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THROUGH CAREFUL BREEDING AND SELECTION OF OUTSTANDING GENETICS $UTCH 0ASSION HAS BEEN ABLE TO CREATE PERHAPS ONE OF THEIR MOST IMPORTANT STRAINS 4HEY VE CALLED THIS STRAIN h4HE 5LTIMATEv IN RECOGNITION OF THE ACHIEVEMENT MADE BY THE BREEDERS TO CREATE THIS UNIQUE BEAUTY )T IS TRULY @THE ULTIMATE GROWERS DREAM

4HE 5LTIMATE 3ATIVA n )NDICA CARRIES SOME OF THE HEAVIEST YIELDS $UTCH 0ASSION HAS EVER SEEN )T GROWS TO A HEIGHT OF CM SO IS IDEALLY SUITED TO THE INDOOR GROW ROOM &LOWERING TIME IS A FAST WEEKS WATCH OUT FOR EXPLOSIVE BUD GROWTH IN THE LAST WEEKS OF FLOWERING IT HAS TO BE SEEN TO BE BELIEVED 4HE 5LTIMATE WILL HAPPILY TAKE PLENTY OF NUTRIENTS DURING THE GROWTH CYCLE AND WILL REWARD YOU WITH JAW DROPPING YIELDS BY THE END OF FLOWERING WHEN THE PLANT WILL RESEMBLE A FAT STICKY #HRISTMAS TREE 4HE 5LTIMATE IS ALSO RESISTANT TO MOULDS AND BUD ROT MAKING IT A GOOD OUTDOOR SOUTHERN LATITUDES AND GREENHOUSE CHOICE TOO 4HE HIGHLY EXPERIENCED $UTCH 0ASSION SMOKE TEST TEAM HAD GREAT FUN EVALUATING THIS STRAIN FOR THEM h4HE 5LTIMATE IS WITHOUT DOUBT A POWERFUL SMOKE THAT IS ON A PAR WITH ANY OTHER STRAIN hOUT THEREv THEY TOLD $0 4HE WEED BURNS WITH A TASTY AROMA HINTS OF CITRUS FRUIT AND ORANGES A TROPICAL DELICACY WITH A KNOCKOUT PUNCH 9OU COULD BE FORGIVEN FOR THINKING THERE IS A POWERFUL HINT OF (AZE IN THE SMOKE BUT HOW CAN $UTCH 0ASSION EXPLAIN THE UNIQUE YIELDS AND FAST FLOWERING 3OME QUESTIONS ARE DIFFICULT TO ANSWER 'O ON HAVE ANOTHER TOKE OF @4HE 5LTIMATE AND IMAGINE HOW MUCH FUN $UTCH 0ASSION HAD CREATING THIS STRAIN 4HIS IS A RECESSION BUSTING STRAIN OF EPIC PROPORTIONS AND IS GUARANTEED NOT TO DISAPPOINT 4HIS STRAIN IS ALREADY SETTING NEW STANDARDS AMONGST THE $UTCH COMMERCIAL GROWERS AND IS SET TO BECOME A $UTCH 0ASSION LEGEND

À Ü }Êv ÀÊÌ iÊ ÌiÀ iÌÊ i iÀ>Ì Ê %VEN THOUGH IT STILL WEIGHS IN AT A HEALTHY PAGES *ORGE #ERVANTES NEWEST BOOK -ARIJUANA 'ROW "ASICS CAN BEST BE DESCRIBED AS THE LIGHT VERSION OF HIS MONUMENTAL 'ROWER S "IBLE )N COMPARISON WITH THE "IBLE THIS NEW PUBLICATION SEES MORE ATTENTION PAID TO THE DESIGN OF VARIOUS TYPES OF GROWING SPACES AND GROW CUPBOARDS A WELCOME ADDITION FOR THE ABSOLUTE BEGINNER WITH LIMITED AMBITIONS 7ITH THIS ADDITION IT SEEMS THAT THE IMMEDIATE TARGET AUDIENCE OF THIS BOOK HAS BEEN IMMEDIATELY DEFINED .ONETHELESS IT WOULD BE WRONG TO UNDERESTIMATE THE VALUE OF -ARIJUANA 'ROW "ASICS AS A SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR EXPERIENCED GROWERS WHO DON T HAVE ALL THE DETAILS OF GROWING IMMEDIATELY AT THEIR FINGERTIPS %VEN THOUGH IT S SHORT AND CONCISE

PRETTY MUCH ALL ASPECTS OF MODERN MARIHUANA CULTIVATION ARE COVERED )T IS ADMIRABLY TO THE POINT AND PRACTICALLY ORIENTED

WITHOUT UNNECESSARY DIGRESSIONS &OR THOSE OF YOU NOT KEEN ON WRESTLING THEIR WAY THROUGH ENORMOUS SLABS OF TEXT BUT ARE MORE USED TO GETTING THEIR INFORMATION BY SURFING THE )NTERNET YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED BY THIS BOOK -ARIJUANA 'ROW "ASICS IS ACCESSIBLE AND USER FRIENDLY AND THANKS TO THE LIGHT TOUCH LAYOUT THE LARGE TYPEFACE AND THE MASS OF TASTEFUL PHOTOS AND INFORMATIVE DIAGRAMS IT LOOKS GREAT TOO A TRULY FLAVOURSOME MUST READ FOR ANYONE WANDERING AROUND WITH THE NOTION TO FINALLY TAKE MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR OWN SUPPLY OF SMOKING MATERIAL

ÕÌV Ê iiÃiÊ ­ i âi`®Ê Ê ` ÀÊÉÊ Àii ÕÃi &OR SEVERAL YEARS $UTCH 0ASSION HAVE BEEN ADMIRERS OF THE @CHEESE GENETICS 7E WANTED TO MAKE THE BEST @CHEESE STRAIN THAT WE COULD AND IT TOOK US SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE WE WERE SATISFIED WE HAD ACHIEVED THIS /UR BREEDERS TOOK THE BEST CHEESE GENETICS ON THE MARKET AND CROSSED THEM WITH VARIOUS OTHER STRAINS 7E WERE LOOKING FOR THE @PERFECT MATCH WHERE TWO STABLE STRAINS CAN BE CROSSED TO GIVE A NEW VARIETY THAT IMPROVES ON BOTH OF THE PARENTS 4HE IDEAL GENETICS TO IMPROVE CHEESE EVENTUALLY CAME FROM OUR CELEBRATED h%UPHORIAv STRAIN %UFORIA IS A HIGHLY POTENT STABLE SKUNK SELECTION AND IS A PERSONAL FAVOURITE OF SOME OF THE $UTCH 0ASSION TEAM )T SEEMS THAT CROSSING CHEESE AND %UPHORIA IS A MARRIAGE MADE IN HEAVEN

$UTCH #HEESE IS 3ATIVA )NDICA 3INCE THE PARENT STRAINS ARE FULLY STABILISED AND VERY STRONG YOU CAN BE SURE THAT $UTCH #HEESE IS ALSO A REMARKABLE VARIETY 4HE CROSS BREEDING WITH %UFORIA HAS NOT COMPROMISED THE CHEESY QUALITIES AT ALL BUT IT HAS GIVEN IMPROVED POTENCY AND SIGNIFICANT YIELD IMPROVEMENTS $UTCH #HEESE WILL GROW TO A HEIGHT OF CM ALONG WITH GOOD YIELDS 4HE MAIN BUD GROWTH IS COMPLEMENTED BY LOTS OF STICKY BUDS GROWING ON SIDE SHOOTS

HOWEVER THE SIDE GROWTH SHOWS SOME INTERNODAL SPACING THAT WILL HELP PREVENT BUD ROT MOULD n AN IMPORTANT FEATURE FOR A HEAVY YIELDING VARIETY 4HIS STRAIN IS AN INDOOR GREENHOUSE STRAIN 4HE HEAVY RICH SCENT OF THIS VARIETY WILL HAVE YOU CONSTANTLY CHECKING YOUR PLANTS ESPECIALLY DURING LATE FLOWERING WHEN THE WHOLE PLANT INCLUDING THE LEAVES IS COVERED WITH A STICKY STINKY WHITE FROSTING 9OU WILL KNOW THE RIGHT MOMENT TO HARVEST FOR THAT TRULY EUPHORIC HIGH THAT BEST SUITS YOU FLOWERING TAKES WEEKS AND YOU MAY PREFER TO HARVEST THIS VARIETY BEFORE YOU SEE TOO MANY CLOUDY 4(# GLANDS FORMING

