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4HIS IS MY FIRST ATTEMPT AT GROWING 4HIS IS MY GIRLFRIEND AND MY TWO 3NOW2YDER PLANTS A BIT BIGGER THAN THEY SHOULD BE AT AND INCHES BUT LOOKING AND SMEL LING VERY DELICIOUS ,OOKING FORWARD TO THE BLUNT +EEP UP THE GOOD WORK GUYS #HRIS 9OUR HIPPY GIRLFRIEND AND THE SNOWRYDER BOTH LOOK HAPPY .ICE ONE

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4HESE ARE MY ,OWRYDER AUTOS ON DAY OF HARVEST DAYS 4HEY WERE GROWN IN A X TENT WITH DUAL SPECTRUM #&, S W "LUE AND W 2ED STARTED IN JIFFY PELLETS THEN AFTER WEEK INTO "IOBIZZ !LL MIX &ED WITH "IOBIZZ BLOOM AND 4OPMAX (AD SOME TEMP AND 2( PROBLEMS BUT APART FROM THAT THEY SEEM PRETTY GOOD (OPE YOU ENJOY -RS 'REENIE AS MUCH AS ) DO 'REENIE -RS 'REENIE IS ONE HOT BABE !ND THE ,OWRYDERS CAME OUT BEAUTIFULLY 7ELL DONE AND BIG HUGS AND WET KISSES TO MRS 'REENIE SHE DESERVES IT

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HAVE FORGOTTEN THE NAMES AND FACES OF SINCE $ANNY 'REEN &INGERS WAS IN TOWN TO HELP PROMOTE 3OFT 3ECRETS AND WAS PRESENTED WITH YET ANOTHER /FFICIAL 3OFT 3ECRETS T SHIRT FOR HIS DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT &ELLOW MODERATOR 3MOKEDOGG WAS SEEN INSIDE THE BUILDING FOR A WHILE MAKING MISCHIEF AND OUTSIDE SMOKING ,IKEWISE "LUEBOY WHO D TRAVELED MILES TO BE THERE AND 4RICHOME 3COTTY AND HIS CREW WERE ALSO SEEN DRIFTING ABOUT INSIDE OUTSIDE AND AMID THE GROWING CROWDS OF ENTHUSIASTS

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5+ CAMPAIGNER 0INKY 3TARR FROM 0ROTEST ,ONDON WAS ON HAND TO TEACH EVERYONE THE BENEFITS OF MEDICINAL CANNABIS USE

WITH PERSONAL DEMONSTRATIONS ON HOW BEST TO APPLY NON ALCOHOLIC TINCTURES UNDER THE TONGUE 4HE EFFECTS OF WHICH WHEN ADMINISTERED WERE POWERFULLY STRONG 4HANKS 0INKY 2ELEASE ALSO ATTENDED THE EVENT THIS YEAR ALTHOUGH 3ARAH -ARTIN WAS TOO FATIGUED TO MAKE IT GET WELL SOON 3EED STOCKIEST AND BREEDERS WERE BUSY SELLING SEEDS WHEN IN STOCK AND HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THEIR GENETICS 7HOLESALES WERE BUSY NETWORKING WITH PERSPECTIVE RETAILERS 6ISITORS WERE GENERALLY TOO FOCUSED ON COLLECTING AS MUCH FREE INFORMATION AND SAMPLES BEFORE THE PM CLOSING TIME TO REALLY NOTICE ANY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS EVENT AND PREVIOUS ONES )N THIS RESPECT THE 5+ (EMP %XPO WAS AGAIN TAKING

MASSIVE STEPS FORWARD IN HELPING TO NORMALIZE CANNABIS CULTURE IN THE 5+ !FTER A LONG DAY OUT OUR SMALL PARTY SAID OUR GOODBYES AND FAREWELLS TO THE 3OFT 3ECRETS 4EAM THANKED EVERYONE ELSE THAT HAD BEEN COOL ON THE DAY AND STOCKED UP ON A FEW MORE BOTTLES OF (EMP +NIGHT !LE FROM THE 9ORKSHIRE (EMP #O FOR THE JOURNEY BACK 7E FOUND THE CAR AS EASILY AS WE PARKED IT UP ROUND THE CORNER AND HEADED HOME TO THE SOUND OF MORE REGGAE MUSIC AND PERHAPS JUST A FEW MORE SPLIFFS OF 5+ #HEESE AND 213 #RITICAL TO FINISH THE NON DESIGNATED DRIVERS OFF .EEDLESS TO SAY A GOOD DAY OUT WAS HAD OUT BY ALL

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<Ü i«ÊvÀ Ê Þ *À ÊÃii`Ã ! COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO ) MET :WIEP FROM (Y 0RO AT THE PARTY FOR THE (IGHLIFE #UP )T S PRETTY UNAVOIDABLE REALLY GIVEN THAT FOR YEARS NOW (Y 0RO HAS BEEN WINNING BIG PRIZES FOR ITS WEED AND .EDERHASH VARIETIES 3O IT WAS A CASE OF BUSINESS AS USUAL THAT HE WAS THERE )T WAS A GREAT SOCIAL EVENT WITH MANY OTHER STONERS FROM THE BIZ WITH A TASTY BARBECUE AND PLENTY OF CHILLING :WIEP FELT COMPLETELY AT HOME AND TOLD ME HOW MUCH HE ENJOYED THE PERFECT STONE Y VIBE (E IS A HIGH LEVEL BREEDER WITH AN EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF PLANTS AND AT THE SAME TIME A SUPER SOCIABLE CHARACTER 3O IT IS ALWAYS A GREAT PLEASURE TO HAVE THE CHANCE TO MEET HIM !T THE CUP PARTY WE SOON FELL INTO CONVERSATION ABOUT HIS FANTASTIC STRAINS !MNESIA AND THE LESSER KNOWN 4OPFLOOR 4OPFLOOR IS A YEAR OLD STRAIN CREATED FROM THE IMPRESSIVE (Y 0RO GENE BANK

:WIEP TOLD ME h!LL (Y 0RO SEEDS VARIETIES COME FROM THIS OLD STRAIN COLLECTION 4HE GENETICS FROM BACK THEN ARE SIMPLY MUCH MORE POTENT AND STRONG 4HAT S WHY ) ONLY WORK WITH THE OLD ) DON T REALLY WANT TO GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT THE FATHERS AND MOTHERS OF !MNESIA OR 4OPFLOOR "UT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT 4OPFLOOR IS INDEED A POTENT WEED WHILE :WIEP WAS TELLING ME ALL THIS WE SMOKED ONE BOWL AFTER THE OTHER !ND ) FOUND THAT PRETTY IMPRESSIVE BECAUSE MORE AND MORE ) COME ACROSS NON SMOKERS IN THE CANNABIZ

SO IT WAS EXTRA COOL TO GET THE CHANCE TO SIT AND SMOKE WITH A REAL CANNABIS CONNOISSEUR LIKE :WIEP !ND THIS WAS POSSIBLE BECAUSE HIS 4OPFLOOR IS A REALLY SWEET @UP HIGH A SOCIAL WEED YOU CAN KEEP SMOKING WITHOUT GETTING FLATTENED 3O BETWEEN ALL THE VAPORIZER HITS ) MANAGED TO ASK :WIEP WHEN HE SMOKED HIS FIRST JOINT

AND HOW HE FOUND THE EXPERIENCE @v) SMOKED MY FIRST JOINT IN 4HAT S NOW SO LONG AGO ) CAN T REALLY REMEMBER WHICH VARIETY OF WEED IT WAS PROBABLY 3KUNK BECAUSE THAT WAS AROUND A LOT BACK THEN )T ALL BEGAN WITH FRIENDS

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&LOYD THE 3TONES AND SO ON h"ECAUSE ) HAVE AN INDEPENDENT NATURE AND SOON HAD A THIRST FOR GOOD WEED ) DECIDED TO GROW IT FOR MYSELF )T DID NOT TAKE LONG BEFORE ) WAS READY TO HARVEST MY FIRST HOME GROWN SMOKE )NITIALLY OUTDOOR

BUT ONLY A SEASON LATER INDOOR h"ACK THEN ) ALSO USED TO MAKE UP MY OWN SOIL MIXES WHICH ) DID IN A CEMENT MIXER ) SOURCED THE BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENT ELEMENTS FOR THEM FROM THE LAP OF -OTHER .ATURE &ROM THEN ON THERE WAS NO TURNING BACK h!BOUT TEN YEARS LATER IN AT THE (IGHLIFE #UP ) WAS INVITED TO GO TO 3WITZERLAND AND LOOK AFTER SOME LARGE

LEGAL WEED PLANTATIONS 4HESE WERE PRODUCING ALL SORTS OF CANNABIS PRODUCTS

SUCH AS OIL HEMP CLOTHING ETC BUT ALSO @AROMA BAGS WHICH WERE BUDS OF WEED IN A BAG SEALED SHUT WITH A STICKER WITH THE WARNING .OT &OR #ONSUMPTION !FTER ALL IT WAS MEANT AS AN AROMA BAG 7HATEVER YOU CHOSE TO DO WITH IT WAS UP TO YOU TO DECIDE

