETE 4HE FRONT PALLET WILL ACT AS AN ACCESS DOOR WHEN THE COMPOST NEEDS TURNING AND STOPS COM POST FALLING OUT

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2ECYCLING OLD INDOOR SOIL FROM POTS AND OUT SOIL FROM GREENHOUSES IS AN ADDED BONUS WITH A BIG COMPOST BIN 3PENT SOIL SHOULD AND CAN BE ADDED TO THE BIN IN LAYERS GRADUALLY OVER TIME

TO HELP MOVE THINGS ALONG 4HIS NOT ONLY REFRESHES OLD SOIL BUT IMPROVES THE OVERALL QUALITY OF THE COMPOST WE ARE MAKING 7E CAN ALSO ADD SMALL AMOUNTS OF MANURE HORSE MANURE WORKS BEST

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TO THE BIN AT ANY TIME TO HELP ENCOURAGE EVEN MORE HEALTHY MICRO ORGANISMS TO DEVELOPE &INALLY ON OUR OWN PART WE CAN ADD URINE NEVER FAECES TO THE COMPOST 3OME OF THE FINEST COMPOST BINS ARE THE ONES THAT GET PISSED ON THE MOST 4O SAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE NEIGHBOURS ALWAYS USE A BUCKET OR ENCOURAGE THEM TO PISS ON IT AS WELL

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ALLOWING THE GARDENER TO ROTATE BETWEEN ONE BIN AND ANOTHER 4HE BINS WILL LAST SEVERAL YEARS UNTIL THE WOOD AT THE BASE OF THE BIN STARTS TO DECAY "UT SINCE THE CONSTRUCTION IS SO SIMPLE THE MATERIALS ARE FREE AND IT ONLY TAKES MINS TO KNOCK UP A NEW ONE THERE S NO PROBLEM 4HE SKILL IN COMPOSTING IS TO ADD LITTLE AND OFTEN AND LET NATURE DO THE WORK 4HE REWARD IS A HEALTHY SMELLING ORGANIC COMPOST THAT IS RICH IN HUMUS 4HE RESUL TING COMPOST CAN BE SPREAD OUT ON A LARGE PLASTIC SHEET FOR A DAY TO ALLOW BIRD LIFE TO EAT UP ALL THE INSECTS !FTER WHICH THE COMPOST IS READY FOR USE IN AND ABOUT THE GARDEN +EEP IT ORGANIC

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+ X 4OP PART FINAL MILLION AND THAT IS THEREFORE WHAT YOU MIGHT CALL REASONABLE TO GOOD

IF WE COMPARE THAT WITH THE STANDARD GROW SPACE .EVERTHELESS EVEN GREATER CONCENTRATIONS OF #/ ARE POSSIBLE 0ROFESSIONAL OFTEN OPERATE ON A LARGE AND PROFESSIONAL SCALE AND ) HAVE FROM TIME TO TIME HEARD OF GROWERS WHO HAVE MANAGED TO GET THE #/ CONCENTRATION IN THEIR GROW SPACES UP TO THE REGION OF PPM 4HESE EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH LEVELS OF #/ ARE REALLY ONLY TO BE MANAGED BY THE REAL FANATICS !LTHOUGH THESE ARE EXCEPTIONAL ENVIRONMENTS IN WHICH TO GROW MARIHUANA PLANTS ) CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THEY ARE CERTAINLY NOT PLEASANT CONDITIONS FOR A GROWER TO WANDER THROUGH LET ALONE TO HAVE TO WORK IN )N A SITUATION LIKE THIS IT IS NOT SO MUCH A QUESTION OF THE PLANTS BECOMING STRESSED BUT THE GROWER HIMSELF WHO AKELIG BENAUWD KRIJGT THANKS TO THE FACT THAT THE LEVEL OF OXYGEN WILL ALSO BE DRIVEN DOWN CONSIDERABLY IN THE GROW SPACE )T S KIND OF LIKE GOING FOR A WALK IN THE HIGH MOUNTAINS 7HENEVER THE #/ LEVEL FOR EXAMPLE IS RAISED THAT MUST LOGICALLY MEAN THERE IS ALSO A CORRESPONDING DECLINE IN THE CONCENTRATION OF OXYGEN

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) M AFRAID DEVICES FOR RAISING THE LEVEL OF #/ ARE NOT EXACTLY CHEAP AND MAYBE THIS IS WHY THEY ARE SO INFREQUENTLY USED BY GROWERS !

METHOD OF RAISING THE #/ LEVEL IN THE GROW ROOM WITHOUT BREAKING THE BANK IS TO USE A SIMPLE GAS HEATER )N THE PROCESS OF BURNING #/ IS GIVEN OFF WHICH THE PLANTS WILL THANK YOU FOR IMMEDIATELY %SPECIALLY THE GAS STOVES USED FOR CAMPING ARE POPULAR SINCE THEY ARE VERY STABLE WHEN STOOD UP

ARE EASY TO REFILL AND FOR THE AVERAGE *OE 'ROWER VERY AFFORDABLE ) REALLY DO ADVISE YOU TO GO FOR THE SOMEWHAT MORE EXPENSIVE GAS TANK THE ONES WHERE THE BURNER SITS SCREWED ON AT THE TOP ) DO THIS FOR SAFETY REASONS THERE ARE CHEAPER VARIANTS ON THE MARKET WHERE YOU PUSH OR CLICK THE BURNER IN TO THE GAS CANISTER BUT THESE HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO LEAK 4HIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SCENARIO BECAUSE ANY FLAME OR EVEN THE SLIGHTEST SPARK COULD SET OFF AN EXPLOSION 3O PLAY SAFE AND GET YOURSELF THE SLIGHTLY MORE EXPENSIVE MODEL OF GAS BURNER

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4HE MAJORITY OF GROWERS ALLOW THEIR BURNERS TO WORK DURING THE HOURS OF DARKNESS AND USE THEM IN WINTER EVEN TO WARM THE GROW SPACE A LITTLE !S A GROWER WE RE KILLING TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE HERE BECAUSE ON THE ONE HAND THE #/ LEVEL IN THE GROW SPACE IS RAISED QUITE A BIT AND ON THE OTHER THE SPACE IS ALSO SUFFICIENTLY WARM SO THAT THE TEMPERATURE NEVER FALLS TOO LOW DURING THE HOURS OF DARKNESS /N TOP OF THIS THE DARK PERIOD IS ALSO POPULAR FOR LETTING GAS BURNERS BURN BECAUSE THE LAMPS ARE NOT ON THEN AND SO THE ADDITIONAL HEAT FROM THE BURNER WILL NOT RAISE THE TEMPERATURE DANGEROUSLY HIGH

4HE + X 4OP A FEW DAYS BEFORE WE HARVESTED HER

4HIS IS ALREADY THE LAST PART IN THE + X 4OP SERIES 4HE @LADIES IN THE MEANTIME HAVE ALREADY HAD THEIR @TRIP TO THE HAIRDRESSER S BUT LUCKILY WE DID MANAGE TO SHOOT A FEW PICTURES WHILE THEY WERE DOING SO 4HE FLOWER HEADS WERE NOT EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE BUT THAT IS DUE PROBABLY PARTLY TO THE HYBRID ITSELF GIVEN THAT A + IS NOT WELL KNOWN FOR HER LARGE YIELDS 4HAT THE BUDS WERE ALSO DRIPPING WITH RESIN AND LOOKED REALLY GREAT WENT PLENTY OF WAY TOWARDS COMPENSATION 3INCE IN THE PREVIOUS ARTICLES WE WERE DISCUSSING IDEAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN WHICH THE PLANTS CAN DEVELOP TO THEIR MAXIMUM CAPACITY

WE WILL BE TURNING OUR ATTENTION THIS TIME TO THE ISSUE OF #/ LEVELS IN THE GROW SPACE 4HAT THE QUANTITY OF #/ IS VITALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE GOOD DEVELOPMENT OF MARIHUANA PLANTS IS WELL KNOWN EVEN IF VERY FEW GROWERS ACTUALLY PAY ANY SERIOUS ATTENTION TO IT 4HIS IS A PITY BECAUSE IF MARIHUANA PLANTS GO ABSOLUTELY NUTS FOR ANYTHING

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!S A GROWER YOU WILL NOTICE THE IMPORTANT EFFECTS OF #/ LEVELS WHEN THE PLANTS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE HEAVY USE OF IT )N ORDER TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THE #/ LEVELS WE WILL BE MAKING USE IN THIS ARTICLE FOR THE FIRST TIME OF A CARBON DIOXIDE METER ) HAVE

NEVER PREVIOUSLY MADE USE OF SUCH A MEASURING INSTRUMENT IN ANY OF MY GROW ARTICLES SO IT S SOMETHING A BIT NEW 4HE MAJORITY OF GROW ROOMS HAVE A #/ LEVEL OF AT LEAST PPM 4HIS IS THE USUAL CONCENTRATION OF #/ WHEN AS A GROWER WE MAKE NO EFFORT AT ALL

)F MARIHUANA PLANTS ARE CRAZY ABOUT ANYTHING

IT S A RAISED #/ LEVEL TO RAISE IT /NLY GROW ROOMS POORLY SUPPLIED WITH FRESH AIR WILL HAVE A CONCENTRATION BELOW PPM 4HIS IS FOR THE PLANTS AND SO ACTUALLY FOR THE GROWER A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION !S ) SAID THE LADIES ARE NUTS ABOUT #/ AND WHEN THIS IS IN MEAGRE SUPPLY IN THE GROW SPACE THEN THE PLANTS WILL GROW AND BLOOM A BIT LESS THAN THEIR SISTERS OF THE SAME VARIETY GROWING IN A ROOM ENRICHED WITH #/ TO A LEVEL THEY LIKE )N SHORT WHEN WE AS GROWERS WANT TO USE ANY AND EVERY MEANS TO REALISE A GOOD HARVEST THEN WE CANNOT AFFORD TO IGNORE THE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO BE MADE BY THE #/ VALUE

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INCREASE IN THE AIR MOISTURE CONTENT MOIST AIR ALWAYS RISES AND SO IS THE FIRST TO BE REMOVED IN THE AIRSTREAM SUCKED OUTSIDE /F COURSE IT WILL ALSO LEAD TO A SHARP INCREASE IN THE ODOUR + X 4OP PRODUCES A VERY PUNGENT ONE AND FURTHERMORE THIS SMELL WILL SPREAD MORE RAPIDLY WHEN THE PUMP IS SWITCHED OFF OR SLOWED DOWN )N SHORT THESE ARE ALL POINTS THAT WE AS GROWERS NEED TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON STARTING BEFORE WE SET TO WORK )N THE NEXT ARTICLE WE WILL BE TAKING A LOOK AT HOW WE CAN BUILD OUR WON GROW SPACE AND THE THINGS WE NEED TO WATCH OUT FOR WHEN DOING SO 4HERE LL BE MORE ON THAT HERE NEXT TIME /N THE LEFT IS THE#/ METER !S YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE NO CAUSE TO COMPLAIN THE #/ LEVEL IN OUR GROW SPACE READS PPM

$ESPITE THE FACT THAT THIS LADY IS ALMOST RIPE THE FLOWERHEADS STILL HAVE A SNOW WHITE COLOUR

)F WE WERE TO LET THE LAMPS SHINE AT THE SAME TIME AS THE GAS BURNER WAS IN THE ROOM THE TEMPERATURE WOULD VERY QUICKLY GET OUT OF CONTROL

AS POSSIBLE 3O PUT THE BURNER BEHIND A STEEL PLATE FOR INSTANCE SO THAT THE PLANTS CAN ENJOY THEIR PERIOD OF REST IN THE DARK

)N ADDITON ) SHOULD ADD THAT FROM EXPERIENCE ) KNOW THAT PLANTS CAN TAKE A SLIGHTLY HIGHER TEMPERATURE WHEN THERE IS ALSO A HIGHER LEVEL OF #/ PRESENT IN THE GROW ROOM !ND SO A SMALL RISE IN THE TEMPERATURE THANKS TO THE GAS BURNER BURNING IS REALLY NOT TOO SERIOUS *UST KEEP AN EYE ON IT AND ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT IT DOES NOT BECOME TOO FIERCE !LSO MAKE SURE DURING THE DARK HOURS THAT THE LIGHT THAT IS EMITTED BY THE BURNER IS NOT ALLOWED TO SHINE ON THE PLANTS !LTHOUGH GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF LIGHT PRODUCED IT IS PROBABLY UNAVOIDABLE THAT THE PLANTS ARE EXPOSED TO A CERTAIN DEGREE BUT TRY AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE STRESSED AS LITTLE

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IS THAT THE CONCENTRATION OF #/ WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO BUILD UP !S GROWERS WE CAN HELP THE SITUATION SOMEWHAT BY FOR EXAMPLE RUNNING THE EXTRACTOR FAN AT A LOWER SETTING OR EVEN TEMPORARILY TURNING IT COMPLETELY OFF 4RICKS LIKE THIS CAN ADD CONSIDERABLY TO THE SPEED WITH WHICH THE DESIRED LEVELS OF #/ ARE REACHED IN THE GROW ROOM !FTER ALL THE #/ IS NOW NO LONGER BEING SUCKED OUTSIDE AS FAST AS IT S BUILDING UP BUT HANGS AROUND WHERE WE WANT IT .ATURALLY IF WE GET UP TO RADICAL INTERVENTIONS LIKE THIS IT IS ADVISABLE

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#ONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF A +IWI IS NOT A FRUIT ALTHOUGH THESE DAYS THAT S WHAT MOST PEOPLE TEND TO THINK ESPECIALLY HERE IN %UROPE ! +IWI IS ACTUALLY A FLIGHTLESS BIRD THAT LIVES IN A HOLE IN THE GROUND IN THE BUSH IN .EW :EALAND )T S NOCTURNAL

MEANING IT SLEEPS ALL DAY AND ONLY COMES OUT AT NIGHT 4HEREFORE IT S VERY RARE TO SEE ONE IN THE WILD .EW :EALANDERS ADOPTED THE NAME FOR THEMSELVES MANY YEARS AGO 4HEN THE FRUIT CAME ALONG 4HEY CALLED IT A @+IWIFRUIT BECAUSE IT RESEMBLES A +IWI WITHOUT THE LEGS AND BEAK BUT IT S ACTUALLY A PLANT FROM #HINA !CTINIDIA $ELICIOSA OR AS WE USED TO CALL IT @#HINESE 'OOSEBERRY !NYWAY ENOUGH OF ALL THAT

) CALLED THE COMPANY +IWISEEDS FOR THE OBVIOUS REASON THAT ) WAS A +IWI 7E NEVER THOUGHT OF THE COMPANY WOULD BECOME SO POPULAR OR ) D HAVE CALLED IT SOMETHING EVERYONE UNDERSTOOD

4HE COMPANY +IWISEEDS STARTED OFFI CIALLY IN !MSTERDAM IN AFTER SPEN DING MANY YEARS IN THE CANNA TRADE 5NOFFICIALLY +IWISEEDS BEGAN YEARS AGO IN .EW :EALAND WHEN ) WAS JUST

AND DELIGHTING OVER MY VERY FIRST CANNABIS

9ES WE SOURCE MUCH OUR GENETICS FROM @$OWN UNDER )NITIAL STRAINS BOUGHT OVER IN THE LATE S WERE PRETTY MUCH ALL FROM . : WITH A SMALL AMOUNT COMING FROM

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"ASICALLY IT S A SUPER HIGH HIT OF SANDAL WOODY HAZE WITH A LONG PLATEAU AND BODY STONE EFFECT OF THE -AKO SEEDLINGS GIVEN TO ME BY A FRIEND WHO HAD NICKED THEM OFF HIS OLDER BROTHER ) REALI ZED RIGHT THERE AND THEN THIS WAS GOING TO BE SOMETHING ) WOULD ALWAYS DO 0LANTS AND GROWING THINGS IS OUR FAMILY BUSINESS AND RUNS IN THE BLOOD SO IT JUST CAME NATU RALLY REALLY

7 >ÌÊÜ>ÃÊÌ iÊ Ì Û>Ì ÊLi `Ê «i }Ê>ÊÃii`ÊV «> Þ¶Ê -Y BROTHER AND ) STARTED +IWISEEDS IN AN ATTEMPT TO SAVE SOME OF THE FAST DISAP PEARING @OLD SCHOOL GENETICS ONCE THE MAIN STAY OF THE 3OUTH 0ACIFIC MARIJUANA INDUSTRY .EW :EALAND S MAIN CROP UP UNTIL THE S WAS A BLEND OF GENETICS