$UTCH #HEESE HAS AN EXOTIC AND SPICY AROMA INITIALLY IT WILL HIT YOU WITH A STRONG STONE FOLLOWED

BY A LONG LASTING ELEVATED @HIGH THAT WILL KEEP YOU COMING BACK FOR MORE $UTCH #HEESE IS A WONDERFULLY BALANCED SMOKE AS WELL AS BEING A SPECIAL PLANT THAT YOU WILL ENJOY GROWING #HEESE VARIETIES HAVE BEEN WITH US FOR A FEW YEARS NOW WE HAVE SMOKED THEM ALL AND THINK THIS IS THE BEST 4HE WAIT FOR $UTCH #HEESE HAS BEEN WORTH IT THIS STRAIN COMBINES A WONDERFUL GENETIC HERITAGE TO GIVE A STRAIN THAT WILL PLEASE ALL WHO SAMPLE HER -ORE CHEESE SIR )NFO WWW DUTCHPASSION NL

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!LL THE FIRST GROWERS TRYING OUT THE NEW 2OADRUNNER !UTOMATIC AGREE ON ONE BASIC POINT THE INITIAL RESULTS OF THE NEW $INAFEM VARIETY LOOK VERY POSITIVE INDEED MAKING IT AN IDEAL FIRST APPROACH TO A SELF FLOWERING SOLUTION 7E INTERVIEWED SOMEONE FROM $INAFEM GETTING SOME IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT THIS NEW VARIETY AND THEN FOLLOWED UP WITH ANOTHER SHORT INTERVIEW WITH ONE OF THE FIRST CUSTOMERS ABLE TO EXPERIMENT WITH IT 33 7HAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT AUTOMATICS IN GENERAL (OW FAR DO THESE NEW PLANTS REALLY LIVE UP TO EXPECTATIONS 0EOPLE HAVE BEEN CROSSING CANNABIS RUDERALIS THE SUBSPECIES BRINGING THE SELF FLOWERING FEATURE AND )NDICA AND 3ATIVA CANNABIS FOR A LONG TIME NOW 4HESE CROSSES YIELD RESULTS THAT VARY IN TERMS OF HOW WELL THEY MAY BE ESTABLISHED HOW POWERFUL THEY ARE AND SOME ARE CLEARLY BETTER THAN OTHERS 4HEY HAVE ALL BEEN A PART OF CANNABIS S HISTORY THOUGH NONE HAVE ENJOYED PARTICULAR FAME OR GLORY .O CLEAR BENEFITS WERE SEEN NOR WERE THEY SUFFICIENTLY STABLE (OWEVER

SOME YEARS AGO A LITTLE REVOLUTION BEGAN WHERE ONE GROWER IN PARTICULAR MANAGED TO PRODUCE SELF FLOWERING SEEDS OF SUFFICIENT QUALITY TO STIMULATE GENERAL INTEREST AND A MORE WIDESPREAD ACCEPTANCE BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC 4HESE SEEDS APPEARED FOR THE FIRST TIME AS THE ,OWRYDER &OR THE )BERIAN PENINSULA GROWER THIS IS A VERY RARE GENETIC RESULTING IN A SMALL NOT OVERLY PRODUCTIVE PLANT WITH A QUALITY THAT LEAVES SOMETHING TO BE DESIRED WE MUST HOWEVER CONSIDER THAT FOR MANY PEOPLE LIVING IN FAR LESS FRIENDLY COUNTRIES THAN 3PAIN KEEPING PLANTS FOR PERSONAL CONSUMPTION CAN CAUSE SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE POLICE

LEGAL SYSTEM FAMILY AND THE SOCIETY

AS A WHOLE 4HIS TYPE OF SMALLER PLANT IS VERY OFTEN THE ONLY OPTION AS IT IS DISCREET ENOUGH TO BE OUT OF MIND S EYE WITH A QUICK GROW PROCESS FROM START TO FINISH 3O CAN WE SAY THAT GROWTH SPEED IS A KEY FACTOR ALONG WITH THE SEASON IN WHICH THEY CAN BE GROWN 4HIS IS WITHOUT DOUBT A KEY POINT 4HE SEEDS CAN BE SOWN IN VERY LATE SPRING OR EVEN ALMOST INTO EARLY SUMMER n IN NORTHERN %UROPE THEREFORE TOWARDS THE END OF -AY OR THE START OF *UNE n MEANING THAT A TOWN IN 'ERMANY

3WEDEN 3COTLAND )RELAND .ORWAY

0OLAND OR 2USSIA CAN GET THESE BONSAIS

STANDING AT BETWEEN CM

FLOWERING TOWARDS THE END OF *ULY WHEN THE SUN IS HIGH IN THE SKY THE CLIMATE IS GENERALLY WARM THERE IS LITTLE RAIN AND SUMMER HOLIDAYS LOOM )N THESE COUNTRIES FOR EXAMPLE THE SMALL SIZE OF SOME AUTOMATICS IS MUCH APPRECIATED FOR GARDEN GROWTH

CLEARLY MAKING IT THE MOST NATURAL

EASIEST AND CHEAPEST WAY TO OBTAIN A GUARANTEED QUALITY CANNABIS WHICH IS PROBABLY ORGANIC AND HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH THE DOMESTIC INDUSTRIAL RUBBISH BOUGHT ON THE BLACK MARKET AT ASTRONOMIC PRICES )T MAY NOT MAKE FOR THE WORLD S GREATEST MARIJUANA BUT WHAT IT LACKS IN OBJECTIVE QUALITY IT MAKES UP FOR FROM

THE SIMPLE FACT THAT IT IS EASILY GROWN IN YOUR DOMESTIC GARDEN 4HE APPLE OF ITS GROWER S EYE )N EXTREME CLIMATES LIKE @PURE CONTINENTALS WITH FREQUENT SUMMER SHOWERS OR HIGH UP IN THE MOUNTAINS

SELF FLOWERING SEEDS CAN STILL BE GROWN 4HIS FINALLY PROVIDES THOSE LIVING AT HIGH ALTITUDES WITH THE OPTION OF ENJOYING A HARVEST DESPITE THE WEATHER

WITH ONLY CATASTROPHIC SUMMERS

AS CAN OCCUR PERHAPS RAISING SOME DIFFICULTY 4HERE ARE PLENTY OF REMOTE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS n THE 0YRENEES

3IERRA .EVADA 0ICOS DE %UROPA

-ONCAYO AND A GREAT MANY OTHER

LOWER MOUNTAIN RANGES PERFECT FOR GROWING A SUMMER HARVEST WITH OUR 2OADRUNNER AUTOMATIC

3O WE ARE NOW TALKING ABOUT A CHANGE IN THE OUTDOOR GROWING SCHEDULE DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF NOW OBTAINING A SUCCESSFUL CROP IN PLACES AND AT TIMES OF THE YEAR WHERE PREVIOUSLY IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE RIGHT 9OU CAN GROW WHERE AND WHEN NO ONE WILL GO LOOKING FOR YOUR PLANTS MAKING THE WHOLE PROCESS A LITTLE @SAFER SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY ARE SO SMALL AND DISCREET ,EGAL PRESSURE AND THE TURMOIL CREATED

BY THE PROHIBITION OF GROWING CANNABIS HAVE LED TO AN INCREASINGLY MORE WIDESPREAD USE OF SELF FLOWERING SEEDS 4HIS CHOICE NATURALLY ENSUES TO AVOID LEGAL HASSLES AND FOR GREATER PEACE OF MIND AS WELL AS FOR PRACTICAL PURPOSES

BECAUSE THEY ARE THE FIRST ABLE TO BE GROWN IN SPRING SUMMER OUTSIDE THEIR USUAL SEASON WHEN THE SUN IS AT ITS HOTTEST WITH THE ADDED BENEFIT THAT THE POLICE AND THIEVES ARE UNSUSPECTING

GIVING THE TRANQUILLITY NEEDED FOR A TRULY SUCCESSFUL GROW 4HE SUMMER FLOWERING MEANS THAT WE CAN RELY ON A PERFECT CLIMATE AND AS THEY ARE SMALL

AND THEREFORE EASILY CAMOUFLAGED IN THE GREAT MAJORITY OF CASES IT IS FAR EASIER TO AVOID PROBLEMS WITH LEGGED

IRRATIONAL PESTS GET MY DRIFT (OW DID YOU DECIDE YOU WANTED TO EXTRACT AN @AUTOMATIC FROM $INAFEM )N VIEW OF EVERYTHING WE HAVE SAID SO FAR THE ,OWRYDER WAS BEGINNING TO GAIN NOTORIETY AMONGST GROWERS AND DEMAND FOR THIS NEW FORM OF PLANTING WAS THEREFORE ON THE UP 4HIS IS WHAT GAVE US THE IDEA THAT WE NEEDED TO START WORKING ON A SECOND GENERATION OF AUTOMATIC PLANTS "Y MIXING ,OWRYDER WITH OUR $INAFEM WE GOT A HYBRID IN WHICH WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY INCREASED THE HEIGHT VIGOUR RESIN PRODUCTION FLAVOUR AND TOTAL PRODUCTION OF ,OWRYDER #AN YOU THEREFORE CONFIRM THAT THE 2OADRUNNER !UTOMATIC HAS ALSO UPPED THE AVERAGE SIZE 7E HAVE PROVEN THAT IF SOIL PLANTED