AS LONG AS YOU DIDN T SMOKE IT OR EAT ITx ) LISTENED INTENTLY TO THE INTRIGUING STORIES :WIEP WAS TELLING BUT THE EVENING EVENTUALLY TOOK ITS TOLL IN THE FORM OF PLEASANT CLOUDS OF SMOKE AT THE (IGHLIFE #UP :WIEP S KNOWLEDGE OF PLANT CARE IS THE SOUL OF (Y 0RO AND THAT IS ALSO REFLECTED IN THE PRODUCTS )T S NOT JUST THE SEEDS THAT ARE REALLY EXCELLENT BUT THE NUTRIENT LINE FROM (Y 0RO IS ALSO VERY HIGH QUALITY ) WANTED TO KNOW A LOT MORE ABOUT THIS AND SO ) MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH :WIEP TO COME ROUND TO HIS PLACE AND CHAT SOME MORE ON THE SOFA ! FEW WEEKS LATER ) MET UP WITH :WIEP AGAIN AND WE CONTINUED OUR DISCUSSION :WIEP HAD NOT COME EMPTY HANDED AND IN ADDITION TO THE (Y 0RO NUTRIENT HE HAD ALSO DUG OUT SOME MARVELLOUS PHOTOS OF AN !MNESIA GARDEN ) LOOKED AT THE PICTURES OF EXUBERANTLY GROWING PLANTS WITH SUPER FAT COLAS :WIEP EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THESE GIRLS HAD HAD JUST TWO WEEKS OF GROWTH AND GIVEN THE TREMENDOUS SIZE OF THE PLANTS

THAT WAS CERTAINLY NOTEWORTHY

:WIEP WITH HIS (IGHLIFE #UPS GATHERED OVER THE YEARS

:WIEP CENTRE SPLIFFING AWAY AT THE (IGHLIFE #UP h4HEY WERE RAISED ON (Y 0RO NUTRIENT

WITHOUT ANY OTHER ADDITIVES v HE EXPLAINED :WIEP ASSURED ME THAT THE HIGHEST QUALITY INGREDIENTS ARE USED IN THIS NUTRIENT

THANKS TO WHICH THE EVENTUAL TASTE IS REALLY IMPROVED (Y 0RO NUTRIENT IS CAREFULLY PUT TOGETHER SO THAT IT HAS EVERYTHING IN IT THAT YOU NEED AND NO MORE WHICH MEANS AT THE SAME TIME YOU DO NOT NEED A DOZEN BOTTLES 3O FOR EXAMPLE THE BASIC NUTRIENT (Y 0RO 4ERRA IS AN ALL IN ONE NUTRIENT IDEAL FOR OUTDOORS BUT DEFINITELY GOOD INDOORS TOO 9OU WILL HAVE NO NEED TO USE ANY OTHER BOOSTERS EVERYTHING THAT THE PLANTS NEED IS ALREADY IN IT (Y 0RO NUTRIENT ENSURES EXTRA STIMULATION OF THE VARIOUS PLANT PROCESSES AND IS ORGANIC 4HERE IS ALSO AN ! " NUTRIENT FROM (Y 0RO WHICH IS EVEN MORE POWERFUL THAN THE (Y 0RO 4ERRA AND IS THEREFORE PARTICULARLY WELL SUITED TO (Y 0RO SYSTEMS IN WHICH THE PLANT IS ENABLED TO TAKE UP MORE NUTRIENTS :WIEP IS DEFINITELY A BON VIVEUR AND WHILE WE CHATTED INTENSIVELY ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF VARIOUS NUTRIENT PRODUCTS WE ALSO ENJOYED COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF HIS (Y 0RO !MNESIA (E SAID THAT IT TOOK MORE THAN TWO YEARS OF SELECTION TO CREATE THE STRAIN h)T WAS EIGHT YEARS AGO THAT !MNESIA WAS BORN IN THE (Y 0RO GARDEN AND THE FATHER IS .EVIL S (AZE !ND SINCE THEN THE LADY HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN LIVING HER OWN LIFE BECAUSE EVERYWHERE YOU GO IN THE WORLD YOU HEAR

PRAISE FOR THE WONDERFUL TASTE AND HIGH OF THE STRAIN ) VE EVEN SEEN A 7ICKIPEDIA ENTRY ON !MNESIA AND ADDED A LITTLE TO IT :WIEP CONFIRMED THAT AND ADDED THAT IT S ALSO THE CHARACTERISTIC GROWTH AND BLOOM QUALITIES OF THIS MOULD RESISTANT VARIETY THAT HAS CONTRIBUTED TO ITS POPULARITY AMONG GROWERS "UT (Y 0RO S NUTRIENTS ARE ALSO INCREASINGLY POPULAR AMONG THE PUBLIC AT LARGE -ORE AND MORE GROWERS ARE REACHING THE CONCLUSION THAT THEIR PLANTS JUST LOVE (Y 0RO ) PERSONALLY HAVE NOTICED HOW SUPERBLY WELL MY PLANTS DO WHEN ) FEED THEM (Y 0RO THE LADIES DEVELOP PERFECTLY WITH (Y 0RO 4ERRA AND THEY VISIBLY ENJOY THE 3PRAY MIX :WIEP TOLD ME THE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND THEIR NUTRIENT CONCEPT h/UR NUTRIENTS ARE EXACTLY FORMULATED TO INTENSIFY STIMULATION OF PLANT S INTERNAL PROCESSES )T IS IMPORTANT FOR (Y 0RO THAT THE PLANT IS GIVEN THE CHANCE TO BE AS GOOD AS SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 4HAT A VARIETY IN ADDITION HAS OTHER GROW ADVANTAGES

SUCH AS WITH !MNESIA OR 4OPFLOOR IS VERY WELCOME "UT AT THE END OF THE DAY IT S ALL DOWN TO THE GENES AND THEN USING NUTRIENTS TO STIMULATE THE PLANT TO GIVE IT ALL SHE S GOTx 0EACE OUT

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FROM !TAMI WITH EXTRA 0ERLITE ABOUT MORE FOR AN @ULTRA AIRY MIX FOR THE ROOTS #RITICAL IS QUITE VIGOROUS FROM SEED

AND VERY VIGOROUS FROM CLONE SO AN @ULTRA AIRY MIX IS A GOOD MOVE !FTER THREE DAYS ALL SIX SEEDS WERE UP SO ) OPENED THE VENTS ON THE PROPAGATOR BOX AND THE NEXT DAY ) TURNED THE BOTTOM HEATER OFF /N DAY FIVE ) POTTED ALL THE SEEDLINGS

INTO INCH POTS WITH THE PREPARED MIX AND SAT THEM A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE LAMP ABOUT INCHES /VER THE NEXT FEW DAYS

) MOVED THEM PROGRESSIVELY CLOSER UNTIL DAY EIGHT WHEN ) SAT THEM DIRECTLY UNDER THE LAMP AT ABOUT INCHES 4HINGS MOVED ALONG NICELY AND ON DAY ) POTTED THEM UP TO INCH POTS GROWING IN A LIMITED SPACE WITH MANY PLANTS REQUIRES THE USE OF LIMITED SIZED POTS

UPSIZING ONLY WHEN NECESSARY (AVING DECIDED EARLIER TO LET THE PLANTS GROW ACCORDING TO THEIR NORMAL PATTERN SO NO PINCHING OUT THEY WERE NOT HINDERED IN ANY WAY AND GREW AT THIS STAGE VERY QUICKLY )T WAS SOON NECESSARY TO POT @UP AGAIN AND SO ON DAY ) RE POTTED THEM INTO THEIR BLOOMING POTS ) SELECTED FOUR OF THE SIX PLANTS AND MOVED THEM TO INCH POTS THREE OF WHICH WERE INCHES DEEPER THAN STANDARD POTS 3O FAR ) HAD FED THE PLANTS TWICE WITH #ANNA S 4ERRA 6EGA DAY EIGHT HALF STRENGTH

DAY FULL STRENGTH OR ML PER LITRE 4HEIR VIGOUR WAS SUCH THAT CAREFULLY RE POTTING A COUPLE OF TIMES MADE LITTLE OR NO DIFFERENCE TO THEIR RATE OF GROWTH AND BY DAY IT WAS TIME TO MOVE THEM TO THE @BLOOM ROOM (ERE THEY WERE SAT IN A GOOD POSITION UNDER X WATT 3ON T PLUS LAMPS IN A M X M X M H ENCLOSURE WITH OTHER BUDDING BABES AND TWO INCH FANS *UST SIX DAYS INTO THEIR CYCLE ALL FOUR STARTED TO FLOWER TWO OF THE FOUR STARTED STRETCHING AND IT WAS NOW THAT ) STARTED TO FEED THEM AT EVERY WATERING A FULL DOSE OF #ANNA 4ERRA &LORES !LSO AT THIS STAGE ) TOOK FOUR CUTTINGS OFF THE TWO BEST LOOKING PLANTS MORE ABOUT THAT LATER

