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ÀiÊ } ÌÊ> `ÊÞ i `ÊÜ Ì Ê{ää Û ÌÊ > «Ã @,IGHT IS WEIGHT IS A TYPICAL PIECE OF GROWERS WISDOM ONE THAT PRETTY MUCH EVERY GROWER CAN ENDORSE 4HE MAJORITY OF GROWERS ALSO KNOW THAT AFTER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF GROWING TIME YOU NEED TO REPLACE THE BULB n EVEN IF IT DOES NOT HAPPEN WHEN EXPECTED "UT WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT REFLECTORS THEN MOST GROWERS STILL TEND TO SWITCH OFF ! REFLECTOR THAT S ONE OF THOSE BENT BITS OF TIN THAT HANG ABOVE YOUR LAMP RIGHT 0RECISELY !ND IT S HIGH TIME TO GET YOURSELF OVER TO ONE OF THE BIGGEST LIGHTING SPECIALISTS IN THE WORLD 'AVITA (OLD TIGHT AND DON T FORGET TO PUT YOUR SUNGLASSES ON 'AVITA HAS SINCE BEEN PLAYING A LEADING ROLE IN THE PROFESSIONAL LIGHTING WORLD ACROSS THE PLANET 4HE COMPANY MADE ITS NAME PRIMARILY WITH ITS TAILOR MADE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS FOR LARGE HORTICULTURAL OPERATIONS AND WORKED CLOSELY WITH ELECTRONICS GIANTS SUCH AS 0HILIPS AND 'ENERAL %LECTRICS TO APPLY THE NEWEST DEVELOPMENTS IN HORTICULTURAL LIGHTING )N THE HOME GROW WORLD 'AVITA IS BEST KNOWN FOR ITS )2 )NTEGRATED 2EFLECTOR LAMPS 9OU KNOW THE ONES n THE FUNNY SHAPED GLOBULAR LAMPS IN WHICH THE REFLECTOR SITS INSIDE !ND THAT IS NO COINCIDENCE IN THE FIELD OF REFLECTORS THE KNOWLEDGE BASE OF 'AVITA IS UNEQUALLED AND PUTS THE COMPANY FIRMLY AMONG THE WORLD LEADERS n A PLAYGROUND WITH JUST FOUR MAIN PLAYERS )N THE @HOBBY GROWER WORLD THE LIGHT ARMATURE IS OFTEN SOMETHING OF A CHANGELING CHILD *UST AS LONG AS IT DOESN T COST MUCH IS OFTEN THE ONLY CRITERION OF CHOICE &ORTUNATELY IN RECENT YEARS MORE AND MORE GROWERS ARE COMING TO APPRECIATE THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFE EQUIPMENT h)N THE PAST THERE WAS A TREND TOWARDS CHEAPER AND CHEAPER AND THAT WAS AT THE EXPENSE OF QUALITY v SAYS 'AVITA DIRECTOR $ICK TER (ORST h"UT PEOPLE IN THIS INDUSTRY ARE STILL TRYING TO SAVE COSTS BY BUYING CHEAP ARMATURES v "UT THE HIDDEN COSTS ARE HIGH THIS SORT OF BUDGET SYSTEM DELIVERS A MUCH LOWER YIELD AND CREATES FIRE HAZARDS BECAUSE THEY ARE PUT TOGETHER WITH CHEAP PARTS

!S WELL AS THE DEFECTIVE STANDARD OF CHEAP 63!S ACCORDING TO 4ER (ORST THERE IS ALSO AN ABSENCE OF QUALITY IN MOST REFLECTORS h4HE IDEA IS THAT VIA THE REFLECTOR AS MUCH LIGHT AS POSSIBLE

IS REFLECTED BACK FROM THE LAMP TO CREATE AS GOOD A LIGHT FOOTPRINT AS POSSIBLE 4HAT IS SOMETHING THAT EVEN THE FEW REFLECTORS SPECIALLY MADE FOR THE INDOOR GROWING MARKET DO NOT DO WELL ENOUGH !LL TOO OFTEN MATERIALS ARE USED THAT PRODUCE WAY TOO MUCH LOSS OF YIELD AND POOR UNIFORMITY v

`` Ì > Ê } Ì } !PART FROM THE QUALITY OF THE MATERIAL USED THERE IS ALSO THE QUESTION WHETHER THE CHOSEN REFLECTOR IS SUITABLE FOR INDOOR GROWING "ECAUSE ALTHOUGH THE CONSUMER HAS A CHOICE FROM AN ENORMOUS RANGE OF REFLECTOR HOODS

BY FAR THE MAJORITY OF THEM COME FROM THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR !ND THERE EXPLAINS 4ER (ORST IS THE TROUBLE h)N THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR

ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING IS USED EXCLUSIVELY AS ADDITIONAL LIGHT 4HE LAMPS HANG HIGH ABOVE THE PLANTS 3O THE REFLECTOR HOODS USED IN GREENHOUSES HAVE VERY DIFFERENT QUALITIES THAN THOSE NEEDED IN HOBBY GROWING WHERE THE LAMPS ARE GENERALLY THE SOLE SOURCE OF LIGHT AND ALWAYS HANG CLOSELY ABOVE THE PLANTS 4HE MOST IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE IS THAT IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR THEY WORK WITH OVERLAPPING LIGHT SOURCES AND IN GROWING THEY THINK IN TERMS OF SQUARE METRES v 4HE CONSEQUENCES ARE CLEAR THE REFLECTOR HOODS THAT ARE OFFERED FOR USE IN HOBBY GROWING ARE ACTUALLY TOTALLY UNSUITABLE FOR INDOOR GROW SPACES !ND AS A RESULT THE GROWER WASTES TENS OF PERCENT OF HIS YIELD "ECAUSE EVEN IF YOU RE USING FACTORY FRESH LIGHT BULBS

THAT IS NO GUARANTEE THAT ALL THE ENERGY WILL BE TRANSLATED INTO ENERGY THAT IS USABLE BY THE PANTS 4ER (ORST h"Y USING AN UNSUITABLE REFLECTOR LARGE

DIFFERENCES IN LIGHT YIELD ARE PRODUCED YOU GET HOT SPOTS PLACES WHERE A LOT OF LIGHT IS CONCENTRATED AND OTHER SPOTS WHERE THERE IS LESS LIGHT FALLING 4HE RESULT IS THAT LIGHTING OF THE PLANTS IS IRREGULAR n AND THEREFORE A CONSIDERABLY SMALLER YIELD THAN WAS POSSIBLE IS ACTUALLY ACHIEVED v

ÀÀ Ã Ê> `Ê` ÀÌ )T IS OFTEN SAID IN THE WORLD OF HOBBY GROWING THAT ONE SHOULD LOOK TO THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR TO SEE WHAT NEW TECHNIQUES AND PRODUCTS ARE ACTUALLY WORTH THE TROUBLE AND INVESTMENT "UT EVEN SO A LOT GOES OVER THEIR HEADS

ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO LIGHTING /NE OF THE THINGS THAT THE HOME GROWER OFTEN GIVES TOO LITTLE THOUGHT TO IS WEAR AND TEAR OF LAMPS BUT MOST CERTAINLY OF REFLECTORS TOO 4ER (ORST h)N GENERAL YOU CAN SAY THAT THE YIELD OF LIGHT OF A LAMP IS REDUCED AFTER EVERY

HOURS WORK BY !ND AS WORKERS IN THE HORTICULTURAL SECTOR KNOW LESS LIGHT MEANS LESS PRODUCTION v )N THE TRADITIONAL HORTICULTURE WORLD THEY HAVE ALWAYS WORKED BY AN IRON RULE AFTER EVERY HOURS BURNING ALL THE LAMPS IN THE GREENHOUSE ARE DITCHED AND REPLACED WITH FRESH BULBS ,ESS WELL KNOWN AMONG HOME GROWERS IS THAT REFLECTORS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO WEAR AND TEAR 4HAT S WHY HORTICULTURAL GROWERS ALSO REPLACE THEIR REFLECTORS WHEN THEY REPLACE THE BULBS h)N HORTICULTURE THEY ESTIMATE THAT THE REFLECTION IS REDUCED

BY FOR EVERY HOURS OF LIGHT !ND BY THEIR CALCULATIONS THAT LESS REFLECTION ALSO MEANS A DROP IN PRODUCTION v 2EGULARLY CLEANING THE REFLECTOR HOOD CAN TEMPORARILY HELP BUT SUBSTANCES DO GET BURNED ON TO REFLECTOR

WHICH BUILDS UP AND THEREFORE LOSS OF OUTPUT IS UNAVOIDABLE h)N DAYS GONE BY THE HORTICULTURAL SECTOR TENDED TO MAINLY USE ANODISED REFLECTORS

WHICH WERE MADE OF PURE ALUMINIUM A VERY SOFT MATERIALv EXPLAINS 4ER (ORST h4HANKS TO THE PRESSING AND

ANODISING THE MATERIAL BREAKS UP AND BECOMES POROUS $IRT GETS IN TO THE PORES

AND EVENTUALLY THIS IS TOO WORKED IN TO BE REMOVED 4HE HOODS THAT HOME GROWERS USE ARE PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THIS TYPE v &OR THIS REASON IT IS COMMON PRACTICE IN HORTICULTURAL CIRCLES TO RE ANODIZE ALL REFLECTORS AFTER A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME 4HESE DAYS PROFESSIONAL FARMERS MORE OFTEN CHOOSE TO USE THE NEW (2 ARMATURES MADE OF -)2/ ALUMINIUM

FOR WHICH THE REFLECTORS ARE EXCHANGEABLE WITHOUT HAVING TO REPLACE THE WHOLE ARMATURE -)2/ CONSISTS OF PURE ALUMINIUM COATED WITH TWO LAYERS OF REFLECTION BOOSTING COATINGS OF TITANIUM AND SILICON OXIDES THANKS TO WHICH THE MATERIAL IS MUCH SMOOTHER THAN ANODISED ALUMINIUM $IRT STILL PLAYS A ROLE WITH -)2/ BUT TO MUCH LESS AN EXTENT THAN WITH ANODISED ALUMINIUM !T THE SAME TIME THE REFLECTING ABILITIES ARE STRONGLY INCREASED THE DIFFERENCE IN LIGHT YIELD BETWEEN -)2/ REFLECTOR COMMON OR GARDEN ALUMINIUM IS BETWEEN AND -AKING A GOOD -)2/ REFLECTOR REQUIRES A WHOLE LOAD OF KNOW HOW +NOW HOW THAT AT 'AVITA WE HAVE IN ABUNDANCE )N OUR OWN LIGHT LAB EXTENSIVE TESTS ARE CONDUCTED SIMULATIONS ARE MADE WITH THE AID OF ADVANCED COMPUTER PROGRAMS AND FINALLY AN INDEPENDENT 'ERMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE IS EMPLOYED TO VERIFY THE TEST RESULTS 4ER (ORST h4HE PROBLEM IS THAT THE HIGHER THE LIGHT YIELD OF THE MATERIAL THE HARDER IT IS TO MAKE A GOOD REFLECTOR OUT OF IT "ECAUSE YOU HAVE LESS DIFFUSE LIGHT AND THE REFLECTION IS LESS CONTROLLABLE IT IS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT TO GIVE EXACTLY THE RIGHT SHAPE TO THE REFLECTOR IN ORDER TO DIRECT THE LIGHT AT THE RIGHT PLACE 4HE ART IS MAKING THE REFLECTOR SO THAT AS LITTLE LIGHT AS POSSIBLE PASSES THROUGH THE LAMP )F NOT THE LAMP WARMS UP AND TECHNICAL PROBLEMS FOLLOW AS A RESULT 7ITH A GOOD REFLECTOR THE REFLECTED LIGHT AS MUCH LIGHT AS POSSIBLE IS DEFLECTED ROUND THE LAMP SO THAT YOU GET A NICE

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ÕVÌÕ>Ì ÃÊ ÊÌ iÊ > ÃÊÃÕ«« Þ 3OMETHING THAT IS OFTEN OVERLOOKED IS THE INFLUENCE OF FLUCTUATIONS IN THE CURRENT NETWORK %VERYONE TAKES IT FOR GRANTED THAT THE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY IS ALWAYS AT A STANDARD VOLTS BUT IN PRACTICE THE SUPPLY IS CONSTANTLY FLUCTUATING BETWEEN AND VOLTS !LL THESE PEAKS AND TROUGHS STRONGLY AFFECT THE OUTPUT OF THE LAMP WHILST THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CONDENSORS IN THE BALLAST IS REDUCED )N HORTICULTURE THE CONDENSORS IN 63!S ARE EVEN REPLACED AFTER JUST A YEAR MOSTLY DUE TO THE CONSIDERABLY HIGHER ENERGY USE 3OMETHING THAT THE AVERAGE HOBBY GROWER HAS PROBABLY NEVER GIVEN MUCH THOUGHT TO 6OLTAGE FLUCTUATIONS ALSO CHANGE THE SPECTRUM OF THE LIGHT GIVEN OFF BY THE LAMPS WITH A SUPPLY LOWER THAN VOLTS THE RED END OF THE SPECTRUM GIVEN OUT IS REDUCED AND MORE BLUE IS GIVEN OFF THAN WITH AN IDEAL VOLTAGE 9OU GET THE SAME EFFECT USING A COOL TUBE 4HE OPPOSITE HAPPENS IF THE CURRENT IS INCREASED IN THAT CASE THERE IS A BIGGER SHARE OF RED SPECTRUM LIGHT 4HE SOLUTION WAS FOUND IN ELECTRONIC BALLAST %XPERIMENTS BEGAN IN EARNEST AROUND WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY

AND BY IT WAS SAFE TO SAY THAT ELECTRONIC BALLAST IS THE FUTURE )T S NOT FOR NOTHING THAT EVER MORE HORTICULTURALISTS ARE STEPPING OVER TO ELECTRONIC BALLAST 4HE ADVANTAGES OVER THE TRADITIONAL ELECTROMAGNETIC 63!S ARE LEGION 4ER (ORST h!N ELECTROMAGNETIC BALLAST FOR A WATT LAMP USES WATTS

AN ELECTRONIC USES WATTS OR A DIFFERENCE IN ENERGY USE )F WITH AN ELECTROMAGNETIC BALLAST YOU HAVE FOR EXAMPLE VOLTS COMING OUT OF THE MAINS YOU RE LOSING TO OF THE LIGHT n AND THEREFORE WEIGHT 7ITH THE CURRENT ELECTRONIC BALLASTS IT DOES NOT MATTER WHETHER YOU HAVE OR VOLTS GOING IN THE ELECTRONICS WILL ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT THE LAMP HAS THE CORRECT ILLUMINATION CURRENT AVAILABLE AND THUS THE LAMP WILL DELIVER ITS OPTIMAL LIGHT YIELD v 'O FIGURE YOUR PROFIT

{ääÊÛ Ìà "UT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS HAPPENING ON THE LIGHT FRONT 3OMEWHERE AROUND THE LAMP MANUFACTURER 0HILIPS BROUGHT OUT THE VOLT HORTICULTURE

LAMP THE RESULT OF A NEW WAY OF LOOKING AT LIGHT h)N THE HOBBY MARKET THERE HAD ONLY BEEN VOLT LAMPS USED UNTIL THEN v EXPLAINS 4ER (ORST h5NTIL RECENTLY THAT WAS ALSO THE CASE IN THE HORTICULTURE WORLD BUT IT DAWNED ON THEM THAT IN FACT VOLT LAMPS ARE ACTUALLY JUST REFINED STREET LIGHTING LAMPS ORIGINALLY THEY WERE DEVELOPED FOR THE ,UX YIELD SO THE PART OF THE LIGHT SPECTRUM THAT IS VISIBLE TO THE HUMAN EYE 4HE NEWLY DEVELOPED VOLT LAMPS ARE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO PRODUCE THE SPECTRUM THAT BENEFITS PLANTS MOST THE GROWTH LIGHT v 4HE GAIN IN USABLE GROWTH LIGHT IS CONSIDERABLE 4ER (ORST h/N A VOLT BALLAST A WATT LAMP DELIVERS MICROMOL A MEASURE OF SUNLIGHT STRENGTH ! WATT LAMP OF VOLTS GIVES MICROMOL SO IT S A DIFFERENCE "UT NOTE THEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AN IDEAL SITUATION WHERE THE LIGHTING NET DELIVERS A STABLE VOLTS v !N ELECTRONIC 63! IN COMBINATION WITH A VOLT LAMP DELIVERS AN UNBEATABLE COMBINATION 4ER (ORST h)F YOU CONNECT THE SAME VOLT LAMP TO AN ELECTRONIC BALLAST THEN COMPARED WITH AN ELECTROMAGNETIC BALLAST YOU LL SEE A GAIN v

7 vÊ Êà ii«½ÃÊV Ì } ! SHORT WHILE AGO 'AVITA RECEIVED A MARKET REQUEST WHETHER THE VOLT LAMPS COULD NOT BE ADAPTED FOR THE HOME GROW WORLD 'AVITA S TEAM OF TECHNOLOGISTS TOOK UP THE CHALLENGE IN CO OPERATION WITH THE !NGLO !MERICAN FIRM ,UMATEK 4HE RESULT IS A REVOLUTIONARY WATT ARMATURE WITH A VERY UNUSUAL 63!

SPECIALLY DEVELOPED FOR THE HOBBY GROWER !S YOU MIGHT EXPECT FROM AN AMBITIOUS WORLD LEADER IN LIGHT TECHNOLOGY PACKED INTO THIS NEW ARMATURE WAS AS MUCH STATE OF THE ART REFLECTOR KNOWLEDGE AS POSSIBLE 4HE REFLECTOR HOOD ITSELF LOOKS DECEPTIVELY SIMPLE AND EVEN DISTINCTLY MODEST "UT MAKE NO MISTAKE THIS IS A WOLF IN SHEEP S CLOTHING )N THE HOOD THERE ARE THREE REFLECTORS OR @INSERTS MADE OF -)2/ ALUMINIUM 7HAT MAKES THIS ARMATURE UNIQUE IS THAT THE REFLECTING INSERTS ARE ADJUSTABLE IN THREE POSITIONS THANKS TO WHICH EXACTLY THE SAME UNIFORM SPREAD OF LIGHT CAN

BE PROJECTED FROM DIFFERENT HEIGHTS 4HE REMOVABLE INSERTS ARE ADJUSTABLE INDEPENDENTLY OF EACH OTHER SO THAT THE LIGHT FOOTPRINT CAN ALSO BE ADJUSTED TO ODD CROP HEIGHTS 4HANKS TO THIS

VARIATIONS IN PLANT HEIGHT ESPECIALLY ON THE FRINGES OF THE GROWING AREA CAN BE AVOIDED !ND BECAUSE EVEN THE SUPERIOR -)2/ IS NOT INVINCIBLE TO DIRT THE INSERTS CAN BE DELIVERED LOOSE 3O WHEN CORROSION ATTACKS THE REFLECTORS THERE IS NO NEED TO REPLACE THE WHOLE ARMATURE /NCE AGAIN THIS MEANS EXTRA SAVINGS 4HE ARMATURE IS DRIVEN BY AN ELECTRONIC 63! IMPLEMENTED IN GOOD LOOKING METALLIC PURPLE THAT WAS DEVELOPED SPECIALLY BY ,UMATEK FOR VOLT LAMPS 7HAT IS SPECIAL IS THAT THE PLUG CAN BE SIMPLY CONNECTED TO THE STANDARD 6 MAINS SUPPLY AFTER WHICH THE ELECTRONICS TAKE CARE THAT THE LAMP RECEIVES ITS REQUIRED VOLTS !S A FINAL ATTRACTION THIS ARMATURE IS ALSO THE ONLY ONE ON THE MARKET THAT COMES WITH A LIGHT GUARANTEE 4HERE IS

ENOUGH SNOOZE INDUCING ADVERTISING SPEAK ALREADY IN STATEMENTS FROM OTHER PRODUCERS !ND EVEN THOUGH THIS ARMATURE CERTAINLY COSTS MORE THAN A DO IT YOURSELF SET UP FROM #HINA THAT S A PROBABLY FIRE HAZARD THE EXTRA COST IS VERY SOON MADE BACK 4HAT S NOT INCLUDING THE SAVINGS IN WORRY 4HE 0HILIPS VOLT LAMPS COST PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS FOR EXAMPLE A 3ON 4 0LUS 7ITH THIS ARMATURE YOU WILL COMPARED WITH AN OLD FASHIONED 63! OF THE SAME WATTAGE IN THE BEST CASE GET MORE THAN EXTRA LIGHT AND JUST AS MUCH EXTRA YIELD !NYONE WHO PUTS A PREMIUM ON SAFETY THE ENVIRONMENT AND GETTING THE BEST POSSIBLE YIELD SIMPLY CANNOT TO IGNORE THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT &OR THE MAJORITY OF HOME GROWERS ,%$ LIGHTING IS NOT YET AN ALTERNATIVE THE TECHNOLOGY IS STILL UNDER DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT S MORE STILL UNAFFORDABLE ENOUGH TO MEAN PLASMA LAMPS CAN T BE OVERLOOKED &ORTUNATELY THE FUTURE OF AGRICULTURAL ILLUMINATION IS ALREADY ON THE WAY IN !ALSMEER (OLLAND