MAINLY 3ATIVA AND (AZE TYPES BOUGHT BACK DURING THE S BY TRAVELERS RETURNING FROM COUNTRY S SUCH AS -EXICO 4HAILAND

6IETNAM )NDIA "URMA AND #AMBODIA 4HESE PLANTS WERE TYPICALLY FAST GROWING SATIVAS THAT FLOURISHED IN . : S WARM WET CLIMATE AND LONG AUTUMN PERIODS $URING THE S MANY OF THE BETTER STRAINS WERE BOUGHT BACK TO (OLLAND AND INTRODUCED TO THE INDOOR ENVIRONMENT 5SING THESE OLD FASHIONED SATIVA GENETICS COMBINED WITH HIGH YIELDING INDICA TYPES DEVELOPED IN (OLLAND +IWISEEDS WAS BORN

OTHER 3OUTH 0ACIFIC )SLANDS AND !USTRALIA /NE MUST REMEMBER THAT CANNABIS ISN T NATIVE TO ANY OF THESE COUNTRIES SO STRICTLY SPEAKING . : AND !USTRALIA DON T ACTUALLY HAVE THEIR OWN @,ANDRACES (OWEVER AFTER MANY YEARS OF SELECTIVE BREEDING

BY GROWERS MANY OF THE ORIGINAL STRAINS IMPORTED FROM PLACES LIKE 4HAILAND

"URMA )NDIA *AMAICA AND -EXICO HAD BEEN CHANGED VASTLY SOME IMPROVED ON AND MANY ACCLIMATIZED TO . : S TEMPE RATE CLIMATE AND SHORTER GROWING SEASON

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FROM LEFT TO RIGHT $AVID $AVE AND 4IM AT 4HE $AMPKRING 'ROWSHOP 4HIS MAKES THEM INTERESTING TO THE INDOOR GROWER

THAT DUE TO ITS SOFT APPROACH TOWARDS CAN NABIS OVER THE LAST YEARS (OLLAND LEADS THE WAY IN THE INDOOR BREEDING AND PRO DUCTION OF QUALITY MEDICINAL GRADE WEED

ÃÊÜ Ì ÊÞ ÕÀÊ ÌÌ \Ê ÊÞ ÕÊÌ Ê ºÌ iÊ}À>ÃÃÊ ÃÊ> Ü>ÞÃÊ}Àii iÀÊ Ê 7 V ÊÌÞ«iÊ vÊ« > ÌÊ` ÊÞ ÕÊ«ÀiviÀ]Ê Ì iÊ Ì iÀÊà `i»Ê vÊÌ iÊ} Li¶ Ì iÊ ` V>Ê ÀÊÃ>Ì Û>¶ (A HA 9ES IT S BECOME THE MOTTO OF MY LIFE REALLY ) WAS BORN IN %NGLAND BUT MY MUM DECIDED THE GRASS WAS GREENER IN . : SO WE WENT OUT THERE WHEN ) WAS JUST !FTER GROWING UP MY WHOLE LIFE THERE WHEN ) WAS ) DECIDED TO RETURN TO %UROPE WHERE ) FOUND MYSELF IN ,ONDON

&OR ME IT S DEFINITELY THE SATIVAS OR SHOULD ) SAY SATIVA DOMINANT STRAINS THAT ) LOVE THE MOST "UT ONCE AGAIN THE @GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER AND BOTH ENDS OF THE SPECTRUM HAVE THEIR PRO S AND CON S "ASICALLY THOUGH AS FAR AS ) M CONCERNED SATIVAS

7E VE NEVER REALLY SET OUT TO BE COMMERCIAL AND HAVE ALWAYS PRIDED OURSELVES ON OUR REPUTATION OF BEING GENUINE CANNABIS ENTHUSIASTS WORKING AS A GARDENER FOR %RIC #LAPTON &ROM PICKING APPLES ONE WEEK TO @'OD S GARDENER THE NEXT THE GRASS REALLY DID SEEM GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE ) FELL IN LOVE WITH %UROPE AND THE VERY NEXT YEAR ) WAS LIVING IN !MSTERDAM AND STRAIGHT BACK INTO WHAT HAD BECOME MY LIFE BY THEN GROWING AND BREEDING CANNABIS !FTER MORE THAN A DECADE IN (OLLAND IT S EASY TO LONG FOR THE @GREEN GRASS OF . : AGAIN BUT ) THINK MY HOME IS HERE NOW (OLLAND HAS BEEN KIND TO ME AND ) M IN NO HURRY TO LEAVE JUST YET !S FOR THE POT IF YOU LIKE RESINOUS STICKY GOLDEN BUDS SUN RIPENED SLOWLY IN WARM AUTUMN SUNSHINE THAT SMELL LIKE TROPICAL FRUIT SALAD TASTE LIKE THE @BUSH AND MAKE YOU SO HIGH YOU CAN T SPEAK ANYMORE FOR HOURS THEN . : IS DEFINITELY THE PLACE TO GO 7ITH THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF POT SMOKERS IN THE WORLD AND A FANTASTIC CLIMATE . : GROWS SOME EXTREMELY GOOD CANNABIS ESPECIALLY OF THE SATIVA VARIE TIES !CCORDING TO MORE THAN ONE SURVEY CARRIED OUT IN THE S #ANNABIS GROWN IN THE NORTH OF . : CONTAINED SOME OF THE HIGHEST RECORDED 4(# CONTENT OF OUTDOOR GROWN CANNABIS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD (OWEVER IF YOU LIKE THE THICK

RICH HASHY TASTES OF THE INDICA AND SKUNK VARIETIES WITH A STONE THAT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOU RE FALLING THROUGH THE FLOOR

INEBRIATING SEDATIVE IF YOU LIKE TO FORGET EVERYTHING THEN (OLLAND CAN CERTAINLY DELIVER 4HE INDOOR GROWN WEED HERE IS FOR ME OFTEN A LITTLE TOO INEBRIATING )T S ALL RIGHT IF YOU HAVE NOTHING TO DO ALL DAY BUT SOME OF US NEED TO WORK AND THAT JUST ISN T POSSIBLE AFTER TOKING ON A JOINT THAT BOASTS A 4(# CONTENT OVER THE MORNING @CUPPA TEA 4HERE IS NO DOUBT HOWEVER

HAVE BEEN SELECTIVELY BRED FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS IN PLACES LIKE )NDIA SOLELY FOR THE PLEASURE OF SMOKING WHEREAS INDICA STRAINS WERE ALWAYS BRED FOR HASHISH PRO DUCTION 4HIS ) THINK IS EVIDENT IN THE TASTE AND HIGH 3ATIVAS TEND TO BE FRUITY IN SMELL AND TASTE WITH A CLEAR UPLIFTING HIGH AS OPPOSED TO THE SWEET EARTHY HASH FLAVORS OF THE INDICA FAMILY WITH THAT FAMILIAR BODY STONE EFFECT WHEN SMOKED !S A HOR TICULTURIST THE SATIVAS ALSO HAVE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES /+ THEY GROW MUCH TALLER AND FASTER REQUIRING SOMEWHAT MORE ATTENTION ESPECIALLY IN THE FIRST WEEKS OF FLOWERING BUT THEY RE STRONG GROWERS

THEY ROOT IN DAYS FROM CLONE THEY BEND SO EASILY AND YOU CAN T DENY JUST HOW BEAUTIFUL THEY LOOK )N ALL HONESTY ) LOVE BOTH INDICAS AND SATIVAS AND THE PLANTS ) GROW TO SMOKE AND WIN PRIZES WITH ARE A MIXTURE OF THE TWO 4HE CHALLENGE FOR ME AND MANY BREEDERS IS TO CREATE THE PERFECT HYBRID COMBINING THE BIG YIELDS HIGH RESIN CONTENT AND SHORT FLOWERING TIMES OF THE INDICA WITH THE SUBLIME TASTE AND SOARING HIGH OF THE SATIVA

7 V Ê iÌ `ÃÊ vÊVÕ Ì Û>Ì Ê` Ê Ü Ãii`ÃÊ«ÀiviÀ¶ +IWISEEDS SEED PRODUCTION IS CARRIED OUT ENTIRELY ON SOIL "ASICALLY WE FIND THIS PRODUCES THE BEST QUALITY SEEDS 'ROWING IN SOIL AS APPOSED TO HYDROPONICS OFFERS MANY ADVANTAGES NOT LEAST BEING THE SOIL ACTS AS A KIND OF @BUFFER "ASICALLY IT S MUCH HARDER TO SCREW THINGS UP GROWING ON SOIL BECAUSE CHANGES IN THE PLANT COME ABOUT MUCH SLOWER DUE TO THE BUFFER EFFECT 7E USE AN ORGANIC BASED FEEDING PROGRAM THAT HAS PROVEN TO GIVE FANTASTIC RESULTS OVER AND OVER AGAIN

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4HERE IS NO ONE METHOD ) WOULD ADVISE TO GROWERS %VERY SITUATION REQUIRES A DIFFERENT SET UP AND ) ALWAYS ADVISE WHAT ) THINK IS THE BEST FOR THAT PARTICULAR SITUA TION !LL THE MOST POPULAR METHODS WORK EQUALLY AS WELL AND ) D ADVISE STICKING WITH ONE OF THEM AND PERFECTING IT BEFORE JUMPING TOO QUICKLY TO THE NEXT IDEA 4OO MANY GROWERS ) MEET LIKE TO BLAME THE

0AUL AND ) HAD BEEN FRIENDS FOR SOME TIME BEFORE STARTING THE GROWSHOP +IWISEEDS WAS DOING WELL AT THE TIME BUT IT WASN T UNTIL WE GOT TOGETHER THAT IT REALLY TOOK OFF 7ITHIN THE FIRST MONTHS WE D CLEANED UP WITH OUR ST PRIZE WIN AT THE #ANNABIS #UP AND THAT REALLY SENT US ON OUR WAY 3INCE THEN WE VE WON CUPS IN EVERY MAJOR COMPETITION 7E ALWAYS KNEW WE HAD WHAT IT TOOK TO IMPRESS BUT THE EXTRA MOTIVATION OF BEING INVOLVED WITH $E $AMPKRING HAS BEEN A MASSIVE BOOST )T S HELPED A LOT

> Ê«i « iÊÃ> « iÊ Ü Ãii`Ã½Ê }i iÌ VÃÊ>ÌÊ iÊ > « À }¶ 9ES THEY CERTAINLY CAN -AKO (AZE HAS BEEN A TOP SELLER FOR YEARS LONG BEFORE WE WON THE CUP )N FACT YOU CAN FIND -AKO (AZE ON MENUS ALL OVER (OLLAND NOW !LEGRIA IS ANOTHER POPULAR SMOKE ESPECIALLY AMONGST !MSTERDAMMERS AND

-OUNT #OOK METHOD OR NUTRIENTS THEY RE USING WHEN IT GOES WRONG WHEN IN ACTUAL FACT IT S USUALLY ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS THAT ARE THE PROBLEM -ANY LIKE TO BELIEVE THAT THE SECRET TO SUCCESSFUL GROWING CAN BE FOUND IN A BOTTLE OR SUPER POTION BUT THIS SIM PLY ISN T TRUE !S FAR AS GROWING MEDIA

ROCKWOOL CLAY PEBBLES AND COCO FIBRE ARE GIVING FANTASTIC RESULTS WITH HYDRO PONICS SET UPS WHILE NEW SUPER CHARGED POTTING MIXES GIVE EQUALLY GOOD RESULTS FOR ORGANIC GROWERS /RGANIC NUTRIENTS ARE ALWAYS IMPROVING AND HAVE COME A LONG WAY IN THE LAST YEARS BUT ONCE AGAIN ) NEVER PUSH GROWERS ONE WAY OR ANOTHER (OWEVER ) DO ADVISE FIRST TIME GROWERS TO BEGIN WITH A SIMPLE MINERAL BASED NUTRIENT AS OPPOSED TO A BIOLOGICAL ONE #ONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF IT S EASIER AS THE NUTRIENT CAN BE MEASURED ACCURATELY AND RESULTS ARE FAR QUICKER SO THE GROWER CAN SEE THE EFFECTS OF WHAT HE OR SHE HAS DONE ALMOST IMMEDIATELY !S AN ADVANCED TIP FOR THE MORE EXPERIENCED GROWERS ) WOULD SUG GEST THE FUTURE IS MANY PLANTS PER SQUARE METRE (ERE IN (OLLAND SOME GROWERS ARE USING PLANTS PER M WITH 7 OF LIGHT X WATT LAMPS RESULTING IN YIELDS OF OVER KG PER M

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AND IN *UNE THE @$AMPKRING 'ROWSHOP WAS BORN #OMBINING THE GREEN FINGERS OF @+IWISEEDS WITH THE HIGHLY ACCLAIMED @$AMPKRING HAS UNDOUBTEDLY CREATED !MSTERDAM S LEA DING AUTHORITY ON CANNABIS CULTIVATION 7ITH A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON QUALITY AND A PROFESSIONAL ATTITUDE TOWARDS SAFETY THE @$AMPKRING 'ROWSHOP IS LEADING THE WAY INTO A NEW ERA FOR THE INDUSTRY 4HE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO HAS BEEN A BIG SUCCESS AND THE SHOP AT NUMBER 0RINS (ENDRIKKADE IN !MSTERDAM HAS QUICKLY BECOME @THE PLACE TO BE FOR ANYONE SERIOUS ABOUT GROWING AND A MUST @PLACE TO SEE FOR VISITORS TO THE CITY

WOODY HAZE WITH A LONG PLATEAU AND BODY STONE EFFECT OF THE -AKO 7ITH A 4(# CONTENT -AKO (AZE IS NOT FOR BEGIN NERS OR THE FAINT HEARTED AND SHE HAS BEEN CALLED TRIPPING WEED ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION &ROM A GROWERS POINT OF VIEW THE -AKO (AZE IS A DELIGHT TO CULTIVATE 3TAYING RELATIVELY SHORT AND FINISHING UP IN LESS THAN WEEKS WITH HUGE YIELDS OF QUALITY SMOKE MAKE HER A WINNER ALL ROUND

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-ILKY 7AY AND -T #OOK ALL MAKE AN APPEARANCE AT TIMES BUT BECAUSE $E $AMPKRING HAS SUCH AN EXTENSIVE MENU

AND JUST BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE BUSI NESS NOT EVERYTHING CAN BE AVAILABLE ALL TIME

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A STRAIN RICH IN THE KIND OF CHARACTERISTICS ) LOOK FOR IN ANY BREEDING PROGRAM HIGH 4(# CONTENT DENSE FLOWERING PATTERNS

VIGOROUS GROWTH AND SATIVA TASTE AND HIGH 3HE WAS CROSSED WITH A VERY SPECIAL (AZE TYPE MALE TO PRODUCE -AKO (AZE "ASICALLY IT S A SUPER HIGH HIT OF SANDAL

TO HELP SOLVE PROBLEMS RATHER THAN GIVE BAD ADVICE

7 >̽ÃÊ ÊÃÌ V Êv ÀÊÌ iÊvÕÌÕÀi¶ 4HE IMMEDIATE FUTURE IS THE #ANNABIS #UP IN !MSTERDAM IN A FEW WEEKS 7E RE WORKING HARD TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING READY AND WE HOPE TO DO WELL AGAIN !FTER THAT WE LL BE SPENDING THE WINTER MAKING THE SHOP LOOK EVEN BETTER THAN IT DOES ALREADY 7E HAVE AMAZING PLANS FOR THE HEADSHOP AND CHILL OUT AREA .EXT SUMMER WE LL HAVE THE BEST ATTRAC TION IN !MSTERDAM AND FOR THAT MATTER THE WORLD AS FAR AS THE CANNABIS SCENE IS CONCERNED )T S BEEN SUCH A MAD RUSH SINCE THE #ANNABIS #UP LAST YEAR THAT WE JUST DIDN T FIND THE TIME TO FINISH THE SHOP OFF PROPERLY BUT NOW ITS HAPPENING AND ONCE FINISHED IT S GOING TO BE UNLIKE ANY SHOP YOU VE SEEN !S FOR THE BREEDING SIDE OF THINGS WE RE @FULL STEAM AHEAD 7E HAVE A COUPLE OF SURPRISES UP OUR SLEEVE THAT EVERYONE WILL KNOW ABOUT SOON ENOUGH BUT APART FROM THAT THERE S A BIG WORLD TRIP COMING UP FOR +IWISEEDS STARTING AT THE END OF .OVEMBER -Y BROTHER AND ) WILL BE TRAVELING BACK TO )NDIA .EPAL #AMBODIA