"Y DAY OF THEY WERE FLOWERING LIKE MAD AND RESIN WAS ALREADY FLOWING !T THIS STAGE ) UPPED THE FEED TO DOUBLE DOSES EVERY WATERING ML PER LITRE AND FLUSHING WITH PURE WATER EVERY TH WATERING !S THEY WERE FLOWERING SO PROFUSELY IT WAS AT THIS EARLY STAGE ) GAVE THEM FOUR DOSES OVER FOUR DAYS OF A 0+ SUPPLEMENT "Y DAY IT WAS EVIDENT THAT TWO OF THE FOUR WERE GOING TO BE GOOD YIELDERS AND LUCKILY TWO OF THE CUTTINGS ) TOOK EARLIER WERE FROM ONE OF THESE &OR THE NEXT DAYS OR SO ALL THE PLANTS PUT ON WEIGHT TWO NOTABLY MORE THAN THE OTHERS "Y DAY ) HAD CUT THE FEED BACK TO NORMAL DOSES AND ON DAY ) STOPPED FEEDING THEM ALL TOGETHER AND CONTINUED BY JUST FLUSHING WITH WATER /N DAY ) SAW SOME OF THE FLOWERS @PISTILS TURNING BROWN

AND BY DAY OF THEIR REGIME AN INSPECTION WITH AN X MAGNIFIER SHOWED THE RESIN GLANDS ON TWO OF THEM THE SHORTEST TWO STARTING TO TURN @MILKY ) SUSPECTED THE TWO TALLER ONES WEREN T FAR BEHIND 4HAT EVENING THEY WERE HARVESTED TRIMMED AND HUNG TO DRY 4HERE WAS SOME VARIATION IN THE GROWTH STRUCTURE OF THE PLANTS AND THEIR BUDS THE TALLEST TWO PLANTS HAD QUITE @NUGGETY HARD BUDS WHICH WERE SPACED OUT ON THE PLANT WITH BIG INTERNODAL LENGTH

WHILST THE TWO SHORTER PLANTS HAD A @SOFTER BUD STRUCTURE BUT THEY WERE ALSO @DENSER AND THE INTERNODE SPACING ON THE BUDS WAS NICE AND TIGHT 4HE SMELL DIDN T REALLY VARY FROM PLANT TO PLANT ALL BEING PRETTY @EARTHY SPICY WHILST BUDDING ALTHOUGH ON STONED REFLECTION

THE TALLER ONES WERE PERHAPS A LITTLE MORE HASHY SKUNKY AND EVEN THOUGH QUITE STRONG IT WASN T REALLY A PROBLEM

4HE BUDS SPENT ABOUT TEN DAYS HANGING IN A DARK CUPBOARD TO DRY AND WOULD BENEFIT FROM A LITTLE CURING TIME OR DAYS IN A GLASS JAR TO REACH THERE POTENTIAL !S FOR THE YIELD AND THE SMOKE WELL ) LL GET TO THAT AFTER A DIGRESSION INTO THE ART OF #RITICAL CLONING (OW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU KNOW WHO ARE GOOD AT CLONING ) KNOW SEASONED GROWERS WHO CAN SQUEEZE EVERY GRAM OUT OF THEIR PLANTS EVERY TIME BLINDFOLDED "UT ASK THEM TO TAKE CUTTINGS AND HALF OF @EM WILT

JUST LIKE THE CUTTINGS THEY ATTEMPT TO TAKE /F COURSE THERE IS THE OTHER HALF WHO HAVE GREAT SUCCESS EVERY TIME "UT THE @WILTERS FALL IN TO TWO CATEGORIES THOSE WHO THINK CLONING IS LIKE A WEIRD @(ARRY 0OTTER SORT OF @7IZARDS ONLY AFFAIR AND THOSE @WOULD BE CLONERS WHO MAKE SUCH A BIG DEAL OF THINGS THAT YOU WOULD THINK THEIR LIFE WAS DEPENDING ON IT 7HY SOME PEOPLE HAVE MORE SUCCESS WITH CLONING THAN OTHERS IS ) THINK DOWN TO THE TYPE OF PERSON YOU ARE NOT HOW @GREEN FINGERED YOU ARE 3OMEONE WHO IS A HAPPY GO LUCKY SORT WITH A @GLASS HALF FULL ATTITUDE IS PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE MORE SUCCESS THAN SOMEONE WHOSE OUTLOOK ON LIFE IS A BIT SERIOUS A BIT @STIFF THE SORT OF PERSON WHO REALLY DOESN T CARE IF THE GLASS IS HALF FULL OR HALF EMPTY IN THEIR EYES IT S NOT FULL AND THAT S ALL THERE IS TO IT !LL THE SUCCESSFUL CLONERS ) KNOW ARE QUITE CHILLED HAPPY PEOPLE AND MOST OF THE UNSUCCESSFUL CLONERS ) KNOW ARE STUBBORN IF NOT DOWNRIGHT GRUMPY FUCKERS !NYWAY HERE IS MY TAKE ON HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY CLONE #RITICAL OR INDEED ANY THING ELSE &IRST AND MOST IMPORTANTLY

MAKE SURE YOUR OUTLOOK ON THE WHOLE CLONING EXPERIENCE IS NOTHING MORE THAN @IF IT WORKS IT WORKS BUT IF IT DON T THEN WHAT THE HELL )F YOU TREAT IT LIKE IT S SOME MYSTERIOUS WEIRD SCIENCE THEN YOU LL PROBABLY FAIL -AKE SURE YOU HAVE A NEW SHARP BLADE SUCH AS FOR A 3TANLEY KNIFE SOME CLONING SOLUTION SOME @ROOT RIOT CLONE AND SEED BLOCKS FROM 'ROWTH 4ECHNOLOGY OR SOMETHING SIMILAR SOME .ITROZYME ORGANIC GROWTH STIMULATOR NOT ESSENTIAL AND A SMALL HEATED PROPAGATOR ESSENTIAL 7HEN TAKING CUTTINGS FROM THE #RITICAL ) WAS TESTING ) HAD WAITED UNTIL THE PLANTS HAD JUST STARTED TO FLOWER BEFORE ) SELECTED THE ONES TO CLONE FROM "UT ) WOULD RECOMMEND IF YOU ARE NEW TO CLONING OR JUST DON T HAVE MUCH SUCCESS WITH THEM TO TAKE YOUR CUTTINGS IN THE VEG CYCLE

AS THE PLANT IS IN A @VIGOROUS GROWTH STAGE

AND ROOTING WILL BE MUCH QUICKER /NCE ) HAD DECIDED WHICH PLANTS TO CLONE FROM ) SET UP AN AREA ON A KITCHEN WORK SURFACE WITH PREPARED CLONE BLOCKS WHICH HAD BEEN THOROUGHLY SOAKED IN LUKEWARM WATER 9OU LL NEED A SKEWER OR SOMETHING SIMILAR TO RE MAKE THE HOLES IN THE BLOCKS NEVER JUST PRESUME THE HOLE IN THE BLOCK IS @GOOD AS PUSHING A TENDER CUTTING INTO A BLOCKED HOLE IS NOT THE WAY TO GO 9OU LL ALSO NEED A PINT GLASS OF LUKEWARM WATER IN WHICH THE FRESHLY CUT PLANT MATERIAL WILL BE PLACED CLONE SOLUTION AND A KNIFE

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.OW WITH CLONING SOLUTION READY AND A ROOTING BLOCK WITH A NICE SMALL HOLE IN IT WAITING THE CUTTING IS SWIFTLY TAKEN FROM THE GLASS OF WATER AND DIPPED IN THE CLONING SOLUTION ) NORMALLY DIP AT LEAST TWO THIRDS OF THE CUTTING FOR ABOUT SECONDS 4HE CUTTING IS THEN CAREFULLY PUSHED INTO THE ROOTING BLOCK

WHICH IS GIVEN A VERY GENTLE SQUEEZE ALL ROUND TO SECURE THE CUTTING )T SHOULD BE NOTED THAT ALL THE TIME YOU ARE HANDLING THE CUTTING EVEN WHEN IT S STILL ON THE PLANT YOU SHOULD DO SO WITH THE MOST DELICATE OF TOUCH !NY HEAVY HANDEDNESS OR SQUEEZING THE CUTTING WILL REDUCE THE CHANCES OF IT ROOTING .OW THE BLOCK IS PLACED IN ITS TRAY AND PUT STRAIGHT INTO THE PROPAGATOR WITH THE VENTS CLOSED 7HEN ALL THE CUTTINGS ARE TAKEN AND IN THE PROPAGATOR A MIST OF .ITROZYME GROWTH ENHANCER SPRAYED ALL OVER THE CUTTINGS IS A REAL BONUS AS THE CUTTINGS GET A HEAD START WITH A BOOSTED ENZYME FOLIAR FEED 4HE PROPAGATOR NEEDS GOOD LIGHT BUT

IMPORTANTLY DOESN T NEED TOO MUCH EXTRA HEAT )N THE CASE OF THE #RITICAL ) HAD THE PROPAGATOR AT ABOUT INCHES FROM THE W - (ALIDE AND HAD A FAN BLOWING OVER THE TOP OF THE UNIT AT ALL TIMES !FTER FOUR DAYS ) MISTED THE CUTTINGS WITH .ITROZYME AGAIN