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/ iÊ i ÌÊ ÕiÀ >Ê > >L ÃÊ Õ« PROMISED TO BE AN EXCELLENT 3UMMER IN 5+ SO THE 'REEN -AN DECIDED TO TRY SOME OUTDOOR 3ATIVAS ALONG WITH THE NORMAL RANGE OF )NDICAS AND MIXES 4HE SELECTED WERE 7HITE 7IDOW AND (OLLANDS (OPE "LACK ,ABEL +ALI -IST 3ERIOUS 3EEDS $URBAN 0OISON $UTCH 0ASSION %ARLY 'IRL AND THE !FGHAN 3KUNK WERE 3OFT 3ECRETS @$UTCH (EMP FREEBIES AND THIS AS THEY SAY IS THEIR STORY 'ROWING OUTDOORS IN 3OUTH %AST %NGLAND IS MUCH UNDERRATED BUT REMEMBER THAT AS THE REST OF %NGLAND WASHED AWAY IN THIS LITTLE BIT OF !LBION WE HAD AN ENDLESS 3UMMER !LL SITES NEEDED TO BE A BALANCE BETWEEN THE FOLLOWING MAIN FACTORS GROW NEEDS SECURITY ACCESSIBILITY SUNSHINE

'ROW REQUIREMENTS 7E ALWAYS PROVIDE THE MEDIUM SO EARLY IN THE YEAR EACH SITE WAS HACKED CLEAR THEN DUG OUT AND THEN REFILLED WITH A MIX OF ORGANIC HOME COMPOST VEGETARIAN AND THEREFORE LOTS OF 0 + FROM FRUITS PERLITE

GOOD BOUGHT SOIL ABOUT WORM CASTINGS AND A LOT OF POLYMER CRYSTALS TO SMOOTH OUT DROUGHT PERIODS BY HOLDING WATER 7E ALSO PRE SOAK THE CRYSTALS IN ROOT JUICE SOLUTION 4HE BOTTOM OF EACH PIT WAS LINED TO BRAKE DRAINAGE IN SANDY AREAS )T WAS MONTHS BEFORE PLANTING SO THE BIO ACTION GOT ITS WORK DONE AND THE MEDIUM WAS GAGGING FOR THE GIRLS (OWEVER IF YOU DUG A HOLE BACKFILLED IT AND STUCK A GIRL IN THE SAME DAY YOU WOULD GET BRILLIANT RESULTS TOO 7ATERING IS A MAJOR CONCERN AND SELF WATERING SITES ARE THE BEST AS

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BUT REMEMBER THAT DOESN T HAVE TO MEAN MILES FROM ANYWHERE )F YOU FIND A LOVELY REMOTE SELF WATERING SITE KM AWAY FROM HOME BEAR IN MIND THAT AT HARVEST YOU LL HAVE A CAR STUFFED WITH LARGE STINKING BIN BAGS AND BE SHITTING YOURSELF ALL THE WAY HOME /UTDOOR YIELDS ARE HUGE WITH FANTASTIC AROMAS AND NO ONE TRIMS ON SITE n YOU HACK IT STUFF IT AND CLEAR OFF QUICK 7E GREW ABOUT PLANTS AND THAT HAD UP TO PEOPLE OCCUPIED TRIMMING NIGHTS A WEEK IN /CTOBER

NATURAL VEGETATION LATER IN THE SEASON WE CURSE THE BRAMBLES FOR TEARING US AND OUR CLOTHES BUT NOT EVEN DOGS GET THROUGH THESE NASTY BASTARDS 4HE AREAS ARE POPULAR WITH WALKERS WHICH ALLOWS US TO DROOG AROUND WITHOUT CAUSING SUSPICION 4HERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS IN AND OUT AND WE VARY OUR ROUTES 7E CARRY BOOKS ABOUT BUTTERFLIES AND FAUNA AND FREQUENTLY HAVE A DOG WITH US 0LANT SELECTION MATTERS COS OUTDOOR GIRLS ARE LIKE MAGIC BEANSTALKS AND IF YOUR COVER ONLY REACHES UP METERS DON T GO PLANTING ,EDA 5NO +# "RAINS IN !PRIL 4OPPING TO MANAGE HEIGHT ISN T REALLY AN

3UNSHINE ,OOK FOR YOUR SITES EARLY IN *ANUARY AND IMAGINE THE LOCAL VEGETATION IN LATE 3UMMER #UT THE ROOTS TO THE WILD STUFF IN YOUR AREA TO REDUCE WATER AND NUTE THEFT AND HACK BACK RAPID GROWERS LIKE BRAMBLES OR YOU RISK THE GIRLS BEING OVERWHELMED BEFORE THEY GET CHANCE TO THROTTLE UP THEMSELVES (ANGING OUT OF TREES IN 3EPTEMBER WITH A SAW SHOULD BE AVOIDED BUT YOU NEED TO LET THE GIRLS BASK IN THE SUN !LWAYS VISIT THE SITE AT LEAST ONCE DURING DARKNESS A VERY BRIGHT STREETLIGHT WILL FUCK UP YOUR BLOOMING PHASE AND IT TOOK ME AGES TO UNDERSTAND

!UGUST BLAZES AWAY ) M LUGGING LITRES A WEEK INTO THE DRY SITES 4HE 7IDOW ENJOYED A SELF WATERING SITE WAS PLANTED OUT IN LATE *UNE AT CM TALL AND WAS M TALL BY METRES WIDE IN /CTOBER 7E HAVE NEVER HAD A PEST PROBLEM OUTDOORS MITES ETC BUT WATCH FOR ANTS AND SNAILS n A BARRIER OF PELLETS AND CHILLI POWDER AS A RING ROUND EACH PLANT WORKS WELL 0RE SEX ALL YOUR PLANTS UNLESS THEIR FEMINISED

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3OMETIMES GROWING CAN BE A SERIOUSLY LONG WAITING GAME EVERY DAY YOU STARE IN AWE AT YOUR BEAUTIFUL LADIES YOU GIVE THEM LIGHT AND LOVE PLY THEM WITH EXQUISITE EXOTIC FOODS PATIENTLY MAKE SURE THEY ARE NEVER TOO HOT AND NEVER TOO COLD 9OU DO ALL YOU CAN TO ACHIEVE THAT ULTIMATE GOAL TO HARVEST @PLUMP RESIN LADEN STINKING BUDS !ND WHILST YOU ARE CALMLY DOING THESE THINGS FOR DAYS THEN WEEKS THEN MONTHS A LITTLE VOICE IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND STARTS TO SCREAM @ &/2 '/$3 3!+% #/-% /. 3OUND FAMILIAR (ERE IS A SHORT ACCOUNT OF HOW WITH HELP FROM $INAFEM S 2OAD 2UNNER SELECTION YOU CAN SILENCE THAT ANNOYING

SHOUTING LITTLE DEMON IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND ) HAVE RECENTLY FINISHED A GROW WITH 2OAD 2UNNER SET ON A @ON @OFF LIGHT REGIME AND TO MY UTTER AMAZEMENT MANAGED TO GO FROM @SEED UP TO HARVESTING THE FIRST PLANTS IN A MIND BLOWING DAYS 4HAT S RIGHT DAYS ! SHORT TIME AGO ) PLANTED INTO 2OOT 2IOT BLOCKS SOME 2OAD 2UNNER FEMINIZED FROM $INAFEM ) WET THEM DOWN WITH A SOLUTION OF ORGANIC GROWTH ENHANCER .ITROZYME AT A CONCENTRATION OF ML LITRE ) THEN PUT THEM IN AN UNHEATED PROPAGATOR AND SET THEM AT ABOUT INCHES FROM A WATT -ETAL (ALIDE LAMP 4HE REASON ) USED AN UNHEATED PROPAGATOR IS THAT EVEN THOUGH @TOP HEATED HEAT FROM LAMP ) WANTED TO GET THE 2OAD 2UNNERS AS CLOSE TO THE LAMP

AS POSSIBLE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WHILST MAINTAINING HUMIDITY 7HEN USING A BOTTOM HEATED PROPAGATOR PLUS HEAT FROM THE LAMP ABOVE THE TEMPERATURE INSIDE THE PROPAGATOR EVEN WITH VENTS OPEN CAN BE TOO MUCH FOR YOUNG SEEDLINGS AND DEVASTATING FOR CUTTINGS !T BEST

YOU RE GOING TO GET SPINDLY STRETCHED SEEDLINGS AT WORST THEY LL DIE

&INISHED BUD IN DAYS WAS A RECORD FOR ME AND ) WAS CHUFFED TO BLOODY BITS !FTER HOURS ALL THE 2OAD 2UNNER WERE UP !S ) WAS RUNNING A LIGHT REGIME OF HOURS ON AND HOURS OFF

) KNEW THINGS WOULD MOVE ALONG QUITE QUICKLY SO ) POTTED UP TO DEEP INCH POTS AS SOON AS THE PLANT LETS WERE BIG ENOUGH TO HANDLE ABOUT OR DAYS

AND WITH GREAT CARE OVER THE FIRST DAYS

OF THEIR LIFE ) MOVED THEM GRADUALLY CLOSER TO THE LAMP KEEPING A LIGHT FAN BLOWING OVER THEM .OT ONLY DOES THIS KEEP THE PLANTS COOL BUT THE AIR MOVING THE PLANTS ABOUT MAKES THEM STRONGER AND KEEPS THEM SHORT 7HEN PUTTING TINY PLANTS INTO LARGE POTS ALWAYS BE AWARE WHEN WATERING THAT THE SMALL PLANT S ROOT SYSTEM IS NOT YET FILLING THE POT SO DON T OVER WATER )N THEIR FIRST WEEK OF LIFE ) GAVE ONE MORE ML LITRE DOSE OF GROWTH ENHANCER AND FROM DAY TO DAY THEY HAD TWO ML LITRE DOSES OF #ANNA 4ERRA 6EGA !LSO FROM DAY TO ) MANAGED TO GET THE TOP OF THE PLANTS TO INCHES FROM THE LAMP WITH THE HELP OF THE FAN /N DAY ) NOTICED THE FIRST LITTLE WHITE FLOWER @PISTILS APPEAR ON TWO OF THE PLANTS AND SO CHANGED THE FEED REGIME OVER TO #ANNA 4ERRA &LORES

WHICH ) USED IN EVERY WATERING AT A RATE OF ML LITRE UPPING TO ML LITRE BY DAY AND STOPPING THE FEED ALTOGETHER BY DAY

(AVING THE LIGHT ON FOR LONG PERIODS TENDS TO LEAD TO DRY AIR ) FOUND THAT A COUPLE OF CONTAINERS CONTAINING WET RAGS IN THE GROW SPACE WAS ALL THAT WAS NEEDED TO REMEDY THIS !S A BONUS TO THE FEED PROGRAM ON DAY AND ) GAVE THE PLANTS A DOSE OF 0OWER TO THE "LOOM 'ROWING %DGE 4ECHNOLOGIES AT A DOSAGE OF G LITRES 2OAD 2UNNER LIKE ALL AUTOS

FLOWERS REGARDLESS OF PHOTO PERIOD SO ) THOUGHT IN THIS GROW ) WOULD SET THE LIGHT TO GIVE A LONGER @ON TIME THAN

THE STANDARD ) DIDN T REALLY WANT TO DO A PERMANENTLY LIGHTS @ON GROW

AS EVEN THOUGH ) M LED TO BELIEVE IT S NOT DETRIMENTAL TO THE PLANTS ) DO FEEL AT LEAST THE LAMP BALLAST COULD DO WITH A BREAK SO ) SET THE LIGHT TO HOURS ON HOURS OFF 4HIS KEEPS THE WHOLE AFFAIR REGULAR 4HE FIRST THING TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHEN USING THIS LIGHT REGIME IS THAT THE OVERALL HEAT BUILD UP CAN BE A LITTLE HIGHER THAN NORMAL AND SO THE WATERING FEEDING NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE MORE FREQUENT 3UBSEQUENTLY THE WHOLE GROW MOVES ALONG FASTER THAN NORMAL %XCELLENT 4HE OTHER THING TO BE AWARE OF IS HUMIDITY OR LACK OF IT (AVING THE LIGHT ON FOR LONG PERIODS TENDS TO LEAD TO DRY AIR ) FOUND THAT A COUPLE OF CONTAINERS CONTAINING WET RAGS IN THE GROW SPACE WAS ALL THAT WAS NEEDED TO REMEDY THIS /VERALL THE 2OAD 2UNNER GROW WAS EASY EVEN IF GETTING THE FEEDING REGIME RIGHT WAS A LITTLE TRICKY SINCE

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/VER THE NEXT DAYS THE BUDS SWELLED AND GLISTENED ON TWO OF THE PLANTS AND ON DAY THE FIRST WERE READY FOR HARVEST !DMITTEDLY THESE EARLY FINISHERS DID YIELD A LITTLE LESS THAN THOSE THAT FINISHED AT DAYS BUT IN THIS INSTANCE

) REALLY DIDN T CARE &INISHED BUD IN DAYS WAS A RECORD FOR ME AND ) WAS CHUFFED TO BLOODY BITS !S ) MENTIONED THE OTHER PLANTS FINISHED AT DAYS WITH A LIGHT REGIME 4HE YIELD FROM THE 2OAD 2UNNER WAS FOR DAYS VERY GOOD 4HE LOWEST YIELD FROM THE DAY ERS WAS GRAMS AND GRAMS DRY BUD 4HE ONES THAT FINISHED AT DAYS YIELDED GRAMS DRY

(AVING THE LIGHT ON FOR LONG PERIODS TENDS TO LEAD TO DRY AIR ) FOUND THAT A COUPLE OF CONTAINERS CONTAINING WET RAGS IN THE GROW SPACE WAS ALL THAT WAS NEEDED TO REMEDY THIS THESE PLANTS SHOOT ALONG AT SUCH A FAST RATE ) GREW THE PLANTS IN !TAMI

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WHICH ALLOWED MAXIMUM EASE OF MOVEMENT FOR THE ROOTS BECAUSE WHEN THEY ARE GROWING AND FLOWERING AT THIS RATE THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO DO IS RESTRICT ROOT GROWTH MOVEMENT /VER THE COURSE OF FLOWERING PERIOD

THE PLANTS BECAME VERY RESINOUS VERY QUICKLY AND EVEN THOUGH THE PLANTS WERE ONLY INCHES TALL THEY WERE PRETTY MUCH ALL BUD FROM SOIL TO TIP 4HE STRUCTURE OF GROWTH WAS ONE LARGE MAIN BUD SURROUNDED WITH SOME SMALLER LOWER SIDE BRANCH BUDS 4HESE BUDS SET

FILL OUT AND FATTEN EXTREMELY FAST AND IT IS A DAILY JOY TO BEHOLD 4HE FIRST OF THE 2OAD 2UNNER TO FINISH DID SO WITH ALARMING SPEED /N DAY ) NOTICED SOME OF THE WHITE PISTILS TURNING BROWN -Y IMMEDIATE SUSPICION WAS ROGUE MALE FLOWERS FROM EITHER THE 2OAD 2UNNER OR ONE OF THE OTHER LADIES IN THE 6EG ROOM BUT AN INSPECTION WITH A X MAGNIFIER REVEALED THAT THIS WAS NOT THE CASE )N FACT IT WAS THE FIRST 2OAD 2UNNERS STARTING TO FINISH

BUD 4HIS MAY NOT SOUND A LOT BUT REMEMBER THESE PLANTS TAKE UP VERY LITTLE SPACE AND CAN GIVE YOU A HARVEST IN TO DAYS #ONSIDERING THESE FACTS 2OAD 2UNNER FROM $INAFEM IS A TRULY AMAZING STRAIN !FTER DAYS OF DRYING THE SMOKE AND STONE FROM 2OAD 2UNNER WAS SPECTACULAR 4HE TASTE IS JUST LIKE THE SMELL SWEET AND FULL BODIED 4HE STONE IS @FULL ON VERY RELAXING AND QUITE LONG LASTING 'OOD FOR MOVIES

MUSIC OR JUST MAKING AN INTOLERABLE SITUATION TOLERABLE ! BIG PLUS IS THAT AFTER A GOOD EVENING S TOKING YOU DON T GET A @STONER S HANGOVER /VERALL THEN

IT MUST BE SAID THAT THIS IS A STRAIN DEFINITELY WORTH TRYING IF NOT FOR ITS ABILITY TO PRODUCE A VERY SWEET LONG LASTING STRONG STONE THEN FOR ITS EXTREME ABILITY TO GROW AND FINISH IN ASTONISHINGLY SHORT PERIODS OF TIME -EEP -EEP "E COOL Y ALL

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! @#ANNABIS $EALER IS A PERSON THAT TRADES SELLS SUPPLIES DISTRIBUTES OR DEALS CANNABIS FOR COMMERCIAL GAIN OR PROFIT !LTHOUGH PORTRAYED

BY THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA AS THE h-R "IGSv OF THE CANNABIS COMMUNITY THE REALITY IS THAT #ANNABIS $EALERS LIKE ANYTHING ELSE COME IN A VARIETY OF SEXES SHAPES

SIZES AND COLOURS NONE OF WHICH FITS WITHIN A SPECIFIC PIGEONHOLE )N THE MAJORITY OF CASES #ANNABIS $EALERS DO HOWEVER FIT WITHIN A BOARDER CULTURAL STEREOTYPE n AS @#ANNABIS $EALERS THAT SUPPLY CANNABIS )T IS FROM THIS ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVE THAT WE SHALL THEN CONSIDER THE ROLE OF #ANNABIS $EALERS WITHIN SOCIETY THEIR FUNCTION AS CANNABIS SUPPLIERS AND THE #ANNABIS $EALERS WIDER INVOLVEMENT WITHIN THE #ANNABIS #OMMUNITY

/ iÊ i> 4HE $EAL WITH CANNABIS IS THAT TOO FEW PEOPLE GROW THEIR OWN CANNABIS IN THE 5+ 4HE MAJORITY OF #ANNABIS 3MOKERS THEREFORE RELY ON #ANNABIS $EALERS TO SUPPLY THEM WITH CANNABIS TO SMOKE 0ROHIBITION THEN GENERATES FOR ITSELF A FALSE CONDITION WHEREBY THE DEMAND FOR CANNABIS ALWAYS OUTWEIGHS ITS SUPPLY AUTOMATICALLY ADDING INFLATION ONTO THE MARKET VALUE 4HIS COMBINED THEN PROVIDES THE IDEAL ECONOMIC NICHE AND POTENTIAL ATMOSPHERE WITHIN WHICH h#ANNABIS $EALERSv CAN OPERATE WITHIN SOCIETY $EALS OF CANNABIS MAY VARY IN QUANTITY AND PRICE IN THE 5+ n ANYTHING FROM A FEW POUNDS STERLING TO A FEW IMPERIAL TONS IN WEIGHT 4HIS ALL DEPENDS ON THE TYPE AND SCALE OF BUSINESS THE #ANNABIS $EALER IS CONDUCTING AT THE TIME 4HE MOST TYPICAL CANNABIS DEALS IN THE 5+ SIT AT EITHER END OF THE @CANNABIS DEALING SPECTRUM THE hEIGHTHv OF AN OUNCE G AND THE hKILOv G WEIGHT 4HE PRICE OF WHICH TYPICALLY RANGES FROM AROUND FIFTEEN QUID TO OVER FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS IN MONEY h4EN "AGSv n G h1UARTERSv G

h(ALF /UNCESv G h(ALF "ARSv G

AND h.INE "ARSv G ARE ALSO STILL COMMON WEIGHTS FOR #ANNABIS $EALERS TO USE IN THE 5+ 4HE TRANSITION FROM )MPERIAL TO -ETRIC HAS BEEN MADE A WHOLE LOT EASIER FOR #ANNABIS $EALERS TO GET THEIR HEADS ROUND EVER SINCE THE ADVENT OF THE POCKET DIGITAL SCALE 4HE TRADITIONAL @4EENTH G DEAL WAS HOWEVER COMPROMISED DURING THIS PROCESS ,IKEWISE @FLINNS SMALL STRIPS OF HASHISH ONCE AVAILABLE AT FIVE POUNDS A DEAL IN ,IVERPOOL AND OTHER PLACES IN THE 5+ ARE NOW ALMOST OBSOLETE

/ iÊ i> iÀ !T THE VERY TOP OF THE CANNABIS FOOD CHAIN IS THE #ASH #ROP #ULTIVATOR THAT GROWS CANNABIS FOR PROFIT WITHOUT WHOM CANNABIS WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR #ANNABIS $EALERS TO TRADE IN !LTHOUGH NOT STEREOTYPICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH hCANNABIS DEALINGv THE GROWER THAT HARVESTS CANNABIS TO SELL BECOMES A @#ANNABIS $EALER AT

THE POINT OF SALE )N EVERY RESPECT THEY ARE THEN DEALING IN CANNABIS AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS OTHERS AFTER THE SAME ELK 3ECOND ARE THE hMIDDLE PEOPLEv OR #ANNABIS $EALERS IN THE MOST TRADITIONAL SENSE THE PERSON WHO IS IN THE BUSINESS OF BUYING AND SUPPLYING CANNABIS TO PEOPLE AS A PROFESSIONAL PASTIME OR OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD FOR PROFIT 4HE #ANNABIS $EALER THAT IS MOST LIKELY TO GET CAUGHT BY THE 0OLICE ACCOSTED BY VIOLENCE HIJACKED OR KIDNAPPED BY RIVAL GANGS DURING WORKING HOURS 4HE FRONTLINE #ANNABIS $EALER WHO IS PREPARED TO TRAVEL ANY DISTANCE SO AS TO SECURE A SMELLY AND CHEAP SUPPLY OF CANNABIS TO SELL ON TO THEIR CUSTOMERS