BUDS SIMPLY COATED IN SNOW LIKE CRYSTALS 4HE SMOKE IS HEAVY AND STONING ALMOST PARALYZING !NOTHER MAINLY SATIVA IN OUR COLLECTION IS 7HITE )SLAND ! STRAIGHT & HYBRID OF A HARDY . : SATIVA AND OUR OWN +IWISKUNK 4HE RESULT IS A PLANT WITH ALL THE SPICY SATIVA TASTES OF THE BUSH BUT NOT EXCESSIVE WITH FLOWERING TIMES THANKS TO THE +IWISKUNK INFLUENCE

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-AKO (AZE ,AOS 4HAILAND AND "URMA OVER THE NEXT MONTHS TO TRACK DOWN OLD FRIENDS AND ASSOCIATES ON THE PURSUIT OF MORE INTERES TING GENETICS FOR OUR BREEDING PROGRAMS 4HERE S A COUPLE OF OTHER @WELL OFF THE BEA TEN TRACK DESTINATIONS THAT ) WONT DIVULGE BUT ) CAN TELL YOU THERE ARE SOME VERY EXCITING THINGS TO COME 7E LL HAVE FULL TRIP REPORTS UPDATED EVERY WEEK OR TWO ON THE WEBSITE WWW DAMPKRING NL 4ALKING OF WEBSITES THAT S THE BIG ONE 7E VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS SITE FOR NEARLY A YEAR AND IT S BEAUTIFUL ! COUPLE MORE WEEKS AND WE LL BE ONLINE WITH IT 4HE SITE WILL OFFER ALL THE $AMPKRING SHOPS ON THE ONE SITE COMBINING THE $AMPKRING 'ROWSHOP THE (EADSHOP AND $E $AMPKRING AND 4WEEDE +AMER #OFFEESHOPS ! BIG HIT WILL NO DOUBT BE THE $AMPKRING FORUMS WHERE PEOPLE CAN CATCH UP AND TALK ABOUT ANYTHING FROM THEIR LAST VISIT TO !MSTERDAM OR THE $AMPKRING RIGHT THROUGH TO CULTIVATION TIPS AND TECHNIQUES ! LOT OF SURPRISES ARE IN STORE /F COURSE WE LL ALSO DO OUR BEST TO GET TO THE VARIOUS (EMP FAIRS AROUND %UROPE IN AND CATCH UP WITH MANY MORE FANTASTIC PEOPLE SHARE A FEW STORIES AND SMOKE OURSELVES SILLY

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/N EXPORT MARKETS !PTUS (OLLAND IS LOOKING FOR DISTRIBUTORS AND SHOPS THAT AIM TO MAXIMIZE CUSTOMERS VALUE )N THE MEANTIME

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!T LAST !FTER WHAT SEEMS LIKE FOREVER A SCIENTIFIC REPORT HAS EMERGED THAT DOESN T APPEAR TO CONDEMN CANNABIS USE )N FACT QUITE THE OPPOSITE EVEN IN TEENAGERS #AN THIS BE )T DOESN T SEEM RIGHT 0ERHAPS WE SHOULDN T BELIEVE EVERYTHING WE READ *UST AS WE WERE COMING TO TERMS WITH THE FACT THAT IT WON T BE LONG BEFORE "RITAIN S MENTAL HOSPITALS ARE BURSTING AT THE SEAMS WITH PSYCHOTIC EX CANNABIS SMOKERS NOT TO MENTION THE PRISONS WHICH WILL HAVE ALREADY BURST THEIR BANKS WITH ALL THE GROWERS OF THE PLANT SOME 3WISS 3CIENTISTS HAVE COME ALONG AND DARED TO SUGGEST THINGS MAY NOT BE THE WAY WE VE BEEN TOLD "UT CAN WE BELIEVE THE RESULTS OF THESE TRIALS AND STUDIES IF ALL WE HAVE TO GO ON IS THE -EDIAS TREATMENT OF THE SUBJECT IN OUR NEWSPAPERS AND ON OUR 46 SCREENS ,ET S NOT GET CARRIED AWAY HERE 4HE 3WISS REPORT ISN T SAYING CANNABIS IS GOOD FOR YOU OR FOR TEENAGERS ALL THEY ARE SAYING IS THAT IN A SURVEY OF 3WISS STUDENTS THE ONES WHO SMOKED CANNABIS WERE NOT AT A DISADVANTAGE TO THOSE THAT ABSTAINED )NTERESTINGLY THE STUDENTS SURVEYED WHO ONLY SMOKED CANNABIS AND NOT TOBACCO CAME OUT CONSIDERABLY BETTER THAN THE CANNABIS AND TOBACCO SMOKERS AND IN SOME CASES EVEN BETTER THAN THE ABSTAINERS /F COURSE AS A REPORTER FOR 3OFT 3ECRETS THE TEMPTATION HERE IS TO LOOK AT ALL THE POSITIVE ASPECTS OF SUCH REPORTS THE BITS THAT MAKE CANNABIS SEEM HARMLESS AND IGNORE ANYTHING THAT MAY CONTRADICT !FTER ALL THIS IS A CANNABIS ENTHUSIAST S PUBLICATION 9OU DON T EXPECT TO BE TOLD THAT SMOKING CANNABIS IS BAD FOR YOU IN A GANJA MAGAZINE DO YOU "UT THEN THIS IS THE PROBLEM !LL THE REAL EVIDENCE THAT EMERGES FROM THESE REPORTS AND STUDIES GETS BURIED BENEATH A MOUNTAIN OF SENSATIONALISM AND SPIN 7E AT 3OFT 3ECRETS WOULD BE AS BAD AS OUR COUNTERPARTS IN THE #ONSERVATIVE 0RESS WHO ARE SO VEHEMENTLY AGAINST CANNABIS IF WE WERE TO IGNORE ANYTHING THAT CONTRADICTED OUR VIEWPOINT 4HE MOST SIGNIFICANT OF THESE STUDIES HAS BEEN THE RECENT ,ANCET 3CIENTIFIC *OURNAL REPORT INTO THE LINK BETWEEN CANNABIS AND MENTAL HEALTH 4HE STUDY WAS THE BIGGEST OF ITS KIND TO DATE AND CAUSED QUITE A STIR IN THE PRESS WITH ITS FINDINGS !FTER THE REPORT WAS PUBLISHED 4HE $AILY -AIL RAN THE HEADLINE h3MOKING JUST ONE CANNABIS JOINT RAISES RISK OF MENTAL ILLNESS BY v *UST ONE 3HIT (OW MANY HAVE YOU HAD 4HAT S IT "OOK YOURSELF INTO THE ASYLUM NOW 3AY GOODBYE TO FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES WHILE YOU STILL HAVE THE CHANCE BEFORE THE MEN IN WHITE COATS TAKE YOU AWAY (OW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO REACT TO

HEADLINES LIKE THIS ONE )F JUST ONE CANNABIS JOINT RAISES THE RISK OF MENTAL ILLNESS BY SMOKING CANNABIS EVERYDAY FOR 8 NUMBER OF YEARS MUST MAKE IT A DEAD CERT 7ELL NO IT DOESN T )T RAISES THE hRISKv OF MENTAL ILLNESS

WHICH IN ITSELF IS ACTUALLY RELATIVELY LOW

BUT THIS DOESN T MAKE SUCH A GOOD STORY FOR THE PAPERS 4HE -EDIA CARRIES A HUGE AMOUNT OF POWER WHEN IT COMES TO SHAPING THE GENERAL PUBLICS OPINION ABOUT AN ISSUE 4HE MAJORITY OF US ARE TOO OCCUPIED WITH OUR DAILY LIVES TO HAVE THE TIME OR INCLINATION TO RESEARCH EVERYTHING FOR OURSELVES WE LOOK TO THE PRESS TO DIGEST THE INFORMATION AND PRESENT IT TO US IN A SUCCINCT AND USEABLE WAY 4HE PROBLEM IS THAT THE -EDIA HAS ITS OWN AGENDA THAT INFLUENCES THEIR REPORTING NAMELY TO SELL AS MANY PAPERS AS POSSIBLE 4O THAT END SENSATIONALIST REPORTING ALWAYS TRIUMPHS OVER THOUGHTFULLY CONSIDERED FACTUAL REPORTING 7HAT S MORE THE NEWS ORGANISATION IN QUESTION ALSO HAS A LINE TO FOLLOW AND NATURALLY AFFILIATES ITSELF POLITICALLY WITH A PARTICULAR SIDE )N THE CASE OF CANNABIS THE RIGHT WING NEWSPAPERS SUCH AS THE 4ELEGRAPH

%XPRESS AND -AIL AND PRETTY MUCH ALL THE TABLOIDS WILL ALWAYS INSTINCTIVELY TAKE AN hANTIv APPROACH *UST AS WE AT 3OFT 3ECRETS AND OTHER @LIBERAL PUBLICATIONS WOULD PROBABLY TAKE THE OPPOSITE hPROv SIDE OF THE ARGUMENT 4HESE VIEWPOINTS REFLECT THE AUDIENCE THE PUBLICATION IS INTENDED FOR 2IGHT WING MIDDLE CLASS CONSERVATIVES ARE GENERALLY ANTI CANNABIS AND THEREFORE REPORTS SUCH AS THE ONE IN THE ,ANCET APPEAR WITH AN EXAGGERATED NEGATIVE SLANT WHEN WRITTEN UP IN RIGHT WING CONSERVATIVE NEWSPAPERS 4HE PROBLEM IS THAT WITH ALL THIS SPIN GOING ON THE REAL FACTS GET FORGOTTEN OR LOST

OR MISINTERPRETED !NY REAL WORTH THAT MAY COME FROM LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF CANNABIS BECOME FUDGED BY THE POLITICAL ISSUE 4HERE S NO DENYING THAT THE PORTRAYAL OF CANNABIS IN THE PRESS FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAS BEEN ALMOST ENTIRELY NEGATIVE 7HERE HAVE ALL THE STUDIES INTO THE MEDICAL BENEFITS OF CANNABIS GONE (AS RESEARCH STOPPED ENTIRELY OR IS IT SIMPLY THE CASE THAT SOME STUDIES GET REPORTED ON AND OTHERS DON T /NLY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO SHARES IN '7 0HARMACEUTICALS SHOT UP AFTER SUCCESSFUL TRIALS OF THEIR CANNABIS BASED TREATMENT FOR -ULTIPLE 3CLEROSIS 7HAT HAS HAPPENED TO THAT !S A CANNABIS SMOKER ENTHUSIAST GROWER

HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO TAKE ALL THIS NEGATIVE PRESS /N THE ONE HAND HEADLINES LIKE THE ONE IN THE $AILY -AIL ARE SO SENSATIONALISED AND FRANKLY ABSURD THAT THEY HAVE THE OPPOSITE EFFECT TO THAT WHICH IS INTENDED !NY REAL SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY BECOMES COMPLETELY DISCREDITED BY IRRESPONSIBLE REPORTING AND THEREFORE BECOMES EASY TO IGNORE "UT SHOULD WE JUST IGNORE THESE REPORTS

AND THINK THAT WE KNOW BEST OR IS THAT A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AND IGNORANT STANCE TO TAKE )F WE TAKE THE EXAMPLE OF THE RECENT REPORT PUBLISHED IN THE SUMMER INTO THE EFFECTS OF #ANNABIS AND -ENTAL )LLNESS

FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALS SOME INTERESTING RESULTS THAT PROVE THE WAY THE -EDIA !T ,ARGE HAS MISINTERPRETED THE REPORT FOR THEIR OWN PURPOSES &IRSTLY

WE SHOULD NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE SCALE AND INFLUENCE OF THIS REPORT )T IS OFFICIAL THE BASIS FOR 'ORDON "ROWN S SUPPOSEDLY hINSTINCTIVEv FEELING THAT CANNABIS SHOULD BE RECLASSIFIED AGAIN BACK UP TO A #LASS " SUBSTANCE .OT ONLY THAT BUT IN THE MINDS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC CANNABIS IS NO LONGER THE RELATIVELY HARMLESS DRUG THEY PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT IT TO BE 'ENERAL OPINION HAS CERTAINLY BEEN INFLUENCED #ANNABIS IS EVERYWHERE IT IS THE MOST COMMONLY USED ILLEGAL SUBSTANCE IN THE COUNTRY AND PRETTY EASY TO GET HOLD OF AS A TEENAGER 4HE IDEA THAT YOUR SON OR DAUGHTER MAY BECOME A PSYCHOTIC KILLER OR EVEN JUST DEPRESSED IS ENOUGH TO TURN ANY CARING PARENT OFF .O ONE CAN BLAME THEM FOR BEING WORRIED 3O WHAT DOES THE REPORT ACTUALLY CONTAIN AND ARE WE RIGHT TO BE WORRIED 4HE ,ANCET IS A 3CIENTIFIC *OURNAL AND A VERY WELL RESPECTED ONE AT THAT 4HE STUDY LOOKED AT ALL STUDIES PREVIOUSLY CARRIED OUT THAT LOOKED INTO THE ASSOCIATION OF CANNABIS USE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESS /NE OF THE AUTHORS OF THE REPORT 0ROFESSOR 3TANLEY :AMMIT FROM THE $EPARTMENT OF 0SYCHOLOGICAL -EDICINE AT THE 5NIVERSITY OF #ARDIFF GAVE AN INTERVIEW WITH 4HE ,ANCET EXPLAINING THE METHODOLOGY THEY USED AND THE CONCLUSIONS THEY ARRIVED AT 4O HEAR THE INTERVIEW IN FULL GO TO HTTP PODCAST THELANCET COM AUDIO LANCET ? JULY MP )N THE INTERVIEW $R :AMMIT BEGINS BY EXPLAINING THAT THE REPORT LOOKED AT STUDIES FROM !USTRALIA .EW :EALAND

THE 53! AND ALL OVER %UROPE AND THAT ALL OF THEM WERE LONGITUDINAL THAT IS THE SUBJECTS DISPLAYED NO PSYCHOTIC AND MENTALLY ILL TRAITS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE STUDY (E STATES THAT MUCH EMPHASIS WAS PUT ON LOOKING AT THE QUALITY OF THESE OTHER STUDIES )N THE CASE OF PSYCHOSIS THE AUTHORS WERE CONFIDENT THE STUDIES WERE OF GOOD QUALITY WHEREAS THE ONES THAT LOOKED AT DEPRESSION AND MOOD DISORDERS WERE MUCH LESS CONSISTENT /UT OF STUDIES THAT DEALT WITH 0SYCHOSIS DISPLAYED A CLEAR ASSOCIATION WITH CANNABIS WHEREAS FOR MOOD DISORDERS hSOME STUDIES FOUND AN INCREASED RISK A LOT OF STUDIES DIDN T FIND ANY ASSOCIATION SOME FOUND A DECREASED RISK v )MMEDIATELY WE CAN SEE THAT EVEN THE AUTHORS ARE KEEN TO STRESS THE INCONCLUSIVE NATURE OF THE STUDIES AND THEIR SUBSEQUENT RESULTS 7E CAN NOW SEE THAT THE RESULTS FOR DEPRESSION AND MOOD DISORDERS ARE NEGLIGIBLE BUT THE RESULTS FOR PSYCHOSIS ARE MORE

CONCRETE -AYBE WE ARE GETTING SOMEWHERE /NE MAJOR FACTOR IN THE RELIABILITY OF SUCH STUDIES IS THAT YOU CAN NEVER BE SURE OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF OTHER FACTORS IN EACH CASE OF A PERSON DEVELOPING A MENTAL ILLNESS &ACTORS SUCH AS FAMILY HISTORY USE OR ABUSE OF OTHER SUBSTANCES