-AKE SURE EVERYTHING IS CLEAN AND THAT DOESN T MEAN JUST SLUICED UNDER A TAP IT MEANS A MINIMUM OF BOILING WATER AND DETERGENT )T IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT TO PRE HEAT THE PROPAGATOR UNIT A FEW HOURS BEFORE YOU TAKE YOUR CUTTINGS 3O WITH THE TWO SELECTED #RITICAL PLANTS READY AND WAITING ON THE WORK SURFACE

) LOOKED AT THE TOP THIRD OF THE PLANTS FOR ONE OR TWO VIABLE CUTTING SITES )DEALLY YOU WANT A GOOD HEALTHY BRANCH IN THE TOP THIRD OF THE PLANT WITH A WELL VEG D #RITICAL YOU GET PLENTY TO CHOOSE FROM 4AKE THE HOBBY KNIFE AND FROM THE GROWING TIP OF THE BRANCH COME DOWN FOUR INCHES OR AT LEAST THE GROWING TIP AND THREE OR FOUR NODES DOWN

REMOVE ALL LEAVES IN THE AREA EXCEPT THE GROWING TIP AND THE NEXT SET OF LEAVES DOWN #UT LEAVES OFF CLOSE TO THE STEM

TAKING CARE NOT TO DAMAGING THE STEM .OW AT FOUR INCHES OR AT LEAST THREE OR FOUR NODES DOWN CUT SHARPLY ABOUT ONE OR BETTER TWO INCHES BELOW YOUR CHOSEN NODE AND IMMEDIATELY PUT THE WHOLE THING CUT END DOWN IN TO THE GLASS OF LUKEWARM WATER .OW WITH YOUR KNIFE UNDER WATER MAKE A CLEAN DEGREE CUT UNDER THE LOWEST NODE AT NO TIME BRINGING THE NEW CUT OUT OF THE WATER 9OU RE SAFE FOR A WHILE NOW AS CUTTINGS LIKE THIS CAN BE LEFT FOR DAYS AND STILL BE ROOTED %ITHER WAY LEAVE IT IN THE GLASS FOR AT LEAST TWO MINUTES 4HIS ALLOWS THE CUTTING TO DRAW WATER UP ITS STEM AFTER THE SHOCK OF BEING CUT AND NOT AIR WHICH WOULD USUALLY PROVE FATAL TO THE CUTTING

!T SEVEN DAYS ) STARTED TO OPEN THE VENTS ON THE PROPAGATOR !FTER NINE DAYS ALL FOUR CUTTINGS HAD GOOD ROOTS SHOWING FROM THE BLOCKS SO ) POTTED THEM IN TO INCH POTS OF THE SAME MIX ) WAS USING FOR THE SEED #RITICAL AND STOOD THEM ABOUT INCHES FROM THE LAMP /VER THE NEXT HOURS ) KEPT A CLOSE EYE ON THE CUTTINGS AND ON THEIR FIRST @EXPOSED NIGHT CYCLE

) SPRAYED WITH .ITROZYME AGAIN 4HE NEXT DAY AND ) PINCHED OUT ALL SPROUTING TIPS AND MOVED THEM CLOSER TO THE LAMP INCHES "Y DAY OF SITTING IN SMALL POTS DAY FROM CUTTING ) POTTED THEM ON INTO INCH POTS AND IMMEDIATELY FED THEM A HALF DOSE OF #ANNA 4ERRA 6EGA AND THAT NIGHT GAVE THEM ANOTHER SPRAY OF GROWTH ENHANCER AND A ML DOSE OF ENHANCER IN A LITRE OF FEED WATER &OR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS THE CUTTINGS WENT MAD GROWING VERY FAST "Y DAY POTTED

) TOOK TWO OF THE PLANTS TO THE BLOOM ROOM

) GAVE THEM THE BEST POSITION AND FED THEM A FULL DOSE OF #ANNA 4ERRA &LORES "Y DAY SEVEN BOTH HAD STARTED TO FLOWER "Y DAY FLOWER AND RESIN PRODUCTION WAS IN FULL FLOW )N ADDITION TO THEIR DOUBLE DOSE FEED OF 4ERRA &LORES EVERY WATERING

) DECIDED BECAUSE OF THEIR VIGOUR TO GIVE THEM A FULL 0+ MIX ML PER LITRE FROM DAY

"Y DAY THE TWO PLANTS WERE LOOKING REALLY GOOD /NE WAS SHORTER THAN THE OTHER AND DOING EXACTLY WHAT HER MUM DID BUDDING WITH SHORT INTERNODES PRETTY MUCH ALL THE WAY UP HER FOUR STEMS IN A DENSE FINE ISH FLOWERING STRUCTURE (ER TALLER SISTER WAS ALSO DOING WHAT HER MUM DID CREATING SPACED OUT SOLID NUGGETY

BULGING RESINOUS BUDS $AY AND ) GAVE THEM ANOTHER THREE DAYS OF A 0+ BOOST AT ML PER LITRE "Y DAY DUE TO EARLY PINCHING OUT AND USE OF GROWTH ENHANCERS BOTH PLANTS HAVE NOW FAR

EXCEEDED THEIR MUMS IN BUD PRODUCTION 4HE TALLER OF THE TWO HAS SUCH SOLID

HEAVY BUDS THAT SUPPORT CANES ARE NOW NEEDED ) ALSO CUT BACK ON THE FEED TO A SINGLE DOSE EVERY WATERING $AY AND THE BUDS HAVE FINISHED THERE FLORAL @RUSH AND ARE NOW FILLING OUT AND PLUMPING UP 4HE RESIN PRODUCTION ON BOTH PLANTS IS NOW AT ITS PEAK &ROM TODAY BOTH PLANTS WILL ONLY BE GETTING PURE WATER FOR DINNER UNTIL HARVEST $AY AND BOTH PLANTS ARE HEAVY WITH RESINOUS BULGING BUDS 4HE SHORTER ONE HAS ACTUALLY GOT SOME PISTELS TURNING BROWN ALREADY )T HAS TO BE SAID THAT IN THIS INSTANCE WHEN THE PLANTS WERE POTTED UP TO INCH POTS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER TO GO FOR OR INCH POTS

AS #RITICAL UNDER GOOD CONDITIONS IS A GREEDY BITCH AND SHE PRODUCES A ROOT SYSTEM TO ACCOMMODATE HER LUST FOR FOOD $AY AND BOTH PLANTS ARE STARTING TO @BROWN OFF BUT THE RESIN GLANDS ARE STILL CLEAR 4WO DAYS LATER BOTH PLANTS ARE SHOWING ABOUT OF THEIR FLOWER PISTELS @BROWNING OFF AND THE SHORTEST ONE SHOWS SLIGHT @CLOUDING OF SOME OF ITS RESIN GLANDS VIEWED UNDER X MAGNIFICATION 4IME TO HARVEST

@MEATY WITH PERHAPS THE SOLID NUGGETY BUDS TASTING A BIT MORE SKUNKY 4HE STONE IS VERY PLEASANT A GOOD STRONG BUT NOT @KILLA STRONG BODY STONE

ACCOMPANIED BY A NICE UPLIFTING FEELING !FTER A FEW PIPES YOU GET THE FEELING YOU RE GOING TO BE @COUCH LOCKED BUT YOU RE NOT )NSTEAD YOU FIND IN FACT THAT YOU CAN DO QUITE A LOT

ALBEIT IN A GRINNING WOBBLY MASHED

SORT OF FASHION 7E FOUND THE STONE TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A CREEPER AND YOU CAN EASILY DO TWO OR THREE PIPES BEFORE THE FIRST ONE HAS TRULY HIT HOME )T S NOT THE LONGEST LASTING STONE BUT THAT S GOOD

BECAUSE YOU CAN SPEND THE EVENING GETTING TOTALLY WASTED AND STILL GET UP THE NEXT MORNING WITH A CLEAR HEAD 3O #RITICAL APPEARS TO TICK ALL THE RIGHT BOXES ITS A DODDLE TO GROW AND CLONE IT YIELDS VERY WELL VERY QUICKLY AND THE SMOKE IS FIRST CLASS )T APPEARS THAT YET AGAIN 2OYAL 1UEEN 3EEDS CAN DELIVER TOP QUALITY FEMINISED GENETICS AT A PRICE WE CAN ALL SMILE AT )F YOU RE THE SORT OF PERSON WHO FOR WHATEVER REASON HAS TROUBLE WITH CLONING THEN ) STRONGLY RECOMMEND #RITICAL AS A GOOD STRAIN TO HONE YOUR SKILLS WITH "E COOL YA ALL