3INCE CANNABIS HAS BEEN MADE ILLEGAL IN THE 5+ #ANNABIS $EALERS ARE FREE TO OPERATE HOWEVER THEY SEE FIT WITHIN SOCIETY .EXT IS THE #ANNABIS $EALER THAT SUPPLIES CANNABIS ON A REGULAR BASIS TO FRIENDS AND FRIENDS OF FRIENDS IN ORDER TO SUSTAIN THEIR OWN RATE OF CANNABIS CONSUMPTION 4HE #ANNABIS $EALER THAT BUYS REASONABLY SMALL WEIGHTS OF CANNABIS WITH THE INTENTION OF SMOKING WHAT THEY DON T SELL OR SELLING WHAT THEY DON T SMOKE ! hCATEGORYv OF #ANNABIS $EALER WHICH IN RECENT YEARS HAS COMFORTABLY FUSED INTO THE @HOME GROWING SCENE AND IS AN EVER GROWING TREND NOW IN THE 5+ 4HEN THERE IS THE h#ANNABIS $EALERv THAT IS UNFORTUNATELY LABELED OR EVEN

PROSECUTED AS A h3UPPLIER OF #ANNABISv BECAUSE THEY BOUGHT A DEAL OF CANNABIS FROM ONE PERSON AND SPLIT IT WITH A FRIEND GAVE A FLOWER TO SOMEONE SHARED A BONG HIT OR PASSED A SPLIFF ON IN THE CROWD AT A PARTY 4HE PERSON THAT GOT CAUGHT ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE LAW BY AN ON OFF DUTY hSNOOTYv POLICE PERSON LIFTED BY A GENERAL DO GOODER OR SNITCHED ON BY A 3NAKE IN THE GRASS &INALLY THE h#ANNABIS #USTOMERv

WHEN BUYING CANNABIS FROM A #ANNABIS $EALER IS TOTALLY COMPLICIT IN BEING WITNESS DEFENDANT AND TESTAMENT TO THE ACT OF #ANNABIS $EALING AS IT OCCURS )N FACT ULTIMATELY THE #ANNABIS #USTOMER SUPPORTS THE ROLE OF THE #ANNABIS $EALER WITHIN SOCIETY EVERY TIME THEY PURCHASE A DEAL &OR THIS REASON IT CAN BE MOST JUDGMENTAL FOR #ANNABIS 3MOKERS WHO DON T GROW THEIR OWN CANNABIS TO DISAPPROVE OF THE ROLE THAT #ANNABIS $EALERS PLAY WITHIN THE 5+ AND )RELAND %VEN WHEN SLIGHTLY OVER CHARGING THEM 5NLESS OF COURSE THE #ANNABIS $EALER IS ACTING IRRESPONSIBLY OR BRINGING THE NAME OF #ANNABIS #ULTURE DOWN AND INTO DISREPUTE AS HAS BEEN THE TREND IN MORE RECENT YEARS

" `Ê i> }Ã 4HE FIRST MAINSTREAM @#ANNABIS $EALERS TO ARRIVE IN THE 5+ AFTER THE 0IRATES -ERCHANTS 3LAVE 4RADERS

AND 7EALTHY !RISTOCRATS WHO FIRST PROMOTED CANNABIS WAS DURING THE 2EGENCY PERIOD !S MIGRANT WORKERS SAILED INTO THE 5+ S MAJOR PORTS LIKE "RISTOL (ULL ,IVERPOOL AND ,ONDON

PEOPLE S AWARENESS FOR CANNABIS STARTED TO BECOME ENLIGHTENED n AS AND WHEN 0OETS AND !RTISANS TOOK A LIKING TO SMOKING CANNABIS IN PIPES 3TREET TRADERS HAWKING EXOTIC WEARS INCLUDING CANNABIS WERE THEN COMMONPLACE THROUGHOUT LATER PERIODS RIGHT UP UNTIL

THE BEGINNING OF THE 3ECOND 7ORLD 7AR 7HEN THE 5+ HAD TO BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES AND STOP SMOKING DOPE IN OUR PIPES FOR A WHILE n JUST UNTIL THE THREAT OF INVASION WAS OVER !FTER THE WAR DURING THE S AND S A BOURGEONING TRADE IN CANNABIS FLOURISHED AGAIN IN THE STREETS OF THE 5+ ! WAVE OF TRADE GREW UP FURTHER AMID !CADEMICS AND "EATNIKS THAT WERE INTERESTED IN THE RECENT INFLUX OF MIGRANT WORKERS FROM THE #ARIBBEAN AND THEIR CULTURE AND PASSION FOR A SUBSTANCE CALLED h'ANJAv ,ATER THE h(IPPIE -OVEMENTv FULLY EMBRACED GANJA MADE 3HIVA THEIR TALISMAN AND PRONOUNCED h&LOWER 0OWERv THE +ING OF -AY -ANY (IPPIES ALSO TRAVELED TO AND FROM )NDIA AND !FGHANISTAN IN SEARCH OF CANNABIS TO BRING BACK HOME TO THE 5+ DURING THIS TIME 3EVERAL (IPPIES IN TURN GOT IMPRISONED AS h$EALERS OF #ANNABISv AND SENT TO PLACES LIKE 0ARKHURST 0RISON ON THE )SLE OF 7HITE TO DO hHARD TIMEv -ANY h(IPPIESv HAD GROWN FILTHY RICH DURING THIS TIME AND CRIMINAL GANGS SOON TOOK NOTE ON HOW WEALTH COULD BE MADE EASILY FROM ILLEGAL ACTIVITY WITHOUT EVER HURTING ANYONE 4HE MODERN h$RUG $EALERv WAS BORN SHORTLY AFTER AND THE ORGANIZATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF CANNABIS @WHOLESALE WITHIN THE 5+ HAS SINCE BEEN CONTROLLED BY VARIOUS NETWORKS OF CRIMINAL GANGS 3EVERAL INFAMOUS CHARACTERS FROM THE S AND S HAVE SINCE COME OUT TO REVEAL THEIR TRUE IDENTITIES AND FORMER OCCUPATIONS AS #ANNABIS $EALERS 4HE MOST FAMOUS OF WHICH IS THE 7ELSH MAGICIAN (OWARD -ARKS ! GENTLEMAN WITH SELF CONFESSED CONNECTIONS TO ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING !FGHAN 7ARLORDS

THE -) THE )2!

THE )TALIAN -AFIA AND THE 4AFFIA WELSH -AFIA AND SEVERAL OTHER CRIMINAL FRATERNITIES ALONG THE WAY !LTHOUGH LOOSELY AFFILIATED WITH

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IS hLAID ONv ON LOAN TO THE #USTOMER ON A CREDITED @GET HIGH AND PAY LATER BASIS USUALLY FOR A SHORT TIME PERIOD )NVARIABLE THE #USTOMER THEN ENTERS A CYCLE WHEREBY THEY PAY FOR THE LAST DEAL OF CANNABIS AS THEY COLLECT THE NEXT ONE 3UCH CIRCULAR SYSTEMS HOWEVER OFTEN RUN AWAY WITH THEMSELVES LEAVING THE #USTOMER WITH A RECURRING DEBT AND THE #ANNABIS $EALER WITH A GUARANTEED SOURCE OF FUTURE SALES JUST SO LONG AS SUPPLIES PERSIST

SUCH ORGANIZATIONS THE GENERAL FLOW OF CANNABIS AT BASE LEVEL IN THE 5+ DURING THIS TIME WAS KEPT h.ICEv AND PEACEFUL n AND AVAILABLE TO ALL THOSE (EDONISTS THAT WANTED TO GIVE CANNABIS A TRY

`iÀ Ê i> }Ã 4HE -ODERN #ANNABIS $EALER IS IN MANY RESPECTS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CHARACTER TO THE TRADITIONAL #ANNABIS $EALER OF YESTERYEAR 5LTIMATELY HOWEVER THE ROLE OF THE #ANNABIS $EALER WITHIN SOCIETY IS STILL EXACTLY THE SAME 4HE -ODERN #ANNABIS $EALER STILL WORKS LONG AND STRANGE HOURS 4YPICALLY BETWEEN AM UNTIL AM

-ONDAY TO -ONDAY #HRISTMAS %VE

#HRISTMAS $AY "OXING $AY "IRTHDAYS

3PECIAL /CCASIONS AND "ANK (OLIDAYS )F ANY OF THESE DAYS HAPPENS TO FALL ON A &RIDAY THEN THE #ANNABIS $EALER MUST WORK ALL THE HOURS THAT 4HURSDAY SENDS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN SUPPLY MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY AND THEMSELVES PLENTY OF MONEY 7ORKING PRIMARILY ON THE RELIANCE OF MOBILE PHONES THE -ODERN #ANNABIS $EALER WORKS TO SUPPLY THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF #ANNABIS 3MOKERS IN THE 5+ THAT WANT A BAG OF WEED TO SMOKE TODAY -ODERN #ANNABIS $EALERS ARE RELIED UPON DAILY BY THE COUNTLESS NUMBERS OF OFTEN SELFISH INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT NOTHING MORE THAN A DEAL OF CANNABIS MINS AFTER THEY CALL UP TO ORDER IT DOWN THE PHONE *UST LIKE THEY WOULD A PIZZA 4HE -ODERN #ANNABIS $EALER MUST THEN BE READY AND AVAILABLE AND @ON CALL NIGHT OR DAY TO SUPPLY DEMAND

i> }Ê Ê V>Ì 4HE LOCATION THAT #ANNABIS $EALERS OPERATE IN MAY VARY DRAMATICALLY DEPENDING ON THEIR @SOCIAL ECONOMIC CONTEXT 2ANGING FROM THE FRONT ROOM THE LOCAL STREET CORNER SHOP FRONTS ALLEYWAYS

PUBS BARS NIGHTCLUBS AND 3TAR (OTELS

#ANNABIS $EALERS CAN BE FOUND ALMOST ANYWHERE WITHIN ALL NICHES OF SOCIETY -OST #ANNABIS $EALERS DO HOWEVER FALL INTO ONE OF TWO MAIN GEOGRAPHICAL CONTEXTUAL CATEGORIES THE @3EDENTARY #ANNABIS $EALER AND THE @-OBILE #ANNABIS $EALER 3EDENTARY #ANNABIS $EALERS ARE STATIC IN THE SENSE THAT THEY USUALLY

WORK FROM ONE OF A NUMBER OF @FIXED LOCATIONS OR FROM HOME /FTEN WELL KNOWN BY THEIR #USTOMERS AS FRIENDS OF FRIENDS THE 3EDENTARY #ANNABIS $EALER IS MOST HOSPITABLE AND MOST ACCESSIBLE 4HE CORNERSTONE OF ANY #ANNABIS #OMMUNITY IS THE #ANNABIS $EALER THAT OPERATES AN IMPROMPTU DROP IN CENTER AND COFFEESHOP FACILITY ALL ROLLED INTO ONE 7HEREBY THE TEA MAKING SKILLS CONVERSATION

WI FI CONNECTION AND WIDESCREEN ENTERTAINMENT ARE OFTEN AS EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT AS THE CANNABIS BEING SOLD 4HE #ANNABIS $EALER THAT RIGHTFULLY OR WRONGFULLY BRINGS CANNABIS IN OFF THE STREETS AND INTO THEIR OWN HOME

7HOLESALE #ANNABIS $EALERS MAY ALSO REWARD THEIR #ANNABIS $EALING #USTOMERS WITH FREE SAMPLES FROM hBETTER STUFFv PERIODICALLY AS A hFAVOURv AND A MEANS OF BONDING THEIR BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP FURTHER -OBILE #ANNABIS $EALERS ON THE OTHER HAND ARE NOMADIC IN THE SENSE THAT THEY DRIFT ABOUT FROM LOCATION TO LOCATION

WHEREVER CANNABIS IS REQUIRED AND NEEDS TO BE SOLD 3INCE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE MOBILE PHONE THEN -OBILE 0HONE #ANNABIS $EALERS HAVE BEEN WORKING NON STOP ROUND THE CLOCK IN THE 5+ SUPPLYING THE MILLIONS OF #ANNABIS USERS THAT STILL AREN T GROWING THEIR OWN SUPPLY -OBILE #ANNABIS $EALERS CAN COVER HUNDREDS OF MILES A DAY TRAVELING BACKWARDS AD FORWARDS FROM @SAFE HOUSE TO hDROP OFF v POINT AND BACK ROUND )T IS THEREFORE NOT UNCOMMON FOR #ANNABIS $EALERS TO EMPLOYER h2UNNERSv PEDDLERS AND CARRIERS TO HELP FACILITATE TRADE FASTER FOR THEM AS THEIR BUSINESS EMPIRE STEADILY GROWS

Ài` Ì]Ê/>L]Ê/ V ]Ê/ÀÕÃÌÊ> `Ê >Û ÕÀÃ @#REDIT @4AB @4ICK @4RUST AND @&AVOUR ARE TERMS THAT ALL MEAN THE SAME THING TO A #ANNABIS $EALER 4HE SUPPLY OF CANNABIS IN THIS SCENARIO

)N THE CASES OF NON PAYMENT THEN ITEMS OF VALUE BELONGING TO THE @$EBTOR ARE NORMALLY REPROCESSED BY THE @#REDITOR LIKE WITHIN ANY OTHER BUSINESS AGREEMENT )N THE MOST EXTREME CASES WHERE hRESPECTv HAS ALSO BEEN DISCREDITED THEN IT IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR THE #USTOMER TO RECEIVE PHYSICAL PUNISHMENT OR EVEN KIDNAPPING UNTIL THE DEBT HAS BEEN RECOVERED !FTER WHICH THE #ANNABIS $EALER IS NORMALLY QUITE HAPPY TO CONTINUE TRADING WITH THE #ANNABIS #USTOMER AGAIN ON A CASH PAYMENT BASIS ONLY 3UCH IS THE CONDITION THAT THE PROHIBITION OF CANNABIS IN THE 5+ GENERATES 4HE MOST INGENIOUS #ANNABIS $EALER WILL HOWEVER INTRODUCE A hPOINTS SYSTEMv WHEREBY EACH CUSTOMER IS ISSUED WITH A @BONUS LOYALTY CARD JUST LIKE (IGH 3TREET SHOPS AND 3UPERMARKET CHAINS IN THE 5+ OPERATE 4HIS USUALLY WORKS ON A VERBAL OR NON VERBAL BASIS BETWEEN THE #ANNABIS $EALER AND THE #ANNABIS #USTOMER )N THE MOST NOVEL CASES THEN THE #ANNABIS $EALER HAS CONTRACTUALLY ISSUED hPOINTSv ON EACH DEAL E G POINT PER G 3O THAT AFTER AN ALLOCATED NUMBER OF POINTS HAVE BEEN ATTAINED BY THE #ANNABIS #USTOMER POINTS THEN THE #ANNABIS $EALER HAS SUPPLIED A FREE EIGHTH DEAL OF CANNABIS TO THEIR #ANNABIS #USTOMER AS A RETURN FAVOUR 3YSTEMS OF hCREDITv ULTIMATELY GENERATE BUSINESS AND INCREASE SALES FOR #ANNABIS $EALERS DURING TIMES OF RECESSION AND ABUNDANT SUPPLY #ONVERSELY HOWEVER DURING PERIOD OF hDRAUGHTv WHEN CANNABIS SUPPLIES RUN DRY THEN THE CREDIT FACILITIES NORMALLY OFFERED BY #ANNABIS $EALERS ARE WITHDRAWN $URING WHICH TIMES IT IS MORE COMMON FOR #ANNABIS $EALERS TO CREDIT FELLOW #ANNABIS $EALERS WITH A SUPPLY OF CANNABIS n IN THE CHANCE THEY CAN RETURN THE FAVOUR LATER JUST AS SOON AS THEY FIND A FRESH SOURCE OF CANNABIS THEMSELVES 7HOLESALE #ANNABIS $EALERS MAY ALSO REWARD THEIR #ANNABIS $EALING #USTOMERS WITH FREE SAMPLES FROM hBETTER STUFF v PERIODICALLY AS A hFAVOURv AND A MEANS OF BONDING THEIR BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP FURTHER h&AVOURSv MAY ALSO INCLUDE FREE hDRINKSv COMPENSATION FOR SUBSIDIARY COSTS LIKE TRAVEL AND PROTECTION EXPENSES INVITES TO EXCLUSIVE PARTIES OR MAYBE THE KEYS TO LUXURY APARTMENTS OVERSEAS ALL DEPENDING ON THE SCALE OF BUSINESS THE #ANNABIS $EALER IS OPERATING

/ iÊ >V Ì>Ì Ê vÊ-Õ«« Þ 5NLESS GROWING THEIR OWN CANNABIS AT HOME THEN #ANNABIS $EALERS

PROVIDE THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF #ANNABIS 3MOKERS IN THE 5+ WITH A FACILITY OF SUPPLY #ANNABIS 3MOKERS SIMPLY WOULD NOT BE SMOKING CANNABIS AT THE RATE THEY DO WITHOUT ACCESS TO THE #ANNABIS $EALER S SUPPLY )N THIS WAY THE #ANNABIS $EALER PROVIDES A COMMUNITY SERVICE FOR THE GENERAL POPULATION OF #ANNABIS 3MOKERS WHEN THEY ARE WORKING A LINE OF WORK THAT COMES WITH MANY PITFALLS AND DANGERS IN SOCIETIES WHERE CANNABIS IS STILL PROHIBITED &OR EXAMPLE MANY #ANNABIS $EALERS IN THE 5+ FEEL A NEED TO SUBSTANTIATE THEIR OWN hTERRITORYv WITHIN THE COMMUNITY MOSTLY FOR FEAR OF BEING ROBBED BY OTHER #ANNABIS $EALERS 4HIS OFTEN LEADS TO ACTS OF VIOLENCE AIMED AT DISPLAYING AUTHORITY OVER RIVAL #ANNABIS $EALERS AND GANGS n WHICH DIRECTLY CONTRADICTS THE PEACEFUL VIRTUES SURROUNDING CANNABIS $UE TO THE SHEER ECONOMIC VALUE THAT CANNABIS NOW GENERATES WITHIN SOCIETY UNDER PRESENT PROHIBITION THE EMPLOYMENT OF @SECURITY AND @PROTECTION HAVE BECOME COMMON ASPECTS WITHIN THE 5+ S ILLEGAL #ANNABIS 4RADE )N THE MOST EXTREME CASES AND IN NORMAL OCCURRENCE #ANNABIS $EALERS THEN OFTEN TRAVEL ABOUT WITH A HIRED hGUN MANv SO AS TO AVOID CONFRONTATION AND PROTECT THEIR hIMAGEv 2ECURRENTLY YOUNG #ANNABIS $EALERS IN THE 5+ ARE BACKED INTO SITUATIONS WHERE THEY FEEL THE NEED TO ARM THEMSELVES WITH WEAPONS AND FIREARMS AS A GIVEN SIMPLY TO hPROTECTv THEMSELVES AND THEIR CANNABIS PATCH FROM RIVAL GANGS AND OUTLAWS !