THE 2OADRUNNER !UTOMATIC CAN REACH HEIGHTS OF UP TO CM ASSUMING IT IS WELL WATERED WITH A PROPERLY VENTILATED SUBSTRATE GIVEN SUFFICIENT FERTILISER AND

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BASIC ADVICE AND HINTS TO GROWERS LOOKING TO TRY YOUR NEW AUTOMATIC 7HAT CAN YOU RECOMMEND FOR BEST RESULTS ! COUPLE OF SIMPLE PIECES OF ADVICE WILL ENSURE PLANTS DO NOT DISAPPOINT 'ROWERS OF THE NEW 2OADRUNNER !UTOMATIC SHOULD REMEMBER THAT THE MORE ENERGY SUPPLIED THE BETTER THE RESULTS OBTAINED 4HE FACT THAT THERE IS NO NEED TO CHANGE PHOTOPERIOD

AND THAT THIS VARIETY CAN BE GROWN WITH OR HOURS OF LIGHT INDOORS OR OUT DOES NOT MEAN THAT IT DOES NOT REACT VERY POSITIVELY TO A GREAT DEAL OF LIGHT FOR A GREAT MANY HOURS /N THE CONTRARY IT HAS BEEN PREPARED SPECIFICALLY TO EXPLOIT THIS ENERGY VERY QUICKLY 4HIS IS PRECISELY WHY THE PLANTS GROW BETTER IN *UNE THAN IN !PRIL AND WHY THEY NEED A LOT OF SUBSTRATE RIGHT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING IN ORDER TO EXPAND ROOTS TO THE MAXIMUM AND GROW WITHOUT LIMITS 7E RECOMMEND LITRES MINIMUM AND UP TO A MAXIMUM OF LITRES 4HE MORE SUBSTRATE THE BETTER !T THE SAME TIME WE ALSO ADVISE GROWERS TO WATCH OUT FOR EXCESS HUMIDITY OR WATERING AS THIS CAN DAMAGE THEM

PLENTY OF LIGHT -ORE GENERALLY WHEN GROWN OUTSIDE HOWEVER IT REACHES CM TOPS MAKING IT EASY TO HIDE BUT WITH FEATURING GREATER PRODUCTION THAN IN ,OWRYDER BONSAIS )NSIDE THE INCREASED SIZE CAN BE A PROBLEM IF THEY STRETCH TOO FAR IN FULL FLOWER $ESPITE EXPECTING DWARFS

THE PLANTS CAN THEN REACH CM

PARTICULARLY IF GROWN IN COCO OR HYDRO

IN SYSTEMS PROVIDING CONTINUOUS WATER AND FERTILISER 4HERE IS A FAIR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SAME PLANT GROWN IN SOIL OR COCO WITH A RANGE FROM CM IN SOIL AND NOT DRIP WATERED TO CM IN

COCO 7E CAN CERTAINLY CONFIRM THAT IT IS RATHER BETTER THAN ITS SISTER PLANT

MORE GENEROUSLY SIZED BETTER FLAVOURED AND WITH GREATER RESIN PRODUCTION

7HAT ARE THE OTHER ADVANTAGES OR STRENGTHS OF THIS NEW VARIETY 4HERE ARE LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT LOOKING FOR AN OVERLY POWERFUL CANNABIS LIKE WOMEN NEEDING CANNABIS BECAUSE THEY HAVE BREAST CANCER AND ARE RECEIVING CHEMOTHERAPY )N THESE CASES

A FEW SELF FLOWERING SEEDS ON A -EDITERRANEAN PATIO PROVIDES AN EASY CHEAP SAFE SUPPLY 4HE SAME

MAY APPLY TO THE MIDDLE AGED HABITUAL MODERATE CONSUMER 4HESE USERS TEND NOT TO KNOW A GREAT DEAL ABOUT GROWING BUT WITH THIS TYPE OF SEED CAN SORT THEMSELVES OUT EASILY &INALLY IT IS THE PERFECT CHOICE IN PLACES WHERE GROWING IS VERY RISKY

OR IN SUMMER PRACTICALLY ANYWHERE WE LIKE 7E COULD EVEN GROW IT EASILY IN SUMMER IN 'REENLAND WHICH IS COVERED BY ICE AND SNOW THE REST OF THE YEAR OR IN THE SHORT MONTHS OF THE )CELANDIC SUMMER A COUNTRY WITH A REALLY EXTREME CLIMATE

7HY NOT START BY TELLING US JUST HOW DID YOU MANAGE TO TRY OUT THIS NEW VARIETY BEFORE IT WAS EVEN RELEASED TO THE MARKET 4O BE HONEST IT WAS PURE LUCK 7E WERE IN REGULAR INTERNET CONTACT WITH $INAFEM ) GROW WITH COLLEAGUES AND WE HAD MONITORED VARIOUS VARIETIES OF THEIRS TAKING PHOTOS AND SO ON THEY SEEM TO LIKE THE WAY WE GROW AND WHAT WE HAD TO SAY AND THEY ASKED US IF WE D LIKE TO TRY THIS NEW AUTOMATIC 7E DIDN T REALLY KNOW MUCH ABOUT WHAT IT WAS BUT THEY EXPLAINED AND WE SAID WE D BE HAPPY TO GIVE IT A GO

BEFORE AND TO TELL THE TRUTH WE WERE A BIT LOST 7E COULDN T BELIEVE THERE WAS NO NEED TO CHANGE INDOOR PHOTOPERIOD SO WE JUST SAID hOK WE LL SEE WHAT HAPPENSv

3O WAS IT A TEST GROW OF JUST THIS VARIETY 9ES JUST THE !UTOMATIC 2OADRUNNER 7E HAD NEVER GROWN THIS SORT OF VARIETY

4ELL US MORE ABOUT THE GROW ZONE JUST TO GIVE US A BETTER IDEA /K WELL WE HAD AN AREA WITH SEVERAL 7 LIGHTS 7E WERE GROWING WITH

!ND WHAT DID HAPPEN ) CAN TELL YOU THAT THIS WAS THE ABSOLUTE FIRST TIME WE HADN T HAD TO CHANGE LIGHT HOURS AT ANY STAGE DURING THE GROW n IT WAS A REAL LIVE DIRECT EXPERIENCE OF EXACTLY WHAT AN AUTOMATIC IS )T HAS NOW BEEN MORE THAN DAYS AND HOURS

AND WE HAVE BEGUN TO SEE A START OF FLOWERING !ND IT CARRIED OUT LIKE THIS WITH THIS PHOTOPERIOD

7E WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK ALL YOU GROWERS OUT THERE WHO PLACE YOUR TRUST IN US AND WISH YOU ALL THE BEST 7E HOPE YOU WILL FIND THIS NEW $INAFEM EXPERIENCE AS INTERESTING FOR YOU AS IT HAS BEEN FOR US &OR MORE INFORMATION OR TO TELL US ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH THIS NEW VARIETY YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND US AS ALWAYS AT WWW DINAFEM ORG

7E D LIKE TO END THIS INTERVIEW WITH SOME

/ iÊ ÕÌ >Ì VÊ ÞÊÌiÃÌ )N ADDITION TO ALL THE INFORMATION GIVEN BEFOREHAND WE HAVE ALSO INTERVIEWED A YOUNG GROWER WHO HAS CHOSEN TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS WE WILL CALL HIM !UTOMATIC "OY (E TELLS US ABOUT HIS IMPRESSIONS IN GROWING THE NEW !UTOMATIC 2OADRUNNER

2OADRUNNER GROWS AND DEVELOPS MORE QUICKLY IN A HYDROPONIC GROW THAN IN SOIL ALTHOUGH OUR EXPERIENCE WITH HYDROPONIC GROWTH TELLS US THAT IT WILL TAKE A FEW DAYS LONGER TO RIPEN FULLY BUT WITH MORE POWERFUL RESULTS POSSIBLE IN TERMS OF SIZE n UP TO ALMOST A METRE TALL n ROOT DEVELOPMENT AND RESIN PRODUCTION