!FTER CUTTING TRIMMING AND HANGING THE BUDS TO DRY ONE THING WAS VERY APPARENT THESE TWO LADIES HAVE YIELDED MORE IN A SHORTER TIME DAYS FROM ROOTED THAN ALL FOUR OF THEIR PREDECESSORS PUT TOGETHER )N FACT THE FOUR SEED #RITICALS GAVE A DRY TRIMMED WEIGHT OF G G G G FOR A TOTAL G IN DAYS 7HEREAS JUST TWO CLONES GAVE A DRY TRIMMED WEIGHT OF G TALL ONE AND G SHORT ONE FOR A TOTAL G IN DAYS FROM ROOTED DAYS FROM CUTTING 4HE TWO CLONES HAD MORE THAN DOUBLE THE YIELD OF THE FOUR SEED PLANTS )T MUST BE NOTED THAT THIS STRAIN ESPECIALLY THE SHORT PHENO SHOWS A BUD GROWTH STRUCTURE THAT COULD BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO MOULD 3O FLUSHING PLENTY OF GOOD MOVING NON HUMID AIR THROUGH THE BUDS IN THEIR LAST HALF OF BUDDING WOULD PROBABLY BE A GOOD IDEA %ITHER WAY KEEP AN EYE ON THEM JUST IN CASE ) THINK WITH #RITICAL IF YOU SELECTED WELL PINCHED OUT A COUPLE OF TIMES EARLY ON MAYBE VEG D FOR A LITTLE LONGER GAVE PLENTY OF FEEDS AND BOOSTERS IN BIG POTS

ON A VERY LIGHT BASE WITH X W 3ON S INSTEAD OF X W THIS STRAIN HAS BIG POTENTIAL

7HEN #RITICAL IS DRY AND NOT BEING TOUCHED IT DOESN T SMELL MUCH "UT WHEN YOU BREAK IT OPEN IT HAS A DISTINCT @QUALITY SMELL TO IT VERY @EARTHY ALMOST BURNT ALMOND AND SPICE WITH A STRANGE UNDERTONE OF @LIGHTER FUEL TO IT 4HIS SMELL FADES AS IT CURES BUT DOESN T COMPLETELY GO AWAY AND IN NO WAY DOES IT AFFECT THE LOVELY TASTING SMOKE )T WOULD SEEM THE DIFFICULTY YOU RE GOING TO HAVE WITH #RITICAL IS NOT IN THE GROWING CLONING OR DRYING STAGES BUT IN THE SKININ UP STAGES IT IS SO DEEPLY SET WITH RESIN THAT ONCE YOU VE TOUCHED IT YOU END UP WITH FAG PAPERS AND BITS OF TOBACCO IF YOU USE IT STUCK TO YOUR FINGERS AND EVERY THING ELSE ON THE FLOOR !S FOR THE SMOKE BOTH VARIANTS OF #RITICAL SMOKE VERY SIMILARLY 4HE TASTE IS SURPRISINGLY @HASHY AND

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AND WHILE THE EFFECTS ARE ARGUABLY LESS HORRIBLE THERE IS STILL A BIG QUESTION MARK OVER HOW TOXIC THEY ARE ,ATELY A NUMBER OF ACTIVE CHEMICALS CALLED PIPERAZINES SUCH AS ":0 HAVE

BEEN PUT ONTO THE CONTROLLED DRUGS LIST !ND THERE S ANOTHER ONE THERE AS WELL CALLED 'AMMA "UTYROLACTONE AKA '", 4HE RIGHTS OR WRONGS OF CONTROLLING THESE THINGS ASIDE HERE S A WARNING FROM YOURS TRULY IF YOU LOOK FOR '", ONLINE YOU LL BE TAKEN TO SOME INTERESTING WEBSITES IT S A CLEANING FLUID PEOPLE (/7%6%2 ) M NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT THESE ) M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE LEGAL CANNABIS SUBSTITUTES 9OU LL NO DOUBT KNOW THE ONES ) MEAN 3PICE 'OLD 9UCATAN &IRE "OMBAY "LUE ALL THESE AND MANY MANY MORE 4HINGS HAVE COME ON RATHER SINCE THE S AND THESE DAYS ONE CAN BUY VARIOUS HERBAL hSMOKING MIXTURESv OR SHOULD THAT BE hPOTPOURRIv /R EVEN

AS ONE WEBSITE RATHER COYLY DESCRIBED IT hROOM FRESHENERv .O MENTION OF EVEN LIGHTING IT LET ALONE SMOKING IT COULD THESE SUPPLIERS BE REMOVING THEMSELVES FROM POTENTIAL LITIGATION HERE (MM ) WONDER AND THE BIG NEWS IS THAT THESE ACTUALLY DO WORK 4HEY ACTUALLY GET YOU STONED AND IN SOME CASES THEY GET YOU VERY STONED

/F COURSE IF ALL THIS SEEMS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE IT S BECAUSE IT IS 4HE ONLY THING THAT GETS YOU REALLY STONED LIKE CANNABIS IS ER CANNABIS

AND SO TAKING ALL THE MIXTURES OF THIS AND THAT HOPS BORAGE ETC OUT OF THE EQUATION WHAT IS ACTUALLY GETTING YOU STONED IS A DELTA 4(# ANALOGUE THAT S SPRAYED ONTO THE HERBS 4HAT S TO SAY IT S A CHEMICAL THAT S BEEN COOKED UP TO IMITATE THE EFFECT REQUIRED BUT ISN T QUITE THE CHEMICAL THAT S AGAINST THE LAW SO BASICALLY THE MANUFACTURERS VENDORS ARE EXPLOITING A LEGAL LOOPHOLE )N A NUTSHELL WE RE TALKING ABOUT A DESIGNER DRUG 1 7HEN IS 3KUNK NOT 3KUNK ! 7HEN IT S SYNTHETIC 3KUNK "UT OF COURSE THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW SCARES A FEW CONCERNED PARENTS COMPLAINING TO -0 S AND NOW IT LOOKS LIKE THE PARTY S ABOUT TO BE OVER

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HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS 3PICE STUFF

THOUGH IT S ONE OF THOSE NIT PICKY PERSONAL PREFERENCE TYPE PROBLEMS AM ) THE ONLY PERSON BOTHERED BY THE IDEA OF SYNTHETIC CANNABIS )T S A WEED FOR GOODNESS SAKE ,EFT TO ITS OWN DEVICES IT LL GROW ALL OVER THE PLACE 3YNTHETIC CANNABIS 4HERE IS NO NEED !S A PARTING SHOT ) UNDERSTAND THAT

IN THE WAKE OF THE TOBACCO BAN IN (OLLAND THESE THINGS ARE BEING USED AS TOBACCO SUBSTITUTES IN THE COFFEE SHOPS )N FACT A NUMBER OF SOURCES INFORM ME THAT THESE ARE BEING PROVIDED TO CUSTOMERS BY THE COFFEE SHOPS THEMSELVES ) DON T KNOW ABOUT ANYONE ELSE BUT THIS SEEMS TO ME TO BE A REALLY BAD IDEA AND BASICALLY HITTING THE BRAIN WITH NOT ONE BUT TWO SUBSTANCES THAT PSYCHOACTIVELY SPEAKING ARE VERY EFFECTIVE (APPY TOKING

!NYONE WHO HAS READ THIS COLUMN FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME WILL KNOW THAT ONE THING ) M DEFINITELY NOT INTO IS BANNING DRUGS AS ) M STRONGLY OF THE VIEW THAT THE EFFECT OF THIS IS USUALLY COUNTERPRODUCTIVE (OWEVER ) DO

#ONTACT ME AT DIMETHYLTRYPTAMINE HOTMAIL COM IF YOU WANT TO CHAT ABOUT THIS OR ANYTHING ELSE FURTHER

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Õ Ì Û>Ì Ê1 Ê A 0ERSONAL USERS WOULD BE FREE TO REGULATE THEIR OWN CONSUMPTION OF CANNABIS VIA THEIR OWN METHODS OF CULTIVATION IN THEIR OWN HOMES WITHOUT FEAR OF PERSECUTION STIGMA OR INJUSTICE

!S FAR AS #ANNABIS IS CONCERNED MY OWN STANCE ON THE SUBJECT HAS FOR MANY YEARS BEEN CLEAR

CANNABIS PLANT WITHIN SOCIETY 7ITHOUT THIS BUILDING BLOCK #ANNABIS #ULTURE CANNOT AND WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD

&IRSTLY LAZYSTRAIN SUPPORTS hDECRIMINALIZATIONv OVER hLEGALIZATIONv ) PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT IT MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE TO PERSECUTE ADULTS FOR USING CANNABIS A NATURALLY OCCURRING PLANT WHICH IS PROVEN FAR LESS HARMFUL TO SOCIETY THAN BOTH ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO ,EGISLATION CAN THEREFORE FOLLOW DECRIMINALIZATION AS FAR AS ) AM CONCERNED

)N A BID TO HELP DECRIMINALIZE CANNABIS USE AND AFTER A LONG DISCUSSION WITH A CLOSE COLLEAGUE ) THEREFORE PROPOSE THAT WHICH HAS NO DOUBT ALREADY BEEN VOICED