SITUATION THAT LEADS TOWARDS THE @SELF FORE FILLING PROPHECY THAT CANNABIS SHOULD AND ALWAYS WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH YOUTHS VIOLENCE AND SOCIAL CORRUPTION AUTOMATICALLY BECAUSE IT FALLS ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE LAW 3INCE CANNABIS HAS BEEN MADE ILLEGAL IN THE 5+ #ANNABIS $EALERS ARE FREE TO OPERATE HOWEVER THEY SEE FIT WITHIN SOCIETY 4HE DAYS OF THE TRADITIONAL

RELIABLE AND RESPECTABLE #ANNABIS $EALER WITH AN ENDLESS SUPPLY OF !FGHAN BOARDER HASH AND THE FINEST BARS OF IMPORTED CANNABIS FLOWERS

HAS ALREADY SEEN IT S h'OLDEN !GEv 0ARTLY DUE TO POLITICAL PRESSURE

PARTLY DOWN TO THE SHEER NUMBER OF #OMMERCIAL #ULTIVATORS AND #ANNABIS #USTOMERS IN THE 5+ AND PARTLY DOWN TO THE FASCINATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE hDANGERv ASSOCIATED WITH CANNABIS SUPPLY ON A LOCAL LEVEL WHICH THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA HAS CREATED THE -ODERN #ANNABIS $EALER HAS BEEN MAGNIFIED YET REDUCED BENEATH THE FORMER SHADOW OF WHAT THE SUPPLIER OF CANNABIS ONCE STOOD FOR 7HILST ONLY ADVISORY IT WOULD REALLY HELP IF MORE #ANNABIS $EALERS IN THE 5+ COULD LOOSE THE ATTITUDE

DROP THE GUN TALK AND RE ESTABLISH THEMSELVES AT ROOT LEVEL WITHIN THE #ANNABIS #OMMUNITY 4O ALL OTHER h#ANNABIS $EALERSv OUT THERE 3OFT 3ECRETS RECOGNIZES THE ROLE THAT THOSE MINDFUL SUPPLIERS OF CANNABIS DO AND CAN POTENTIALLY PLAY WITHIN SOCIETY ESPECIALLY WITH REGARDS TO HELPING TO NORMALIZE CANNABIS USE WITHIN THE 5+

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0OTTED PLANTS FIRST BECAME POPULAR IN %UROPE IN THE TH CENTURY )N +ING ,OUIS 8))) RECENTLY INSTALLED TO THE THRONE HAD THE FIRST , /RANGERIE INSTALLED AT THE ,OUVRE 4HIS SUPPLIED HIM WITH FRESH CITRUS THROUGHOUT THE WINTER 4HE INSTALLATION OF ONE OF THE WORLD S FIRST GREENHOUSES SET OFF A FRENZY AND THEN OBSESSION THAT HELD THE "RITISH AND $UTCH UPPER CLASSES ENTHRALLED FOR YEARS 5NTIL THE LATE S MORE THAN YEARS

THE MEDIA FOR CONTAINER GROWN PLANTS WAS GARDEN SOIL BARK SAND AND OTHER NATURAL INGREDIENTS MEANT TO REPLICATE NATURE 4O PROVIDE THEMSELVES WITH PLANTING MIX GARDENERS WOULD GO OUTSIDE WITH A SHOVEL AND DIG UP SOME FERTILE SOIL TO USE AS THE MAIN INGREDIENT OF THE MIX 5SING SOIL CREATED SEVERAL PROBLEMS &IRST IT VARIED DEPENDING ON ITS SOURCE 4HEN THERE WAS THE PROBLEM OF IMPURITIES PIECES OF VEGETATION AND EVEN REFUSE IN THE MIX 4HE MOST VEXING PROBLEM WAS THE IMPORTATION OF PESTS AND DISEASES TO THE INDOOR GARDEN /NE DRASTIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESULT OF THIS WAS THE TRANSPORT OF THE COMMON EARTHWORM FROM %NGLAND AND %UROPE TO .ORTH !MERICA WHICH HAD LOST ITS EARTHWORMS UNDER THE GLACIER THAT COVERED MOST OF THE CONTINENT 4HE EARTHWORM CHANGED ENVIRONMENT OF .ORTH !MERICAN FORESTS BY DEVOURING THE LARGE LAYER OF DUFF COMPOSTING PLANT VEGETATION THAT COVERED THE FOREST FLOOR 4HIS RESULTED IN A FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE IN THE UNDERSTORY AS PLANTS THAT THRIVED IN DUFF PERISHED AND PLANTS THAT PREFERRED A THINNER LAYER OF COMPOST THRIVED 'ARDENERS DID NOT RECOGNIZE EARTHWORMS AS PROBLEMS BUT BEETLES CATERPILLARS

GNATS THRIPS MITES APHIDS AND MANY DISEASES WERE COMMONLY CARRIED FROM THE GARDEN TO THE HOUSE WITH HOME MADE GARDEN SOILS 4HIS PROBLEM WAS SOLVED WHEN COMMERCIAL SOIL PRODUCERS STARTED PASTEURIZING POTTING SOIL IN THE S TO PREVENT INFECTIONS )N THE S THE FIRST PLANTING MIXES FIRST BECAME POPULAR 4O THIS DAY THEY ARE COMPOSED MOSTLY OF PEAT MOSS OR GROUND BARK 4O BALANCE MOISTURE AND AIR HOLDING ABILITY OTHER INGREDIENTS SUCH AS PERLITE

SAND VERMICULITE AND COMPOST ARE ADDED

AND LIMESTONE IS USED TO BALANCE THE P( 4HESE MIXES HAVE MADE INDOOR GARDENING MUCH EASIER SINCE PLANTING MEDIA DOESN T HAVE TO BE HAND MIXED AND MUCH MORE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE THE MIXES ARE MUCH LIGHTER HAVE MORE AIR AND WATER HOLDING CAPACITY THAN GARDEN SOIL BASED MIXES DON T PACK UP AND ARE FREE FROM PATHOGENS

* /Ê "-0EAT MOSS HAS BEEN A MAINSTAY INGREDIENT IN PLANTING MIXES BECAUSE IT HAS LOW WEIGHT TO VOLUME READILY ABSORBS AND HOLDS WATER AND AIR AND HAS A HIGH CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY 4HIS MEANS THAT IT CAN CATCH AND HOLD NUTRIENTS CHEMICALLY SO IT BUFFERS NUTRIENT SOLUTIONS AND HELPS PROTECT THE ROOTS FROM EXTREME CONDITIONS 0EAT MOSS IS QUITE ACIDIC AND EITHER NEEDS P( ADJUSTMENT USING LIME OR P( UP 0EAT BREAKS DOWN OVER TIME DISINTEGRATING TO SMALLER PARTICLES MOSTLY BECAUSE OF THE ACTIONS OF SOIL MICROBES 4HIS OCCURS FASTEST IN SOILS THAT ARE KEPT MOIST ARE NUTRIENT RICH WARM ROOM TEMPERATURE AND HAVE ACTIVELY GROWING ROOTS !S THE LARGE PIECES BREAK UP THE PEAT PACKS DOWN

LOSING VOLUME AND AIR HOLDING CAPACITY 4HIS USUALLY DOESN T HAPPEN IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS SO GARDENERS GROWING PLANTS FOR ONLY A FEW MONTHS BEFORE HARVESTING WON T SEE THIS PROBLEM 0LANTING MIX BEING USED TO GROW PLANTS FOR MORE THAN A YEAR WILL SHOW THE PHYSICAL EFFECTS OF THE BREAKDOWN AS IT LOSES HEIGHT IN THE CONTAINER !DDING MORE PLANTING MIX DOESN T AFFECT THE LACK OF AIR HOLDING CAPACITY IN THE LOWER LAYER !FTER ABOUT A YEAR IT IS BEST TO TRANSPLANT 2ATHER THAN KEEPING ALL THE SOIL IN THE ROOTBALL SOME OF THE OLD MIX SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE ROOTS 0EAT MOSS IS SOMETIMES USED AS AN INGREDIENT OR ALONE IN FERTIGATION AND HYDROPONIC MIXES 4HE WATER NUTRIENT P( IS ADJUSTED TO ACCOUNT FOR PEAT S HIGH ACIDITY

'RANULAR REGULAR COIR IS COMPOSED OF FIBER WITH PITH ATTACHED AND ADDITIONAL PITH 4HE PITH S SMALL SIZE PAR TICLES HELP RETAIN WATER IN SMALL CONTAINERS

'ROUND OR SMALL BARK PARTICLES ARE USED IN MANY PLANTING MIXES -OST OF THE TIME THEY ARE MADE FROM PINE TAILINGS AND ARE QUITE ACIDIC &RESH PINE BARK REPELS AND CONTAINS NATURAL PLANT TOXINS #OMPOSTED BARK THOUGH STILL ACIDIC IS CAN ABSORB LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER IT RELEASES TO ROOTS AS NEEDED )T DECOMPOSES MORE SLOWLY THAN PEAT MOSS AND HAS HIGH CATION EXCHANGE )T DOES NOT HOLD MUCH AIR BUT WHEN PARTICLES ARE USED AIR SPACES ARE CREATED BETWEEN THE INDIVIDUAL PIECES 7HEN BARK IS USED AS AN INGREDIENT IN MIXES LIMESTONE IS USED TO ADJUST THE P( "ARK IS NOT USUALLY USED FOR HYDROPONICS

6iÀ VÕ Ìi 6ERMICULITE IS MADE BY HEATING MICA ROCK UNTIL IT hPOPSv AND DEVELOPS A SOFT ACCORDION LIKE CONSISTENCY THAT HOLDS MANY TIMES ITS WEIGHT IN WATER AND IT CHANGES CHEMICALLY TO A CLAY THAT HAS A FAIRLY HIGH CATION EXCHANGE RATIO )TS HIGH POROSITY ALLOWS IT TO HOLD LARGE QUANTITIES OF AIR TOO 4HE ROCK IS CONTAINS THE ELEMENTS SILICON

MAGNESIUM IRON CALCIUM AND POTASSIUM

ALL OF WHICH ARE PLANT NUTRIENTS !S THE SOIL AGES THE VERMICULITE RELEASES THE NUTRIENTS THROUGH THE ACTIONS OF MICROORGANISMS THAT COLONIZE IT 4HE P( VARIES BY SOURCE OF STONE AND PROCESSING BUT MOST OF THE TIME VERMICULITE IS ALKALINE WITH A P( BETWEEN AND 7HEN IT IS USED IN COMBINATION WITH PEAT MOSS OR BARK IT BALANCES THEIR HIGH ACIDITY )N ADDITION TO GRADUAL CHEMICAL DISSOLUTION VERMICULITE PIECES BREAK UP OR GET COMPRESSED OVER TIME 4HIS INCREASES ITS WATER HOLDING CAPACITY BUT DECREASES AIR HOLDING CAPACITY )T IS SOLD IN DIFFERENT GRADES OR SIZES RANGING FROM TO OF A CENTIMETER 4HE SMALLER THE SIZE THE GREATER THE RATIO OF WATER HELD IN RELATION TO AIR 6ERMICULITE IS USED IN PLANTING MIXES AND

BY ITSELF OR IN COMBINATION WITH PERLITE IN HYDROPONIC SYSTEMS

*iÀ Ìi 0ERLITE IS MADE FROM ANOTHER SILACEOUS ROCK WITH A CHEMICAL COMPOSITION SIMILAR TO VERMICULITE (OWEVER WHEN THIS ROCK

'RANULAR REGULAR WITHOUT ADDED PITH CAN BE USED IN LARGE SIZE CONTAINERS AND HOLES )T CAN BE USED ALONE OR AS AN INGREDIENT IN A MIX

IS HEATED WATER HELD IN THE ROCK TURNS TO STEAM AND THE MOLTEN SILICA PUFFS UP TO TIMES ITS VOLUME )T FORMS LIGHT WEIGHT RIGID GLASSLIKE PIECES THAT KEEP THEIR STRUCTURE FOR YEARS 4HEY HAVE MANY TINY CREVICES THAT PHYSICALLY HOLD WATER ON THE SURFACE 5NLIKE VERMICULITE WHICH HAS HIGH CATION EXCHANGE PERLITE IS INERT AND HAS A NEUTRAL P( 0ERLITE IS USED AS AN INGREDIENT IN PLANTING MIXES OFTEN USED FOR HYDROPONICS /CCASIONALLY IT IS USED A SINGLE INGREDIENT MEDIUM BUT MORE OFTEN IT IS COMBINED WITH VERMICULITE AND PEAT MOSS

V } V> ÊV Ã `iÀ>Ì Ã !LL FOUR OF THESE INGREDIENTS PEAT BARK

VERMICULITE AND PERLITE HAVE ECOLOGICAL AND SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES 0EAT IS MINED FROM MARSHES AND THERE HAS BEEN SOME CONCERN ABOUT THE EFFECT OF STRIPPING BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL THAT TAKES A LONG TIME TO ACCUMULATE FROM THE SURFACE OF THE INLAND WETLANDS "ARK IS A BYPRODUCT OF THE TIMBER INDUSTRY 7HILE IT IS MORE ECOLOGICAL FOR SOCIETY TO USE THE BARK RATHER THAN WASTING IT IN A DUMP THE DEMAND FOR IT BY THE HORTICULTURAL INDUSTRY RAISES ITS MARKET VALUE AND MAKES LUMBERING EVEN MORE PROFITABLE 4HE ROCKS THAT ARE PROCESSED TO MAKE VERMICULITE AND PERLITE ARE STRIP MINED

À #OIR OR COCO PEAT IS MADE FROM THE SOFT FIBERS AND PITH THAT PROTECT THE INNER KERNEL OF THE COCONUT -OST COIR COMES FROM THE SOUTHERN STATES OF )NDIA AND FROM 3RI ,ANKA /THER TROPICAL COUNTRIES SUCH AS -EXICO PRODUCE SMALL AMOUNTS (ORTICULTURAL COIR IS MADE FROM RIPE COCONUTS !S THE FRUIT RIPENS THE FIBERS WHICH WERE COMPOSED MOSTLY OF CELLULOSE CHANGE TO HIGH LIGNIN CONTENT ,IGNIN WHICH IS ALSO FOUND IN WOOD RESISTS DECOMPOSITION BETTER THAN EITHER BARK OR PEAT MOSS SO IT CAN BE USED AND RE USED FAR LONGER THAN BARK OR PEAT #OIR HOLDS BETWEEN FIVE AND EIGHT TIMES ITS OWN WEIGHT IN WATER AND IT HAS A FAIRLY HIGH CATION EXCHANGE RATE SO NOT ONLY DO THE FIBERS ABSORB WATER

#HUNKS ARE EXCELLENT FOR ORCHID CULT IVATION AND AS A HYDROPONIC MEDIUM )T CAN ALSO BE USED TO INCREASE BOTH WATER RETENTION AND DRAINAGE IN LARGE CONTAINERS OR IN OUTDOOR HOLES OR GARDENS

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THE MORE WATER IT HOLDS IN RELATION TO AIR 4HE LARGER THE PARTICLE SIZES THE LOWER THE INITIAL WATER RETENTION

BEFORE PROCESSING 3OMETIMES THE TWO MATERIALS ARE LEFT TOGETHER BUT USUALLY THEY ARE SEPARATED INTO FIBER AND PITH

!NOTHER ADVANTAGE OF COIR OVER PEAT MOSS AND BARK IS THAT IT HAS A HIGHER P( AND IS IN THE ACCEPTABLE RANGE FOR GROWING MEDIUMS OF )T IS ALSO A SOURCE OF POTASSIUM AS WELL AS )RON

MANGANESE ZINC AND COPPER WHICH IT RELEASES GRADUALLY 4HE FINER PARTICLES

THE PITH CAN BE THOUGHT OF AS ORGANIC POTASSIUM FERTILIZER WITH A SPONGE LIKE MOLECULAR STRUCTURE )T IS COMBINED WITH SHORT FIBERS THAT ACT AS AN ANTI COMPACTING TEXTURIZER

-OST MANUFACTURERS OF COIR OFFER ONLY ONE A SINGLE GRADE AT THE RETAIL LEVEL ) VE USED SEVERAL BRANDS 3OME HAD MORE PITH AND OTHERS MORE FIBER !LL OF THEM WORKED WELL IN THE MIX OF WORM CASTINGS VERMICULITE AND PERLITE

4HERE IS ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE THAT IT HAS FUNGICIDAL QUALITIES WHICH MAY STEM FROM THE LIGNIN OR FROM ITS SURFACE STRUCTURE 4HERE ARE MANY GRADES OF COIR BASED ON THE PARTICLE SIZE AND WHICH TYPE OF TISSUE IS USED ,ONG FIBERS HAVE GRANULAR MATERIAL CALLED PITH ATTACHED

%ACH COIR PROCESSER HAS ITS OWN RECIPE THAT IS COMBINATION OF PITH AND FIBER 4HE MORE PITH THAT IT CONTAINS THE BETTER ITS WATER RETENTION BUT THE LESS AIR IT HOLDS

#OIR CHIPS ARE ANOTHER FORM OF COIR THAT IS AVAILABLE 4HESE ARE PIECES OF COIR SLICED INTO CUBES RANGING FROM TO CENTIMETER 4HEY ARE USED IN PLACE OF BARK IN SOME SOIL RECIPES AS A PLANTING MEDIUM FOR ORCHIDS AND AS A HYDROPONIC PLANTING MEDIUM ) USED ONE CENTIMETER CHIPS IN FIFTEEN CENTIMETER SQUARE CONTAINERS 4WENTY FOUR OF THEM FIT INTO A ONE METER TRAY LEAVING THE CENTER EMPTY FOR THE DRAIN %ACH PLANT GREW JUST ONE BUD 4HE PLANTS WERE CONSTANTLY IRRIGATED

#LOSE UP OF CUCUMBER ROOTS DAYS OLD GROWING IN GRANULAR FINE COIR MIX IN A CM CONTAINER

(EALTHY ROOTS ARE GROWING IN THE GRANULAR REGULAR MIX WITHOUT PITH USING RECIRCULATING WATER DELIVERED TO EACH CONTAINER USING SPAGHETTI TUBING CONNECTED TO A ONE CENTIMETER TUBE 4HERE WAS NO DRIPPER ON THE LINE

BUT A STEADY FLOW OF WATER OVER THE CHIPS 4HERE WERE PLENTY OF AIR SPACES BETWEEN THE CHIPS BUT THEY WERE VERY MOIST WHICH ENCOURAGED ROOT GROWTH )T COMBINED THE BEST OF NUTRIENT FILM TECHNIQUE AND DRIP SYSTEM HYDRO ) FOUND THAT SOME OF THE BRANDS OF BOTH THE COIR AND THE CHIPS CONTAINED REMOVE RESIDUAL SALT FROM THE MANUFACTURING OR FROM STORAGE 4HIS HAS TO BE REMOVED BEFORE USING WHICH IS NOT HARD TO DO *UST SOAK IT IN A BASIN OF WARM WATER FOR ABOUT MINUTES AND THEN PRESS IT TO UNTIL IT S JUST MOIST 3OME BRANDS NOW ADVERTISE THAT THEY ARE PREWASHED AND DON T NEED TO BE RINSED !T A RECENT TRADE SHOW ) CAME ACROSS A BRAND OF COIR THAT OFFERED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT GRADES OF COIR TO CHOOSE FROM

DEPENDING ON THEIR ULTIMATE USE !GRO #OIR S PRODUCT IS UNUSUAL SINCE IT COMES FROM -EXICO RATHER THAN SOUTHWEST !SIA 4HEY CLAIM IT IS FREE OF SALT AND CAN BE USED OUT OF THE BAG

#UCUMBER ROOTS AND FOLIAGE

'2!.5,!2 &).% IS COMPOSED OF SMALLER PARTICLES OF FIBER AND PITH )T HAS GREATER INITIAL WATER RETENTION THAN REGULAR DUE TO THE PARTICLE SIZE )T IS USED FOR SEED GERMINATION AND PROPAGATION '2!.5,!2 2%'5,!2 IS COMPOSED OF A MIX OF THE UNMILLED FIBER CONTAINING PITH AND ADDITIONAL PITH )T IS COMPOSED OF PARTICLES PERLITE TO DUST SIZE )T IS AN ALL PURPOSE FORMULA THAT CAN BE USED FOR GERMINATION

PROPAGATION SMALL PLANT HYDROPONICS

FOR CONTAINERS UP TO ABOUT CM AND AS A MULCH OR TOP DRESSING )T CAN BE ADDED TO PLANTING MIXES IN PLACE OF PEAT MOSS )F IT IS TO BE USED IN LARGER CONTAINERS THE MIX SHOULD CONTAIN INGREDIENTS WITH A LARGER PARTICLE SIZE !T FIRST THE COIR IT HAS TO BE IRRIGATED MORE OFTEN THAN PEAT MOSS BECAUSE OF LOW WATER RETENTION !LTHOUGH THIS MAY REQUIRE A LITTLE MORE ATTENTION IT CREATES AN AEROBIC SPACE FOR THE ROOTS AND PREVENTS WATER LOGGING !S THE CELLULOSE AND LIGNIN BREAK DOWN IT HOLDS MORE WATER '2!.5,!2 2%'5,!2 7 / !$$%$ 0)4( CONTAINS ONLY THE FIBER

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SO IT NEEDS TO BE IRRIGATED MORE OFTEN BUT IT DOES HOLD SEVERAL TIMES ITS WEIGHT IN WATER )N ADDITION IT BONDS CHEMICALLY WITH NUTRIENTS AND HOLDS THEM AS A BUFFER UNTIL THEY ARE NEEDED

#OIR SUPPORTS HEALTHY ROOT SYSTEMS PLENTIFUL ROOT HAIRS AND A HEALTHY RHIZOSPHERE

!N OUTDOOR HOME GARDEN RECENTLY REPLANTED

)T CAN BE USED AS A PERLITE SUBSTITUTE IN PLANTING MIXES BECAUSE IT ASSISTS IN PROVIDES SPACES TO HOLD AIR 4HE FIBER IS A GOOD INGREDIENT IN PLANTING MIXES FOR LARGE CONTAINERS AND GROW BAGS BECAUSE

IT KEEPS THE OTHER INGREDIENTS LOOSE AND POROUS INSTEAD OF PACKED &IBER CAN BE USED AS A HYDROPONIC MEDIUM IN LARGE CONTAINERS USING DRIP )T HAS GOOD TEXTURE THAT ALLOWS FOR FAST DRAINAGE )T HOLDS SEVERAL TIMES ITS WEIGHT IN WATER AND IT EASY TO KEEP MOIST #(5.+3 4HESE COME IN SEVERAL SIZES 4HEY ARE AN EXCELLENT MEDIA FOR ORCHIDS ALONE OR WITH OTHER INGREDIENTS IN HYDROPONIC DRIP AND CONTINUOUS FLOW SYSTEMS AND IN LARGE CONTAINERS 4HEY CAN ALSO BE USED AS AN INGREDIENT IN PLANTING MIX TO ASSURE GOOD DRAINAGE AND HOLD MOISTURE AT THE SAME TIME GALLON BUCKET 7ITH ALL THE NEW COIR PRODUCTS BEING OFFERED THIS EASY TO USE MEDIUM MAY HAVE A PLACE AT YOUR GROWING TABLE