INHERENT PERSONALITY TRAITS AND SO ON ALL UNDOUBTEDLY PLAY A PART AND THEREFORE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CANNABIS CANNOT BE ACCURATELY CALCULATED (OWEVER EVEN AFTER ALL OF THIS IS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT THE REPORT FINDS THAT THERE MOST PROBABLY IS A CAUSAL LINK BETWEEN CANNABIS AND PSYCHOSIS 7HAT $R :AMMIT DOES THAT NONE OF THE NEWSPAPER WHO REPORTED THE STORY DID WAS TO PLACE THE FINDINGS IN THEIR CORRECT CONTEXT AND AT LEAST EXPLAIN THAT THERE IS STILL A SIGNIFICANT DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY SURROUNDING THE FINDINGS 7HEN ASKED THE QUESTION h#AN WE BE CERTAIN THAT CANNABIS USE LEADS TO AN INCREASED RISK OF PSYCHOSIS v $R :AMMIT S REPLY IS VERY MEASURED AND A FAR CRY FROM THAT SENSATIONALISED $AILY -AIL HEADLINE (E RESPONDS h.O ) WOULDN T GO THAT FAR ) DON T THINK YOU CAN BE CERTAIN THAT THE RESULTS SHOW A CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP 4HE TROUBLE IS THAT THESE KINDS OF STUDIES ALTHOUGH ) HAVE SAID THAT THEY HAVE TRIED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THESE OTHER FACTORS THAT MIGHT EXPLAIN THE ASSOCIATION IT IS ALWAYS POSSIBLE THAT THERE ARE OTHER CHARACTERISTICS THAT PEOPLE HAVEN T THOUGHT ABOUT AND ADJUSTED FOR WHICH MIGHT STILL EXPLAIN THE REST OF THE ASSOCIATION 4HAT SEEMS UNLIKELY BUT IT IS POSSIBLE v (E GOES ON TO SAY ALMOST APOLOGETICALLY h7E END UP WITH A SITUATION WHERE THERE ISN T ANY BETTER EVIDENCE AVAILABLE

THERE S NOT GOING TO BE MUCH BETTER EVIDENCE IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND WE RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SOME KIND OF DECISION ABOUT WHAT WE ADVISE THE PUBLIC WITH THE BEST AVAILABLE EVIDENCE WE HAVE AT THE TIMEv 4HE TRUTH IS THAT ANALOGOUSLY WE ALL KNOW ABOUT THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS CANNABIS CAN HAVE BECAUSE WE HAVE EITHER EXPERIENCED THEM FIRST HAND OR KNOW SOMEONE WHO HAS 4HIS ALLOWS US TO MAKE OUR OWN INFORMED JUDGEMENT AS TO HOW TO MANAGE OUR CONSUMPTION IN EXACTLY THE SAME WAY AS MOST PEOPLE DO WITH ALCOHOL 7E ALL KNOW ALCOHOL ABUSE CAN REALLY FUCK YOUR LIFE UP AND QUITE EASILY KILL YOU BUT WE STILL DRINK AND WE MAKE OUR OWN DECISION ABOUT HOW MUCH AND HOW OFTEN &OR SOME PEOPLE IT GETS OUT OF HAND BUT FOR THE MAJORITY THEY ARE HAPPY FUNCTIONING MEMBERS OF SOCIETY REGARDLESS )T S PRETTY CLEAR FROM THE EXAMPLE OF 4HE ,ANCET S RECENT STUDY THAT THE PRESS CANNOT BE TRUSTED TO RELIABLY AND TRUTHFULLY DISSEMINATE THE INFORMATION TO US SO WE ARE LEFT TO MAKE UP OUR OWN MINDS 4HERE ARE PROBABLY MANY FACTORS ALL GOING ON THAT HAVE LEAD US TO THE SITUATION WE HAVE TODAY /NE THING YOU CAN BE FAIRLY CONFIDENT ABOUT IS THAT THE CANNABIS DEBATE IN THE 5+ IS ABOUT MUCH MORE THAN JUST WHETHER OR NOT CANNABIS IS HARMFUL TO US AS ADULTS

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!PPARENTLY THE POLICE OFFICERS PLAYED CUSTOMERS AT 4HE (YDROPONIC #ENTER IN 3TORES 2OAD $ERBY AND ASKED SOME SPECIFIC QUESTIONS

)N THE BEST TRADITIONS OF THE 'REAT "RITISH SHOP KEEPER THE STAFF ENDEAVORED TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS AS BEST THEY COULD ONLY TO FIND OUT IT WASN T ACTUALLY A COUPLE OF BONA FIDE CUSTOMERS ASKING THE QUESTIONS BUT A PAIR OF UNDERCOVER COPS WHICH HAS HAD CANNABIS ACTIVISTS UP IN ARMS SINCE THE STORY BROKE

/NE CAN ONLY ASSUME ALL OF THE 6IET BONG MUST BE OUT OF THE $ERBY AREA MEANING THE DRUG SQUAD EXPANSIONS WHICH HAVE TAKEN PLACE OVER THE LAST YEAR HAVE LEFT THE $ERBY SQUAD WITH LITTLE TO DO EXCEPT HARASS TAX PAYING BUSINESS S

4HATS RIGHT THEY PAY TAX ON EVERYTHING THEY SELL

&OR EVERY HYDRO KIT EVERY PACKET OF CANNABIS SEEDS EVERY BOTTLE OF FERTILIZER THE SHOP HAS SOLD SINCE ITS INCEPTION THE 5+ GOVERNMENT HAS RECEIVED IN THE REGION OF OF THE PRICE IN TAXES WHICH PAYS FOR SCHOOLS FOR HOSPITALS AND FOR -0 S TO GO ON GLOBAL @JUNKETS AND ALL IN THE NAME OF FOREIGN TRADE

3URELY IF THEY WISH TO DISASSOCIATE WITH CANNABIS TOTALLY THEY WOULD OUTLAW THE SALE OF CANNABIS SEEDS AND HYDROPONIC EQUIPMENT RIGHT

7RONG )TS A BOUYANT INDUSTRY WHICH HAS GROWN EXPONENTIALLY OVER THE LAST YEARS

7HAT THIS MEANS IS THE EXCHEQUOR WELCOMES THE TAX CONTRIBUTIONS AND WITH SO MANY FOREIGN WAR CAMPAIGNS TO FUND THEY NEED ALL THE HELP THEY CAN GET LETS FACE IT

4HE FACT IS THE KINGS MEN CAN TURN UP AT YOUR DOOR AT ANYTIME THEY CHOOSE KICK IT OFF ITS HINGES AND BRUTALLY ROUGH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY UP BEFORE WORRYING WHETHER THEIR INTELLIGENCE IS ACCURATE OR NOT AND THIS IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING TO CONSIDER BEFORE YOU DECIDE TO WET ANY SEEDS

3O WHAT CAN THEY DO ABOUT IT AT 4HE (YDROPONIC #ENTER

!BSOLUTELY NOTHING UNFORTUNATELY AS THE SPOOKS ALSO FOUND SOME GRAMS OF HERBAL CANNABIS AT THE HOME OF BUSINESS OWNER 0AUL &ENWICK $RIED AND READY FOR SALE APPARENTLY

#LEARLY THE POLICE HAD INTELLIGENCE WHICH TOLD THEM SOMEONE TO DO WITH THE BUSINESS

IN THIS CASE &ENWICK WAS NOT ONLY INVOLVED IN THE SALE OF EQUIPMENT (E WAS ACTUALLY GROWING MARIJUANA AS WELL ALLEGEDLY 7HICH KIND OF PUTS THINGS IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT

4HE FACT IS IF YOU DECIDE TO RUN ANY SORT OF ENTERPRISE LINKED TO HYDROPONICS AND YOU

OR TEENAGERS 4HE RECENT AND ONGOING NATIONWIDE POLICE OPERATION TO BUST LARGE SCALE COMMERCIAL GROW HOUSES MAY GIVE A CLUE 4HE CANNABIS ISSUE IN THE 5+ IS NOT AS SOME MAY THINK

ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT IT S GOOD OR BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH OR WHETHER WE SHOULD BE ALLOWED IN THE EYES OF THE LAW TO USE IT )T IS A MATTER OF ECONOMICS 4HE 0OLICE SAY THEMSELVES THAT SINCE A MORE LIBERAL APPROACH TO CANNABIS WAS ADOPTED A FEW YEARS AGO WITH THE "RIXTON DECRIMINALISING TEST MODEL AND ULTIMATELY RECLASSIFICATION TO #LASS #

ORGANISED CRIMINAL GANGS HAVE MOVED INTO CANNABIS PRODUCTION ATTRACTED BY HIGH RETURNS AND SOFT PUNISHMENTS 9OU NEED ONLY LOOK AT THE NEWS CLIPPINGS IN THE BACK OF THIS PAPER AND THE LAST FEW ISSUES TO SEE THE SAME STORY REPORTED ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY 7HOLE HOUSES ARE BEING DEDICATED TO GROWING CANNABIS AND ARE USUALLY TENDED TO BY ONE OR TWO MEN IN MANY OF THE CASES THESE MEN ARE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS OFTEN FROM 3OUTH %AST !SIA 4HESE MEN ARE OFTEN SAID TO BE WORKING FOR LARGE ORGANISED CRIMINAL GANGS WHO ARE PROBABLY ALSO INVOLVED IN TRAFFICKING THE VERY IMMIGRANTS THEY PUT TO WORK IN THE HOUSES 4HIS RAISES A PROBLEM FOR THE GOVERNMENT BECAUSE NOW THE CANNABIS ISSUE IS NOT ONLY ABOUT IF IT S A GOOD IDEA

TO LET PEOPLE HAVE IT OR NOT IT IS ALSO CONNECTED INHERENTLY TO ORGANISED CRIME

PEOPLE TRAFFICKING AND IMMIGRATION NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THE AVERAGE SMOKER SPENDS ON BLACK MARKET CANNABIS 4HAT S A MASSIVE LOSS OF TAX REVENUE BECAUSE THAT MONEY IS ULTIMATELY GOING OVERSEAS AND NOT BEING SPENT IN THE 5+ AND THEREFORE PART OF OUR ECONOMY 7HEN THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THEY NEED TO RECONSIDER THE DOWNGRADING OF CANNABIS TO #LASS # THEIR MOTIVATION IS NOT ENTIRELY FUELLED BY STUDIES SUCH AS THE ONE IN 4HE ,ANCET IT S BECAUSE THEY PERCEIVE THAT DOWNGRADING ENCOURAGED ORGANISED CRIMINALS TO PRODUCE TONS OF CANNABIS 4HEY ARE NOW SO WARY OF MAKING ANY MOVE THAT MAY ENCOURAGE THE GANGS THAT THEY EMPHASISE THE NEGATIVE AND TELL THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT CANNABIS WILL SEND YOU CRAZY IN SOME VAIN ATTEMPT AT STEMMING THE MASSIVE DEMAND FOR IT 4HESE MIXED MESSAGES THAT HAVE BEEN SENT OUT BY THE LAST HANDFUL OF (OME 3ECRETARIES HAS UNDOUBTEDLY ENCOURAGED ORGANISED CRIME TO USE CANNABIS AS A WAY OF MAKING HUGE PROFITS )NSTEAD OF MAKING CANNABIS A MORE ILLEGAL SUBSTANCE AND GROWING IT A BIGGER CRIME A CLEAR DISTINCTION NEEDS TO BE RECOGNISED BETWEEN ORGANISED CRIME

ALSO DECIDE TO GROW CANNABIS YOU RE SETTING YOURSELF UP FOR A FALL

)T ONLY TAKES A JEALOUS COMPETITOR GETTING WIND OF THE GROWING OPERATION AND THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL AND IN THIS INDUSTRY THERE ARE LOTS OF JEALOUS ENVIOUS SLY PEOPLE WHO WOULD DROP AN ANONYMOUS CALL TO THE POLICE WITHOUT A SECOND THOUGHT WHICH IS WHY COME WHAT MAY YOU NEED TO KEEP YOUR GROW LOCATION CLASSIFIED 4RUST ME ON THIS ONE

(YDROPONIC SHOP CUSTOMERS ARE A FICKLE BREED AT THE BEST OF TIMES

7ITH HAND ON HEART HOW MANY TIMES HAVE 9/5 TALKED ABOUT GETTING A POOR DEAL IN ANOTHER SHOP OR DISSECTING AN ADVERT IN A MAGAZINE WHEN YOU WERE PICKING UP YOUR OWN SUPPLIES

4O ILLUSTRATE THIS A WELL KNOWN HEAD SHOP IN "ERKESHIRE WAS RECENTLY BUSTED AS THE SHOP OWNER WAS GROWING WEED .OT ONLY WAS HE GROWING WEED BUT HE WOULD OPENLY TALK ABOUT IT WHILST SERVING AT THE SHOP COUNTER 7HAT A TOSSER

) GOT WIND THIS WAS OCCURING AND ) LIVE MILES AWAY IN 7ALES SO ITS SAFE TO ASSUME THE LOCAL DRUG SQUAD WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN INFORMATION FROM THE LOCAL SCALLY S

BY LEANING ON THEM WHEN THEY GET COLLARED FOR BREAKING INTO CARS OR SHOP LIFTING

4HE FACT IS TO DATE THE POLICE HAVE NOT YET PERFECTED THE ART OF TURNING UP AT RANDOM FRONT DOORS KICKING THE FUCKER OFF ITS HINGES AND MAKING A SUCCESSFUL ARREST FOR CANNABIS CULTIVATION

"UT )F YOU GOT FANS BLOWING UN SCRUBBED GROW ROOM EXHAUST FUMES ONTO THE STREET AND SOMEONE SMELLS IT YOU RE IN THE SHIT

)F THE FANS IN YOUR GARDEN SHED SOUND LIKE A HARRIER JUMP JET TAKING OFF WHEN YOUR FAN SPEED CONTROLLER KICKS IN AND YOU BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH AN OBNOXIOUS NEIGHBOUR

GIVEN THE CHANCE HE S GOING TO DO YOU A BAD @UN RIGHT (UMAN NATURE

)F THE PRINCESS YOU PUT ON A PEDESTAL A FEW MONTHS BACK GETS PISSY OVER YOUR MINOR INFIDELITIES AND IS PARTY TO YOUR PERFECTLY TENDED BUD BOX STUFFED FULL OF PLANTS ITS A FAIR BET SHE WILL HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT IT

-OST LIKELY WITH HER BEST FRIEND /R HER MUM PERHAPS "OTH OF WHOM HATE YOUR MOTHER AND YOUR FATHER FOR SPAWNING YOUR SORRY ARSE

3O EVEN IF SHE HERSELF REMEMBERS THE PASSIONATE ROLLER COASTER OF THE FIRST THREE MONTHS WITH A WRY SMILE HER MUM PROBABLY HATED YOU RIGHT FROM THE FIRST TIME YOU MET HER !ND THIS IS WHERE YOU TROUBLES LAY

4HE TRUTH IS SO LONG AS PEOPLE CONTINUE TO FLAP THEIR GUMS THE POLICE INTELLIGENCE SERVICE S WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE LOTS TO DO

7HICH SUITS ME AND MY OR PLANTS JUST FINE

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THEREFORE BECOMING A PRODUCER AND DEALER IN THE CURRENT EYES OF THE ,AW

THEN THAT THIRD PARTIES MONEY ALSO STAYS AWAY FROM ORGANISED CRIMINALS )T DOESN T TAKE MUCH IMAGINATION TO SEE HOW IT WOULD TURN OUT )MAGINE A WORLD WHERE WE ARE hALLOWEDv TO GROW OUR OWN CANNABIS 4IRED OF POOR QUALITY EXPENSIVE WEED AVERAGE SMOKERS WOULD START GROWING THEIR OWN 4HIS WOULD INJECT SOME MUCH NEEDED LIFE INTO A FLAGGING HOME GROW AND HYDROPONIC INDUSTRY AND WOULD REVITALISE GROW SHOPS AND RELATED BUSINESSES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY 5NCONCERNED WITH ACHIEVING THE HIGHEST YIELD PEOPLE WOULD BE GROWING SOLELY FOR THEIR OWN PLEASURE AND SO THE AVERAGE QUALITY OF BUD WOULD GO UP MASSIVELY

BRINGING ASSOCIATED HEALTH AND HAPPINESS BENEFITS 3ATIVA STRAINS WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY BECOME MORE POPULAR AND