COMMERCIAL NURSERY SOIL COMBINED WITH (ESI BRAND PRODUCTS FOR GROWTH AND FLOWERING 7E WATERED BY HAND AND PLAYING A BIT @BY EAR TAKING REASONABLE CARE OVER HUMIDITY AS WE HAD BEEN WARNED NOT TO OVERDO IT WITH THE WATERING 3O WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE WAY YOU GREW THE $INAFEM AUTOMATICS 7ELL IN TERMS OF GROWING OF COURSE THEY DON T GROW LIKE OTHER VARIETIES 4HE END RESULT IS A SMALL BUT PRETTY FIERCE PLANT WHAT ) MEAN IS WE ENDED UP WITH SMALL PLANTS STANDING AT AROUND TO CM TALL BUT AT THIS SIZE THEY ENDED THEIR LIFECYCLE IN JUST DAYS FROM PLANTING /NCE THEY VE SPENT ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF IN THE SUBSTRATE AND YOU HAVE A MINIMAL SIZE YOU CAN START SEEING FLOWERING AND AFTER TWO AND A HALF WEEKS THEY BEGIN SEXING 4HE MARIJUANA FORMS GRADUALLY BUT AT THE SAME TIME THE PLANT CARRIES ON GROWING

3OME MORE THAN OTHERS BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY CARRY ON STRETCHING OUT AS THE MARIJUANA GETS HARDER AND THE RESIN APPEARS THROUGHOUT THE PLANT !S SOON AS YOU NOTICE IT IT S TIME TO START THINKING ABOUT CUTTING IT !ND WHAT ABOUT THE RESULT 7ELL QUITE A LOT BETTER THAN WE EXPECTED

PARTLY BECAUSE WE DIDN T REALLY KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT AND PARTLY BECAUSE OF WHAT WE HAD READ ON THE INTERNET ABOUT OTHER EXPERIENCES WITH @AUTOMATICS )N THIS CASE WE ENDED UP WITH SMALL BUT POWERFUL PLANTS THEY LL HAVE GIVEN US AROUND GRAMS DRIED PER PLANT BUT THEY ALSO GAVE US A RESULT THAT WITH A TASTE TEST IS VERY PLEASANT )T HAS THE AGREEABLE FLAVOUR OF )NDICA AND THE HARD

TIGHT MARIJUANA THAT GOES A LONG WAY WITH PLENTY OF RESIN 4HE EFFECT 6ERY RELAXING ) CAN ASSURE YOU TO MY TASTE AND IF WE COMPARE IT WITH OTHER VARIETIES WE HAVE GROWN INDOORS IT GIVES A SMOOTHER END PRODUCT SIMILAR TO SOME )NDICAS WITH AN EFFECT THAT LEAVES YOU VERY RELAXED INDEED

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/ iÊ6>« ÀÊ i` Ê >ÀÌ *UST RECENTLY IT WAS PUT TO US THAT VAPORIZING CANNABIS FLOWERS AT SPECIFIC TEMPERATURES IS THE BEST WAY TO ISOLATE INDIVIDUAL CANNABINOIDS FOR MEDICINAL EFFECT /PEN MINDED AS WE WERE TO TESTING OUT ANY NEW HYPOTHESIS AND ENHANCE BOTANICAL KNOWLEDGE WE ALSO LIKED THE IDEA OF GETTING MEDICATED AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF PERSONAL CONVENIENCE 3OFT 3ECRETS THEN ARRANGED A SESSION ON A LOCAL VAPOR UNIT TO PLACE THEORY INTO PRACTICE 4HE INFORMATION SOURCED IN THIS REPORT WAS SENT TO US IN WAY OF A @PHOTOCOPY FROM WORK CONDUCTED

BY A GROUP OF #HEMISTS OLD FRIENDS WHOSE EXTRA CURRICULAR ACADEMIC ACTIVITY INCLUDES EXPLORATION INTO CANNABIS COMPOUNDS ,IKEWISE THE PEOPLE THAT FORWARDED THIS INFORMATION OVER WANTED TO RELEASE THIS INFORMATION NOW FOR THE BENEF IT OF THE -EDI #ANNABIS #OMMUNITY -ANY THANKS TO ALL THOSE INVOLVED )N A NUTSHELL DIFFERENT COMPOUNDS WITHIN THE CHEMICAL PROFILE OF CANNABIS ARE RELEASED INTO THE ATMOSPHERE AND HUMAN BODY AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF TEMPERATURE 6APORIZING IS A MODERN WAY OF INHALING THE MOST ACTIVE INGREDIENTS OF CANNABIS WITHOUT COMBUSTION

SMOKE OR F IRE !S THE AIR SURROUNDING THE CANNABIS FLOWER RISES IN TEMPERATURE THE ACTIVE COMPOUNDS WITHIN CANNABIS ARE RELEASED )N THEORY BY CONTROLLING THE VAPORIZER TEMPERATURE SETTING SMOKERS ARE ABLE TO INHALE DIFFERENT CANNABIS COMPOUNDS IN RELATIVE ISOLATION TO THE OTHER CANNABIS COMPOUNDS 4HE RESIN THAT SURROUNDS CANNABIS FLOWERS CONTAINS MORE THAN SEPARATE CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS DEPENDING ON INDIVIDUAL CULTIVAR EACH OF WHICH PRODUCES A VERY DIFFERENT MEDICINAL EFFECT 4HESE CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SMELL TASTE FLAVOUR THE STICKINESS AND TOXICITY OF THE PLANT MATERIAL AT VARYING AGES )N THIS REPORT WE SHALL LOOK AT ONLY OF THE KNOWN CANNABINOIDS WITHIN CANNABIS

TETRAHYDRO CANNABINOL 4(# IS THE COMPOUND IN CANNABIS THAT

GIVES SMOKERS THE CLASSIC @HIGH EFFECT (OWEVER IN HUMANS 4(# ALSO ACTS AS A !NALGESIC !NTI INFLAMMATORY

!NTIOXIDANT !NTIEMETIC AND %UPHORIANT 4EMPERATURE SETTING C

#ANNABIDINOL #"$ IS ONE OF THE COMPOUNDS WITHIN CANNABIS THAT PROVIDES MEDICINAL CANNABIS USERS WITH A MENTAL SENSE OF WELLBEING AND EASE #"$ IS A !NXIOLYTIC !NALGESIC

!NTIPSYCHOTIC !NTI INFLAMMATORY

!NTIOXIDANT AND !NTISPASMODIC 4EMPERATURE SETTING C

#ANNABINOL #". IS A COMPLEX COMPOUND #". ACTS AS AN /XIDIZATION "REAKDOWN 0RODUCT WHEN CONSUMED BY HUMANS AS A 3EDATIVE

AND AS AN !NTIBIOTIC 4EMPERATURE SETTING C

#ANNABICHROME #"# IS THE OFTEN UNMENTIONED COMPOUND #"# HOLDS !NTI INFLAMMATORY !NTIBIOTIC AND !NTIFUNGAL PROPERTIES 4EMPERATURE SETTING C #ANNABIGCROL #"' IS ANOTHER RELATIVELY UNKNOWN COMPOUND #"' LIKEWISE HOLDS !NTI INFLAMMATORY

!NTIBIOTIC AND !NTIFUNGAL PROPERTIES 4EMPERATURE SETTING C

4ETRAHYDRO CANNABIVARIN 4(#6 IS THE COMPOUND WITHIN CANNABIS THAT GIVES SMOKERS A @RUSH OR IMMEDIATE @UP EFFECT 4(#6 IS AN !NALGESIC AND %UPHORIANT 4EMPERATURE SETTING C 3O WE HAD THE @-EDI 6APOR #HART IN ONE HAND A FLOWER OF CANNABIS FROM -AGUS 'ENETICS IN THE OTHER AND A 6OLCANO 6APORIZER ON THE TABLE IN FRONT OF US /UR HOST PROCEEDED TO SWITCH ON THE BIG SILVER VAPORIZER DEVICE AND EXPLAIN HOW IT WORKED 4HEN THEY BROKE THE DRIED FLOWER DOWN INTO THE HERB PORTAL DIALED THE TEMPERATURE SETTING TO C APPROX AND PLACED THE COLLECTION BAG OVER THE TOP OF THE DEVICE ! GREEN LIGHT WAS SWITCHED ON AND THE BAG WAS SLOWLY FILLED UP WITH 4(# VAPOR /NCE FILLED WITH VAPOR THE DEVICE WAS SWITCHED OFF 7E THEN SHARED THE VAPOR BAG BETWEEN US 4HE 4(# VAPOR GAVE A QUICK EFFECT

SECONDS AFTER INHALING )T WAS THE TYPE OF HIGH AND FEELING EXPERIENCED

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WHEN YOU ARE REALLY INTOXICATED ON HIGH GRADE CANNABIS )T WAS A STRONG EFFECT ALMOST OVERPOWERING BUT NOT UNCOMFORTABLE 4HIS WAS FOLLOWED