4HE SAME GARDEN ONE MONTH LATER

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/VER THE YEARS ) VE SPOKEN TO AND INTERVIEWED A GREAT MANY CANNABIS USERS WHO SUFFER FROM DEBILITIES OF ONE KIND OR ANOTHER 4HESE RANGED FROM GENERALLY MEDICALLY ACCEPTED CONDITIONS SUCH AS CANCER AND ARTHRITIS TO THE MORE CONTROVERSIAL AND MEDICALLY PROBLEMATIC

SUCH AS -% DEPRESSION AND OTHER NEUROLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS

OF PEOPLE ) SPOKE TO WHO STARTED TO USE CANNABIS BECAUSE OF THEIR PAIN FOUND THAT BEING STONED MADE THEM MORE AWARE OF THE PAIN THAN THEY D BEEN PREVIOUSLY !ND SOME MENTIONED THE ANXIETY AND VAGUE PARANOIA THEY EXPERIENCED COMMON TO A LOT OF DOPE NEWBIES NO ON TOP OF BECAUSE OF THIS !LL PUT TOGETHER IT KIND OF DEFEATED THE PURPOSE OF THE EXERCISE

TO PUT THEIR HANDS INTO VERY COLD WATER KEPT AT A CONSTANTLY COLD TEMPERATURE FOR AS LONG AS THEY COULD TO A MAXIMUM OF MINUTES ) KNOW THIS PROBABLY SOUNDS LIKE A PIECE OF PISS BUT BELIEVE ME ) VE SEEN GROWN MEN START TO CRUMBLE AFTER LESS THAN A MINUTE

'ENERALLY SPEAKING ONE THING NEARLY ALL OF THESE HAVE IN COMMON IS THAT THEY MAKE POSITIVE CLAIMS REGARDING THE EFFECTS OF CANNABIS UPON THEIR PARTICULAR CONDITION WHICH IS TO SAY THAT IT S A BOON WHEN IT COMES TO MANAGING THEIR PAIN

"UT THEN THERE ARE THOSE WHO WERE CANNABIS USERS PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF THE PAIN AND THEREFORE THE ANXIETY AND SO FORTH WAS LARGELY TAKEN OUT OF THE EQUATION .OW A LOT OF THIS POPULATION SWEAR THAT CANNABIS ABSOLUTELY WORKED FOR THEM IN TERMS OF PAIN CONTROL AND RELIEF 4HIS WHOLE hYES IT DOES NO IT DOESN T WORKv THING HAS BEEN A HOT POTATO NOW FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS n DECADES IN FACT n WITH SCIENTIFIC STUDIES EITHER BEING TOO MUDDLED TO MAKE HEAD OR TAIL OF OR WILDLY CONTRADICTING EACH OTHER

2ATHER SURPRISINGLY HEAVIER USERS REPORTED PAIN QUICKER AND WERE LESS TOLERANT OF IT MEANING THAT THEY RE MORE SENSITIVE TO IT /DD PARTICULARLY AS LIKE ) SAY SO MUCH IS MADE OF THE ANALGESIC POWERS OF CANNABIS 7HAT COULD IT MEAN

) D LIKE TO SAY THAT PERSONALLY ) REMAIN WHOLLY UNCONVINCED AS TO HOW CANNABIS MIGHT HAVE A BENEFICIAL EFFECT ON THE NEUROLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL TYPES OF CONDITION MENTIONED ABOVE )T S MY EXPERIENCE THAT QUITE A FEW OF THOSE COMPLAINING OF THE hDEBILITATING EFFECTS OF -%v WOULD DO WELL TO CONSIDER NOT WORKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THEIR USUAL SEVERAL GRAMS OF 7HITE 7IDOW OR WHATEVER A DAY AND SEE HOW THEY COPE WITH LIFE STRAIGHT FOR A CHANGE

AND DITTO FOR THE hDEBILITATING EFFECTS OF DEPRESSIONv /N THE OTHER HAND THE JURY HAS ALWAYS BEEN OUT WITH THE WHOLE AREA OF CANNABIS AND ITS EFFECT ON SOME TYPES OF PHYSICAL PAIN ! LOT OF IT SEEMED TO HANG ON THE FAMILIARITY OF THE USER WITH THE DRUG AS QUITE A NUMBER

3O NOW HERE S A RESULT FROM ONE OF THE LATEST STUDIES

CARRIED OUT BY SOME COLLEAGUES OF MINE HERE IN 3COTLAND 4HE RESULTS WERE PRETTY SURPRISING 4HINK YOU KNOW ABOUT CANNABIS AND PAIN 4HINK AGAIN 7ITHOUT GETTING BOGGED DOWN IN A LOT OF COMPLICATED PAIN RECEPTOR AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGY TALK THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF THEIR EXPERIMENT WAS THAT USERS WERE GROUPED INTO GROUPS OF HEAVY AND LIGHT USE OF CANNABIS /BVIOUSLY A LOT OF OTHER FACTORS WERE CONSIDERED BUT YOU GET THE IDEA 4HEY WERE ASKED

3O WHAT WERE THE RESULTS OF THIS STUDY

) CAN SEE TWO POSSIBLE REASONS FOR THIS /NE MAYBE THEY HAVE ADAPTED TO CHRONIC CANNABIS USE THEY VE SMOKED SO MUCH FOR SO LONG THAT IT JUST DOESN T WORK AS A PAINKILLER 4WO RATHER MORE CONTROVERSIALLY PERHAPS THERE S SOMETHING IN THE ARGUMENT THAT IT S #"$ AND NOT 4(# THAT S THE MEDICALLY BENEFICIAL COMPOUND IN THE PLANT OR THAT THE TWO WORK SYNERGISTICALLY WHEN LEFT ALONE AND UNMODIFIED AND THAT THE USE OF HIGH POTENCY STRAINS OF CANNABIS IS GOING TO TURN OUT TO BE NOT JUST MEDICALLY COUNTER PRODUCTIVE BUT POTENTIALLY HARMFUL .OW THERE S SOME FOOD FOR THOUGH DIMETHYLTRYPTAMINE HOTMAIL COM

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3IMPLY HUGE COVERED IN WHITE RESIN KILLER EFFECTS AND A LEGEND THAT GROWS DAY BY DAY 4HERE IS LITTLE DOUBT THAT THE CHOICE TO BAPTISE THIS PLANT -OBY $ICK WAS A WISE ONE 4HE GROWER S DREAM AN ALL ROUND COMPLETE

PRODUCTIVE POWERFUL PLANT THAT IS EASY TO GROW 4HIS YEAR THE 3OFT 3ECRETS VARIETIES SPECIAL CELEBRATES ITS FIFTH BIRTHDAY )N WE SAW A MAJORITY OF INTERNATIONAL SEED BANKS WHILST NOW THIS HAS CHANGED TO NATIONAL

ALTHOUGH THE BANKS ARE VERY VARIED AND GRADUALLY INTERNATIONALISING !ND THERE IS NO DISPUTING THAT $INAFEM S -OBY $ICK IS THE PERFECT CANDIDATE TO REWARD THIS LEAP IN QUALITY MADE BY 3PANISH SEED BANKS -OBY $ICK UNITES TWO LEGENDARY GENETICS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESERVED THROUGH THE YEARS EACH PROGENITOR CONTRIBUTES TO THE PLANT IN ITS OWN WAY STRIVING FOR PERFECT BALANCE 4HE 3ATIVA SIDE COMES FROM A VERY SPECIAL *ACK (ERER PHENOTYPE COMBINING GOOD PRODUCTION WITH THE APPEARANCE OF .EVILLE S (AZE LENGTHY FLOWERING PLANTS WITH ELECTRIFYING PSYCHOACTION )N -OBY $ICK THIS IS OFFSET BY THE INFLUENCE OF THE 7HITE 7IDOW "ILBAO

FAMOUS FOR ITS NARCOTIC EFFECT AND SWEET FLAVOUR )TS (AZE ORIGINS MAKE IT A TALL PLANT

BUT IT FORMS LARGE TIPS RESULTING IN AN IMMENSE PRODUCTION )T IS INCREDIBLY

VIGOROUS IT LIKES TO GROW AND NOURISH

SO TO GET THE BEST FROM IT ENSURE IT IS GIVEN PLENTY OF FERTILISERS AND WATER )T IS WORTH CHECKING THAT THE P( DOES NOT RISE ABOVE AS HIGH P( RISKS IRON CHLOROSIS FORMATION )T DEVELOPS STRONG BRANCHES AND PLANTS THAT GROW RAPIDLY )T ENDURES MOULD WELL AND IS GENERALLY READY IN OUTDOOR GROWS FROM MID /CTOBER ONWARDS 4HE LONG WAIT IS WELL REWARDED BY THE GENEROUS HARVEST THIS PLANT CAN YIELD UP TO ONE AND A HALF KILOS PER PLANT IN OUTDOOR GROWS 4HE MOST COMMON PHENOTYPE TENDS TOWARDS TALL INCENSED 3ATIVA

ALTHOUGH SOME MEDIUM SIZED SWEET FLAVOURED EXAMPLES ARE ALSO SEEN )TS EFFECT IS DEVASTATING WITH DOUBLE INTENSITY ON THE ONE HAND THE CEREBRAL TOUCH OF (AZE BUT THEN FOCUSSED ON THE PHYSICAL POWER OF THE 7IDOW n AN EXPLOSIVE COMBINATION FOR THOSE LOOKING FOR TRULY STRONG EFFECTS $INAFEM GUARANTEE THAT IT IS THE MOST PHYSOACTIVE PLANT THEY PRODUCE hA 4(# CONCENTRATION OF UP TO AND THE PRESENCE OF 4(#6 A BLEND FROM EQUATORIAL 3ATIVAS THAT IS PRODUCED IN RESPONSE TO THE SUN S RAYS ENHANCING

THE EFFECT OF THE 4(# TO AN EXTREME

WHERE JUST OR DRAGS SUFFICE FOR A VERY POWERFUL EFFECT INDEED 4HE LOW #"$ CONCENTRATION IN THESE MARIJUANA PLANTS HELPS THE EFFECT TO BE NOT ONLY CEREBRAL AND INTENSELY PSYCHOACTIVE BUT ALSO LONG LASTING )T PRODUCES A PHYSICAL AND MENTAL LEAP FORWARD AND THE DESCENT IS LENGTHY

SLIGHTLY PHYSICAL AND NOTABLE )T GIVES RISE TO A GREAT APPETITE AND GREATLY DRIES THE MOUTH OUT 7E THEREFORE RECOMMEND EATING AND DRINKING WELL TO OFFSET THESE EFFECTS 4HIS INCREASED APPETITE IT CAUSES ALSO MAKES IT WELL SUITED TO TREATING THE SIDE EFFECTS OF CHEMOTHERAPY OR ANOREXIAv 4HE @'IRL OF THE 9EAR AWARD ALWAYS GOES TO PLANTS ALREADY POPULAR WITH GROWERS AS MUST BE PROVEN BY VARIOUS CUPS 4HE 'IRL OF THE 9EAR AWARD IS THEREFORE NOT THE FIRST PRIZE THAT -OBY $ICK HAS RECEIVED !LSO IN IT WAS AWARDED BOTH THE ,ANZAROTE AND -ARINA "IXA #UPS )N

IT CAME IN FIRST OF THE 3ATIVAS IN THE "ITOX #UP AND THIRD IN OUTDOOR PLANTS IN -ALAGA )N IT CAME SECOND IN THE )BIZA #UP AND FOURTH IN THE !RAGON #UP )T WAS ALSO REWARDED IN WHEN IT CAME SECOND IN INDOOR GROWS IN THE .AFARCANNABISCUP AND FIRST IN THE OUTDOOR GROWS IN THE CONTEST ORGANISED BY %L 0UNTO !ND

PRIZES ARE NOT ONLY CONFINED TO 3PAIN

AS -OBY $ICK HAS ALSO BEEN AWARDED THE 3ILVER #UP IN !RGENTINA #UPS EVERY SEASON GREAT PRODUCTION

HIGHLY POWERFUL EXCELLENT RESULTS BOTH INDOORS AND OUT VIGOUR HARDINESS AND A GOOD SIZE .O SHORTAGE OF REASONS WHY -OBY $ICK SHOULD BE PROCLAIMED 'IRL OF THE 9EAR

LÞÊ V \Ê>Ê-«> Ã Ê«À `ÕVÌ !FTER FOUR EDITIONS OF @'IRL OF THE 9EAR IN 3OFT 3ECRETS FINALLY WE SEE A 3PANISH VARIETY STEALING THE SHOW )N THE $INAFEM SEED BANK WAS THE FIRST TO BE SET UP IN 3PAIN WITH A VIEW TO COMPETING ON A MARKET DOMINATED BY $UTCH BANKS )T ALL STOOD ON A FEMINISED SEED ITS FLAGSHIP THE -OBY $ICK )T DID NOT TAKE LONG FOR @FEMINISED FEVER TO BREAK LOOSE n A UNIQUE PHENOMENON THAT ACTUALLY ONLY TOOK PLACE WITHIN OUR CONFINES 4HE CROSS OF $INAFEM S 7HITE 7IDOW AND *ACK (ERER HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE MOST POPULAR VARIETY OF THE EXTENSIVE CATALOGUE OFFERED BY THE NORTHERN COMPANY &OR A LONG TIME -OBY $ICK WAS ALSO $INAFEM S MOST EXPENSIVE VARIETY !ND THIS HAS NOT CHANGED

EXCEPT THAT IT IS NOW EQUALLED IN PRICE

BY ANOTHER 3ATIVA PLANT FROM THIS POPULAR SEED BANK 2OYAL (AZE -OBY $ICK GENERALLY PRODUCES PLANTS WITH HYBRID PHENOTYPES

PROPORTIONATELY 3ATIVA AND )NDICA AS STATED IN THE OFFICIAL DESCRIPTION OF THE VARIETY )N MANY CASES THE APPEARANCE OF THE LEAVES MAY LEAD US TO BELIEVE THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH A VARIETY WITH A CERTAIN LEVEL OF )NDICA DOMINANCE BUT THE VIGOROUS GROWTH LEAVES NO ROOM FOR DOUBT AS TO THE GROWTH POTENTIAL OF THIS POLYHYBRID CROSS BOTH INDOORS AND IN THE OPEN AIR 2IGHT FROM THE VERY START $INAFEM PROPOSED FIXING MUCH OF THE 3ATIVA

ROOTS FROM *ACK (ERER IN -OBY $ICK !BOVE ALL THE CHARACTERISTIC WOOD AND INCENSE (AZE AROMA AND THE LEGENDARY STRATOSPHERIC EFFECT OF THE 3ENSI 3EEDS VARIETY (OWEVER THE PARALLELISM WITH THE WHITE WHALE DOES NOT END WITH THE GENEROUS HARVEST !LTHOUGH 7HITE 7IDOW IS A VARIETY RECOGNISED FOR ITS GOOD PERFORMANCE WHEN GROWN OUTDOORS ACCORDING TO $INAFEM -OBY $ICK PRODUCES WELL BECAUSE THE *ACK (ERER USED AS THE FEMININE PARENT A SELECTION THAT IS ALREADY TEN YEARS OLD

WAS THE MOST PRODUCTIVE PLANT OF ALL THOSE TESTED )F WE REVIEW THE FEATURES OF -OBY $ICK

IT IS VERY EASY TO SEE WHY IT IS SO POPULAR ! VIGOROUS GROWTH THAT GIVES RISE TO LARGE SEED PLANTS AND MOTHER PLANTS FULL OF CUTTINGS A HIGH PERFORMANCE IN TERMS OF MARIJUANA AND SPECTACULAR RESIN PRODUCTION THE MUCH APPRECIATED ORGANOLEPTIC AND PHARMACOLOGICAL QUALITIES OF THE (AZE VARIETIES IN A WELL ADJUSTED FLOWERING TIME AND MOREOVER

FEMINISED &OR MANY THIS BLEND OF QUALITIES MAKES -OBY $ICK THE CLOSEST THERE IS TO THE PERFECT VARIETY

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3MALL GROW ROOMS AND CLOSETS LIKE THIS MUST HAVE PLENTY OF AIR CIRCULATION AND VEN TILATION TO STAY COOL )T IS MOST OFTEN BETTER TO USE A SMALLER W LAMP IN SUCH SMALL AREAS TO REDUCE HEAT

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WITHOUT BEING FOUND OUT AND ON HOW TO GROW GRASS ALONE AND ON A WIDE SCALE

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DRAWN OUT 4EXAN ACCENT IS INTERRUPTED REGULARLY BY A STAMMER n THERE ARE JUST TOO MANY LETTERS IN THE WORDS AND #ANDI LOVINGLY HELPS HIM FIND HIS WAY BACK h$O YOU MEAN REHABILITATION v 3HE PATIENTLY REPEATS IT THREE TIMES IF NECESSARY UNTIL #OOPER HIMSELF CAN PRONOUNCE THE WORD CORRECTLY 4HE LIVELY 4EXAN DOLL HAS BROUGHT FIVE LITTLE #OOPERS INTO THE WORLD BUT YOU CERTAINLY WOULDN T THINK IT TO LOOK AT HER AND DOUBTLESS HER DEEP CUT BLOUSES DO NO HARM TO THE #OOPERS RATINGS )N THE SHOW THE HAPPY COUPLE TALK WITH NO LIMITS AT ALL THEY TALK ABOUT THEIR SIXTEEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WHO DESPITE THE DELICATE AGE IS DOING VERY WELL AT SCHOOL 4HEY ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE WHO WANT TO KNOW WHAT RIGHTS THEY HAVE IF STOPPED DURING A TRAFFIC CONTROL h)F THERE IS A GROUNDED SUSPICION THAT YOU MAY HAVE BEEN SMOKING THE POLICE HAS THE RIGHT TO ACCESS YOUR VEHICLE 4HIS IS WHY ) RECOMMEND YOU SPRAY "LUNT -AGIC 3PRAY ON THE GRASS v h)T REALLY WORKS v STRESSES #ANDI h) MYSELF HAVE

OF COURSE USED IT RECENTLYv #OOPER LETS OUT )T IS YET ANOTHER OCCASION ON WHICH ONE OF THE TWO SHOULD PRAISE

THE QUALITIES OF THIS FAB U LOUS PRODUCT TO BE SPRAYED ON GRASS THAT GIVES IT A COMPLETELY NEUTRAL ODOUR IF BURNED 3INCE THE #OOPERS FIRST ROSE TO NATIONAL FAME THEY HAVE RECEIVED DOZENS OF PRODUCTS IN THE HOPE OF OBTAINING THEIR APPROVAL BUT THE #OOPERS ARE FIRM IN THEIR DECLARATION THAT ONLY A FEW OF THESE ARE SUFFICIENTLY SPECIAL TO BE WORTHY OF MENTION ON THEIR SHOW

« ÕÃÌiÀÃ )N 4EXAS THE COPS HATE HIM )N !MERICA

TO TURN AGAINST YOUR EX COLLEAGUES IS A RISKY BUSINESS 4HE INCORRUPTIBLE NATURE OF &RANK 3ERPICO ALMOST COST HIM HIS LIFE WHEN HE RECEIVED A BULLET TO THE FACE DURING A BUST AND COLLEAGUES DELIBERATELY DELAYED IN CALLING AN AMBULANCE #OOPER DOES NOT ONLY SPIT ON THE HAND THAT FEEDS HIM BUT GOES WELL BEYOND THAT FILMING THE MISDOINGS OF HIS EX COLLEAGUES WITH HIDDEN CAMERAS FOR THE PROGRAMME +OP"USTERS 5P UNTIL NOW #OOPER HAS GOT AWAY WITH IT IN SPECTACULAR FASHION THE ATTEMPTS BY THE POLICE TO PROHIBIT BROADCASTING OF THE PROGRAMME WENT AGAINST THE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION HELD SACRED IN !MERICA +OP"USTERS AIMS TO UNMASK CORRUPTION AND ILLEGAL BEHAVIOUR AND ONE OF THE VIDEOS FOR EXAMPLE

SHOWS HOW #OOPER S TEAM ORGANISES A FAKE GRASS GROW WITH TWO #HRISTMAS TREES UNDER A GROW LAMP 4HE FURY OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES DOES NOT DELAY IN COMING

BUT THERE IS A CLEAR DEMONSTRATION OF HOW THE SEARCH TOOK PLACE WITHOUT RESPECTING LEGAL PROCEDURES )N ANOTHER DELIVERY OF @CANNASPLIT A BAG WITH FAKE CASH AND GRASS IS LEFT IN A SERVICE STATION BUT WE SEE THAT AFTER THE CASH IS RECEIVED BY THE AGENT INVOLVED IT DISAPPEARS INTO HIS POCKETS

ÊV ÛiÀÃ #OOPER S CHANGE OF DIRECTION IS EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANT IF WE CONSIDER THAT HE WAS ONCE ONE OF THE MOST FEARED DRUG BUSTERS OF ALL 4EXAS !FTER A PEACEFUL START AS SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR AT THE LOCAL POLICE STATION HIS SUPERIORS QUICKLY SAW THAT THE YOUNG #OOPER HAD A GREAT DEAL MORE TALENT IN HIM 4RANSFERRED TO THE "IG 3ANDY POLICE ACADEMY HE EDUCATED HIS PERSONAL ANTI DRUG DOG WITH ENORMOUS DEDICATION AND BECAME ONE OF THE VERY BEST OFFICERS INVOLVED IN BLOCKS AND SEARCHES ON THE 4EXAS MOTORWAYS $ESPITE THE FACT THAT THE STRETCH OF MOTORWAY ASSIGNED TO HIS CONTROL WAS NO MORE THAN SEVEN KILOMETRES LONG