ALTHOUGH IT S JUST A HUNCH AND NOT BACKED UP WITH ANY CONCRETE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE

IT IS DOUBTFUL THAT THE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE

WOULD BE SO RELEVANT IF EVERYONE WAS SMOKING PURE SATIVA INSTEAD OF STRONG

HEAVY INDICA DOMINANT BUD ALL THE TIME 3ATIVAS ARE KNOWN TO HAVING BETTER EFFECTS FOR MANY MEDICAL COMPLAINTS

INDEED 3ATIVEX THE 4(# SPRAY DEVELOPED BY '7 0HARMACEUTICALS FOR -3 PATIENTS WAS MADE ENTIRELY FROM 3ATIVA PLANTS %SSENTIALLY PEOPLE WOULD BECOME COMPLETELY SELF SUFFICIENT IN THEIR CANNABIS REQUIREMENTS EVEN IF THIS MEANT BEING PART OF A GROWER S CO OP SO YOU DIDN T HAVE TO BE GROWING ALL YEAR ROUND 4HE LOSS IN REVENUE FOR THE ILLEGAL h"LACK -ARKETv WOULD BE HUGE AND EVENTUALLY THE PROFIT TO BE MADE WOULD BE SMALL ENOUGH FOR IT NOT TO BE ECONOMICALLY VIABLE TO ORGANISED CRIME 4HE SOLUTION SEEMS SIMPLE ALLOW PEOPLE THE RIGHT TO GROW A SMALL NUMBER OF PLANTS AND LEGITIMISE CANNABIS AS A RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY 4AKE IT OUT OF SHADOWS OF THE BLACK MARKET AWAY FROM ORGANISED CRIME AND INTO PEOPLE S CUPBOARDS AND SPARE BEDROOMS "UT DON T HOLD YOUR BREATH 4HE GOVERNMENT IS A LONG WAY OFF CONSIDERING ANOTHER DRAMATIC 5 TURN "UT THEN DON T TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT 'O AND MAKE YOUR OWN MIND UP

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!S WELL AS THE RISK POSED BY SNOW COVERED ROOFS DURING THE WINTER MONTHS MOST FOLKS WILL ALSO FIND THE HUMPING AROUND OF LARGE SACKS OF SOIL FERTILISER AND OTHER SUBSTRATES PRETTY SUSPICIOUS 3UCH ACTIVITY POINTS INEVITABLY TO THE PRESENCE OF A HEMP GROWING OPERATION !VOID SUCH STUPID BEHAVIOUR AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU STORE ON SITE AS MANY BAGS OF EARTH AND WHATEVER SUBSTRATES AND ADDITIVES YOU PLAN TO USE BEFORE THE WINTER IS IN FULL SWING )N THIS WAY THERE WILL BE NO INSTANCES OF YOU STICKING OUT LIKE A SORE THUMB IN PUBLIC IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER /F COURSE THERE ARE GROWERS WHO HAVE THEIR OWN GARAGE AT THEIR DISPOSAL AND SO CAN SAFELY UNLOAD THEIR CARS IN PRIVACY "UT SADLY SUCH RELATIVE LUXURY IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO A HANDFUL OF GROWERS

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&ORTUNATELY FOR US THE CARTING BACK AND FORTH OF LARGE SACKS OF SOIL OR COCO WAS BASICALLY UNNECESSARY BECAUSE FOR THE GROW THIS TIME WE WILL BE USING FOR THE MOST PART PLAIN OLD WATER THANKS TO WHICH HEAVY BAGS OF SUBSTRATE ARE NOT NEEDED

)N THE BEGINNING WE PLACE THE SMALL POTS CONTAINING CLONES CLOSE TO EACH OTHER AND IN DOING SO SAVE ON THE NUMBER OF LAMPS WE NEED TO HANG 4HE STICKS SERVE AS SUPPORT FOR THE VULNERABLE CLONES

4HIS GREAT WINTER ADVANTAGE IS ALL THANKS TO THE LOW OUTDOOR TEMPERATURES WHICH MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO HANG MORE LAMPS UP INDOORS 4HIS IS NOT THE CASE IN THE SUMMER MONTHS

WHEN FOR MOST ATTIC GROWERS IT S THE TIME TO RE DOUBLE THEIR CARETAKING EFFORTS ESPECIALLY ONCE THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE NUDGES CLOSE TO # "Y GROWING OFTEN AT HALF POWER USING HALF THE AVAILABLE NUMBER OF LAMPS AND LETTING THE FANS AND PUMPS OPERATE AT FULL SPEED THEN THE TEMPERATURE INDOORS CAN JUST ABOUT BE KEPT WITHIN SAFETY LIMITS "UT YOU CAN BANISH ANY TALK OF THEIR BEING AN IDEAL CLIMATE )N THE WINTERTIME HAPPILY THINGS ARE QUITE DIFFERENT "ESIDES THE MORE FAVOURABLE TEMPERATURES OUTSIDE INDOORS GROWERS ALSO HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THE AIR AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR ALSO BEING VERY DRY "Y THIS ) MEAN THAT THE AIR HAS A VERY LOW MOISTURE CONTENT )N SHORT WHEN WE BLOW THIS DRY AIR CAREFULLY IN TO OUR GROW SPACE IT WON T REACT TOO CRAZILY WITH THE LEVELS OF MOISTURE IN THE AIR INDOORS AND AS INDOOR GROWERS WE CAN LOOK TO THE BLOOM PERIOD WITH A LIGHT HEART .OTE THAT IT IS OFTEN BETTER TO ALLOW THE COLD OUTSIDE AIR TO ACCLIMATISE A LITTLE FIRST IN AN ADJOINING ROOM NEXT TO THE GROW SPACE "Y DOING THIS THE AIR CAN ARRIVE AT A REASONABLE TEMPERATURE AND YOU CAN AVOID BLOWING ICE COLD AIR OVER YOUR PLANTS 4HE AIR FROM THIS ROOM NEXT DOOR IS THEN SUCKED OR BLOWN IN TO THE GROW SPACE

THEIR TIME IN SEEKING THEM OUT 2EGARDING THIS YOU HAVE PROBABLY HEARD THE WELL KNOWN STORY OF THE SNOWY ROOF WHEN YOU RE GROWING IN AN ATTIC AND THE ROOF GETS COVERED WITH SNOW THIS OFTEN MELTS QUITE EASILY WHEN THE ROOF HAS NOT BEEN INSULATED SUFFICIENTLY BY THE HEAT COMING FROM THE LAMPS )T IS NOW A SIMPLE MATTER FOR THE POLICE TO DISCOVER GROW SPACES WITH A BASIC

4HE VARIETY OF MARIHUANA FEATURED IN THIS ARTICLE AND THE NEXT ONE IS 3KUNK 4HESE PLANTS ARE ALSO CALLED COLLOQUIALLY IN THE .ETHERLANDS AT LEAST @%LFJES h&AIRIESv

WHICH ACTUALLY REFERS TO THE APPROXIMATE BLOOM PERIOD OF WEEKS 3KUNK HAS BEEN AROUND FOR YEARS NOW AND IS STILL GROWN BY A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF GROWERS 4HE COMMERCIAL PLANT GROWS EASILY AND RAPIDLY AND CAN PRODUCE A GENEROUS QUANTITY OF FLOWER HEADS 4HESE PROPERTIES MAKE THE PLANT MUCH LOVED

4HE CLONES ARE STARTING TO DEVELOP NICELY

&OR ANYONE WHO WANTS A PLANT TO GROW THAT DOES NOT HAVE VERY PICKY NEEDS AND FOR GROWERS LOOKING TO MAKE A GOOD SCORE IN THE NUMBER OF GRAMS THEY GET OFF THEIR PLANTS THEN 3KUNK IS CERTAINLY A WELL SUITED VARIETY 3KUNK IS MOREOVER STILL READILY AVAILABLE FROM MOST MARIHUANA SEED OUTLETS AND IS WELL APPRECIATED AMONG GROWERS NOT JUST FOR THE GOOD GROWTH CHARACTERISTICS MENTIONED BUT FOR HER CONGENIAL HIGH 4HERE ARE STILL MANY GENUINE FANS OF 3KUNK PARTICULARLY FOLKS WHO ENJOY A SOFTER WEED TO SMOKE AND WHO SEE A SLIGHTLY LONGER BLOOM PERIOD AS SOMETHING WELCOME !CCORDING TO THE REAL

!LTHOUGH THIS VARIETY OF MARIHUANA HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLY OVERSHADOWED THESE DAYS BY MORE COMMERCIAL VARIETIES ONES THAT PRODUCE MORE 4(# AND PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY THEY OFTEN BLOOM FOR SEVERAL WEEKS LESS 4HERE ONCE WAS A TIME WHEN

4HESE PLANTS ARE ALSO KNOWN COLLOQUIALLY AS @%LFJES

WHICH ACTUALLY REFERS TO THE APPROXIMATE BLOOM PERIOD OF WEEKS FLY OVER #ERTAINLY WHEN THE SNOW MELTS FROM A ROOF DURING THE COLDEST PERIODS OF THE NIGHT THIS IS GOING TO START SOME BELLS RINGING SOMEWHERE !ND WITH THE USE OF ALL THESE ANONYMOUS @GRASS UP PHONE TIP LINES IT DOES NOT TAKE A LOT TO BE ON THE RECEIVING END OF A VISIT FROM 0LOD

3KUNK WAS EASILY AVAILABLE ALL OVER THE .ETHERLANDS IN THE FORM OF CLONES %SPECIALLY IN THE 7EST OF THE COUNTRY THIS VARIETY WAS WELL REPRESENTED IN GROW SPACES %VEN TODAY 3KUNK IS STILL WIDELY GROWN ALTHOUGH ADMITTEDLY IN SMALLER NUMBERS THAN IT USED TO BE BACK IN THE DAY

/NCE THE CLONES HAVE BECOME A LITTLE BIT BIGGER WE MOVE THEM FURTHER APART )N EACH GROW TUB THERE ARE NOW JUST NINE YOUNG PLANTS

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4HAT THE WINTER MONTHS ARE SADLY A TIME OF INCREASED CHANCES OF BEING BUSTED IS A FACT LESS WELL KNOWN AMONG GROWERS 3INCE THE POWERS THAT BE ALSO KNOW THAT THE NUMBER OF INDOOR GROWERS INCREASES AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR TO ITS HIGHEST POINT IT IS ALSO THE TIME OF THE YEAR WHEN THEY CAN BEST INVEST

)N EACH TUB WE LET CLONES TAKE ROOT IN THEIR SMALL POTS

3ADLY IT IS RARE FOR ALL THE CLONES TO SUCCESSFULLY MAKE IT 4HERE ARE ALWAYS A COUPLE OF POOR GROWING CLONES LEFT BEHIND AMONG THEM 4HESE ARE OFTEN CALLED @REFUSNIKS

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7E LET THE 3KUNK PLANTS GROW IN SMALL POTS %ACH POT IS PLACED ON A LARGER POT CONTAINING HYDRO GRANULES SO THAT THEY CAN ALWAYS BEEN MOVED OR TRANSPLANTED

! MARIHUANA VARIETY LIKE THE 3KUNK PRODUCES A LARGE AMOUNT OF LEAFAGE

COGNOSCENTI MARIHUANA OFTEN DEVELOPS A FINER TASTE WHEN THE PLANTS HAVE HAD LONGER IN BLOOM )T S ALMOST AS IF THE PROCESSES IN THE PLANT CAN OPERATE MORE PEACEFULLY AND EVENLY WHICH RESULTS EVENTUALLY IN A FINE AND SOFT WEED TO SMOKE COUPLED WITH A VERY PLEASANT HIGH )N ADDITION TO THIS HIGHLY VALUED BY SOME TASTE 3KUNK IS ALSO USED QUITE A LOT FOR CROSSING WITH OTHER VARIETIES BOTH IN OUTDOOR AND INDOOR GROWING ) KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE THAT MANY MARIHUANA VARIETIES USED IN OUTDOOR GROWING CONTAIN TRACES OF 3KUNK /NE OF THE REASONS FOR THIS IS THAT 3KUNK CAN STIMULATE AN EARLIER READINESS

4HE ROOTS DEVELOP PARTICULARLY QUICKLY WITH THE GROWING ON WATER METHOD 4HIS IS PROBABLY THE RESULT OF THE LARGE AMOUNT OF OXYGEN IN THE WATER

"UT 3KUNK IS ALSO MUCH LOVED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MARIHUANA VARIETIES FOR INDOOR GROWING -ANY INDOOR VARIETIES CONTAIN TRACES OF A 3KUNK

THE REST 4O TAKE ACCOUNT OF THIS IT IS A FAIR ENOUGH ASSUMPTION TO GET YOUR HANDS ON MORE CLONES THAN YOU ESTIMATE YOU CAN REALLY USE

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4HERE ARE A NUMBER OF OPTIONS FOR RAISING 3KUNK PLANTS &OR A START 3KUNK IS STILL AVAILABLE IN THE FORM OF SEEDS "ECAUSE RAISING PLANTS FROM SEED IS A VERY TIME CONSUMING ACTIVITY WE WILL BE DEALING IN THIS ARTICLE WITH RAISING OUR 3KUNK PLANTS FROM CLONES $O TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET YOUR HANDS ON LOVELY HEALTHY CLONES

/F COURSE THERE ARE NEGATIVE CHARACTERISTICS TO USING ANY VARIETY OF PLANT 7E HAVE ALREADY POINTED OUT MOST OF THE ADVANTAGES OF USING 3KUNK ! DISADVANTAGE OF 3KUNK BUT ONE THAT APPLIES TO ALL LARGE YIELDING VARIETIES IS THAT THESE LADIES CAN PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE VOLUMES OF LEAF %VEN THOUGH THIS IS DESCRIBED BY SOME GROWERS

"ECAUSE 3KUNK PREFERS TO BE ALLOWED TO DEVELOP INTO A LOVELY FULL GROWN PLANT IT IS ADVISABLE TO GIVE THE PLANTS PLENTY OF ROOM SO THAT THE CHANCE OF SUCCESS IS AS GREAT AS POSSIBLE 7HEN GETTING HOLD OF CLONES

ALWAYS TAKE IN TO ACCOUNT THE FACT THAT NOT ALL YOUR CLONES WILL BE GOOD QUALITY ONES 4HERE WILL ALWAYS BE A FEW AMONG THEM THAT SIMPLY DON T WANT TO GROW /FTEN SUCH GROWTH RETARDED CLONES ARE CALLED IN $UTCH WEIGERAARS REFUSENIKS BECAUSE THEY REFUSE TO TAKE ROOT AND DEVELOP FURTHER 4HE CLONES THE REFUSENIKS THAT SOON APPEAR

AS A DISADVANTAGE IT DOES HAVE THE EFFECT OF DELIVERING LOTS OF ENERGY TO THE PLANT AND THAT RESULTS IN A HEALTHY GROWING PLANT AND PERHAPS MORE IMPORTANTLY IT ALSO USUALLY ENSURES A DECENT YIELD TOO

7HEN BUYING CLONES ALWAYS TAKE IN TO ACCOUNT THE FACT THAT NOT ALL OF THEM WILL BE GOOD QUALITY ONES 4HERE WILL ALWAYS BE A FEW AMONG THEM THAT SIMPLY DON T WANT TO GROW TO BLOOM AND THAT IS OBVIOUS MUCH PRIZED IN OUTDOOR GROWING 4HIS GOOD CHARACTERISTIC OF 3KUNK IS FREQUENTLY COMBINED WITH SHORT BLOOMING CHARACTERISTICS FROM OTHER MARIHUANA VARIETIES IN ORDER TO COMPENSATE FOR THE RATHER LONG BLOOM PERIOD OF THE 3KUNK #ROSSING ONE OR MORE VARIETIES WITH 3KUNK HAS OFTEN RESULTED IN THE CREATION OF SUCCESSFUL OUTDOOR PLANTS

TO BE LAGGING BEHIND THE REST OF THEIR SOIL MATES WE CAN SCATTER HERE AND THERE AMONG THE GOOD GROWERS )N THIS WAY WE TRY TO MAKE THE BEST OF THE SITUATION 3HOULD THE ODD POORLY DEVELOPED REFUSENIK CLONE DIE OFF THEN JUST REMOVE IT )F ANY DO MAKE IT THROUGH THEN THAT S JUST A NICE BONUS ) USUALLY USE THE RULE OF THUMB THAT ABOUT OF THE CLONES WILL DO LESS WELL THAN