BY THAT COMFORTABLE FEELING THAT ANY 3KUNK SMOKER WOULD RECOGNIZE 4HE CONVERSATION INTENSIFIED THEN LINGERED IN PLACES IN A TYPICAL STONER FASHION 4HE ENERGY WAS PEACEFUL AND RELAXING (AVING ALREADY PARTICIPATED IN A FEW #HEESE JOINTS OUTSIDE WE CUT TO THE CHASE ON THE NEXT VAPOR LOAD AT C AND WENT STRAIGHT UP TO A C TEMPERATURE SETTING USING THE SAME SAMPLE WE D ALREADY TESTED )N THE LEAST WE WANTED TO TEST THE THEORY THAT THE FIRST TEMPERATURE SETTING HADN T VAPORIZED ALL THE ACTIVE INGREDIENTS FROM THE -AGUS 'ENETICS 4HE TEMPERATURE WAS SET AND THE SAMPLE WAS READY FOR RE VAPORIZING 4HE BAG WAS PLACED BACK OVER THE HERB PORTAL UNTIL IT WAS FILLED 4HIS VAPOR WAS #"$ #". #"#

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BY A SUDDEN SUBDUED COUCH LOCK EFFECT 4HIS WAS LATER FOLLOWED BY SUCH A COMPLEX ARRANGEMENT OF PLEASANT CANNABINOID SENSATIONS THAT IT WOULD BE NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO DESCRIBE THEM IN ANY RATIONAL SENSE IN PAPER .EEDLESS TO SAY THAT WE WERE TOTALLY ENLIGHTENED BY THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE AND HAVE BEEN BACK SINCE TO TEST THE THEORY FURTHER USING DIFFERENT SAMPLES 4HIS TIME ROUND WE EXPERIMENTED

ONLY TO AGREE WITH THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE #HEMISTS THAT ABOVE C CARBONS ARE RELEASED INTO THE BAG WHICH PRODUCE A THICKER ALMOST SMOKE LIKE VAPOR 4HIS VAPOR WE DECIDED MUST BE BAD FOR HUMAN HEALTH 4HE DISCUSSION THAT FOLLOWED WAS MORE INTERESTED IN UPPING OR REMOVING THE 4(#6 VIA TEMPERATURE SO THAT A CLEAN HIT OF #"$ #". #"# AND

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BUT ALSO IN THE FINAL SMOKE &OUR "LUE -YSTIC SEEDS WERE LAID ON MOIST TISSUE AND BECAUSE THE INDOOR AIR TEMPERATURE WAS A FAIRLY CONSTANT DEGREES THEY JUST SAT ON A SHELF AND HOURS LATER ALL HAD SPLIT 4HEY WERE POPPED INTO SOME @JIFFY BLOCKS AND THEN SET IN POTS WITH A MIX OF USED POTTING COMPOST FLUSHED REPEATEDLY WITH FRESH WATER 0ERLITE AND WELL ROTTED

SHEEP MANURE AND STRAW 'OD KNOWS WHY ) WENT FOR THIS MIX YET ANOTHER @GREAT STONED IDEA THAT TURNED OUT TO BE NOTHING MORE THAN A REALLY BAD STONED IDEA 3TILL ) INTEND TO USE THIS @BREW FOR ALL RE POTTING AND DURING THE VEG PERIOD ) WILL ONLY GIVE THEM FRESH WATER 4HE POTS WERE PLACED UNDER SOME COMPACT FLUORESCENTS X WATT MOUNTED ON AN ALUMINIUM REFLECTOR

AND THEY WERE PUT IN A CORNER AWAY FROM THE MAIN GROW AREAS WITH A -YLAR @CURTAIN LOOSELY AROUND THEM ) DID THIS BECAUSE THE WEATHER HAD

TURNED VERY HOT AND THE VEG ROOM WAS SUFFERING A BIT WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES (AVING YOUNG SEEDLINGS IN HIGH ABOVE DEGREES DAY TIME TEMPERATURES WITH BARELY A REDUCTION IN NIGHT TIME TEMPERATURES IS NOT A GREAT ENVIRONMENT FOR YOUNG ONES ESPECIALLY WHEN THE HUMIDITY S LOW 3O WHILST ) SPENT MY DAYS BATTLING WITH THE TEMPERATURE IN MY VEG AND BLOOM AREAS THE "LUE -YSTICS LIVED IN RELATIVE LUXURY GETTING AT FIRST HOURS OF LIGHT A DAY WITH THE TEMPERATURE AIDED

BY A SMALL FAN SITTING NICELY AROUND DURING THE DAY AND AROUND AT NIGHT )T TOOK ABOUT HOURS FOR ALL SEEDLINGS TO APPEAR AND WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF HOUR LIGHT ALL WERE LOOKING VERY HEALTHY AND STARTING TO SHOW SIGNS OF GOOD VIGOUR EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE STILL UNDER THE COMPACTS /N DAY EIGHT ) RE POTTED TWO SIZES UP AND AT THIS STAGE NIPPED THE TOP OFF ALL FOUR PLANTS !T THIS POINT ) MOVED THE FOUR PLANTS TO THE MAIN VEG AREA TO SIT UNDER A WATT - (ALIDE LAMP IN A METRE X METRE FLOOR TO CEILING ENCLOSURE WHICH HAD MORE FANS IT SEEMED THAN PLANTS 4HE HOT WEATHER WAS BY NOW GETTING WORSE AND ANYONE WHO LIVES IN A RED

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WHEN THE HEAT IS LET OUT OF THE BRICKS

IT GETS HOTTER NOT COOLER 4HIS WAS NOT GOOD FOR ME AS ) HAD TO RUN BOTH ROOMS IN DAYLIGHT HOURS !S THE SWEATY DAYS PASSED THE "LUE -YSTICS WERE NOT DOING TOO BADLY CONSIDERING THE TEMPERATURE IN THE ROOM WAS ABOUT DURING THE DAY AND AT LIGHTS OUT !S SOON AS THEY SHOWED ENOUGH NEW GROWTH ON THE NEWLY FORMED PAIR OF GROWING TIPS ) VERY CAREFULLY @PINCHED THEM OUT AGAIN TO EVENTUALLY FORM FOUR GROWING TIPS ) DID THIS FOR TWO REASONS FIRSTLY ) FELT THE GROW MIX ) HAD GIVEN THEM WAS POSSIBLY A LITTLE TOO RICH IN .ITROGEN AND THAT COMBINED WITH A 3ATIVA INFLUENCE COULD CAUSE EXCESSIVE VERTICAL GROWTH "UT SECONDLY AND TO ME MORE IMPORTANTLY THAT THE INFLUENCE OF THE FORMER COMBINED WITH A MOVE SOON TO THE @BLOOM ROOM THAT IS SUFFERING BADLY WITH EXCESSIVE @LIGHTS ON HEAT AND FAIRING LITTLE BETTER WITH @LIGHTS OUT HEAT WAS GOING TO CAUSE PROBLEMS WITH KEEPING INTERNODE LENGTH SHORT ) HAD ALREADY BEEN EXPERIENCING SOME OF MY YOUNGER CLONE LADIES STRETCHING UP

RATHER THAN REMAINING NICE AND COMPACT AS THEY HAD DONE IN AN EARLIER COOLER AND WITH THE SAME GROWTH MEDIUM GROW

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THEN GRAMS GRAMS AND BEST GRAMS ) WOULD HAVE NO HESITATION AT ALL IN BETTING YOU COULD GET GRAMS PER PLANT WITH A REASONABLE FEEDING REGIME GOOD TEMPERATURES

AND GOOD LIGHTING ) TOOK SOME CUTTINGS FROM THEM JUST AFTER THEY WENT IN TO BLOOM THEY ROOTED QUITE QUICKLY ABOUT DAYS AND NOW THE TEMPERATURE S GOOD AGAIN THEY ARE DOING VERY WELL AND DEFINITELY SHOWING MUCH SHORTER INTERNODE LENGTHS

3O AT DAY OF VEG ) POTTED THEM UP TO THEIR FINAL NINE INCH POTS AND ON DAY WITH EACH PLANT HAVING FOUR HEALTHY VIGOROUS @STEMS ) PUT THEM IN TO THE @BLOOM ROOM 4HE BLOOM ROOM IS BATHED IN TWO NEW WATT SON T AGRO S THEY ACTUALLY SEEM TO BURN COOLER THAN STANDARD WATT SODIUMS AND LOWERED THE TEMPERATURE BY FULL DEGREES IN THE ROOM !LTHOUGH THAT WASN T HELPING MUCH AS AFTER A BRIEF DROP IN TEMPERATURE FOR A FEW DAYS THE WEATHER GOT HOTTER THAN IT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN AND ) WAS STARTING TO RUN THE LAMPS ALTERNATELY ONE ON

ONE OFF SWITCHING EVERY TWO HOURS 4HIS COMBINED WITH X FANS PULLING COMPARATIVELY COOL AIR FROM THE BACK NORTH FACING SIDE OF THE HOUSE