HE RAPIDLY OBTAINED THE COUNTY RECORD

CLOCKING UP ALMOST A HUNDRED ARRESTS FOR DRUGS AND THE LARGEST QUANTITY OF MARIJUANA SEIZED IN A SINGLE RAID #OOPER S FANATICISM CERTAINLY DID NOT GO UNNOTICED BY HIS SUPERIORS WHO ASKED HIM TO JOIN THE /DESSA 4EXAS $RUG 4ASK &ORCE WITH JURISDICTION OVER COUNTIES (ERE HE BECAME A REAL MEAN MOTHERFUCKER WHO LEARNT TO ORGANISE EXTREMELY COMPLICATED OPERATIONS TOGETHER WITH THE !4& $%! &") ARMY AND BORDER POLICE 4HE THEORY WAS EVEN EXCEEDED #OOPER ATTAINED EXTREMELY HIGH MARKS IN ALL DRUG ACADEMY COURSES UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS WORK WITH SEARCH WARRANTS AND DRUG DOGS

TRAFFIC CONTROLS INTERCEPTION OF DRUG TRANSPORT BY BUS LINES OR AEROPLANE 4HANKS TO HIS SPECIALISED KNOWLEDGE

EXPERIENCE AND EASY MEDIA RELATIONS

HE BECAME A VERY POPULAR INSTRUCTOR AT THE VARIOUS POLICE ACADEMIES 4HE STANDARD ARRANGEMENT INVOLVED TWO OR THREE DAYS IN THE CLASSROOM AND ONE DAY PRACTICAL FIELD WORK WHERE VALUE HAD TO BE PROVEN IF YOU COULDN T MAKE AT LEAST ONE ARREST FOR DRUGS YOU WOULD RECEIVE NO PAYMENT FOR THE SEMINAR .ATURALLY #OOPER NEVER ONCE FAILED

,i ÀÃi /NCE IT WAS DISCLOSED THAT THE POLICE WAS EXPLOITED BY LOCAL POLITICIANS TO GET PAYBACK AGAINST RIVAL POLITICIANS

SOMETHING CHANGED IN #OOPER (E HANDED IN HIS NOTICE AFTER EIGHT YEARS ON THE FORCE WITH MORE THAN ARRESTS UNDER HIS BELT FOR DRUG RELATED CRIMES DRUG INTERCEPTIONS SEIZURE OF FIFTY VEHICLES AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN GOODS AND CASH %VEN DURING HIS YEARS IN THE FORCE

#OOPER WAS TORMENTED BY THE REMORSE OF SEEING NON VIOLENT HARD WORKING CITIZENS LOSE HOME AND FAMILY AND END UP IN PRISON h) KNOW WHAT ) WAS DOING WAS WRONG BUT THE DESIRE FOR FAME AND RECOGNITION BY COLLEAGUES WAS STRONGER THAN MY CONSCIENCE v )N THE END #OOPER REALISED HE HAD NEVER FOUGHT AGAINST DRUGS BUT RATHER AGAINST PEOPLE h4HE POLICY IS WRONG 4HE CONSEQUENCES OF THE WAR ON DRUGS ARE MORE HARMFUL THAN THE DRUGS THEMSELVES 4HERE ARE MORE PEOPLE THAN EVER IN THE PRISONS BUT THE $%!

THEMSELVES ADMIT THAT THERE ARE ALSO FAR MORE DRUGS AROUND THAN EVER BEFORE v !FTER HAVING LEFT THE POLICE #OOPER BECAME A BUSINESSMAN AND STARTED A COLOURFUL STORY OF WORKS OF VARYING FORTUNE !FTER A PERIOD SPENT SELLING CARS

HE MADE A BID FOR SUCCESS WITH A TYRE SHOP A NIGHTCLUB A LIMOUSINE SERVICE AND AS AN ORGANISER OF CAGE FIGHTS &INALLY HE UNDERSTOOD THAT HE COULD NOT ESCAPE HIS TRUE VOCATION TO FIGHT TO HELP THOSE WHO HE HAD ONCE BROUGHT TO RUIN !S A CITIZEN

HE HAD UNDERSTOOD THAT POLICE CORRUPTION AND ABUSE OF POWER CONTINUED TO WORSEN (E HIMSELF WAS ARRESTED FIVE TIMES FOR NO

GOOD REASON ONCE FOR @THEFT IN ACTUAL FACT HE HAD RETURNED TWO FILMS FROM THE SERIES *EEPERS #REEPERS TO THE LOCAL VIDEO HIRE SHOP LATE "ARRY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HIS TASTE IN FILM MAY BE WORTHY OF ARREST BUT THE DELAY IN RETURN IS NOT !LTHOUGH NOW MUCH MORE MELLOW THAN HE ONCE WAS #OOPER STILL HAS VERY SERIOUS OPINIONS ON CRIME h)F WE WERE TO RELEASE ALL NON VIOLENT PRISONERS WHO ARE IN PRISON FOR DRUG USE WE WOULD HAVE MORE SPACE FOR REAL CRIMINALS AND COULD ENSURE THAT DRUG USERS CAN STAY WITH THEIR FAMILIES GO TO SCHOOL HAVE A JOB v

> ` `>Ìi )N THE MEANTIME HE HAD BECOME A MINOR CELEBRITY IN THE 53!

WHERE HIS MESSAGE WAS BROADCAST BY COUNTLESS TELEVISION CHANNELS 4HE ATTENTION HE OBTAINED CONVINCED HIM TO AIM HIGHER IN HIS AMBITIONS THIS YEAR HE RAN FOR THE OFFICE OF !TTORNEY 'ENERAL OF 4EXAS WITH A PRO ARMS PRO MARIJUANA AND PRO FAMILY CAMPAIGN 4O GO INTO GREATER DETAIL HE WANTS TO SET UP A SENSITISATION PROGRAMME FOR POLICEMEN GETTING THEM TO SPEND A NIGHT IN PRISON h)T WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE HELPED ME BE A MORE @HUMAN POLICEMANv #OOPER EXPLAINS (E IS ALSO FOR ZERO TOLERANCE FOR AGENTS SEARCHING PEOPLE OR HOMES ILLEGALLY AND THOSE WHO MORE GENERALLY FAIL TO RESPECT THE CITIZEN S RIGHTS h6ICTIMS WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO REQUEST LEGAL COMPENSATION AND THE AGENT WOULD BE IMMEDIATELY FIREDv #OOPER PROMISES 4O LIMIT THE DAMAGES CAUSED BY CORRUPTION HE SUGGESTS THAT WORTHY AGENTS SHOULD HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASING THEIR SALARY h!LTHOUGH WE CANNOT OF COURSE LEGALISE MARIJUANA ) CAN GIVE A LOWER PRIORITY TO MARIJUANA RELATED CRIMES OR ARCHIVE THEM IF THEY ARE PURSUED AS UNREASONABLE ) WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PRISONERS CAN APPEAL IN COURTS AGAINST THE INHUMAN LIVING CONDITIONS SEEN IN OVERCROWDED PRISONS /UR OBSESSION FOR PUNISHMENT HAS MADE US INTO A FASCIST COUNTRY )F YOU ASK A NON VIOLENT PRISONER IMPRISONED FOR CANNABIS USE IF HE WOULD PREFER TO SPEND THIRTY YEARS IN PRISON OR HAVE A HAND CUT OFF HE D OPT FOR THE HAND /UR SYSTEM REALLY IS THIS ABSURD v HTTP BARRYCOOPER BLOGSPOT COM BACKTALK WITH BARRY AND CANDI EPISODE HTML HTTP BARRYBOMB COM HTTP NEVERGETBUSTED COM HTTPS TWITTER COM "ARRY#OOPER

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%STABLISHED IN .IRVANA 3EEDS HAS BECOME ONE OF THE LEADING CANNABIS SEED BREEDERS IN THE .ETHERLANDS /RIGINALLY FROM THE 53 "UDDY CURRENTLY MANAGES .IRVANA FROM THE WHOLESALE SHOP IN CENTRAL !MSTERDAM 3OFT 3ECRETS CAUGHT UP WITH HIM THERE TO DISCUSS THE COMPANY S NEW STRAINS AND HOW THE SEED BUSINESS HAS CHANGED WITH INCREASING PROFESSIONALIZATION AND GLOBALISATION 3OFT 3ECRETS (OW DID YOU GET INVOLVED IN THE SEED BUSINESS "UDDY ) MOVED TO !MSTERDAM YEARS AGO FROM 'ERMANY n MY WIFE AND ) HAD BEEN COMING HERE EVERY WEEKEND TO PARTY AND IT WAS A COINCIDENCE ) GOT INTO THIS BUSINESS -Y FIRST APARTMENT WAS JUST A FEW DOORS DOWN FROM THE OLD .IRVANA SHOP SO IT WAS PRETTY MUCH THE FIRST PLACE ) WENT TO "EING AN !MERICAN IT TOOK ABOUT MONTHS TO GET A WORK PERMIT AND DURING THAT TIME IN THE GREY AREA ) HAD TO MAKE A LIVING AND THAT S WHEN ) STARTED GROWING ) HAD TO EAT ) HAD NO PLANS TO GROW GRASS AND THE COFFEE SHOP ) WAS GROWING FOR

THEY KNEW -AU OWNER AND FOUNDER OF .IRVANA AND WHEN ) GOT MY 3/&) NUMBER ENTITLEMENT TO WORK n ED HE WAS LOOKING FOR A NEW MANAGER AND ) GOT THE JOB ) D NEVER GROWN BEFORE ) READ (IGH 4IMES AND ALWAYS HAD THE INTENTION TO GROW 3O ) JUST READ ALL THE BOOKS AND REALLY GOT INTO IT (OW MANY STAFF DO YOU MANAGE FULL TIME PACKING SEEDS AND MAYBE INDEPENDENT GROWERS WE WORK WITH 7E KEEP A MOTHER ROOM AND THE CONTRACTORS DO ALL THE GROWING 7E DO OUR OWN DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING #AN YOU EXPLAIN HOW A NEW VARIETY MADE 5SUALLY THROUGH FRIENDS OR OURSELVES

THEY GIVE US A SEED AND WE GROW IT OUT

MIX WITH ONE OF OUR MALES )F IT S TASTY

WE MARKET IT AS AN & OTHERWISE WE BACKCROSS IT FIVE TIMES TO STABILISE IT !ND HOW LONG DOES THE WHOLE PROCESS FROM PLANTING THAT FIRST SEED TO SELLING ITS GENETICS ON THE MARKET TAKE & S ARE EASY A FEW MONTHS 3TABILISED STUFF CAN TAKE A YEAR OR TWO (OW IMPORTANT IS BACKCROSSING 6ERY BECAUSE THEN WE CAN USE IT FOR BREEDING LATER & S YOU CAN T BREED WITH THEY CREATE TOTALLY UNSTABLE OFFSPRING 7HAT ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM .IRVANA THAT HAVE SOLD WELL OR THAT READERS MIGHT HAVE USED 7E VE WON AWARDS FOR #RYSTAL -ASTER +USH AND OUR 2OYAL &LUSH SINCE ) WORKED HERE (OW WAS THE COMPANY ORIGINALLY SET UP -AU USED TO WORK FOR 7ERNARD "RUINING AT 0OSITRONICS THE FIRST GROW SHOP IN !MSTERDAM PROBABLY ALL OF %UROPE (E DID THE 0OSITRONICS SEEDS AND WHEN 7ERNARD WENT OUT OF BUSINESS -AU SET UP .IRVANA IN )S !MSTERDAM STILL CONSIDERED A LEADING CENTRE FOR SEEDS )N MY VIEW WE HAVE COFFEE SHOPS HERE AND THAT S THE ULTIMATE TEST OF A STRAIN

BECAUSE IT CAN BE EVALUATED IN A RELAXED WAY AND THERE S PRICING ON IT AN OPEN MARKET INSTEAD OF A BLACK MARKET 4HINGS JUST GO WAY QUICKER AND ARE

DONE MORE PROPERLY IN AN OPEN MARKET )N 3PAIN PEOPLE ARE GROWING WEED IN THEIR BACKYARDS ALL OVER BUT THERE S NO CONTROL OF THE QUALITY )T S JUST @GROW IT @N SELL IT (ERE THE COFFEE SHOPS WON T BUY IT IF IT S NOT GOOD !ND THERE ARE SO MANY DRUG TOURISTS HERE IT ALL ADDS UP TO INTENSE EVALUATION OF THE STRAINS IN !MSTERDAM )N 3PAIN IT S MOSTLY 3PANISH PEOPLE SMOKING THEIR WEED SO THERE S NOT MUCH FEEDBACK !MSTERDAM JUST LIKE IT HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN WITH FLOWERS AND VEGETABLES IS A CENTRAL MOVING POINT 9ES PLUS THERE S 3CHIPHOL AIRPORT THAT LL NEVER GO AWAY 4HERE S MORE WEED IN OTHER PLACES BUT HERE WILL ALWAYS BE A MORE DISCRIMINATE PLACE

%VEN "OLIVIA YOU CAN HAVE UP TO GRAMS OF MARIHUANA AS LONG AS YOU DON T HAVE ANY COCAINE ON YOU 3OME OF THE #ALIFORNIAN PHARMACIES SEEM TO HAVE A VERY DIFFERENT WAY OF LOOKING AT THE PRODUCT CHECKING FOR FUNGUS DOING MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS n AS A RESULT OF IT BEING SEEN AS A MEDICINAL THING 4HEY RE TREATING IT ALMOST LIKE A PHARMACEUTICAL OFFERING A WIDE RANGE OF COOKIES AND SWEETS AND BUTTERS FOR NON SMOKERS $O YOU THINK THE RELAXED SMOKING LAWS HERE MEANS THERE S NOT BEEN SAME PRESSURE TO INNOVATE QUALITY CONTROL 4HAT S TRUE BUT !MERICA ) DON T AGREE WITH THAT WHOLE @MEDICAL ANGLE %VERYONE ) KNOW SMOKES BECAUSE THEY LIKE IT

NOT BECAUSE THEY RE SICK !ND ) DON T LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING TO FAKE TO GET A PRESCRIPTION $ID YOU SEE THE RECENT 3OUTH 0ARK

WHERE THEY OPENED A MARIHUANA DISPENSARY IN TOWN -EDICINAL &RIED #HICKEN 3TAN S DAD GIVES HIMSELF CANCER SO HE CAN USE THE PLACE ) HAVEN T SEEN THAT EPISODE BUT THE WHOLE APPROACH IN THE 53 IS CONTRADICTIVE IT S A MEDICAL STORE BUT THE DISPENSARIES HAVE POOL TABLES ) VE NEVER BEEN TO A CHEMIST THAT HAS A POOL TABLE Y KNOW "UT ) GUESS IT S A SCENE WE HAVE TO RECKON WITH BECAUSE IT S GONE CRAZY THERE 7HEN DID .IRVANA FIRST DEVELOP FEMINISED SEED YEARS AGO WE HAD ABOUT SIX STRAINS

BUT IT WAS THE EARLY DAYS OF FEMALE SEEDS AND A BUMPY ROAD "UT WE VE REALLY WORKED ON IT HIRED SOME ACTUAL SCIENTISTS TO WORK ON IT FOR US AND IT S NOW GOING WELL 7E HAVE ALL OUR STRAINS FEMINISED !RE FEMINISED SEEDS THE FUTURE 4HERE S A MARKET FOR IT BUT THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A MARKET FOR THE NATURAL SEEDS

WE RE FINDING BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE LIKE

TO BREED OTHERS DON T LIKE THE WAY THE SEEDS ARE TREATED WITH CHEMICALS 4HY SODIUM SOMETHING AND SILVER NITRATE VERY POISONOUS )T JUST ABOUT KILLS THE PLANT BUT IT FORCES HER TO @HERMAPHRODITE IZE AND IN THE FLOWERS THERE ARE NO MALE CHROMOSOMES 4HAT S THE THEORY BUT THERE HAS TO BE LOTS OF TESTING 9OU CAN T JUST TAKE ANY PLANT AND DO IT 9OU FIRST NEED A THOROUGHLY TESTED FEMALE SHE CAN T BE HERMAPHRODITE ON HER OWN IN ORDER TO BE A CANDIDATE FOR THE CHEMICALS )T CAME FROM $R $AVID 7ASSON WHO DID HEMP RESEARCH LIVING WITH THE (AYES BROTHERS AND NOW LIVES IN !MSTERDAM (E DID THE FIRST RESEARCH YEARS AGO (E S ALSO DONE RESEARCH ON MALE SEEDS n THAT IS

MAKING A MALE PLANT PRODUCE FEMALE SEEDS (E S SOMETHING OF A MENTOR TO ME WAS AT HIS HOUSE A FEW WEEKS AGO DISCUSSING THE SCIENCE OF IT ALL 7HAT S THE USE OF ALL MALES )T S VERY USEFUL AS IT S HARD TO KNOW WHAT THE MALE PLANT IS IT DOESN T PRODUCE 4(#

BUT IF YOU CAN TREAT IT WITH CHEMICALS AND GET BUDS YOU HAVE SOME KIND OF IDEA WHAT QUALITIES IT HAS 9OU ALSO SELL AUTO FLOWERING SEEDS n A MORE RECENT INNOVATION 9ES ANOTHER NEW TREND WHICH ) PERSONALLY DON T LIKE BECAUSE IT CONTAINS RUDERALIS GENES WHICH FORCES IT TO FLOWER AUTOMATICALLY BUT ALSO CONTAINS LOTS OF #"$ AND #".S IT S SORT OF A HEADACHE WEED 4HERE S A PRICE TO PAY FOR AUTO FLOWERING n THE HIGH S NOT AS CLEAR AS IN THE OTHER STRAINS 7HAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES 4HE STRAINS GROW WELL IN EXTREME .ORTHERN AND 3OUTHERN LATITUDES $ENMARK

3WEDEN #ANADA n THEY CAN PLANT IN THE BACKYARD AND HARVEST BEFORE THE FIRST

FROST )F YOU LIVE WHERE IT S TEMPERATE YOU SHOULDN T GROW IT (OW HAS THE .ET CHANGED THE SEED BUSINESS )T REVOLUTIONISED THE BUSINESS BEGINNING PROBABLY YEARS AGO 'YPSY .IRVANA SEEDS DIRECT IN %NGLAND STARTED THE WHOLE THING "EFORE THAT PEOPLE WOULD DRIVE TO !MSTERDAM OR ANSWER THE ADS IN THE FEW WEED MAGAZINES THERE WERE AT THE TIME 3INCE THE .ET BUSINESS HAS EXPLODED FOLD FOR SURE )T S JUST TOO EASY n SEEDS ARE SO SMALL THEY ARE CONSIDERED LETTER POST "UT DO YOU STILL HAVE TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS SENDING TO OTHER COUNTRIES 9OU CAN PRETTY MUCH POP IT IN AN ENVELOPE )N MOST COUNTRIES THEY CANNOT BE LEGALLY OPENED 9OU NEED A COURT ORDER

UNLIKE PACKAGES )NFORMATION THAT S YOUR PRIVACY )S THERE A TREND FOR COUNTRIES TO BE RELAXING RESTRICTIONS ON GROWING YOUR OWN 9ES ALL OVER THE WORLD ) M RESEARCHING EACH NIGHT ON THE .ET 0RETTY MUCH ALL OF 3OUTH !MERICA IS DECRIMINALISED

EVERYONE S REALISING THE JAILS DON T NEED TO BE FULL OF CANNABIS USERS )T S JUST STUPID %VEN "OLIVIA YOU CAN HAVE UP TO GRAMS OF MARIHUANA AS LONG AS YOU DON T HAVE ANY COCAINE ON YOU )F YOU HAVE MARIHUANA PLUS OTHER DRUGS IT S ILLEGAL "UT ON ITS OWN NOT 3TRANGE TWIST ON THE LAW !NY PLANS TO MOVE INTO OTHER PLANTS OR PRODUCTS IN THE FUTURE 7E USED TO HAVE CANNABIS BEER AND WINE WHEN SEED BUSINESS WAS SMALL BEFORE THE NET 4HEY SHUT US DOWN 7E DID NOT HAVE THE RIGHT FACILITIES JUST BREWING IT IN THE SHOP "OTTLING THE WINE OURSELVES 3AID WE NEEDED PROPER FACILITIES

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! RECENT 2OLLING 3TONE ARTICLE ON THE WEED BUSINESS IN #ALIFORNIA CONCLUDED THAT EVEN WITH LEGALIZATION THERE WILL BE ROOM FOR THE SMALL NICHE GROWER CATERING TO THE GOURMET END OF THE MARKET 4HERE WILL ALWAYS BE ROOM FOR THE GUYS WITH THE SKILLS AND PATIENCE NEEDED TO GROW TOP WEED )T S SIMILAR TO THE WINE SCENE "IG WINERIES STOCKING SUPERMARKETS BUT ALWAYS LITTLE CHATEAUS EVERY HILL HAVING DIFFERENT FLAVOUR 4HERE WILL ALWAYS BEEN A CONNOISSEUR MARKET AND DO THEIR OWN BREEDING )T S SO EASY ) REALLY HOPE THEY DO NOT LEGALIZE THE INDUSTRY BUT IT IS A GOOD TIME FOR IT 4HE TOBACCO COMPANIES ARE UNDER THREAT AND IF THEY CAN REPLACE THAT PRESSURE THEY RE ALL FOR IT AND BACK IN THE MONEY 4HEY HAVE FACILITIES READY FOR IT &OR BREEDING OR GROWING &OR ALL OF IT 4HEY VE BEEN DOING IT WITH TOBACCO AND IT S SIMPLE ENOUGH TO DO AGAIN WITH WEED