!N OXYGENATING PUMP ENSURES AN IDEAL AERATION OF THE WATER IN THE GROW TUBS 4HE 3KUNK PLANTS ARE MAD ABOUT HIGH LEVELS OF OXYGEN IN THE WATER

"ECAUSE 3KUNK TENDS TO DEVELOP INTO A NICE WELL GROWN PLANTS IT IS ADVISABLE TO GIVE THE THEM PLENTY OF ROOM WHEN THEY ARE GROWING 7HEN YOU PLANT CLONES OF THIS VARIETY TOO CLOSE TO EACH OTHER IT IS ASKING FOR PROBLEMS 4HE PLANTS WILL BE ELBOWING EACH OTHER OUT OF THE WAY ALL THE TIME BECAUSE THEY WILL BE COMPETING WITH EACH OTHER FOR LIGHT 9OU RE MUCH BETTER OFF JUST PLANTING THEM WITH PLENTY OF SPACE BETWEEN EACH OTHER 9OU WILL NOTICE THAT YIELDS WILL BE MUCH LOWER ESPECIALLY WITH A VARIETY LIKE DE 3KUNK WHEN YOU PACK LARGE NUMBERS OF CLONES TOGETHER IN A SMALL SPACE /NE TRICK THAT ) FIND WORKS WELL WHEN GROWING ELFJES IS THAT YOU LET THE CLONES TAKE ROOT IN POTS AND BY DOING SO YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE OF THE WHOLE GROWTH CYCLE TO TRANSPLANT THEM

IF YOU WISH .OW MANY GROWERS WILL BE ASKING THEMSELVES HOW ON EARTH THIS IS POSSIBLE !FTER ALL WERE WE TO PLACE THE 3KUNK CLONES IN SOIL OR ROCK WOOL SLABS AND THE YOUNG PLANTS BEGIN TO TAKE ROOT

THEN TRANSPLANTING THEM IS CERTAINLY NOT AN OPTION 7E WOULD EASILY DAMAGE THE ROOTS OF THE CLONES UNNECESSARILY AND CREATE TOO MUCH STRESS FOR THE YOUNG PLANTS 4O AVOID THESE PROBLEMS AND YET STILL BE LEFT WITH THE OPTION OF TRANSPLANTING THE PLANTS AT ANY TIME IN THE GROW PERIOD WE LET THE CLONES ROOT IN SMALL POTS FILLED WITH SOIL THE OUTSIDE OF WHICH LOOKS LIKE A SORT OF SIEVE 4HESE ARE SPECIAL FLOWER POTS THAT ALLOW VERY LARGE AMOUNTS OF OXYGEN THROUGH THEM THROUGH THEIR MANY SMALL HOLES n IN SHORT THEY RE IDEAL FOR ALLOWING THE CLONES TO TAKE ROOT IN 4HE REASON THAT WE ARE ABLE TO TRANSPLANT THE CLONES SO EASILY IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO TAKE ROOT IN THESE SMALL POTS WHICH ARE THEN PLACED IN TURN ON A LARGER POT OF HYDRO GRANULES )N THIS WAY ANY PLANT POT AND ALL CAN BE EASILY BE LIFTED AND MOVED WHENEVER YOU MIGHT WANT 4HE HYDRO GRANULES ALSO ENSURE THAT THERE IS A LARGE THROUGHPUT OF GASES AND THIS IS OF COURSE VERY MUCH TO THE BENEFIT OF THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLANT

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4HE PLANTS GROW WELL AND AT THE SAME HEIGHT 4HIS IS PARTLY THANKS TO THE FACT THAT THE CLONES ALL CAME OFF THE SAME MOTHER PLANT

/N THE UPPER SIDE A LOVELY THICK LEAF COVER DEVELOPS

7E MOSTLY START THE GROW OF 3KUNK CLONES IN GROW TRAYS &OR THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS WE PLACE THE CLONES PRETTY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER FOR THE REALLY SIMPLE REASON THAT THIS SAVES AS MUCH ELECTRICITY AS POSSIBLE #ERTAINLY IN THESE FIRST FEW DAYS HAVING ALL YOUR LAMPS PUMPING OUT LIGHT IS JUST NOT NECESSARY !FTER ALL THE CLONES STILL HAVE TO TAKE ROOT AND SO CAN BE EASILY PLACED CLOSE TO EACH OTHER AND BY DOING SO WE WILL ONLY NEED A COUPLE OF LAMPS FOR THE PRE GROWTH $URING THE PRE GROWTH AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CLONES WE KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON EVERYTHING 4HE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS WE ALLOW THE CLONES TO PRE GROW AND THEN SET

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A GOOD STRONG LEAF COVER THE ROOTS ARE NOW SAFELY IN THE DARK )N THE BEGINNING THIS WAS NOT THE CASE THE YOUNG PLANTS HAD BARELY ANY LEAF COVER THANKS TO WHICH THERE WAS TOO MUCH LIGHT GETTING THROUGH TO THE BASE OF THE GROW TUB

4HE DEVELOPMENT OF THE 3KUNK PLANTS IS IN FULL SWING )T WILL NOT BE LONG NOW BEFORE WE WILL BE SETTING THEM IN TO BLOOM

PLANTS ARE THEREFORE GIVEN SUBSTANTIALLY MORE ROOM THAN THEY HAD BEFORE SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THEMSELVES 7E WILL EVENTUALLY BE LETTING THE 3KUNK FINISH ITS BLOOM IN WATER BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THAT WE FIRST MAKE A SHALLOW LAYER OF EARTH IN THE WHITE GROW TUBS TRAYS 4HIS LAYER OF EARTH IS ONLY TEMPORARY AND IS DONE TO STIMULATE THE MARIHUANA PLANTS TO DEVELOP THEIR ROOT SYSTEMS )F WE WERE TO JUST STICK THE POTS WITH THEIR CLONES STRAIGHT IN TO A LAYER OF WATER TOO MUCH LIGHT WOULD HIT THE BASE OF THE GROW TRAY THANKS TO WHICH THE

!LSO IN THE ROUND GROW BUCKETS THE PLANTS GROW WELL AND FAST DEVELOPING VERY QUICKLY

THEM IN BATCHES OF TOGETHER IN A WHITE GROW TUB 7E CHOOSE A WHITE GROW TUB ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THE COLOUR WHITE SCATTERS AND REFLECTS THE STRONG LIGHT FROM THE LAMPS NICELY WHICH HELPS US ACHIEVE THE OPTIMUM LIGHTING )N ADDITION TO THOSE IN THE GROW TUBS WE ALLOW A NUMBER OF PLANTS TO GROW IN GROW BUCKETS WHICH THE 3KUNK PLANTS WILL ALSO DO EXCEPTIONALLY WELL IN )N EACH GROW BUCKET WE START OFF WITH THREE CLONES 7E DO THINGS A BIT DIFFERENTLY WITH THE GROW TUBS ! COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER THE PRE GROWTH IN THE GROW TRAYS DEPENDING ON HOW QUICKLY THE CLONES START TO DEVELOP WE MOVE THEM A BIT FURTHER APART FROM EACH OTHER SO THAT NOW THERE ARE JUST NINE HEALTHY PLANTS IN EACH GROW TRAY 4HIS NUMBER OF NINE CLONES PER GROW TRAY IS NOT STRICTLY SPEAKING ACCURATE AS BETWEEN THE NINE GOOD WELL DEVELOPED CLONES WE WILL FILLING THE GAPS HERE AND THERE WITH THE REFUSNIKS THE CLONES THAT FALL BEHIND THE REST 4HE

4HE ROOT SYSTEMS HAVE INCREASED RAPIDLY IN SIZE *UST FOR THE PHOTOS WE VE ALLOWED A BIT OF LIGHT TO FALL ON THE ROOTS NORMALLY THEY ARE SAFELY KEPT IN THE DARK

4HE REMOVAL OF THE SOIL HAS TO BE DONE SAFELY AND CAREFULLY OR ELSE YOU RUN THE RISK OF DAMAGING THE ROOTS 9OU WILL FIND THAT THE TOP LAYER OF SOIL IS OFTEN PRETTY EASY TO REMOVE 4HE REMAINING SOIL OFTEN NOTHING MORE THAN A VERY THIN LAYER CAN BE LEFT BEHIND IN THE GROW TUBS 4HE ROOTS HAVE BRANCHED SO THICKLY HERE THAT THE REMOVAL OF THIS LAST THIN LAYER MAY NOT EVEN BE POSSIBLE ANY MORE !S LONG AS WE HAVE MANAGED TO REMOVE AT LEAST THREE QUARTERS OF THE SOIL FROM THE TUB WE CAN GO AHEAD AND FILL THE GROW TUBS UP WITH WATER

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!FTER WE HAVE REMOVED AS MUCH SOIL AS POSSIBLE WE CAN GO AHEAD AND FILL THE GROW TUBS WITH WATER (ERE TOO YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOU TAKE GOOD CARE BECAUSE ANYONE WHO JUST GOES STRAIGHT AHEAD AND POURS IN THE WINTER MONTHS VERY COLD MAINS WATER STRAIGHT IN TO THE GROW TUBS MIGHT AS WELL START RIGHT FROM SCRATCH AGAIN 4HE COLD MAINS WATER WOULD PLACE THE PLANTS UNDER UNENDURABLE STRESS FROM WHICH THEY

4HE OXYGEN PUMP IS LEFT ON HOURS A DAY AND THANKS TO ALL THE BUBBLING EFFERVESCENCE

THE WATER IS RICHLY PROVIDED WITH OXYGEN 4HE LADIES ARE JUST MAD ABOUT IT PLANTS WILL BALK AT SENDING OUT ROOTS "Y THE SIMPLE EXPEDIENT OF FIRST ADDING A LAYER OF SOIL WITHOUT ANY ADDED NUTRIENTS WE CAN STIMULATE THE PLANTS TO BRANCH THEIR ROOT SYSTEM OUTWARDS /NCE THEY HAVE DONE THIS FOR BETWEEN FIVE AND SEVEN DAYS WE CAN REMOVE THE SOIL LAYER AGAIN 7E DO THIS BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO FILLING THE GROW TUBS WITH WATER

SINCE THIS IS THE MEDIUM ON WHICH THE 3KUNK PLANTS WILL EVENTUALLY FINISH THEIR CYCLE OFF 7E SHOULD TRY TO REMOVE AS MUCH OF THE SOIL AS POSSIBLE FROM OUT OF THE GROW TUB SINCE NOT DOING SO CAN EASILY RESULT IN THE TUB TRANSFORMING IN TO A HUGE POOL OF MUD AND THAT IS CERTAINLY NOT THE IDEA 4HE REASON THAT WE REMOVE THE SOIL AFTER JUST A WEEK IS THAT BY NOW VERY LITTLE LIGHT FROM THE LAMPS IS REACHING THE BASE OF THE GROW TUB AND ILLUMINATING THE ROOTS "ECAUSE THE PLANTS HAVE GROWN A FAIR BIT AND DEVELOPED

4HE PLANTS HAVE BEGUN TO BLOOM 4HIS IS A TYPICAL 3KUNK BUD AS IT STARTS OUT THE FLOWER HEADS OFTEN HAVE A POINTY SHAPE

4HE YELLOW TIPS AT THE END OF THE LEAVES INDICATE A SLIGHTLY TOO HIGH EC VALUE ,UCKILY THIS ONLY HAPPENED IN ONE TUB AND COULD BE TACKLED BEFORE ANY DAMAGE WAS DONE

WOULD NOT RECOVER 9OU ARE FAR BETTER OFF FIRST POURING THE WATER IN TO A WATERING CAN

THEN ADDING WARM WATER TO THIS AND MIXING THE TWO TOGETHER SO THAT YOU END UP WITH A WATER TEMPERATURE THAT IS PERFECTLY SUITED TO THE MARIHUANA PLANTS n NAMELY AROUND # /NCE YOU HAVE DONE THIS FILL THE GROW TUBS WITH THIS WATER SO THAT THE ROOTS OF THE MARIHUANA PLANTS ARE COMPLETELY SUBMERGED

BY THE WATER /NCE THAT IS DONE WE ADD TO EACH TUB TWO OXYGENATING STONES AND THESE ARE CONNECTED VIA SMALL HOSES TO AN OXYGEN PUMP 4HE OXYGEN PUMP IS LEFT ON HOURS A DAY AND THANKS TO ALL THE BUBBLING EFFERVESCENCE THE WATER IS RICHLY PROVIDED WITH OXYGEN !ND OH AREN T THE LADIES JUST MAD ABOUT IT 7E ALSO NOW MIX A SMALL AMOUNT OF ROOT STIMULATOR TO THE WATER SO THAT THE DIMENSIONS OF THE ROOT SYSTEM WILL EXPLODE IN SIZE 0RETTY MUCH AT THE SAME TIME WE PROVIDE THE 3KUNK PLANTS WITH LIQUID NUTRIENTS WHICH WE ALSO MIX IN TO THE WATER #AREFULLY CALCULATE IN ADVANCE

!NOTHER BUD FROM CLOSE UP 4HIS ONE HAS BEEN BLOOMING FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS

HOW MANY MILLILITRES OF NUTRIENT SOLUTION YOU CAN SAFELY ADD PER GROW TUB (ERE TOO THE WATCH WORDS ARE CAREFULNESS AND MODERATION 9OU ARE BETTER OFF GIVING THE PLANTS TOO LOW A DOSE AND BUILDING IT UP GRADUALLY THROUGH THE GROW PERIOD THAN SLOSHING TOO HIGH AN AMOUNT STRAIGHT IN AND RISKING OVER FERTILIZATION +EEP IN MIND TOO THAT A 3KUNK WILL BLOOM CLEARLY LONGER THAN FOR EXAMPLE A COMMERCIAL VARIETY LIKE 4OP THANKS TO WHICH AN OVER FERTILIZING AT AN EARLY STAGE WILL HAVE LONG LASTING CONSEQUENCES )N THE NEXT PART OF THIS ARTICLE ABOUT 3KUNK WE WILL BE TAKING A LOOK AT HOW THINGS ARE GOING FOR THE PLANTS 4HE COLD WINTER WEATHER WILL STILL BE HOLDING SWAY AND WITH THE VERY FAVOURABLE ATTENDANT LOW AIR MOISTURE CONTENT AND COLD OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE THEN A SERIOUSLY GOOD HARVEST MUST BE ON THE CARDS 4O FINISH OFF ) D LIKE TO WISH ALL READERS

GROWERS AND OTHER GREEN ENTHUSIASTS AN EXCELLENT NEW YEAR AND MAY BE A YEAR FILLED WITH LOVELY FLOWER HEADS

3KUNK IS WELL KNOWN FOR THE HIGH VOLUME OF FLOWER HEADS IT CAN PRODUCE

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/À> ÜÀiV )T IS ONE OF THE MOST AWAITED CATALOGUES IN THE SCENE THE 'REEN (OUSE 3EED #OMPANY CATALOGUE !ND IT CARRIES SOME VERY INTERESTING NEW STRAINS THAT WILL BRING A NEW FLAVOUR AND LOOK TO THE CANNABIS SCENE WORLDWIDE !RJAN HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE ACQUIRING THESE VERY FAMOUS AND REWARDED PLANTS IN THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE (IGH 4IMES #ANNABIS #UP AND TODAY NAMES LIKE THE FAMOUS #HEESE WINNER OF THE #ANNABIS #UP IN AND THE 4RAINWRECK THE LEGENDARY !RCATA CLONE THAT HAS BEEN #ALIFORNIA S PRIDE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS !ND THESE OLD CHAMPIONS WILL BEGIN A NEW LIFE UNDER THE 'REEN (OUSE NAME

BECAUSE THEY ARE NOW BEEN PRODUCED IN THEIR FEMINIZED VERSION

HERMAPHRODITE FREE READY TO ENTER THE

CATALOGUE AND SPREAD ALL OVER THE PLANET 3O LET S HAVE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE MOST EXPECTED OF THESE OLD NEW CHAMPIONS 4HE 4RAINWRECK IS A LEGENDARY STRAIN FROM !RCATA 53!