BY MANY IN AS SIMPLE A MANNER AS ) CAN

3ECONDLY MOREOVER ) FULLY SUPPORT THE ROLE OF #ANNABIS FOR -EDICINAL APPLICATION

BY ADULTS 7HO ACCORDING TO THE 5. #HARTER ON (UMAN 2IGHTS

ARE WELL WITHIN THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS TO OPENLY GROW AND CONSUME THEIR OWN CANNABIS PLANTS SHOULD THEY WISH TO DO SO FOR MEDICINAL USE WITHOUT NEED FOR APPROVAL LICENSE OR PERMISSION FROM ANYONE OTHER THAN THEMSELVES 4HIRDLY AND AS IMPORTANTLY ) SUPPORT THAT NOTION THAT THE MAINSTREAM PUBLIC AND ESPECIALLY CHILDREN REQUIRE MUCH MORE EDUCATION ABOUT THE VIRTUES OF SENSIBLE USE AND THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF MINDLESS ABUSE SURROUNDING THE

0ERSONAL #ANNABIS INCLUDING THAT WHICH IS SHARED WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS SHOULD BE DECRIMINALIZED FORTHWITH IN THE 5+ #OMMERCIAL #ANNABIS INCLUDING ALL THAT IS SOLD FOR PROFIT SHOULD BE LEGISLATED AND SUBJECT TO TAXATION FORTHWITH IN THE 5+ ! #OMMUNITY 3ERVICE ORDER SHOULD BE SERVED TO ANYONE CAUGHT BREAKING THE TERMS OF CONDITION IN THE 5+ ! SHORT #USTODIAL 3ENTENCE AND REVOKE OF LICENSE FOR !.9/.% CAUGHT SELLING CANNABIS TO MINORS UNDER S SHOULD BE SERVED IN THE 5+ &OLLOWING THE MODEL ABOVE SEVERAL THINGS WOULD IT IS HOPED BE POSSIBLE IN THE 5+

B #OMMERCIAL 'ROWERS WOULD BE OPEN TO REGISTER THEIR DETAILS AS A LEGITIMATE TAX PAYING BUSINESS SUBMITTING INVOICES TO )NLAND 2EVENUE AT THE POINT OF SALE TO #OMMERCIAL /UTLETS C #OMMERCIAL /UTLETS WOULD IN TURN BE OPEN TO APPLY FOR A LICENSE TO TRADE IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF CANNABIS VIA REGISTERED SOCIAL CLUBS COFFEESHOPS CHEMISTS AND OFF LICENSES (ENCE PURCHASING THEIR PRODUCTS FROM THE LICENSED GROWERS ABOVE IN B D 4HE SALE OF #ANNABIS TO MINORS UNDER S WOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH E 4HE CRIMINALITY CURRENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH CANNABIS WOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH 5SING THIS TWO TIER SYSTEM AKIN TO PRESENT HOME BREWING LAWS IN THE 5+

BASED ON @0ERSONAL AND @#OMMERCIAL GUIDELINES OF CONSUMPTION PURCHASE

AND SALE THEN THOSE THAT WISH TO PROFFER FROM CANNABIS COULD CONTINUE TO DO SO LEGALLY JUST AS THOSE THAT WISH TO BUY CANNABIS WHILE PAYING TAXES TO THE GOVERNMENT COULD DO SO n THUS AKIN TO THE EXISTING SYSTEM THAT LOCAL FOOD PRODUCERS ADOPT WHEN SELLING PRODUCE WITH A @MARKET GARDENERS LICENSE TO BUYERS

4HOSE THAT SIMPLY WISH TO hGROW THEIR OWNv COULD OF COURSE CONTINUE TO DO SO WITHOUT CRIMINALIZATION SUBMITTING ANY DETAILS OR BEING SUBJECT TO ANY FORM OF TAXATION AS IS THE CURRENT CASE WITH ANYONE THAT GROWS THEIR OWN VEGETABLES AT HOME IN THE 5+ )T S NOT A COMPLEX THEORY %NJOY ,AZY

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THE CONTENTS FERMENT AND TURN ROTTEN 7ATER MELONS AND EVEN PINEAPPLES CAN ALSO BE USED TO MAKE THIS STYLE OF PIPE

4HERE ARE SEVERAL ICONOGRAPHIC IMAGES OF PEOPLE SMOKING BONGS CHALICES AND PIPES IN PRE HISTORY ON WORKS OF ART IN PAINTINGS AND ON POTTERY )N CONTRAST

VERY FEW SURVIVING REPRESENTATIONS OF SPLIFF SMOKING HAVE BEEN HANDED DOWN 4HIS IS BECAUSE @PIPE CULTURE ONCE HELD CONSIDERABLY MORE ESTEEM WITHIN SOCIETY AMID FARMING COMMUNITIES RELIGIOUS CULTS AND RULING ELITES

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,IKEWISE MUCH OF THE TERMINOLOGY WITHIN @0IPE #ULTURE HAS BEEN PRESERVED THROUGHOUT THE AGES IN THE FORM OF THE LANGUAGE PEOPLE USE TO DESCRIBE DIFFERENT STYLES OF PIPE THEIR USE THEIR DESIGN AND THEIR FUNCTION )N ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE @$IASPORA OF 0IPE #ULTURE FROM ITS ORIGINS WE MUST THEN ALSO CONSIDER SOME OF THE RELIGIOUS AND ECONOMIC MECHANISM THAT HAVE HELPED THE PIPE ON ITS WAY FROM %AST TO 7EST FROM !SIA INTO !FRICA %UROPE AND FINALLY THE !MERICAS

/ iÊ* «i 4HE WORD h0IPEv DERIVES FROM THE OLD %NGLISH MEANING @A TUBE ALONG WHICH WATER GAS OR VAPOR MAY PASS 3MOKING PIPES ARE HOWEVER ALSO KNOWN BY A VARIETY OF OTHER NAMES INCLUDING BONGS

BUCKETS CHALICES COCONUTS FOUR FOOTERS

HOOKAHS ETC

> }ÊÌ iÊ« «i 4RADITIONALLY PIPES HAVE BEEN CRAFTED FROM A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS 4HESE ARE EASILY CATEGORIZED INTO TWO SIMPLE GROUPS /RGANIC PIPES SOURCED FROM NATURAL MATERIALS SUCH AS CLAY BAMBOO HARD AND SOFT WOOD FRUITS AND NUTS WHICH ARE ALL RELATIVELY QUICK AND SIMPLE TO MAKE )N ESSENCE THESE ARE THE PROTOTYPE PIPES THAT .EOLITHIC SMOKERS STARTED EXPERIMENTING WITH 4HE @MANUFACTURED PIPE ENGINEERED FROM BASE ELEMENTS SUCH AS STONE

METAL CERAMIC AND GLASS WHICH ARE RELATIVELY LABORIOUS AND DIFFICULT TO MAKE )N CONTRAST THESE PIPES WERE ESSENTIALLY DESIGNED FOR SALE WITHIN COMMERCIAL MARKETS AND FOR LONG DISTANCE TRAVEL

/RGANIC PIPES AND MANUFACTURED PIPES BOTH INVOLVE A DEGREE OF KNOWLEDGE SKILL AND CRAFTSMANSHIP IN MAKING

"À}> VÊ* «ià "AMBOO 0IPES n ARE SIMPLY CONSTRUCTED FROM TWO PIECES OF PRE DRIED BAMBOO

ONE SHORT AND ONE LONG CUT AND INSERTED AT RIGHT ANGLES TO ONE ANOTHER 3UCH PIPES HAVE BEEN USED TO ADMINISTER THE SMOKE OF RESINS FROM MEDICINAL PLANTS SUCH AS CANNABIS AND OPIUM FOR COUNTLESS CENTURIES IN !SIA 4ODAY BAMBOO PIPES ARE STILL COMMONLY SMOKED THROUGHOUT 3OUTH %AST !SIA

!USTRALIA #HINA AND *APAN 7OODEN 0IPES n ARE USUALLY CARVED FROM THE HARDWOOD OF SHRUBS AND FRUIT TREES 4HE MOST IMPORTANT FEATURE IS THAT THE WOOD IS NON TOXIC TO HUMANS AND IS HARD ENOUGH TO WORK INTO A BOWL SHAPE AND WILL WITHSTAND FIRE !NCIENT IN DESIGN THIS STYLE OF PIPE IS STILL FASHIONABLE TODAY WITH 3HERLOCK (OMLES ENTHUSIASTS AND OLD MEN #LAY 0IPES n ARE CRAFTED FROM EARTHENWARE THAT HAS BEEN FIRED IN AN OPEN FIRE OR A KILN #LAY PIPES MAY RANGE IN STYLE AND MATERIALS FROM EARLY HEAVY HAND THROWN CHILLUMS TYPICAL OF THE 3ADHU IN )NDIA AND LATER 2ASTAFARIAN COMMUNITIES IN *AMAICA TO THE NEWER DESIGN MORE DELICATE FINE PORCELAIN PIPES CRAFTED FOR THE 3PICE 4RADE 4HE LATER OF WHICH FREQUENTLY OCCUR AS ARCHAEOLOGICAL DEPOSITIONS ON #OLONIAL SITES THROUGHOUT THE !MERICAS #OCONUT 0IPES n ARE CONSTRUCTED FROM A HOLLOWED OUT COCONUT INSERTED VIA TWO CAREFULLY CARVED HOLES WITH ONE LENGTH OF BAMBOO AS THE @DOWN PIPE AND ANOTHER SHORTER PROTRUDING LENGTH INSERTED AS A MOUTH @PIECE 4HE COCONUT IS THEN FILLED WITH WATER AND A @CAP MESH OR CLAY CHALICE IS FITTED TO THE TOP OF THE MAIN DOWN PIPE 4ODAY #OCONUT 0IPES ARE MOSTLY SMOKED AND ENJOYED BY THE 2ASTAFARIAN COMMUNITY 0UMPKIN 0IPES n CAN BE CONSTRUCTED FROM ANY LARGE FRUIT WITH A THICK SKIN 4HESE PIPES ARE USUALLY HOLLOWED OUT