INTO THE BLOOM ROOM AND THREE BIG OSCILLATING FANS IN THE ROOM ) MANAGED TO GET THE TEMPERATURE TO A STABLE DEGREES @ON BUT ONLY A PALTRY DEGREES WHEN @OFF "Y DAY OF THE TEMPERATURE WAS EVEN HIGHER AND THE "LUE -YSTICS HAD AS ) SUSPECTED THEY WOULD STARTED TO STRETCH ) HAD BEEN FEEDING THEM A PRESCRIBED DOSE OF #ANNA 4ERRA &LORES

EVERY SECOND WATER SINCE THEY HAD BEEN IN BUT AT THIS STAGE DECIDED NOT TO FEED THEM FOR A WHILE 4HE WHOLE BLOOM AREA WAS BECOMING VERY HOT VERY DRY AND IN GENERAL NOT A NICE PLACE FOR @BLOOMING BABES TO BE 4O BE FAIR

BY DAY THE "LUE -YSTIC S WERE FAIRING VERY WELL COMPARED TO SOME OF THE OTHER VARIETIES ) HAD IN BLOOM WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE !MNESIA (AZE WHICH LOVED LESS LIGHT AND SEEMED HAPPY IN THE HEAT 4HE NOTABLE THING ABOUT ALL THIS HEAT WAS THE RESIN ON THE " -YSTIC S WAS IN FULL FLOW AND HAD BEEN SINCE ABOUT DAY "Y DAY THINGS WERE LOOKING GOOD THE TEMPERATURE HAD DROPPED A BIT AND EVEN THOUGH THE " -YSTICS HAD STRETCHED CONSIDERABLY THEY WERE FLOWERING LIKE CRAZY AND PRODUCING MASSES OF RESIN ) STARTED TO FEED THEM AGAIN AND AROUND DAY ) GAVE THEM A 0 + DOSE FOR THE NEXT FIVE WATERINGS 4HINGS WERE LOOKING GOOD $AY AND THE TEMPERATURE HAS GONE THROUGH THE ROOF 2UNNING WITH ALTERNATE BULBS AND A HURRICANE BLASTING THROUGH THE UPPER PART OF THE HOUSE THE BLOOM TEMPERATURE WAS UP TO DEGREES @ON AND DEGREES @OFF 3OMETHING HAD TO BE DONE %VEN THOUGH THE "LUE -YSTIC

WAS PROVING TO BE A VERY @ROBUST STRAIN ) WAS AFTER ALL SUPPOSED TO BE DOING A GROW REPORT AND IN TRUTH THE " -YSTICS WEREN T GETTING EVERYTHING THEY DESERVED

I E FULL LIGHT AND FULL NUTRIENT 3O ) DECIDED TO RUN ONLY THE LAMP OVER THE " -YSTICS AND LEAVE THE OTHER ONE OFF PERMANENTLY FOR THE TIME BEING IT WASN T IDEAL BUT NOW ) COULD CONCENTRATE ALL OF THE COOL AIR IN TO ONE PLACE 4O STOP THE FANS BLOWING THE PLANTS TO BITS ) RAISED THE LAMP INCHES AND PUT THE PLANTS UP ON INCH BLOCKS THEN ) FED ALL THE COOL AIR IN AT LOW LEVEL WHILST RUNNING THE INCH EXTRACTOR ABOVE THE LAMPS AT FULL THROTTLE !LSO ) PUT FOUR METAL BUCKETS OF COLD WATER IN FRONT OF THE LOW FANS AND REPLACED THE WATER TWICE A DAY )T WORKED ) MANAGED TO GET BACK TO DEGREES @O AND DEGREES @OFF STILL NOT IDEAL BUT EVERYTHING @FELT BETTER /NE OF THE " -YSTICS HAD SUFFERED DURING THE HOT SPELL "ECAUSE OF THE HEAT ) HAD BEEN FEEDING @SPARINGLY BUT EVEN THAT WAS A BIT TOO MUCH FOR ONE OF THEM AND SHE STARTED SHOWING LEAF CURL THE MID TO UPPER LEAF TIPS STARTED TO GO BROWN AND HER LEAVES LOOKED MUCH DARKER TOO 4HE OTHER THREE LOOKED VERY SIMILAR AND HAD A MUCH DENSER BUD STRUCTURE AND ALL THINGS CONSIDERING LOOKED WELL ) FIGURED THAT THE SINGLE ONE NOT DOING SO WELL COULD JUST HAVE BEEN A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT @PHENOTYPE IT WAS HARD TO @GAUGE CONSIDERING ALL THAT HAD BEEN GOING ON "Y DAY THE TEMPERATURE HAD DROPPED RIGHT OFF BUT THE SINGLE ONE THAT WASN T DOING SO WELL HAD STARTED

TO SHOW A LOT MORE LEAF BURN THE ONE NEXT TO IT WAS FINE ) DECIDED TO GIVE THE OTHER THREE A LAST GOOD FEED AND FROM DAY ) ONLY GAVE THEM WATER WHEN THE WEATHER IS VERY HOT IT IS @ULTRA IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE YOUR FEED WATER IS UP TO THE TEMPERATURE OF THE ROOM WHERE YOUR PLANTS ARE IF YOU DON T THEN YOU WILL @SHOCK THE HAIRS ON THE ROOTS AND THEY WILL SHRIVEL THEN THEY WON T TAKE UP THE LIQUID AS WELL

AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT YOU VE GOT WATERLOGGED POTS "Y DAY ALL " -YSTICS LOOKED READY TO FINISH FOR THE LAST DAYS THEY HAD BEEN PUTTING ON WEIGHT AND @BULGING NICELY "Y DAY ALL FOUR WERE READY FOR THE CHOP THEY COULD HAVE BEEN LEFT LONGER BUT ) DIDN T WANT TOO MUCH #"$

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"LUE -YSTIC AS A SMOKE IS SURPRISINGLY @UP Y AFTER A JOINT YOU THINK YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TROUBLE @DOING ANYTHING THAT INVOLVES @DOING ANYTHING "UT AFTER MINUTES OR SO AND AFTER YOUR HEART STOPS TRYING TO ESCAPE YOU START TO FEEL QUITE MOTIVATED EVEN SPEEDY "UT IF YOU KEEP SKINNING UP IT CAN GET A BIT MUCH IT S A REAL HEART POUNDER !T FIRST ) THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ME BUT LIKE MINDED FRIENDS WHO VE TRIED IT ALL GOT THE SAME EFFECT )T S NOT UNPLEASANT FAR FROM IT )T JUST TAKES YOU BY SURPRISE )F YOU RE REALLY BRAVE A WELL LOADED BONG OR PIPE IS FUCKING MIND BLOWING )T REALLY IS A STRONG )NDICA STONE

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EVENT 4HE VARIETIES DISPLAYED BANK SIDE CAME FROM SAMPLES INCLUDING "IDDY %ARLY ;-AGUS 'ENETICS= "LUE -YSTIC ;2OYAL 1UEEN 3EEDS= #HEESE X ., X(AZE (AZE 3EEKER #RITICAL ;2OYAL 1UEEN 3EEDS= 0SYCHOSIS X 0URE ;3UBURBAN 3EEDS= AND THE ORIGINAL 5+ #HEESE CLONE 4HE SCENT OF WHICH DRIFTED UP AND DOWN STREAM ON THE WIND THROUGHOUT THE DAY

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WHO SEEK TO HELP NORMALIZE THEIR OWN CANNABIS USE WITHIN SOCIETY BY ORGANIZING THEIR OWN PRIVATE EVENTS AND PARTIES 4HE ,'! ARE PERHAPS BEST KNOWN FOR ARRANGING THE FIRST #ANNABIS #UP IN THE 5+ OTHERWISE IT IS ACCEPTED THAT THE ,'! JUST ENJOY GETTING STONED WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND HAVING FUN &OLLOWING THE TRADITION OF PREVIOUS ,'!