AND IT BECAME THE STANDARD FOR #ALIFORNIAN INDOOR IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM &OR QUITE A WHILE THE 4RAINWRECK WAS BEING SPREAD IN THE WESTERN 53 COLLECTING AWARDS AND FAME UNTIL IT CROSSED THE !TLANTIC AND REACHED (OLLAND 4HE 4RAINWRECK IS AN INDICA SATIVA CROSS MORE DOMINANT ON THE INDICA SIDE WITH A VERY CHARACTERISTIC BUD SHAPE AND FLAVOUR 4HE PLANT GROWS WITH LARGE INTERNODES AND LONG SIDE BRANCHES GIVING IT A QUITE LARGE STRUCTURE 4HE LEAVES ARE LARGE WITH LONG LEAFLETS AND A DARK SHINY GREEN COLOUR )T IS NOT A REAL STRETCHER BUT IT REACHES A

GOOD SIZE FOR A MOSTLY INDICA PLANT 4HE 4RAINWRECK LIKES HIGH %# LEVELS UP TO IN HYDRO SYSTEMS AND IT IS VERY SUITABLE FOR SOIL AS WELL WITH A LESSER NEED FOR FEEDING 4HE FLOWERS GROW WITH EXTRA LARGE CALYXES AND IRREGULAR PEAR SHAPED BUDS COVERED IN THICK AND JUICY RESIN %ACH CALYX GROWS ROUND AND LARGE WITH A TENDENCY TO CLIMB OVER THE PREVIOUS ONE PRODUCING A BUD STRUCTURE SIMILAR TO GRAPES 4HE INTENSE FRUITY SMELL HIDES A MORE COMPLEX SIDE TO THE FLAVOUR WITH NOTES OF ALMOND AND WILD BERRIES SWEET AND SOUR AT THE SAME TIME 4HE PLANT FLOWERS IN WEEKS WITH GOOD PRODUCTION BUDS ARE REALLY COMPACT AND DENSE AND AN INCREDIBLE HIGH A TRUE WRECKING EXPERIENCE /NE OF THE TRADEMARKS OF THIS STRAIN IS THE PRESENCE OF SO CALLED hBANANASv SINGLE MALE FLOWER SHOTS IN BETWEEN THE BUDS

A SLIGHT SIGN OF THE HERMAPHRODITIC TRAITS OF THE ORIGINAL PARENTAGE OF THE STRAIN

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4HE BANANAS TEND TO SHOW UP DURING THE LAST WEEK OR TWO OF FLOWERING SO IF YOU HARVEST COMMERCIALLY AT WEEKS THERE IS A CHANCE YOU WON T SEE THEM &ORTUNATELY THIS TRAIT DOES NOT COMPROMISE THE QUALITY OF THE SMOKE AND IS CONSIDERED A REAL hSIGNATUREv OF THIS STRAIN 3MOKING THE 4RAINWRECK REQUIRES SOME PREPARATION AS IT IS ONE OF THE FASTEST HITTING AND LONGEST LASTING WEED EVER !FTER FEW PUFFS A VERY POWERFUL WAVE OF CONFUSION HITS LEAVING THE SMOKER WONDERING IF HE S JUST BEEN RUN OVER BY A FREIGHT TRAIN 4HE 4RAINWRECK WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE FEMINIZED VERSION IN THE 'REEN (OUSE 3EED #OMPANY CATALOGUE 3O PLAN YOUR GROW SCHEDULE AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A FEW SQUARE METERS FREE AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR 4HE TRAIN IS COMING AND YOU BETTER JUMP ON &RANCO 'REEN (OUSE 3EED #OMPANY

LIKE THAT OR AT LEAST NOT TO BEGIN WITH COS HE S THE ONE DRIVING THE CAR "Y *OE +ANE

9EAH SO HERE ) AM SAT IN A CAR WITH A GUY CALLED #HEESY AND ON THE MORNING IN QUESTION ) M GOING TO THE HOSPITAL FOR A FINAL CHECK OF MY LUNGS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS BACK TO NORMAL 9OU LL UNDERSTAND ) M RATHER LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING GIVEN THE ALL CLEAR ) VE ACTUALLY SMOKED FUCK ALL IN THE WAY OF WEED IN SOMETHING LIKE MONTHS THOUGH ) PROBABLY PASSIVELY GOT QUITE A BIT OF THE LOAD THAT #HEESY GOT THROUGH WHEN HE CALLED ROUND TO SEE ME THE EVENING BEFORE )T WAS ALL GOING SO FUCKING WELL ) M GOING TO BE EARLY FOR AN APPOINTMENT SO ) LL BE ABLE TO HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE BEFORE ) SEE THE QUACK #HEESY IS A PRETTY GOOD DRIVER AND AS SOME TRAFFIC LIGHTS CHANGE TO RED HE SLOWS DOWN TO A HALT AND SITS PATIENTLY AS A LOAD OF FAT SCHOOL KIDS GRANNIES PREGNANT WOMEN WITH PRAMS ETC CROSS THE ROAD -EANWHILE A TRUCK HAS PULLED UP NEXT TO US AND BOTH VEHICLES WAIT FOR THE LIGHTS TO CHANGE SO WE CAN GET ON OUR WAY 4HE LIGHTS GO TO GREEN AND THIS IS WHEN THE SHIT HITS THE FUCKING FAN AS UNKNOWN TO US SOME BRAINLESS BINT DECIDES TO CHANCE IT AND BELTS OVER THE ROAD )F THE TRUCK HADN T BEEN SAT NEXT TO US ALL WOULD HAVE BEEN FINE AS #HEESY WOULD HAVE SEEN HER 5NFORTUNATELY THE LIGHTS ARE AT GREEN #HEESE STARTS TO ACCELERATE AND BANG HE KNOCKS THIS FUCKING WOMAN ARSE OVER TIT

-EANWHILE SHE S NO LONGER LYING IN THE ROAD HAVING BEEN HELPED TO THE PAVEMENT 4HINGS LOOK DICEY AND ) M ALREADY THINKING ABOUT WHAT ) M GOING TO SAY WHEN THE OLD BILL TURN UP 7E GET OUT OF THE CAR AND TRUCK GUY JOINS US AND SAYS h.O WAY THAT WAS YOUR FAULT

MATE 4HIS IS JUST WHAT ) NEED WHEN ) M ALREADY FUCKING LATEv (E AND #HEESY STEP TO ONE SIDE DEEP IN CONVERSATION -EANWHILE THE WOMAN IS ON HER FEET SHAKEN AND EMBARRASSED 3HE S ONE OF THOSE RAVEY GIRLIES YOU SEE AROUND AND SHE S TELLING EVERYONE SHE S FINE IT WAS HER FAULT NO NEED FOR THE POLICE YADDA YADDA -EANWHILE TRUCK GUY COMES BACK TAKES HER TO ONE SIDE AND HAS A WORD .OBODY HEARS WHAT S SAID BUT SHE NODS A LOT 4HEN TRUCK GUY TAKES OFF AND RAVE CHICK DOES LIKEWISE #HEESY DROPS ME AT THE HOSPITAL SAYING HE LL NOT BE AROUND FOR A WEEK OR SO COS HE S GOING TO LET THINGS BLOW OVER !NOTHER CLOSE SHAVE BUT YOURS TRULY MANAGED TO AVOID BOTHER WITH THE BOYS IN BLUE ONCE AGAIN

/F COURSE NONE OF THIS IS #HEESY S FAULT BUT THE FACT IS HE LOOKS AND SOUNDS LIKE A STONER AND PROBABLY HAS A RIDICULOUS AMOUNT OF RESIDUAL 4(# IN HIS BLOODSTREAM 4O TOP IT ALL HE TELLS ME HE S GOT NEARLY OUNCES OF RESIN IN THE BOOT OF THE CAR *ESUS #HRIST 4ELL ME YOU RE HAVING A FUCKING LAUGH

,ATER THAT WEEK A FRIEND OF A FRIEND TOLD ME THAT SOME RAVE CHICK HE KNOWS GOT RUN OVER 3HE S GOT LOTS OF BRUISES AND WOULDN T BE DANCING MUCH FOR A FEW WEEKS BUT WAS OK )T SEEMS THAT TWO GUYS AT THE SCENE HAD GIVEN HER A TON TO BASICALLY FUCK OFF AND SAY NO MORE ABOUT IT AS THE WHOLE THING HAD BEEN HER FAULT 4HE THING WAS THERE WAS NO FUCKING WAY SHE WANTED THE DIBBLE INVOLVED EITHER AS SHE HAD TWO OUNCES OF WEED IN HER BAG 3HE TOOK THE MONEY THOUGH 7ELL WHY NOT ) SUPPOSE

.OT ONLY IS HE NOT HAVING A LAUGH THERE S THE FURTHER COMPLICATION OF A BAG OF PILLS !ND IT SEEMS THERE S THE MATTER OF NOT HAVING ANY INSURANCE &OR FUCKS SAKE

/H AND MY LUNGS ARE JUST FINE IN CASE ANYONE S INTERESTED (APPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN

.OW ALL OF THIS HAS ONLY BECOME A PROBLEM BECAUSE HE RAN THIS WOMAN OVER AND WHILE THAT WAS ENTIRELY HER OWN STUPID FUCKING FAULT THE LAW AREN T GOING TO SEE IT

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BY WHICH ) MEAN HOLDING ONTO THE FLOOR AND TOTALLY UNA BLE TO MOVE TYPE STONED ) WAS LISTENING TO THEIR )N 3EARCH OF 3PACE ALBUM .ATURALLY

THIS MADE A PRETTY BIG IMPRESSION ON ME

TERED OF MATERIAL FROM THEIR EARLY TO MID S HEYDAY !ND YES ) EVEN PUT THE ODD TRACK ON FROM TIME TO TIME

4HIS WAS THE END OF AND REPRESENTS ONE OF THOSE BIG RITES OF PASSAGE MOMENTS IN MY LIFE 4WO THINGS HAPPENED ) STOPPED BUYING PISSY POP RECORDS AND STARTED BUYING THE hPROPERv STUFF AND TOOK UP DOPE AS A PROPER HOBBY RATHER THAN THE hQUICK PUFF AT A PARTY EVERY SIX MONTHS THAT ) DIDN T REALLY INHALE ANYWAYv WAY OF DOING ) DISCOVERED THEM ABOUT A YEAR BEFORE 0UNK TOOK ME OVER AND ACTUALLY STUCK WITH THEM THROUGH OUT 0UNK AND ITS AFTERMATH DESPITE A GOODLY NUMBER OF SNEERS FROM A LOT OF MY CONTEM PORARIES )T S INTERESTING HOW NOWADAYS WE READ ABOUT A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PUNK MOVERS AND SHAKERS WHO CITE (AWKWIND AS A DIRECT INFLUENCE ! MONTH OR TWO BACK IN A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT &ACTORY 2ECORDS 0ETER (OOK MENTIONED THAT ONE OF THE REASONS *OY $IVISION DEVELOPED THEIR SOUND WAS BECAUSE THEY COULDN T SOUND LIKE (AWKWIND

/F COURSE ANYONE IN ANY WAY ACQUAINTED WITH (AWKWIND WILL BE AWARE OF THE MYTHOLOGY LEGEND THAT S GROWN UP AROUND THESE CHARACTERS AND KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT !NYONE ELSE WILL NEED TO KNOW THE FOL LOWING LIGHT SHOWS DOPE HIPPY WEIRDIES

DOPE SPACE ROCK DOPE MINUTE LIVE NUMBERS DOPE NAKED FEMALE DANCER COV ERED IN BODY PAINT AND DOPE

.OW YEARS ON AND ) HAVE TO ADMIT THAT ) STILL HAVE A SOFT SPOT FOR THE ,ADBROKE 'ROVE .OTTING (ILL UBER STONERS AND ACTU ALLY OWN THREE OR FOUR #$ S DIGITALLY REMAS

3O ! FRIEND GAVE ME THIS AS A PRESENT ) WAS REALLY PLEASED WITH THE BOOK AND WAS VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO READING IT

$ID ) MENTION THAT THEY LIKED THEIR DOPE 3O HERE IT IS A BIOGRAPHY OF "RITISH UNDER GROUND UBER STONERS (AWKWIND !NYONE LOOKING FOR TALES OF DRUGS AND WILD SEX WILL BE DISAPPOINTED ) FEAR ) M SURE THERE ARE LOTS OF THESE TO TELL THEY JUST AREN T TO BE FOUND HERE )T S UNFORTUNATE BUT THE TWO MAIN PROTAGO NISTS OF THE STORY $AVE "ROCK AND .IK 4URNER COME ACROSS AS TOTALLY UNPLEASANT PEOPLE BOTH LOCKED IN SOME STUPID POWER GAME AND BLINDED BY DENIAL A SITUATION THAT SEEMS TO HAVE LASTED FOR DECADES YEAH

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"UT FROM PAST EXPERIENCES OF GROWING 3KUNK ALBEIT THE $UTCH 0ASSION VARIETY ) KNOW THAT THE SATIVA INFLUENCE CAN REAR ITS UGLY HEAD FROM TIME TO TIME /R AT LEAST ITS AN UGLY HEAD WHEN YOU HAVE NO HEAD ROOM TO SPARE

"ASICALLY YOU CAN GROW OUT A NUMBER OF GENERATIONS WHICH COULD WELL HAVE BEEN BRED FROM A SINGLE SET OF PARENTS

AND THE OUTCOME WILL BE PRETTY MUCH GUARANTEED ! TRUE BREEDING & STRAIN WHICH MEANS YOU CAN BE PRETTY SURE OF WHAT YOU RE GOING TO GET

"UT EVERY NOW AND THEN A STRANGE QUIRK OF NATURE APPEARS IN THE SHAPE OF CERTAIN RECESSIVE GENETIC QUALITIES COMING TO THE FORE DEPOSITING FLIES IN YOUR OTHERWISE FLY FREE OINTMENT AND THIS WAS THE BIT THAT BOTHERED ME

.O MATTER HOW MANY PEOPLE ) SPOKE WITH NO ONE COULD ASSURE ME THAT ) WOULDN T END UP WITH A FOOT MONSTER TRYING TO FIGHT ITS WAY OUT OF MY GROW ENCLOSURE STINKING UP MY BIG SISTERS HOUSE AS IT WENT /RDINARILY ) WOULD HAVE SOLDIERED ON BUT UNDER THIS PARTICULAR SET OF DOMESTIC CIRCUMSTANCES ) HAD TO BE ABSOLUTELY SURE

4HE FACTS WERE LOOKING PRETTY CONCLUSIVE AND IF ) WAS GOING TO GROW IN MY SMALL GROW BOX SOMETHING WITH

4HIS LOOKS LIKE A TEXT BOOK BROAD LEAF INDICA VARIETY WHICH HAS GOT TO BE CLOSELY RELATED TO THE ORIGINAL !FGHANI PARENT 3TAYING SHORT STOCKY THIS IS WHAT THE INDOOR GROWER IS LOOKING FOR WHEN HEADROOM IS AN ISSUE

"UT WITH THE GOOD COMES THE BAD )NDICA S AND )NDICA DOMINANT STRAINS IN GENERAL ARE RENOWNED FOR THEIR SMELL

ESPECIALLY SO THE !FGHANI STRAIN AND THESE ARE ABSOLUTELY NO DIFFERENT IN THE ODOUR DEPARTMENT AND HOW SO CARBON FILTERS AT THE READY

(ERE IT SHOWS THE MORE ELONGATED CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SATIVA INFLUENCED 3KUNK PHENOTYPE

!LSO FROM PAST EXPERIENCE ) VE FOUND THE 3KUNK TO BE PARTICULARLY PRONE TO SHOWING SIGNS OF LOW HUMIDITY VERY EARLY ON AND THIS ONE IS NO DIFFERENT

(ENCE THE hPRICKED UPv LEAF EDGES AND LEAVES WHICH ARE STARTING TO hPRAYv A LITTLE .OT A HUGE CONCERN RIGHT NOW

BUT IF LEFT AS IS IT WILL BECOME ONE SOON ENOUGH

4WO PLANTS TOGETHER )N THIS SHOT ITS EASY TO TELL WHICH STRAIN IS WHICH

4HE PRODIGY OF THE INITIALL BREEDING PROGRAM #RITICAL -ASS )T DISPLAYS TRAITS COMMON IN BOTH PHENTOTYPES AND IS SUFFERING THE SAME EARLY LOW HUMIDITY SIGNS AS THE 3KUNK BUT NOT AS ADVANCED