"UDDY IN FRONT OF HIS SHOP IN !MSTERDAM 7HAT FURTHER INNOVATIONS CAN WE EXPECT IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS "EEN FIGHTING THE LAST MONTHS TO GET ALL OUR FEMALE SEEDS OUT AND WE VE FINALLY ACCOMPLISHED THAT AND NOW WE RE INTRODUCING MORE AUTO FLOWERING STRAINS IN COMING WEEKS AND ) FEEL WE VE CAUGHT UP NOW 4HESE ARE THE TRENDS FOR THE NEXT YEARS 9OU CAN T GO ANY FURTHER 3OME COMPANIES HAVE BEEN PUTTING A COATING ON THE SEEDS BUT WE RE NOT WE RE GOING TO KEEP IT NATURAL )T S A COLOUR CODING SO THE SEED VARIETIES ARE NOT CONFUSED WITH EACH OTHER PLUS A GERMINATION ENZYME IN IT "UT ) HEAR THEY RE NOT ALLOWED IN THE 5+ BECAUSE IT S NOT A SOUVENIR ANY MORE )F IT HAS A GERMINATION ENZYME IT IS MEANT TO BE GROWN !CTUALLY FOR THE 5+ WE HAVE TO MAKE SPECIAL PACKAGING THAT DOES NOT HAVE ANY DESCRIPTION ON IT ONLY A NAME ! DESCRIPTION IS TOO MUCH FOR THE 5+ AT THE MOMENT

THINGS TO BE DEALING WITH 0LUS YOU CAN T ARREST PEOPLE FOR SEEDS BECAUSE THERE S NO DRUG IN THEM AND YOU CAN T ARREST SOMEONE FOR A POTENTIAL CRIME 4HERE S AN INCREASING LACK OF DRIVE TO BUST FOR WEED 0OLITICIANS CAN NOW ADMIT TO SMOKING AND EVEN ENJOYING IT 4HE WHOLE CULTURE HAS CHANGED )T S CHANGED SO MUCH NOW IF YOU FIND YOUR TEENAGER SMOKING WEED YOU COMPLIMENT THEM ON THEIR CHOICES

THERE ARE SO MANY WORSE THINGS OUT THERE METHAMPHETAMINES AND SO ON 7EED S A PRETTY HUMBLE WAY TO ENTERTAIN YOURSELF

) GUESS YOU CAN ALWAYS GO BACK TO SELLING THEM AS CANARY FEED 9EAH OR FISH FOOD

(OW WOULD LEGALISATION OF MARIHUANA CHANGE YOUR BUSINESS 7E RE AGAINST IT BECAUSE THE $UTCH SYSTEM HAS KEPT US SMALL "IG CORPORATIONS

TOBACCO AND PHARMACEUTICALS BUSINESSES WILL COME IN WITH THEIR BILLIONS AND TAKE IT OVER 3O LONG AS IT S IN A GREY AREA THESE BIG COMPANIES WILL NOT TOUCH IT ) HOPE IT STAYS DECRIMINALISED AND NOT LEGALIZED

4HEY ALWAYS SEEM TO BE THREATENING TO FIDDLE WITH THE LAWS IN THE .ETHERLANDS !RE ANY AIMED AT YOUR BUSINESS OR ARE THEY MOSTLY DEALING WITH COFFEE SHOPS ) M NOT WORRIED BECAUSE TO CHANGE ANYTHING TO DO WITH SEEDS THEY D HAVE TO CHANGE SOME MAJOR WORLD TREATIES WHICH IS NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN 4HE $UTCH /PIUM !CT HAS NOT BEEN ADJUSTED SINCE THE S EVEN 4HEY WOULD HAVE TO ADJUST THAT ) JUST THINK WORLD LEADERS HAVE BETTER

/NE THING THAT STRUCK ME WAS THE RELATIVE FREEDOM IN SEED BREEDING BREEDERS HAVE BEEN QUITE GENEROUS IN THE PAST ABOUT EXCHANGING GERM LINES 9OU DON T GET THIS IN THE OVER PATENTED REGULAR AGRIBUSINESS %XACTLY )T WILL BE IN THE HANDS OF THE BIG GUYS AND THE SMALL GUY WOULD BE SQUEEZED OUT 4HE PRICE WOULD GO DOWN AND IT WOULD NOT BE AS GLAMOROUS ANYMORE )T WOULD BE LIKE SELLING TOMATO SEEDS

4HE THREE NEW STRAINS ) MENTIONED EARLIER THEY RE NOT EVEN NAMED YET AND ) HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ) NAMED A STRAIN 7HITE #ASTLE AND ) GOT A LETTER FROM THEIR LAWYERS CLAIMING TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT ) DIDN T EVEN REALISE THERE S A 7HITE #ASTLE BURGER CHAIN IN THE 53! ) WROTE BACK SAYING ) DIDN T SEE THE COMPETITION BETWEEN A MARIHUANA STRAIN AND A CHEESEBURGER 3O ) M DOING A BIT OF RESEARCH BEFORE ) NAME ANY NEW STRAINS NOW AS WE VE HAD TO CHANGE A FEW NAMES NOW BECAUSE OF TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT 4HE OTHER SEED BANKS ARE COPYRIGHTING NAMES 3O THE FREE AND EASY SITUATION ) DESCRIBED EARLIER IS ALREADY OUT OF DATE 9ES WE VE ALREADY CHANGED NAMES n LIKE OUR "UBBLEGUM AND "LUEBERRY DUE TO LETTERS FROM LAWYERS 3OMEONE S COPYRIGHTED THESE NAMES 4HAT S WHY WE HAVE "UBBLICIOUS AND "LUE -YSTIC /VER THE YEARS SEED BREEDING HAS BECOME A PROPER SCENE WITH LAWYERS AND TRADEMARKS DISTRIBUTORS FIGHTING OVER TURF 7E WERE EVEN BANNED FROM 3PAIN S 3PANNABIS EXPO 4HEY DIDN T WANT US TO SELL SEEDS BECAUSE THEY SAID IT WAS THE JOB OF 3PANISH DISTRIBUTORS 3O WITH ACCEPTANCE COMES A NEW SET OF PROBLEMS 3URE THERE ARE PEOPLE COMING OUT OF BUSINESS SCHOOL AND GETTING INTO THIS BUSINESS #OLLEGE GRADUATES RUNNING HEAD SHOPS AND DISTRIBUTION CENTRES

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HAVING DONE THEIR JOB !ND THE NEXT GENERATION THE )NTERNET 'ENERATION THEY WANT WELL IF MY DISTRIBUTORS DON T GET THEIR ORDERS WITHIN HOURS THEY RE PISSED OFF AT ME 4HEY WANT IT QUICK AND FAST AND ACCURATE 0LUS THERE S SO MUCH COMPETITION NOWADAYS WE HAVE TO YEARS AGO THERE WAS MAYBE SEED BANKS NOW THERE MUST BE ALL OVER THE WORLD .OT EXCLUSIVELY IN (OLLAND ANY MORE 4HE MONOPOLY IS OVER AND NOW WE REALLY HAVE TO WORK FOR OUR MONEY )T USED TO BE EASY IN THE OLD DAYS COMPANIES WE WERE REALLY LAZY PEOPLE HAD TO WAIT UNTIL WE WANTED TO SEND OUT STUFF .OW 3PAIN HAS BIG COMPANIES IN COMPETITION WITH THE $UTCH COMPANIES %NGLAND HAS THERE S A COUPLE IN 3WITZERLAND !USTRIA HAS ONE !NYTHING IN %ASTERN %UROPE 4HE #ZECH 2EPUBLIC JUST CHANGED ITS LAWS AND PEOPLE CAN HAVE FOUR PLANTS "USINESS IS DOING WELL IN "ULGARIA 5KRAINE AND 2USSIA ARE REALLY BIG 4HEY MISSED THE COUNTERCULTURE OF THE @ S BECAUSE OF THE )RON #URTAIN AND THEY RE GOING THROUGH THAT EXPERIMENTAL PHASE WITH DRUGS FOR THE LAST YEARS 0LUS THE 2AVE SCENE IN FACT YEARS OF WESTERN ALTERNATIVE CULTURE ALL CRAMMED IN TO ONE MEGA SCENE %XACTLY 0LUS THEY RE STARTING TO REALISE THE DAMAGE ALCOHOL HAS BEEN DOING TO THEIR COUNTRIES AND CANNABIS IS SEEN THESE DAYS AS A LESS DAMAGING ALTERNATIVE 9OUNG PEOPLE SEE THEIR PARENTS WRECKED BY VODKA AND DON T WANT TO BE LIKE THAT 7HAT S INTERESTING IS YEARS AGO YOU HAD TO GET YOUR HANDS ON A BOOK FLY TO !MSTERDAM FOR SEEDS .OW IT S SO EASY YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE INFORMATION YOU NEED OFF THE )NTERNET ORDER SEEDS WITH YOUR CREDIT CARD LAMPS AND BE UP AND RUNNING IN DAYS OF DECIDING TO GROW .IRVANA 3T !NTONIEBREESTRAAT (" !MSTERDAM 4EL WWW NIRVANAGLOBAL COM WWW NIRVANA NL

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(YDROPONICS IS THE METHOD OF GARDENING IN WHICH PLANTS ARE SUPPLIED WITH NUTRIENTS THROUGH SOLUTION IN WATER 'ARDENERS HAVE A CHOICE OF SYSTEMS TO ACCOMPLISH THIS $EEP 7ATER #ULTURE $7# $RIP %BB AND &LOW .UTRIENT &LOW 4ECHNIQUE .&4 2ESERVOIR AND 7ICK !LL OF THESE ARE AVAILABLE AS COMMERCIAL UNITS 2ESERVOIR AND 7ICK SYSTEMS HOWEVER ARE EASY TO CONSTRUCT (YDROPONIC SYSTEMS VARY IN THEIR COMPLEXITY AND THE AMOUNT OF CARE THEY REQUIRE (OWEVER THE SIMPLICITY OF CONSTRUCTION OR DIFFICULTY OF MAINTENANCE DOES NOT NECESSARILY INFER THAT THE CROP WILL BE LARGER OR OF HIGHER QUALITY

SHOULD BE IMMERSED ABOUT AN CM DEEP ! CM TALL CONTAINER SHOULD BE SITTING IN n CM OF WATER 4HIS MAY BE THE MOST INEXPENSIVE SYSTEM AND THE FASTEST ONE TO SET UP

4HE SYSTEMS FALL INTO ONE OF TWO BROAD CATEGORIES PASSIVE OR ACTIVE 0ASSIVE SYSTEMS SUCH AS RESERVOIR OR WICK SETUPS DEPEND ON THE MOLECULAR ACTION INHERENT IN THE WICK OR MEDIUM SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS CAPILLARY ACTION TO MAKE WATER AVAILABLE TO THE PLANT !CTIVE SYSTEMS WHICH INCLUDE EBB AND FLOW

NUTRIENT FLOW TECHNIQUE .&4 AND DEEP WATER CULTURE USE A PUMP TO PROVIDE THE PLANTS WATER AND NUTRIENTS

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/ iÊÀiÃiÀÛ ÀÊÃÞÃÌi 4HE RESERVOIR SYSTEM IS BY FAR THE EASIEST SYSTEM TO SET UP AND MAINTAIN 0LANTS ARE GROWN IN ORDINARY PLANT CONTAINERS OF THE CHOSEN SIZE 4HE CONTAINERS ARE PLACED IN A TRAY WHICH HAS WALLS n CENTIMETERS HIGH 4HE CONTAINERS ARE FILLED WITH CLAY BEADS !LTERNATIVELY THE BOTTOM THIRD OF THE CONTAINER IS FILLED WITH BEADS AND THE TOP PORTION IS FILLED WITH A HYDROPONIC MIX SUCH AS VERMICULITE PERLITE PEAT MOSS 3UNSHINE -IX OR EVEN A NON HYDRO PLANTING MIX 4HE CONTAINER IS PLACED IN THE TRAY AND SITS DIRECTLY IN A HYDROPONIC NUTRIENT WATER SOLUTION WITH ABOUT PERCENT OF THE CONTAINER IMMERSED IN THE WATER ! CONTAINER WITH SOIL CM HIGH

/BTAIN ENOUGH CLAY BEADS TO FILL THE CONTAINERS 2INSE THE BEADS IN WATER UNTIL THE P( TESTS CLOSE TO NEUTRAL 0OUR THE NEUTRALIZED ,%#! ,IGHTWEIGHT %XPANDED #LAY !GGREGATE INTO APPROPRIATE SIZED CONTAINERS 0LACE THE CONTAINERS IN THE TRAY 7ATER THE CONTAINERS FROM THE TOP TO GET STARTED -AKE SURE THE PLANTING MEDIUM AND WICKS ARE THOROUGHLY MOISTENED -IX NUTRIENT WATER SOLUTION 4EST THE %# OR 00- OF THE SOLUTION !DD A SMALL SUBMERSIBLE PUMP IN THE TRAY TO CIRCULATE THE WATER )F THE ROOM TEMPERATURE GETS COOL IT MAY COOL THE WATER TOO MUCH !DD AN AQUARIUM HEATER TO THE TRAY 5SE A SHEET OF WHITE BLACK POLYETHYLENE OR OTHER OPAQUE COVER TO PLACE OVER THE TRAY 4HE COVER KEEPS LIGHT FROM GETTING INTO THE NUTRIENT WATER SOLUTION WHERE IT WOULD PROMOTE ALGAE GROWTH /PTIONAL !CCESSORIES WATER RESERVOIR REGULATED BY A FLOAT VALVE 4HE WATER LEVEL OF THIS SYSTEM SHOULD BE MAINTAINED AT A FAIRLY STABLE LEVEL !S THE PLANTS GROW THEY WILL USE LARGER

&ILLING CONTAINERS TO BE USED FOR AN OUTDOOR RESER VOIR SYSTEM 4HE CONTAINER IS FILLED ONE THIRD FULL USING EXPANDED CLAY PELLETS 4HE TOP TWO THIRDS IS FILLED WITH AN ENRICHED POTTING MIX

QUANTITIES OF WATER SO IT WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED MORE FREQUENTLY AS THE GARDEN PROCEEDS TOWARDS FLOWERING

-Õ«« iÃÊ> `Ê/ ÃÊ,iµÕ Ài` ,%#! ,IGHTWEIGHT %XPANDED #LAY !GGREGATE P( TEST METER OR P( TEST PAPER 0LANTING #ONTAINERS 4RAY WITH WALLS OF APPROPRIATE HEIGHT (YDROPONIC .UTRIENT 3OLUTION %# OR 00- METER 3UBMERSIBLE PUMP !QUARIUM HEATER 4RAY COVER

/PTIONAL 2ESERVOIR &LOAT VALVE 4HIS IS AN EXCELLENT TECHNIQUE FOR USE OUTDOORS SINCE THE CONTAINER HAS ITS OWN LIMITED RESERVOIR 4HE ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT A CONTAINER WITH NO HOLES CAN GET WATERLOGGED 4O PREVENT THIS PLACE OVERFLOW HOLES AT THE MAXIMUM WATER LEVEL )F MORE WATER POURS INTO THE CONTAINER IT WILL FLOW OUT OF THE HOLE LEAVING PLENTY OF AIR FOR THE ROOTS TO RESPIRE 4HIS TECHNIQUE CAN BE ADAPTED SO THAT CONTAINERS HAVE INTERNAL RESERVOIRS 4HE BOTTOM OF THE CONTAINER WILL BE FILLED WITH WATER ! GAUGE CAN BE PLACED IN THE CONTAINER TO MEASURE THE WATER LEVEL /NE METHOD IS TO USE A PLASTIC TUBE WITH SOME HOLES DRILLED IN TO ALLOW WATER TO ENTER AND EXIT FREELY 0LACE IT INTO THE CONTAINER AND STICK IT IN SURROUNDING PEBBLES SO IT IS HELD VERTICALLY 4AKE A THIN WOODEN OR PLASTIC ROD AND AFFIX A CORK ON THE BOTTOM OF THE STRAW USING SILICON GLUE ! BAMBOO

STAKE WORKS WELL FOR THIS 0LACE THE STAKE IN THE TUBE 4HE CORK WILL FLOAT ON TOP OF THE WATER PUSHING THE ROD UP TO INDICATE WATER LEVEL -ARK THE ROD SO IT SHOWS MAXIMUM DESIRABLE LEVELS 4O DRAIN WATER FROM THE POT REMOVE THE ROD AND INSERT A SMALL TUBE ATTACHED TO A PUMP OR SIPHON !NOTHER GAUGE CAN BE MADE USING A PIECE OF TRANSPARENT FLEXIBLE PLASTIC TUBING 4HE TUBING IS INSERTED INTO A HOLE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CONTAINER AND SILICON GLUE IS USED TO PREVENT LEAKS 4HE TUBE IS ATTACHED VERTICALLY TO THE SIDE OF THE CONTAINER SO IT INDICATES ITS WATER LEVEL 4O DRAIN WATER

CHANGE THE TUBE S POSITION 3EVERAL CONTAINERS CAN BE CONNECTED TO A SINGLE RESERVOIR REGULATED BY A FLOAT VALVE WHICH IS CONNECTED TO A RESERVOIR USING TUBING 7ATER SHOULD BE ADDED TO CONTAINERS WITH DRAINS SITTING IN TRAYS FROM THE TOP DOWN SO THAT ANY BUILDUP OF NUTRIENT SALTS CAUSED BY EVAPORATION GETS WASHED BACK OUT OF THE CONTAINER INTO THE TRAY

/ iÊÜ V ÊÃÞÃÌi 4HE WICK SYSTEM IS INEXPENSIVE TO CONSTRUCT AND EASY TO SET UP AND MAINTAIN 4HE PLANTING CONTAINER IS HELD ABOVE A RESERVOIR "OTH ENDS OF BRAIDED NYLON ROPE HANG FROM HOLES IN THE BOTTOM OF THE CONTAINER INTO A RESERVOIR FILLED WITH WATER NUTRIENT SOLUTION 4HE PRINCIPLE THAT DRIVES THIS SYSTEM IS CAPILLARY ACTION THE SAME PHYSICS THAT DRAWS WATER UP A NAPKIN !S THE WATER IS REMOVED FROM THE WICK THE WATER MOLECULES ABOVE DRAW NEIGHBORING MOLECULES TOWARDS THEM TO MAINTAIN THE ELECTRICAL CHARGE AND ULTIMATELY EQUALIZE WATER TENSION !S A RESULT WITH NO WORK ON YOUR PART THE WICK MAINTAINS MOISTURE BY DRAWING UP WATER AS NEEDED 4HE WICK IS MADE FROM BRAIDED NYLON ROPE 4HE DIAMETER OF THE ROPE INCREASES WITH THE SIZE OF THE CONTAINER

#ONTAINERS IN A RESERVOIR TRAY !N AIR BUBBLER HELPS KEEP THE WATER OXYGENATED 4HE TRAY WAS FILLED WITH CM OF WATER NUTRIENT SOLUTION

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&OUR TRAYS EACH WITH CM CONTAINERS START THE NINE WEEK TRIP #ONTAINER $IAMETER 2OPE $IAMETER 5P TO CM

CM n CM

CM CM

CM CM

CM !N ORDINARY NURSERY CONTAINER A BUCKET OR EVEN A SOIL BAG CAN BE USED "EFORE THE CONTAINER IS FILLED WITH PLANTING MIX

INSTALL THE WICKS IN THE CONTAINER 4HEY SHOULD BE LONG ENOUGH TO STRETCH FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE RESERVOIR THROUGH THE BOTTOM OR SIDE HOLE OF THE CONTAINER THEN EXIT THE HOLE ON THE OTHER SIDE AND RUN DOWN TO THE

BOTTOM OF THE RESERVOIR %ACH CONTAINER SHOULD RECEIVE TWO WICKS AT ANGLES 7HEN NYLON ROPE IS CUT IT STARTS TO UNRAVEL "IND THE ENDS TOGETHER USING SILICON GLUE OR BY HEATING THE END WITH A JET FLAME +EEPING THE HOLES IN THE CONTAINER SMALL MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR ROOTS TO PENETRATE TO THE RESERVOIR +EEPING THE ROOTS FROM GROWING DOWN THE WICK INTO THE RESERVOIR MAY BE A MATTER OF CONVENIENCE (OWEVER

ONCE THE ROOTS HIT THE WATER BOTH THEIR

4HE PLANTS WERE SHORT BUT WERE ENTIRELY BUDDED

.INE WEEKS LATER THE TRAYS CONTAIN RIPE PLANTS GROWTH AND THE GROWTH OF THE PLANT SPURTS BECAUSE THE ROOTS NOW HAVE ACCESS TO CHEAP WATER AND NUTRIENTS 4HE WICK SYSTEM IS SELF REGULATING THE AMOUNT OF WATER DELIVERED DEPENDS ON THE AMOUNT LOST THROUGH EVAPORATION OR TRANSPIRATION -ORE THAN MONITORING THE CONTAINERS TO CHECK TO SEE THAT THEY ARE MOIST WITH THE WICK SYSTEM THE MAIN THING IS TO KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE RESERVOIR !S LONG AS THE RESERVOIR HAS WATER THE PLANTS ARE BEING WATERED ! NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MEDIUMS CAN BE