EVENTS THE EXACT VENUE OF 4HE ,'! !NGLERS #UP WAS KEPT A CLOSELY GUARDED SECRET UNTIL ONLY HOUR BEFORE THE EVENT STARTED !S ONE MEMBER PUT IT h4HESE EVENTS ARE LIKE MEETING UP FOR A RAVE AT THE MOTORWAY SERVICES BACK IN THE DAYx NO ONE KNOWS THE VENUE UNTIL WE GET THEREv 4HE AIR OF MYSTERY THICKENED AS PEOPLE ARRIVED AT THE ARRANGED MEETING PLACE WATER SIDE 3EVERAL MEMBERS STILL HAD NOT ARRIVED ON LOCATION BUT THE BAIT IN THE BOXES WAS WIGGLING AND MOST PEOPLE WANTED TO GET INTO THEIR PEGS AND ROLL A JOINT BEFORE THEY GOT DOWN TO THE SERIOUS BUSINESS OF FISHING 4O KEEP THINGS INTERESTING THE STARTING PEGS SWIMS PLACES TO FISH WERE DRAWN BLIND FROM A HAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MATCH %ACH NUMBER IN THE HAT CORRESPONDED WITH THE NUMBER ON A BANK STICK 4HE PEG ORDER RAN FROM TO CONSECUTIVELY 4O ADD ANOTHER TWIST EACH ,'! !NGLER WAS REQUIRED TO MOVE SWIMS PEGS EVERY HOUR !LL THE !NGLERS ON ODD PEG NUMBERS

MOVED UP AN ODD NUMBER EVERY HOUR

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MOVED DOWN AN EVEN NUMBER EVERY HOUR TO THE SOUND OF A WHISTLE 4HIS OFTEN CONFUSING SYSTEM OF PEG ROTATION KEPT EVERYONE ON THEIR TOES AND ENSURED THAT EACH PERSON GOT THE CHANCE TO FISH AT DIFFERENT SWIMS AND SOCIALIZE WITH DIFFERENT ,'! !NGLERS 4HE FRIENDLY COMPETITION ONLY HAD A FEW STRICT RULES /NLY ONE ANGLER WAS ALLOWED TO FISH EACH PEG SWIM AT ONE TIME .O

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OTHERS TARGETED COARSE FISH INCLUDING 2OACH 0ERCH AND "REAM ON TRADITIONAL FISHING METHODS /NE ,'! !NGLER WENT TO THE EXTREME AND HAND CRAFTED A ROD FROM THE MAIN STEM OF A $OCTOR PLANT HE D GROWN THE PREVIOUS SEASON 7ITH THE EXCEPTION OF PEG NUMBER WHICH BECAME KNOWN AS hTHE JAIL SWIMv DUE TO ITS ISOLATION IN A REED BED MUCH FURTHER UP STREAM THE OTHER SWIMS WERE SPACED CLOSE ENOUGH FOR PEOPLE TO EASILY SHARE SPLIFFS WITH

4HE FISHING STARTED QUICKLY WITH A MEDIUM 0ERCH LANDED ON PEG WITHIN MINS #AUGHT ON A SIMPLE FLOAT METHOD LOSE FEEDING MAGGOTS WITH A RED AND WHITE MAGGOT HOOK BAIT 4HE SECOND FISH OUT OF THE WATER ON PEG WAS A @3KIMMER OR YOUNG "REAM CAUGHT ON A SIMILAR METHOD 4HE NEXT FISH CAME OUT OF THE SAME SWIM MINS LATER A NICE HEALTHY 2OACH WITH BRILLIANT RED FINS 4HE NEXT FISH OUT WAS A SMALL 'UDGEON FROM PEG 4HEN ANOTHER 2OACH FROM PEG WAS CAUGHT ,ATER TWO TINY 0ERCH WERE LANDED IN SEPARATE SWIMS AND A MEDIUM SIZE 0ERCH WAS NETTED IN PEG AGAIN THIS TIME BY A DIFFERENT ,'! !NGLER !LL THE FISH WERE IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO THE WATER AFTER CATCHING n AND ALL SWAM AWAY UNHARMED

MAN WITH TWO DOGS WHO IT WAS LATER PRONOUNCED WAS MOST LIKELY hA NOSEY INTERFERING OFF DUTY POLICE OFFICERv 4HE ONLY OTHER HARMLESS DISTURBANCE WAS THE OCCASIONAL HOLIDAY MAKERS CHUGGING PAST SLOWLY ON THEIR NARROW BOATS 7E WAVED AND THEY USUALLY WAVED BACK n NICE PEOPLE ,IKEWISE ON ANOTHER POSITIVE NOTE TWO BUZZARDS MEWED CONTENTLY OVERHEAD FOR MUCH OF THE LATE AFTERNOON WHICH IS A RARE SIGHT IN THAT PART OF THE 5+ &ISHING CONTINUED ON AFTER THE ALLOCATED HOURS BY SEVERAL MEMBERS /NE ,'! !NGLER HAD A @TAKE FROM A LARGE FISH THAT BROKE THE LINE 4HE COMPETITIVE NATURE OF THE EVENT THEN OFFERED GOOD REASON TO CONTINUE FISHING AND SMOKING SPLIFFS WELL INTO THE MILD SUMMER EVENING 0RIZES WHERE AWARDED LATER FOR THE FOLLOWING CATCH CATEGORIES 4HE (EAVIEST &ISH BY APPROXIMATE WEIGHT 4HE ,ONGEST &ISH BY LENGTH 4HE 3MALLEST &ISH BY LENGTH 4HE -OST &ISH BASED ON THE TOTAL NUMBER CAUGHT 4HE ,'! WOULD LIKE TO SAY A BIG @THANK YOU TO THE %VENT 3PONSORS AT "LESSED (EMP FRITILLARY SEEDS 'ROW$OC 3EEDS

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4HE SYSTEM WORKS BY DRAWING MOISTURE FROM THE RESERVOIR UP THROUGH THE WICKS TO THE CONTAINER AND PLANTING MIX INSIDE IT AS THE WATER IS USED BY THE PLANT OR EVAPORATES INTO THE AIR 4HE SYSTEM IS SELF REGULATING )T DRAWS UP ONLY AS MUCH WATER AS IS NEEDED THROUGH CAPILLARY ACTION WHICH IS THE SAME FORCE THAT DRAWS MOISTURE UP A TISSUE !S LONG AS THERE IS WATER IN THE RESERVOIR THE PLANTS WILL NEVER GO DRY

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SUCH AS 3UNSHINE -IX OR 4HIS TYPE OF MIX WILL NOT MAKE ANY NUTRIENT CLAIMS ON THE PACKAGING &ERTIGATION IS MORE FORGIVING THAN STRAIGHT HYDRO BECAUSE THE MEDIUM ITSELF AND THE MICROORGANISMS THAT THRIVE ON ITS SURFACES HOLD THE NUTRIENTS AND BUFFER THEM HELPING PREVENT AN IMBALANCE !NOTHER OPTION IS TO USE A PLANTING MIX THAT HAS BEEN ENRICHED WITH NUTRIENTS 4HERE ARE SOME VERY HIGH QUALITY MIXES THAT ARE ENRICHED WITH ORGANIC NUTRIENTS THAT BREAK DOWN INTO PLANT USABLE SALTS OVER SEVERAL MONTHS !LTHOUGH THE MACRO NUTRIENTS ESPECIALLY NITROGEN .

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4HE PLANT STEM WAS SOLIDLY BUD FOR THE FIRST SEVEN INCHES AND HAD WELL DEVELOPED BUDS THROUGHOUT ITS LENGTH

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TOO 4HE SUBMERSIBLE PUMP COMES IN HANDY FOR EMPTYING THE RESERVOIR WATER INTO A CONTAINER OR DOWN THE DRAIN 2INSING THE CONTAINERS DISSOLVES WATER NUTRIENT SALTS THAT HAVE BUILT UP IN THE PLANTING MIX 4HE MIX AND THE DRAIN WATER CAN BE USED FOR YOUR HOUSEPLANTS OR YOUR OUTDOOR GARDEN

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)N TIMES OF ECONOMIC HARDSHIP AND SOCIAL DEPRESSION MORE AND MORE PEOPLE START CONSIDERING GROWING THEIR OWN CROPS AT HOME !KIN TO hFREEGANISMv TAKING THINGS FOR FREE

THE LATEST (OME 'ROWING 2EVOLUTION IS AIMED AT REDUCING MONTHLY SPENDING COSTS AS MUCH AS GUARANTEEING A HIGH QUALITY OFTEN ORGANIC END PRODUCT %COLOGICALLY MANY HOME GROWERS ALSO WISH TO REDUCE THEIR OWN IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT "E IT DIRECTLY BY PLANTING OUT CROPS WHICH HELP EAT UP CARBON OR INDIRECTLY BY REDUCING THEIR OWN CARBON FOOTPRINT ASSOCIATED WITH PRODUCE TRANSPORTATION /THERS MAY SIMPLY WISH TO DISTANCE THEMSELVES FROM THE CRIMINALITY THAT SURROUNDS CANNABIS )N THIS ARTICLE WE SHALL TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT CULTIVATING PLANTS FOR FREE AT HOME "Y @FREE WE MEAN FREE FROM THE ECONOMIC COSTS AND TECHNOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS THAT MANY WRONGLY BELIEVE TO BE ESSENTIAL TO THE HOBBY OF HOME GROWING 4ODAY THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO REASON WHY HOME GROWING CANNOT BE ERGONOMICALLY PRACTICED USING THE LATEST SUSTAINABLE METHODS OF ORGANIC FARMING (ERE WE SHALL CONSIDER SOME NEW WAYS OF SAVING PENNIES IN THE GARDEN BY SOURCING MATERIALS FROM WASTE PRODUCTS AND RECYCLED MATERIALS