FILLED WITH WATER AND USED IN THE SAME WAY AS THE #OCONUT 0IPE AS DESCRIBED ABOVE 4HE PIPE IS ONLY USED ONCE BEFORE

3TONE PIPES PREDATE CLAY PIPES ARCHAEOLOGICALLY ALTHOUGH THIS IS BECAUSE STONE PIPES ARE DESIGNED TO LAST 4RADITIONALLY STONE PIPES SHARE A SIMILAR DESIGN TO A CHILLUM 4HE ROOTS OF THE STONE PIPE STEM FROM COMMUNAL CEREMONIES AND PEACE OFFERINGS 4HE CHILLUM IS PASSED IN A CIRCLE AND REQUIRES LOTS OF INGREDIENTS TO HELP IT LAST A LONG TIME ! PIECE OF CLOTH OR GAUZE IS USUALLY PLACED OVER THE MOUTH END OF THE CHILLUM TO STOP @FLY BACKS 4HE EXACT ORIGINS OF THIS FORM OF PIPE CULTURE ARE STILL UNKNOWN (OOKAH 0IPES ARE MADE FROM FORGED METAL 4HE HOOKAH IS FILLED WITH WATER

INTO WHICH A DOWN PIPE PASSES WHICH HELPS COOL THE SMOKE 4RADITIONALLY HASHISH WAS SMOKED ON THE HOOKAH 4HE LARGE CAP OF RESIN AND HERBS USUALLY REQUIRED A GLOWING EMBER TO HELP KEEP THE INGREDIENTS ALIGHT 4HE EXACT ROOTS OF THE (OOKAH PIPE AND ITS SURROUNDING CULTURE ARE STILL SKETCHY AND HAVE SINCE BEEN TAKEN OVER BY THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY 4HE ORIGINS OF THE HOOKAH PIPE LAY SOMEPLACE BETWEEN THE 7ESTERN WALLS OF #HINA AND THE %ASTERN REACHES OF 0ERSIA WITH ALL HIT HOLE FINGERS POINTING TOWARDS 4IBET AND )NDIA AS ITS ORIGINAL SOURCE 4HE (OOKAH HAS SINCE BEEN MOBILIZED AS A SOURCE OF MATERIAL CULTURE BY THE "EDOUIN TRIBES OF THE -IDDLE %AST WHO HAVE SINCE PROPAGATED PIPE CULTURE INTO EVERY NATION IN THE REGION "UCKET 0IPES n ARE MODERN HOMEMADE PIPES CONSTRUCTED FROM AN OLD EMPTY LEMONADE BOTTLE WITH THE BASE CUT OFF

A BUCKET OF WATER OR BATH TUB AND A TIN FOIL CAP WITH SEVERAL HOLES DOTTED IN IT 4HE BOTTLE IS SUBMERGED INTO THE WATER AND THE TIN FOIL CAP IS PLACED ONTO THE TOP OF THE BOTTLE WITH SOME CANNABIS PLACED ON TOP 4HE CANNABIS IS LIT BY A FLAME AND THE BOTTLE IS SLOWLY LIFTED SO THAT SMOKE IS DRAWN DOWN INTO THE BOTTLE

BY THE LAWS OF PHYSICS "EFORE THE BASE OF THE BOTTLE LEAVES THE WATER THE CAP IS REMOVED AND THE SMOKE IS INHALED 4HIS STYLE OF PIPE TAKES SOME PRACTICE TO GET USED TO BUT IS ONE OF THE MOST ENTERTAINING WAYS OF PIPE SMOKING #ERAMIC PIPES ARE MODERN IN DESIGN 4HEIR DESIGN USUALLY FOLLOWS AN ARTISTIC MOVEMENT OR SPECIFIC GENERA OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SMOKING CANNABIS AT THE TIME #ERAMIC AND CLAY PIPES MADE IN THE S AND S ARE NOW CONSIDERED hCOLLECTORS ITEMSv

THE VALUE OF WHICH INCREASES YEAR UPON YEAR ,OOK OUT FOR THESE PIPES AT CAR BOOT SALES AND IN JUNK SHOPS 0LASTIC 0IPES n ARE USUALLY CHEAP AND CHEERFUL 0LASTIC PIPES ARE USUALLY HARDWEARING EASY TO CLEAN AND DO NOT REQUIRE MUCH EFFORT WHEN SMOKING 4HEY COME IN A RAINBOW OF COLOURS SHAPES AND DESIGNS 0LASTIC PIPES MADE FROM AN OLD BOTTLE AND A PIECE OF DOWN PIPE

ARE PERHAPS THE MOST COMMONLY FOUND HOMEMADE PIPES OFTEN FOUND LITTERED AROUND THE COUNTRYSIDE

'LASS PIPES n PERHAPS SIT AT THE PINNACLE OF PIPE EVOLUTION /RIGINALLY THESE PIPES WHERE CRAFTED IN !MERICA BY HIPPIES AND THE ART FORM HAS SINCE CAUGHT ON IN %UROPE 4ODAY SOME GLASS PIPES ARE STILL HAND CRAFTED BY COMMISSIONED ARTISTS WORKING IN SMALL WORKSHOPS AND STUDIOS OVERSEAS #ONVERSELY THE MAJORITY OF GLASS PIPES ARE ENGINEERED USING THE LATEST MANUFACTURING TOOLS IN LARGER SCALE WORKSHOPS USING COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN 4HE GLASS PIPE MARKET OVER THE PAST DECADE HAS BLOOMED AND BOOM AND IS NOW A @BLOW AND SMOKE INDUSTRY IN ITSELF WORTH HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF 53 DOLLARS A YEAR

* «iÊ- } $EPENDING ON THE @0IPE 3MOKER AND THEIR OWN PREFERENCE THE CONTENTS OF A PIPE LOAD MAY CONSIST OF PURE CANNABIS )TAL OR A MIX OF CANNABIS AND TOBACCO BLENDED TOGETHER -UCH DEPENDS ON THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL BACKGROUND OF THE PIPE SMOKER AND THE QUALITY AND AMOUNT OF CANNABIS AVAILABLE 4RADITIONALLY HASHISH IS SMOKED THROUGH WATER PIPES TO REDUCE THE HARSHNESS ASSOCIATED WITH THE THICK HOT SMOKE 3INCE THE INTRODUCTION OF TOBACCO FROM THE !MERICAS IT HAS BEEN FASHIONABLY TO MIX TOBACCO WITH HASHISH FOR SMOKING IN PIPES 4YPICALLY THE TOBACCO IS CHARRED FIRST THE HASHISH IS CRUMBLED

AND BOTH ARE BLENDED TOGETHER -ANY PIPE SMOKERS ARGUE THAT THE TOBACCO HELPS KEEP THE HASHISH ALIGHT AND GIVES A MORE REFINED SMOKING EXPERIENCE THAN SMOKING PURE HASHISH (ERBAL CANNABIS ON THE OTHER HAND IS TRADITIONALLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE CHALICE OR HAND PIPE AND IS OFTEN SMOKED PURE MAINLY DUE TO THE MILDER PLUMES OF SMOKE HERBAL CANNABIS PRODUCES !GAIN THE INFLUENCE OF TOBACCO WITHIN %UROPEAN 0IPE #ULTURE IS PERHAPS ITS ONLY ADDICTIVE TRAIT ONE THAT MANY PIPE SMOKERS CAN T SHAKE OFF

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4HE 5+ CANNABIS MARKET WAS THEN FORCED INTO A SITUATION OF BEING SELF SUFFICIENT AS FAR AS THE MAJORITY OF ITS HERBAL CANNABIS CONSUMPTION WAS CONCERNED 4HIS WITNESSED A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF @HOME GROWERS AND @COMMERCIAL GROWERS CULTIVATING CANNABIS 3INCE THEN THE NUMBER OF HYDROPONIC OUTLETS IN THE 5+ HAS MULTIPLIED TENFOLD n WITH SPECIALIST SHOPS NOW FOUND IN EVERY MAJOR TOWN )NITIALLY THE SUPPLY OF @COMMERCIAL CANNABIS GROWN IN THE 5+ WAS STILL CONDUCTED BY THOSE PREVIOUSLY CONCERNED WITH IMPORTATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF LARGE AMOUNTS OF CANNABIS PER SE 4HE PRICE OF THIS @COMMERCIAL CANNABIS WHILE SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY WAS STILL REGULATED