4HE !FGHANI PHENO SHOWS THEM TOO

BUT EVEN LESS SO THAN THE CRITICAL MASS PHENO

3HORTER THAN THE 3KUNK TALLER THAN THE !FGHANI WITH NOT SO MUCH GOING ON IN THE SMELL DEPARTMENT IF ) WAS LOOKING TO USE CRITICAL MASS AS PART OF A BREEDING PROGRAM THIS IS ONE OF THE PLANTS ) WOULD USE AS THE BASIS OF MY NEW LINE AND THE REST

4HOSE WHICH DISPLAY CHARACTERISTICS FROM THE PARENTS WOULD BE BINNED OR FLOWERED OUT AND FINISHED WITH

"ACK CROSSED WITH A SIMILAR PLANT THE NEXT GENERATION OF OFF SPRING WOULD SHOW MORE OF THIS #RITICAL -ASS PHENO

AND LESS OF THE ORIGINAL PARENTS AS THE STRAIN ESTABLISH S ITS OWN PHENOTYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS

4HROUGH A PROGRAM OF SELECTIVE BACK CROSSING IF THATS YOUR THING ITS POSSIBLE TO TAILOR THE TARGET PHENOTYPE TO SUIT YOUR TASTE AS WELL AS YOUR GROW ROOM

7HICH MEANT ) WAS ALREADY LOOKING FORWARD TO ALMOST MONTHS WITHOUT ANY NASTY SURPRISES WHATSOEVER

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'ROWING MARIJUANA FROM SEED HAS MANY BENEFITS BUT YOU HAVE TO KNOW PROPER GERMINATION TECHNIQUES TO DO IT RIGHT AND GET A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF SUCCESSFUL SPROUTS !ND WITH HIGH GRADE CANNABIS SEEDS COSTING SO MUCH MONEY IT S MOST COST EFFECTIVE IF EVERY SEED SPROUTS AND GROWS FAST 5NFORTUNATELY MISINFORMATION AND BAD TECHNIQUES ARE OFTEN USED IN CANNABIS SEED SPROUTING &ORTUNATELY THIS ARTICLE WILL GIVE YOU THE CORRECT INFORMATION SO YOU GET THE HIGH EST GERMINATION RATES POSSIBLE "EFORE WE CONSIDER THE ACTUAL GERMINA TION OF CANNABIS SEEDS WE MUST TALK ABOUT SEED SELECTION #ANNABIS SEEDS CAN REMAIN VIABLE FOR MANY YEARS IF THEY ARE STORED IN A COOL

DARK PLACE AWAY FROM EXCESSIVELY LOW OR EXCESSIVELY HIGH HUMIDITY BUT THEY DO GO BAD 3O WHEN YOU ARE SELECTING SEEDS

AVOID SEEDS THAT ARE SHINY OR EXCESSIVELY DARK 4HESE SEEDS PROBABLY WILL NOT GER MINATE )N GENERAL )NDICA SEEDS ARE LARGER THAN 3ATIVA SEEDS AND HAVE MORE MARKINGS ON THEM THAN 3ATIVA SEEDS )NDICA SEEDS OFTEN HAVE WHAT APPEAR TO BE ZEBRA STRIPES 4HIS INFORMATION ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE SEEDS CAN HELP YOU DETERMINE THE ORIGIN AND STRAIN OF THE SEEDS &OR EXAMPLE IF A SEED VENDOR SAYS A PARTICULAR SEED WILL GROW OUT AS A 3ATIVA BUT THE SEED IS VERY LARGE YOU CAN BET THAT THE SEED IS AN )NDICA AND THAT THE VENDOR ISN T GIVING YOU ACCURATE INFORMATION )N .ATURE SEEDS GERMINATE UNDERGROUND WHERE IT IS DARK AND MOIST 3OME MARI JUANA GROW BOOKS HAVE ADVISED TO PRE SOAK SEEDS IN A CLEAR GLASS CONTAINER OR TO GERMINATE THEM IN BETWEEN TWO WET PAPER TOWELS 4HESE PROCEDURES ARE NOT NECESSARY AND IN SOME CASES INTERFERE WITH PROPER GERMINATION /NE THING THAT IS DEFINITELY ./4 RECOMMENDED IS TO ADD BLEACH TO ANY WATER THAT WILL BE PLACED ON SEEDS 4HE PREFERRED METHOD IS TO PLACE SEEDS

IN SMALL ROCKWOOL CUBES OR PEAT POTS THAT HAVE BEEN PRE SOAKED WITH CLEAN WATER THAT IS P( BALANCED TO P( -AKE SURE THAT THE CUBES OR PEAT POTS ARE NOT SOAKING WET 4HEY SHOULD BE MOIST BUT NOT DRIPPING WITH WATER 3EEDS PLACED IN MEDIA THAT ARE TOO WET MAY BE PLAGUED

BY FUNGI THAT KILL THEM 3UCCESSFUL GROWERS WILL USE A WEAK SOLU TION OF NUTRITION AND PROTECTION PRODUCTS IN THE PRE SOAK GERMINATION AND EARLY GROWTH PERIODS FOR SEED GROWING &OR EXAMPLE A (AARLEM .ETHERLANDS GROWER NAMED *ORGEN COMBINES BENEFI CIAL FUNGI NUTRIENTS A CATALYST AND " VITAMINS IN DILUTE FORM TO PRE TREAT CUBES AND FEED SPROUTS AFTER THEY VE SPROUTED 4O CREATE THIS MIXTURE HE USES PRODUCTS CALLED 0IRANHA ( (UMIC !CID "

AND *UMP 3TART MADE BY A #ANADIAN COMPANY CALLED !DVANCED .UTRIENTS THAT SELLS ITS PRODUCTS IN %UROPE 4OGETHER THESE PRODUCTS PREVENT HARMFUL FUNGI WHILE PROVIDING NUTRIENTS PROTECT ANTS HORMONES GROWTH BOOSTERS AND VITAMINS THAT INCREASE SPROUT SURVIVAL

HEALTH AND GROWTH RATE 4EMPERATURE IS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN SPROUTING SEEDS AND MUCH MISUNDER STOOD 3OME GROWERS BUY HEATING MATS TO SEND BOTTOM HEAT TO THE SEED ZONE BUT AN AMBIENT ROOM TEMPERATURE BETWEEN AND DEGREES &AHRENHEIT IS IDEAL FOR MOST SEEDS 4EMPERATURES LOWER OR HIGHER THAN THAT MAY INTERFERE WITH GERMINATION BUT ONE DETAIL TO PAY ATTENTION TO IS THAT IF YOUR SEEDS ARE FROM HOT EQUATORIAL REGIONS

THEY MAY NEED SLIGHTLY HIGHER TEM PERATURES TO GERMINATE PROPERLY (EALTHY SEEDS WILL GERMINATE WITHIN DAYS OF BEING PLACED IN CUBES OR PEAT POTS 3TUDIES SHOW THAT SPROUTS CAN HANDLE HIGH INTENSITY METAL HALIDE SPECTRUM LIGHT FOR HOURS PER DAY BEGINNING TWO DAYS AFTER SPROUTING PROVIDED THE LIGHTS AREN T SO CLOSE TO THE SEEDLINGS THAT THEY ARE SINGED BY HEAT 3EEDLINGS THAT ARE GIVEN TOO LITTLE LIGHT

SUCH AS THOSE GROWN UNDER FLUORESCENTS OR ON SHORT DAYLENGTHS BELOW HOURS

A DAY WILL STRETCH 3TRETCHING CAN BE SEEN WHEN A SPROUT HAS PUT ON MORE THAN AN INCH OR TWO OF STEM BEFORE ITS FIRST LEAVES 0LANTS THAT ARE GIVEN TOO LITTLE LIGHT STRETCH TO REACH LIGHT AND CAN HAVE UNSTEADY STEMS THAT WILL NEVER BECOME STABLE ENOUGH FOR PROPER GROWTH !S SOON AS SPROUTS EMERGE ABOVE GROUND

THEY SHOULD BE LIGHTLY TAPPED SEVERAL TIMES A DAY TO PROMOTE INTERNAL STRENGTH ENING !FTER SPROUTS HAVE BEEN ALIVE FOR A WEEK OR MORE THEIR STEMS SHOULD BE GENTLY BENT BACK AND FORTH DAILY TO STRENGTHEN THE STEMS !FTER SPROUTS HAVE BEEN ALIVE TWO WEEKS

AN OSCILLATING FAN BLOWING ENOUGH CUR RENT TO MAKE THE STEMS BEND SLIGHTLY SHOULD BE DIRECTED ACROSS THE SPROUT AREA !LL OF THESE TACTICS WILL MAKE FOR THICKER

STURDIER STALKS THAT CAN SUPPORT BUSHIER

MORE PRODUCTIVE PLANTS !NOTHER WAY TO GET BUSHIER MORE PRO DUCTIVE PLANTS IS TO TRIM THE UPPERMOST GROWING TIP OF THE PLANT AFTER IT HAS PRO DUCED THREE SETS OF hTRUE LEAVES v 4RUE LEAVES ARE THOSE THAT HAVE THE SER RATED EDGES AND OVERALL GROWTH PATTERN CHARACTERISTIC OF MARIJUANA PLANTS 5SING A SMALL PAIR OF STERILIZED SCISSORS CUT THE UPPERMOST GROWTH TIP )N A FEW DAYS A DUAL SET OF LEAVES WILL DEVELOP FROM THE CUT TIP 4O CREATE EVEN BUSHIER GROWTH

YOU CAN CUT THE TIPS OF THESE TWO NEW SETS 4HE RESULT OF THESE ACCUMULATED FIRST AND SECOND ROUNDS OF CUTS WILL BE TO PRODUCE FOUR SUB MAIN BRANCHES WHERE ONLY ONE VERTICAL GROWING TIP WOULD HAVE NATURALLY BEEN 4HIS CHANGES THE SHAPE OF THE PLANT FROM THE NATURAL #HRISTMAS TREE SHAPE WITH ONE MAIN VERTICAL STEM AND SEVERAL SIDE STEMS BENEATH IT TO A MORE HORIZONTAL SHAPE THAT HAS SEVERAL SUB MAIN STEMS 0LANTS THAT ARE PROPERLY hTOPPEDv WILL BE SHORTER

WIDER AND MORE PRODUCTIVE THAN THOSE THAT ARE UNTOPPED AND LEFT TO GROW IN A NATURAL WAY 7ITHIN A WEEK OF THE TIME SEEDS SPROUT

SUCCESSFUL GROWERS LIKE *ORGEN BEGIN A FEED PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES NITROGEN RICH BASIC FERTILIZATION " VITAMIN SUPPLE MENTATION BENEFICIAL MICROBES THAT FEED ROOTS ENZYMES AND INOCULANTS (E BEGINS A GRADUALLY INCREASING PPM OF BASIC FERTILIZER CALLED !DVANCED .UTRIENTS 3ENSI 'ROW 4WO 0ART COMBINED WITH ( HUMIC 0IRANHA 6OODOO *UICE " AND 3CORPION *UICE 4HE *UMP 3TART IS DISCON TINUED WHEN THE 3ENSI 'ROW STARTS *ORGEN CAREFULLY MONITORS AND ADJUST HIS NUTRIENT MIXTURE PPM AND P( IN COMBI NATION WITH CLOSE SCRUTINY OF HIS PLANT LEAVES AND GROWTH RATES TO MAKE SURE THAT HE IS MAXIMIZING GROWTH AND LATER HAR VEST POTENTIAL )T IS USEFUL TO KNOW THAT NUTRIENT DEFI CIENCIES CAN HAVE THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS NUTRIENT EXCESSES )N GENERAL IF SPROUTS ARE GAINING AN INCH OR MORE OF HEIGHT PER DAY HAVE LEAVES THAT ARE SOLIDLY LIME GREEN IN COLOR ARE BRANCHING OUT TO BE BUSHY AND DENSE AND HAVE UPRIGHT NOT DROOPING LEAVES AND STURDY STEMS THIS

IS A SIGN THAT P( PPM WATER SUPPLY AND FEED REGIMEN ARE IDEAL FOR THE PLANTS 4HIS ARTICLE IS ABOUT SEED GERMINATION

AND AFTER THE FIRST WEEKS OF GROWTH GROWERS HAVE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES FOR WHEN THEY WANT TO TRIGGER FLOWERING

DETERMINE SEX OF THEIR PLANTS AND WHAT THEY FEED THEIR PLANTS 7E WILL DISCUSS THOSE PHASES IN ANOTHER ARTICLE 4WO FINAL PIECES OF INTERESTING INFORMA TION )F YOU BOUGHT YOUR SEEDS FROM A SEED VENDOR YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO EXPECT THAT CLOSE TO OF THEM WILL GERMI NATE AND BREED TRUE TO THE VARIETY YOU SELECTED )F YOU SOWED SEEDS FOLLOWED THE INSTRUCTIONS ABOVE AND ONLY EIGHT SEEDS SPROUTED OR IF EVERY SPROUT HAS DIFFERENT LEAF PATTERNS AND GROWTH RATES INDICATING THAT YOU DON T HAVE A TRUE BREEDING VARIETY CONTACT THE SEED SELLER AND ASK FOR COMPENSATION )NTERESTING )NFORMATION .UMBER 4WO )N

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OF MATES HOUSE IN THE 3UMMER !FTER FORGETTING ABOUT THE PLANTS FOR A WEEK AND MORE THEY LOOKED LIKE THEY NEEDED SOME WATER 4HEN THE PLANTS SHOT UP IN HEIGHT OVER A FEW DAYS AND STAYED WHERE THEY WERE ON THE WINDOW BEHIND A CURTAIN FOR A WEEK MORE 4HE WEEDIEST OF THE TWO PLANTS WAS PULLED TO ALLOW THE OTHER PLANT SOME ROOM TO LIVE 4HEN THE PLANT WAS NOT GIVEN ANY ATTENTION UNTIL IT WAS MOVED TO ANOTHER LOCATION !S THE PLANT WAS MOVED IT WAS POT TED INTO A BIGGER POT OF THAT 0LAGRON LIGHT MIX SOIL 4HEN IT WAS TOPPED AT THE THIRD NODE TO KEEP IT LOW )T WENT IN SUNNY WINDOW DURING THE DAY AND THEN INTO A DARK ROOM AT NIGHT TIME &OLLOWING THE SCHEDULE OF 4HIS FORCES THE FLOWERS OUT !FTER TWO WEEKS ON THE IT SHOWED IT WAS FEMALE PLANT 3OON AFTER THAT WE STARTED WATERING IT REGULAR WITH COLD WATER 4HE PLANT WAS LEFT TO DRY OUT BETWEEN WATERING S CAUSE WE HEARD THIS WAS GOOD FOR !FGHAN PLANTS

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Colofon Soft Secrets is published by Discover Publisher BV P.O.Box 362, 5460 AJ, Veghel, Netherlands Telephone: +31-(0)73-5498112 Fax: +31-(0)73-5479732 E-mail: maryjane@highlife.nl Publisher: Boy Ramsahai Editor:

Cliff Cremer

Contributors: Jorge Cervantes, Ed Rosenthal, Chris Marchand, Jules Marshall, Kaz Peet, Joe Kane, Lazystrain, Dr. John Dee, Weckels, Bart B., Red Dragon, Steve Davis et al.

Translations: Jules Marshall Comics: Jim Stewart, John A. Short, Robbie Bonham Editorial adress: Soft Secrets, P.O. Box 17250, 1001 JG, Amsterdam, Holland, E-mail: SSUK@softsecrets.nl Layout & print: R&B Communicatie, Schijndel, Holland Advertisements: Dave, tel: +31-(0)73 5498112 or mobile +31-(0)6 20626839 E-mail: dave@highlife.nl Cover photo: © Eddie Greenfingers and Trevor Trichome, UK A word from the publisher: The UK government has embarked on a process of relative liberalisation towards the use of cannabis, and cannabis activists are engaged in broadening this engagement. Several local councils and police chiefs now actively support a Dutch-style coffeeshop system as a way of separating soft and hard drugs, as it has proven to do in Holland.

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