ÀiiÊ}À Ü }ÊV Ì> iÀÃ &REE GROWING CONTAINERS ARE LITTER ALLY EVERYWHERE /PEN YOUR EYES AND YOU WILL DISCOVER AN ABUNDANCE OF DIFFERENT SHAPES AND SIZES OF PLANT POTS AND CONTAINERS OFTEN LITTERING THE LANDSCAPE 4HESE MAY RANGE FROM OLD PLASTIC BOTTLES

INSTANT NOODLE POTS AND USED TAKEAWAY CONTAINERS ALL THE WAY UP TO LITER PLUS PLANTERS h3KIPPINGv IS THE ART OF SPOTTING THINGS IN WASTE SKIPS !S THE SUMMER APPROACHES MANY HOUSES START CLEARING OUT THEIR

GARDEN hWASTEv INTO ROADSIDE SKIPS &OR SOME REASON LOTS OF PEOPLE THROW AWAY PERFECTLY GOOD PLANT POTS *UST A TO MIN FORAGE IN A PROSPEROUS NEIGHBORHOOD MAY REVEAL A WHOLE COLLECTION OF PERFECTLY GOOD PLANT POTS

PLANTERS AND CONTAINERS 4HE PRACTICE OF 3KIPPING ALSO SAVES ON WASTE PLASTICS BEING NEEDLESSLY ADDED TO LANDFILL SITES 4HE NEXT SOURCE OF FREE CONTAINERS IS WITHOUT QUESTION THE LOCAL REFUSE TIP ,OCAL COUNCILS NOW RUN EFFICIENT RECYCLING SCHEMES 4HESE HELP SEPARATE @RECYCLABLE WASTE FROM @NON RECYCLABLE WASTE FOR PROFIT 4HE NUMBER OF FREE PLANT POTS AND GARDEN TRAYS AVAILABLE IN LATE AUTUMN IS OFTEN OVERWHELMING !LWAYS REMEMBER TO CLEAN THEM OFF BEFORE USE

ORGANIC COMPOSTS AND FREE FERTILIZERS TO MAKE THEM VIABLE #OMPOSTING IS A GREAT WAY OF MAKING YOUR OWN GROWING MEDIUM FOR FREE /RGANIC WASTE MATERIALS ONCE COMPOSTED DOWN USUALLY MAKE SUPERIOR COMPOST TO ANYTHING THAT IS COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE 7ORKABLE COMPOST MAY HOWEVER TAKE SEVERAL YEARS TO DEVELOP AND WILL NOT PROVIDE INSTANT RESULTS IN THE GARDEN .ATURAL SOIL ADDITIVES AND FERTILIZERS ARE AVAILABLE FOR FREE AT ANY TIME OF THE YEAR ,IKE COMPOSTING MOST ADDITIVES AND FERTILIZERS AREN T @BOX READY AND WILL REQUIRE SOME WORK TO GET THEM INTO SHAPE 4HE MANURE OF HORSES COWS

PIGS AND CHICKENS ARE REGULARLY USED IN DIFFERENT QUANTITIES BY HOME GROWERS FOR DIFFERENT STAGES OF GROWTH -OST HORSE STABLES WILL GIVE YOU A BAG OF MANURE FOR FREE IF YOU SMILE AND ASK NICELY

4HE FRAMES OF LARGE SOIL BEDS CAN BE CONSTRUCTED FROM OLD WOODEN PALLETS

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2ELEASE IS THE NATIONAL CENTRE OF EXPERTISE ON DRUGS AND DRUGS LAW PROVIDING FREE AND CONFIDENTIAL SPECIALIST ADVICE TO THE PUBLIC AND PROFESSIONALS 2ELEASE ALSO CAMPAIGNS FOR CHANGES TO 5+ DRUG POLICY TO BRING ABOUT A FAIRER AND MORE COMPASSIONATE LEGAL FRAMEWORK TO MANAGE DRUG USE IN OUR SOCIETY

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$OES 2ELEASE SUPPORT THE LEGALIZATION OR DECRIMINALIZATION OF CANNABIS 2ATHER THAN COMMITTING OURSELVES TO THE FANTASY OF A DRUG FREE WORLD SOMETHING THAT NEVER HAS EXISTED AND NEVER WILL WE SHOULD ACCEPT DRUGS AS PART OF LIFE AND EDUCATE AND REGULATE TO RESTRICT THEIR NEGATIVE EFFECTS 7HY IS CANNABIS USE ITS PROCESSION AND ITS CULTIVATION STILL ILLEGAL IN THE 5+ -UCH OF 5+ LEGISLATION ON DRUGS HAS EMERGED AS A RESULT OF HISTORICAL EVENTS

INTERNATIONAL TREATIES AND CULTURAL NORMS AND OFTEN DOES NOT REPRESENT THE MOST EXPEDIENT METHOD OF MANAGING DRUG USE IN OUR SOCIETY 4HE CRIMINAL JUSTICE APPROACH TO DRUGS HAS SPAWNED GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE ISOLATED FROM MAINSTREAM SOCIETY AS A RESULT OF INCARCERATION ISSUE AVOIDANCE OR DUE TO THE STIGMA ATTACHED TO DRUG USE 2ELEASE USES THE EXPERTISE AND KNOWLEDGE IT HAS GAINED FROM OVER

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PAST AND PRESENT HAVE VISITED (OLLAND 2ELEASE BELIEVES THE $UTCH MODEL OF EDUCATION AND REGULATION PROVES THAT THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES AVAILABLE TO THE CURRENT 5+ DRUG LAWS 4HE $UTCH HAVE A HISTORY OF HAVING LIBERAL ATTITUDES TOWARDS DRUG USE AS LONG AS THE EFFECT ON SOCIETY AS A WHOLE IS NOT A NEGATIVE ONE &OR THIS VERY REASON AND FOR THE FACT THAT #ANNABIS USE HAS BEEN LEGALLY ACCEPTABLE FOR OVER YEARS 2ELEASE SEES NO REASON TO BELIEVE THIS ATTITUDE WOULD NOT BE SUSTAINABLE

#OULD YOU SEE A SIMILAR SYSTEM OF DECRIMINALIZATION WORKING IN THE 5+ 2ELEASE WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF A SYSTEM SIMILAR TO THAT ADOPTED BY THE $UTCH 4O DECRIMINALISE CANNABIS AND REPLACE IT WITH A SYSTEM OF EDUCATION AND REGULATION WOULD BRING WITH IT MANY ADVANTAGES TO 5+ SOCIETY AS A WHOLE AND NOT JUST THOSE WHO TAKE CANNABIS .OT ONLY WOULD IT REDUCE CRIME SIGNIFICANTLY IT WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE RESPONSIBLE USE OF THE DRUG AND WELCOME A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF CITIZENS BACK INTO SOCIETY

4HERE IS ESTIMATED TO BE WELL OVER ONE MILLION REGULAR CANNABIS USERS IN THE 5+ 7HY DO YOU THINK THAT @CANNABIS CULTURE STILL DOESN T GET FAIR OR PROPORTIONATE COVERAGE IN THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA 4HE EXTREME IN ANY SITUATION IS ALWAYS MORE COMPELLING THAN THE NORM 4HE FACT THAT IT IS ESTIMATED THAT OVER A MILLION PEOPLE TAKE CANNABIS SAFELY AND RESPONSIBLY IN THE 5+ DOES NOT MAKE FOR AN EXCITING NEWS STORY 2ELEASE BELIEVES THAT 5+ SOCIETY AS A WHOLE SUFFERS FROM A LACK OF EDUCATION AND CREDIBLE INFORMATION WITH REGARDS TO DRUG USE IN GENERAL 7ITHOUT REGULATION IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO CARRY OUT ACCURATE RESEARCH INTO THE EFFECTS OF ANY ILLEGAL DRUGS $ECRIMINALISATION WITH REGULATION WOULD OPEN A DIALOGUE WITH DRUG USERS AND ALLOW ACCURATE RESEARCH AND SUBSEQUENT EDUCATION

EXPERIENCING ANY NEGATIVE EFFECTS 7E BELIEVE THAT A SYSTEM OF SUPPORT

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2ELEASE SUPPORTS A POSITIVE APPROACH TO REDUCING ABUSE OF ANY DRUG 2ESEARCH SHOWS THAT THE HARM AND TOXICITY OF CANNABIS IS LESSER THAN THAT LEANED FROM ALCOHOL OR TOBACCO #RUCIALLY MOST USERS CEASE SMOKING CANNABIS BY THEIR LATE S OR EARLY S WITH THE VAST MAJORITY NOT

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