BY THE CRIMINAL NETWORKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CANNABIS DEALERS THEMSELVES WHO ALTHOUGH OFTEN UNSCRUPULOUS IN THEIR METHODS STILL AIMED TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE WITHIN THE 5+ CANNABIS MARKET 4HE PRICE OF CANNABIS PER KILO

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@"LUES AND @,IVERS BECAME COMMON EVERYDAY FAVORITES THAT BUYER AND SMOKERS GREW TO EXPECT !T WHICH POINT THE 5+ CANNABIS MARKET BECAME FLOODED WITH CONTAMINATED CANNABIS 4HE CONCLUSION BEING THAT PERFECTLY GOOD CANNABIS WAS BEING TUMBLED IN %UROPE TO REMOVE THE RESIN FOR SALE IN COFFEESHOPS SPRAYED WITH REFLECTIVE ROAD PAINT VACUUM PACKED AND TRANSPORTED FOR SALE IN THE 5+ AND )RELAND 4HEREAFTER MANY REPUTABLE CANNABIS DEALERS IN THE 5+ HUNG UP THEIR SCALES AND MOVED ON TO CONDUCT MORE REPUTABLE BUSINESS ELSEWHERE 4HE 5+ CANNABIS MARKET WAS TAINTED )RONICALLY MANY LESS REPUTABLE CANNABIS DEALERS IN THE 5+ WERE @MUSCLED OUT OF THE CANNABIS MARKET COMPLETELY BY COMPETITIVE FOREIGN INVESTORS WHO HAVE BEEN THE MAIN FOCUS OF THE "RITISH POLICE FORCE AND MEDIA EVER SINCE 3INCE ONWARDS A NEW GENERATION OF CANNABIS GROWERS AND CANNABIS DEALERS HAS EMERGED IN THE 5+ 7HAT SEPARATES THIS hNEW GENERATIONv OF CANNABIS GROWER AND CANNABIS DEALER FROM THE hOLD GENERATIONv OF CANNABIS GROWERS AND DEALERS HAS LITTLE TO DO WITH AGE OR LOCATION )N THE MAJORITY OF CASES THE PREVIOUSLY SEPARATE ROLE OF @CANNABIS GROWER AND @CANNABIS DEALER ARE NOW SHARED BY ONE AND THE SAME 4HE NUMBER OF @SMALL COMMERCIAL GROWERS IN THE 5+ PRODUCING ANYWHERE UP TO A KILO OF CANNABIS

PER HARVEST HAS VASTLY INCREASED 4HUS COMPENSATING FOR A DECLINE IN THE NUMBER OF @LARGER COMMERCIAL GROWERS PRODUCING UP TO KILOS OF CANNABIS PER HARVEST CURRENTLY CULTIVATING IN THE 5+ 4ODAY IN THE PRICE OF CANNABIS HAS JUST GONE UP AGAIN n WITH PRICES NOW RANGING ANYWHERE BETWEEN TO POUNDS STERLING PER TH OZ GRAM DEAL )N MANY CASES QUALITY HAS BEEN REDUCED AND MANY DEALS ARE BEING SOLD DAMP OR WET OFTEN FRESHLY CUT FROM THE PLANT )N THE REVERSE THE HIGHEST QUALITY CANNABIS ON OFFER IS OFTEN SOLD BY THE GRAM AT THE HIGHEST PRICE POSSIBLE 4HE SEER NUMBER OF hHOME GROWERSv NOW SUPPLYING CANNABIS IN THE 5+ FROM THEIR OWN COMMERCIAL CROPS DIRECT TO CONSUMERS HAS HOWEVER REDUCED MUCH OF THE CRIMINALITY INVOLVED IN DISTRIBUTION 4HAT IS ANY hCRIMINALITYv IS NOW PRIMARILY ASSOCIATED WITH CANNABIS AS AN ILLEGAL PROCESSION IN THE 5+

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SMALL AND BUSHY SO ) DECIDED TO KEEP IT AS A MOTHER AS ) LIKED THE WAY IT STAYED NICE AND SMALL JUST THE WAY ) LIKE IT 3O THE OTHERS GOT FLOWERED SMOKED AND ) WAS RUNNING OUT OF SPACE FOR THIS LAST GIRL ) D HAD IT NOW FOR ABOUT MONTHS AND IT WAS THE BIGGEST IN MY ROOM ) WAS THINKING IF ) FLOWERED IT HOW MUCH WOULD IT GIVE ME IT WAS A BONSAI STYLE "ECAUSE OF MY HEIGHT IT GOT TOPPED A FEW TIMES JUST TO KEEP IT SMALL BUT IT LOVED IT %VERY TIME ) TOPPED IT IT CAME BACK WITH A VENGEANCE MORE STRONG SHOOTS COMING OFF THE SHOOTS ) CUT WEEKS BEFORE 4HE METHOD WAS REALLY A CLONE MACHINE &EED HER 3UPERTHRIVE WEEKLY AND GIVE HER A #ANNA ! " JUST TO KEEP HER HEALTHY !ND IT DID THE TRICK %VERY NOW AND THEN SHE WOULD NEED NITROGEN THAT WAS IT MAINLY 4HE STYLE OF GROWING WAS LIKE A SEA OF GREEN 3/' 3INCE ) HAD CLONES IN THERE ) DIDN T GIVE THEM ANY VEG TIME AS AN EXPERIMENT BUT THE 000 X -ENAGE WAS THE BIGGEST 4HE YIELD WAS HIGH )F ANYONE HAS DONE THE 000 X -ENAGE YOU WILL KNOW WHAT SMOKEDOGG MEANS

)F YOU 3/' 3EA OF 'REEN A 000 X -ENAGE IT COULD BE DOUBLE FIGURES 4HE CURE WAS DONE SLOWER DAYS IN THE TENT WITH THE CLIMATE IDEAL C WITH HUMID 4HEN IN GLASS JARS FOR THE REST !FTER DAYS THE STEM BROKE AND THE RIZLAS WERE WAITING 2OUGHLY GOT ABOUT OZ ISH DRIED ! GOOD CHOICE AND EASY TO GROW PLANT 4HE FEED WENT UP TO IN FLOWER AND ) RECKON SHE COULD OF HANDLED %# EASY BUT ) WAS SCARED OF BURNING HER AND WANTED TO GLOW LIKE 000 X -ENAGE 4RIOS

REALLY KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT 4HE FLOWERS STARTED IN THE MAIN LEAF NODES AS NOR MAL BUT INSTEAD OF GROWING SIDEWAYS EACH FLOWER GREW UPWARDS TOWARDS THE SKY !T THIS STAGE A FEED OF HOMEMADE GUANO TEA WAS GIVEN TO THE PLANT "Y WEEK THE FLOWERS LOOKED LIKE A CROSS BETWEEN BIRTHDAY PARTY CANDLES AND EARS OF WHEAT 4HE SMELL WAS ONLY NOTICEABLE WHEN THE PLANT WAS BRUSHED AGAINST OR MOVED ABOUT IN THE GLASS HOUSE OR WHEN THE STEMS WERE RUBBED 4HEN A DEEP FRUITY SMELL WAS RELEASED JUST LIKE JUICY FRUIT CHEWING GUM 4HE 2OYAL !UTOMATIC GREW LESS THAN METER TALL BY HARVEST AND WAS LIKE A SKINNY POLE PLANT WITHOUT ANY SIDE BRANCHES %ACH BRACT OF THE FLOWERS HAD SWELLED OUT FULLY AND OVER OF THE HAIRS HAD WITHERED TO AN ORANGE COLOUR 4HE WHOLE PLANT WAS HARVESTED AT AROUND DAYS 4HE MAIN FAN LEAVES AND SHADE LEAVES WERE TRIMMED OFF 4HIS LEFT A LOAD OF SPINDLY FLOWERS ON THE MAIN STEM !FTER DRYING FOR DAYS THE FLOWERS WERE LEFT TO CURE FOR DAYS MORE AND THEY WERE THEN READY FOR SMOKING 7HEN CRUSHED THE FLOWERS HAD A FRUITY PLASTIC SMELL THAT

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7ELL HERE IT IS A REPORT ON -UMMIA ) WAS GIFTED A PACK OF THESE SEEDS A WHILE AGO 4HE FIRST TIME ) CRACKED TWO SEEDS BOTH ROLLED OVER AND DIED AFTER GROW ING FOR AROUND DAYS .OT A GOOD START ) THOUGHT TO MY SELF BUT NEVER THE LESS ) DECIDED TO GIVE IT A GO NEXT TIME ROUND ) STARTED WITH ONE SEED AS ) ONLY HAD LEFT 4HE GERMINATION OF THE SEED WENT F INE 4HE TAP ROOT WAS OUT IN DAYS ) DIDN T HAVE TO REMOVE THE SHELL HUSK IT DID IT SELF 3O ) THOUGHT YIPPEE HERE WE GO !S SHE WAS VEGGING ) WAS WATCHING OTHERS AROUND HER TAKE OFF WHILE SHE STAYED SMALL DIDN T SEEM INTERESTED IN GROWING MUCH AT ALL 4HERE WERE NO SIGNS OF ANY DEFI CIENCY OR OVER FEEDING 4HE ROOTS WERE NICE AND THICK BRIGHT WHITE

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