6IRTUALLY ANY PLANTING MIX CAN BE USED SINCE SOILS GENERALLY DRAW WATER 5SING A PLANTING MIX HAS THE ADVANTAGE OF PROVIDING THE PLANTS WITH A NUTRIENT RICH BASE THAT CAN BE SUPPLEMENTED USING WATER NUTRIENT SOLUTION )F THE MEDIUM DOES NOT SEEM TO BE DRAWING WATER AND IS TOO DRY ADDING PERCENT VERMICULITE TO THE MIX WILL ADD DRAWING CAPACITY ! MIX CONSISTING HALF EACH VERMICULITE AND PERLITE PROVIDES A NON NUTRITIVE MEDIUM THAT IS EASY TO WORK WITH HAS A NICE CONSISTENCY AND DRAWS WATER WELL 5SING

!NOTHER CROP IN THE RESERVOIR SYSTEM THIS TIME SATIVA INDICA HYBRIDS WERE USED 4HEY GREW MUCH TALLER ALTHOUGH THEY WERE FORCED INTO FLOWERING DAYS AFTER USED AS PLANTING MIXES FOR WICK SYSTEMS TRANSPLANTING JUST LIKE THE PREVIOUS CROP VERMICULITE PERLITE ALLOWS YOU TO HAVE

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COMPLETE CONTROL OVER THE NUTRIENTS BEING SUPPLIED TO THE PLANTS !DDING WORM CASTINGS OR COMPOST INCREASES THE MICROBIAL LIFE AND PROVIDES A SUBSTRATE FOR THEM TO THRIVE 4HEIR SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ROOTS INCREASES PLANT VIGOR AND GROWTH %ACH MEDIUM HAS A MAXIMUM SATURATION LEVEL "EYOND THAT POINT AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF WICKS DOES NOT INCREASE THE MOISTURE LEVEL

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! WICK SYSTEM IN A METER ROUND KIDDY TUB )T WAS ILLUMINATED BY A WATT LAMP

CM CONTAINERS ARE SITTING ON A WOODEN SHIPPING PALLET CM BRAIDED NYLON WICKS HANG DOWN FROM EITHER SIDE OF THE CONTAINER AND TOUCHES THE BOTTOM OF THE POOL

)NSTALL THE TRAY IN THE GROW SPACE &IND A SUPPORT TO RAISE THE CONTAINERS CM FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE TRAY 7OOD BLOCKS PALLETS AND CEMENT BLOCKS ALL WORK WELL -EASURE DISTANCE FROM BOTTOM OF THE TRAY THROUGH THE CONTAINER AND BACK TO THE TRAY BOTTOM #UT THE NYLON ROPE 3EAL ENDS 0LACE ROPE IN CONTAINERS 4APE OR GLUE IN PLACE &ILL CONTAINERS WITH PLANTING MEDIUM 0LACE CONTAINERS ON SUPPORTS MAKE SURE THE WICKS HANG DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE TRAY &ILL THE TRAY WITH NUTRIENT WATER MIX 7ATER THE CONTAINERS FROM THE TOP TO GET STARTED -AKE SURE THE PLANTING MEDIUM AND WICKS ARE THOROUGHLY MOISTENED -IX NUTRIENT WATER SOLUTION 4EST THE %# OR 00- OF THE SOLUTION !DD A SMALL SUBMERSIBLE PUMP IN THE TRAY TO CIRCULATE THE WATER IN THE TRAY )F THE ROOM TEMPERATURE GETS COOL IT

MAY COOL THE WATER TOO MUCH !DD AN AQUARIUM HEATER TO THE TRAY 5SE A SHEET OF WHITE BLACK POLYETHYLENE OR OTHER OPAQUE COVER TO PLACE OVER THE TRAY 4HE COVER KEEPS LIGHT FROM GETTING INTO THE NUTRIENT WATER SOLUTION WHERE IT WOULD PROMOTE ALGAE GROWTH /PTIONAL !CCESSORIES WATER RESERVOIR REGULATED BY A FLOAT VALVE 4HE WATER LEVEL OF THIS SYSTEM SHOULD BE MAINTAINED AT A FAIRLY STABLE LEVEL !S THE PLANTS GROW THEY WILL USE LARGER QUANTITIES OF WATER SO IT WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED MORE FREQUENTLY AS THE GARDEN PROCEEDS TOWARDS FLOWERING

µÕ « i Ì /NE TRAY 3UPPORT FOR CONTAINERS PALLET CEMENT BLOCKS .YLON ROPE OF APPROPRIATE DIAMETER 0LANTING CONTAINERS 4APE OR GLUE 0LANTING MIX P( TEST METER OR P( TEST PAPER (YDROPONIC .UTRIENT 3OLUTION %# OR 00- METER 3UBMERSIBLE PUMP !QUARIUM HEATER 4RAY COVER

/PTIONAL 2ESERVOIR &LOAT VALVE

4HE ROOTS FOLLOWED THE WICKS INTO THE POOL AND GREW VIGOROUSLY IN THE AERATED WATER NUTRIENT SOLUTION 4HEY SUPPORTED FAST VIGOROUS GROWTH

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-ÌÕ`i ÌÃÊv ÀÊ-i à L iÊ ÀÕ}Ê* VÞÊ ­-- *®Ê )MAGINE IF IT WAS ALL OVER )MAGINE A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE WHO CONSUME CANNABIS WERE NO LONGER CRIMINALISED A WORLD IN WHICH YOU COULD GROW WHATEVER PLANT YOU WANTED TO )MAGINE BEING ABLE TO WALK INTO A COFFEESHOP ON A &RIDAY EVENING WITH YOUR MATES NOT JUST WHEN ON HOLIDAY IN !MSTERDAM BUT DOWN YOUR LOCAL HIGH STREET WHETHER IN ,ONDON %DINBURGH #ARDIFF OR "ELFAST )MAGINE A WORLD WITH LESS CRIME AND MORE HELP FOR THOSE WITH PROBLEMS /F COURSE THE 7AR ON $RUGS IS FAR FROM OVER DEAD IN -EXICO S DRUG WAR OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS

BUT IF WE LOOK ACROSS THE !TLANTIC TOWARDS THE 5NITED 3TATES THE BIRTH PLACE OF THE MODERN DRUG WAR THERE ARE VERY REAL REASONS TO FEEL OPTIMISTIC /VER A QUARTER OF ALL 53 STATES HAVE DECRIMINALISED CANNABIS FOR MEDICAL REASONS AND IN .OVEMBER WE WILL MOST LIKELY WITNESS #ALIFORNIA VOTE TO

LEGALISE AND TAX CANNABIS FOR ALL ADULTS 4HIS SHIFT IN ATTITUDE DID NOT HAPPEN OVERNIGHT BUT HAS BEEN THE DIRECT RESULT OF LOTS AND LOTS OF ON THE GROUND WORK DONE BY GRASSROOTS CAMPAIGNING ORGANISATIONS 0OLITICIANS WILL NOT TAKE LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE SO IT IS UP TO US TO LEAD THE POLITICIANS 7E SPEND TOO MUCH TIME HERE BLAMING THE POLITICIANS FOR IGNORING THE ADVICE

OF EXPERTS WHEN REALLY WE SHOULD BE BUILDING A MOVEMENT TO CHANGE PUBLIC OPINION 4HAT WOULD BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY OF INFLUENCING THE POLITICIANS

BY PROVIDING A HUMAN FACE FOR THE MOVEMENT TO LEGALISE CANNABIS IT WILL MAKE IT HARDER FOR POLITICIANS TO JUSTIFY THEIR STANCE

)T ALSO MAXIMISES THE IMPACT OF THE WORK DONE BY OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TOWARDS THESE AIMS 4AKE TO THE STREETS

START KNOCKING ON DOORS CALL UP -0S BUT STICK TO THE MESSAGE AND DON T GO BLOWING SMOKE IN PEOPLE S FACES $AVE AND .ICK BOTH KNOW SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT DRUG POLICY BUT WON T RISK SAYING ANYTHING UNTIL THEY ARE CERTAIN THE PUBLIC ARE ON BOARD EVEN IF THEY PRIVATELY AGREE THAT LEGALISING CANNABIS WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE ECONOMY %VERY MOVEMENT FOR SOCIAL CHANGE HAS BEEN PUSHED ALONG BY THE OPEN MINDEDNESS AND ENTHUSIASM FOR REFORM OF EACH SUCCESSIVE GENERATION THE GENERATIONS WHO HAVE LED AND THOSE WHO HAVE FOLLOWED 3TUDENTS FOR 3ENSIBLE $RUG 0OLICY 33$0 ARE ONE OF MANY SUCH ORGANISATIONS THAT HAS BEEN ENGAGING THE !MERICAN PUBLIC FOR THE PAST YEARS TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF DRUG POLICY REFORM ADVOCATES RESPONDING TO BAD MEDIA REPORTING OF DRUG ISSUES CHANGING MINDS AND PROVIDING FOOT SOLDIERS FOR ON THE GROUND CAMPAIGNS 53 STUDENTS WITH DRUG CONVICTIONS ARE DENIED FINANCIAL AID TO GO TO COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY !ND THIS IS WHY ) AM VERY PROUD TO BE THE FOUNDER AND NOW NATIONAL COORDINATOR OF

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3TUDENTS FOR 3ENSIBLE $RUG 0OLICY IN THE 5+ 3INCE WE HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD TO PROMOTE SENSIBLE POLICY CHANGES ON CAMPUS AND TO RECRUIT PEOPLE TO THE STUDENT MOVEMENT TO END THE 7AR ON $RUGS !S THE PROTECTION OF YOUNG PEOPLE IS USED AS AN EXCUSE FOR CRIMINALISING PEOPLE IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO SAY WE WILL NO LONGER ALLOW THE DRUG WAR TO BE FOUGHT IN OUR NAME )N .OVEMBER WE HELD OUR FIRST NATIONAL CONFERENCE WHERE OUR MEMBERS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH DRUG POLICY EXPERTS FROM 2ELEASE 4RANSFORM

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A FORMER CHIEF CONSTABLE AND THE $RUG %QUALITY !LLIANCE 7E NOW HAVE STUDENT GROUPS IN %NGLAND AND 3COTLAND AND ARE LOOKING TO SPREAD OUR NETWORK THROUGHOUT THE 5NITED +INGDOM TO DEAL WITH THE CHALLENGES WE FACE WITH THIS NEW GOVERNMENT /VER THE NEXT FEW YEARS WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING HARD TO PUT DRUG POLICY REFORM ON THE AGENDA SO THAT IT IS NO LONGER THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM AND THAT SENSIBLE DRUG POLICY IS TAKEN SERIOUSLY ) HOPE THAT MANY OTHERS JOIN US WHETHER THROUGH 33$0 OR OTHER GRASSROOTS ORGANISATIONS

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iÊ Õ ÌÕÀiÊ> `Ê iÊ" Þ 4ODAY MANY GROWERS ARE INCORPORATING METHODS OF @#LONE #ULTURE INTO THEIR EVERYDAY HORTICULTURAL PRACTICE !

CULTURAL TREND WITH ORIGINS IN #ANADA

THE 53!

AND (OLLAND THAT HAS SINCE COMPLETELY OVERGROWN THE @COMMERCIAL CANNABIS SCENE 4HE EXISTENCE OF @#LONE /NLY VARIETIES FURTHER STRENGTHENS THIS @CULTURAL SHIFT AWAY FROM GROWING CANNABIS FROM SEEDS 4O UNDERSTAND ANY HORTICULTURAL SHIFT

IT IS FIRSTLY IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER THE FUNDAMENTALS BEHIND THE METHOD BEING APPLIED IN THIS CASE THE PROCESS OF @CLONING CANNABIS 3ECONDLY WE MUST LOOK AT THE AIMS OF @#LONE #ULTURE &INALLY WE SHALL CONSIDER THE WIDER SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT @#LONE /NLY VARIETIES OF CANNABIS HAVE HAD ON THE HOME GROWER AND SMOKER n WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON CLONE CULTIVATION IN THE 5+

ià #LONES ARE THE @CUTTINGS TAKEN FROM MATURE CANNABIS PLANTS %ACH CLONE IS CUT FROM THE PLANT WITH A CLEAN PAIR OF SCISSORS 4HE STEM OF THE CLONE IS THEN TRIMMED AT THE BASE WITH A CLEAN RAZOR BLADE %ACH CLONE IS THEN DIPPED INTO A GROWTH HORMONE AND PLACED INTO A GROWING MEDIUM USUALLY SOIL PEAT PELLETS OR ROCK WOOL CUBES

UNDER AT LEAST A HOURS OF LIGHT PER DAY 4HIS PHOTOPERIOD PREVENTS THE #LONE OR THE -OTHER 0LANT FROM ENTERING THE FLOWERING STAGE 4HIS ALSO ENSURES THAT THE #LONE AND -OTHER 0LANT GROW BIGGER STRONGER AND HEALTHIER BEFORE FINALLY BEING FLOWERED 4HE ABILITY TO KEEP -OTHER 0LANTS IN @VEGETATIVE STASIS ALSO MEANS THAT ONCE ESTABLISHED A SINGLE PLANT MAY PRODUCE ANYWHERE UP TO CLONES EVERY WEEKS !S A -OTHER 0LANT A SINGLE CLONE MAY GIVE HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS OF OFFSPRING DURING ITS LIFE TIME 4HE OFFSPRING IN TURN MAY PRODUCE HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS OF CLONES 4HIS MEANS THAT A SINGLE CLONE CAN FILL AN INFINITE NUMBER OF GARDENS ALL FROM THE SAME BASE OF GENETIC STOCK

Ê À ivÊ ÃÌ ÀÞÊ vÊ iÊ Õ ÌÕÀiÊ 4HE SKILL OF TAKING CUTTINGS FROM PLANTS HAS LONG SINCE BEEN PERFECTED BY GARDENERS WITHIN MANY DIFFERENT AVENUES OF HORTICULTURAL PRACTICE 4HE MAJORITY OF WHICH ARE TOTALLY SEPARATE TO CANNABIS 4HIS IS ESPECIALLY THE CASE WITH THE PROPAGATION OF SEMI WOODED HERBS LIKE LAVENDER SAGE AND ROSEMARY EACH OF WHICH HAVE BEEN PROPAGATED AS @CLONE STOCK FOR CENTURIES

4HE CLONES ARE THEN PLACED INTO A PROPAGATOR WITH A LID ON IT TO HELP KEEP THE CLONES MOIST AND WARM 4HIS ENABLES THE CLONES TO PRODUCE ROOTS FROM THE BASES OF THEIR STEMS ! HORMONE WITHIN THE PLANT TISSUE TRIGGERS AN INHERENT MECHANISM OF PLANT SURVIVAL AND THE CLONES SHOOT ROOTS /NCE ROOTED EACH CUTTING IS A GENETIC COPY OR hCLONEv OF THE PARENT PLANT IT CAME FROM 4HE FEMALE PLANTS USED FOR TAKING CLONES FROM ARE CALLED h-OTHER 0LANTSv 4AKING CLONES FROM -OTHER 0LANTS ALLOWS GROWERS TO CONTINUE GROWING EXACTLY THE SAME VARIETY OF CANNABIS SEASON AFTER SEASON 4HE MAIN REASON FOR THIS IS BECAUSE THE CLONES ARE TAKEN FROM THE -OTHER 0LANT DURING HER VEGETATIVE CYCLE OF GROWTH NOT DURING THE FLOWERING STAGE #LONES AND -OTHER 0LANTS ARE KEPT

#LONING CANNABIS ON THE OTHER HAND IS A RELATIVELY NEW METHOD OF PROPAGATION "EFORE WHICH ALL CANNABIS PLANTS WERE RAISED FROM ANNUAL SEED STOCKS OFTEN ALONGSIDE PROGRAMS OF BREEDING %VEN SOME OF THE MOST FAMOUS STRAINS AVAILABLE DURING THE S AND S

LIKE h(AZEv WERE SOLD TO CUSTOMERS WITH SEEDS IN FOR THIS REASON &OLLOWING THE ADVENT OF INDOOR

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LIGHTING SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR THE HORTICULTURAL MARKET DURING THE S MANY GROWERS STARTED TO EXPERIMENT GROWING PLANTS INDOORS UNDER LAMPS n INITIALLY IN GLASSHOUSES 4HE EXTENSION OF PHOTOPERIOD INTO THE WINTER MONTHS

ALLOWED CANNABIS GROWERS IN .ORTHERN CLIMATES LIKE #ANADA THE 53!

AND (OLLAND TO START MANIPULATING THE LENGTH OF DAY LIGHT THAT CANNABIS PLANTS RECEIVED 4HE ARTIFICIAL ENVIRONMENT PROVIDED THE PERFECT ECOLOGICAL NICHE FOR THE PRACTICE OF CLONING CANNABIS TO TAKE ROOT )T WAS POSSIBLE TO KEEP -OTHER 0LANTS AND THEIR CLONES IN A VEGETATIVE STATE OF GROWTH

ALL YEAR ROUND )T WAS THEN REALIZED THAT CLONES COULD BE KEPT INDEFINITELY FOREVER

AS LONG AS THE PHOTOPERIOD WAS NOT REDUCED OR INTERRUPTED !S A RESULT @#LONE #ULTURE WAS BORN

iÊ" Þ 4ODAY @#LONE #ULTURE IS AS MUCH ABOUT MAINTAINING METHODS OF A SEXUAL REPRODUCTION AS IT IS ABOUT PERSEVERING OUTSTANDING PLANT GENETICS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS OF GROWERS -ANY CANNABIS CULTIVATORS HAVE LEARNT HOW TO PERFECT THE @ART OF CLONING AS A MEANS OF GENETIC SUBSISTENCE 4O THE DEGREE THAT MANY GROWERS WILL NOW ONLY CULTIVATE PLANTS FROM LIMITED EDITION h#LONE /NLYv VARIETIES OF CANNABIS 4HESE #LONE /NLY VARIETIES OR h%LITE #LONESv AS THEY ARE SOMETIMES CALLED ARE WHAT HORTICULTURALISTS WOULD TERM hSPECIMEN PLANTSv 4HESE SPECIMENS ARE INDIVIDUAL CULTIGENS OF CANNABIS THAT GROWERS HAVE SELECTED AND CLONED BECAUSE THEY EXPRESSED A CERTAIN CHARACTERISTIC OR TRAIT WHEN BEING GROWN OR SMOKED )NITIALLY #LONE /NLY VARIETIES ARE ONLY AVAILABLE TO A SMALL GROUP OF GROWERS &OLLOWING POPULARITY HOWEVER AS A #LONE /NLY GAINS REPUTATION WITH GROWERS AND SMOKERS THE #LONE /NLY GETS SHARED )N THIS WAY A SINGLE CLONE TAKEN

BY A HOME GROWER IN #ALIFORNIA ONE DAY CAN SOON BECOME A GLOBAL PHENOMENON IN THE CANNABIS WORLD THE NEXT WEEK 3EVERAL MONTHS LATER

THE #LONE /NLY MAY BE AVAILABLE FOR CUSTOMERS TO BUY IN A #OFFEESHOP !

YEAR LATER AND HALF THE ONLINE CANNABIS GROWING COMMUNITY MAY HAVE GROWN OR SMOKED EXACTLY THE SAME CLONE 4HE DOMINO EFFECT DEMONSTRATED BY #LONE /NLY STOCK IS BEST DESCRIBED AS A PYRAMID !T THE TOP SITS THE GROWER WITH THE ORIGINAL #LONE /NLY -OTHER 0LANT !FTER CLONING AND SHARING WITH OTHERS

THE SIDES OF THE PYRAMID GET EVER WIDER WITH EACH NEW OWNER 5LTIMATELY THE PYRAMID STRETCHES OUT FURTHER AND FURTHER UNTIL IT CEASES TO GROW ANY TALLER AS THE LINE IS MADE EXTINCT ,IKE A TRIANGLE

#LONE 0YRAMIDS COULD BE DESCRIBED AS ISOSCELES WHEN KEPT LIMITED EQUILATERAL WHEN EXCLUSIVELY SHARED AND SCALENE WHEN THE CLONE IS AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE

4HE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY THAT GROWERS HAVE DISTRIBUTED #LONE /NLY VARIETIES IN THE PAST IS BY PASSING THEM ON BY HAND TO OTHER GROWERS AT PARTIES /VER LONGER DISTANCES THEN IT IS ALSO COMMON PRACTICE FOR CLONE ENTHUSIASTS TO ORGANIZE THEIR OWN h#LONE -AIL /RDERv SERVICES SPECIFICALLY WITH THE AIM OF SENDING THEIR #LONE /NLY AS FAR AND WIDE AS POSSIBLE

iÊ" ÞÊ6>À iÌ ià )RONICALLY THERE ARE PERHAPS AS MANY #LONE /NLY 6ARIETIES IN CIRCULATION TODAY

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WHAT WAS FREE YESTERDAY IS SOON SOLD TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER THE DAY AFTER n A TREND THAT HAS SEEN SEED COMPANIES OVERSEAS BUY IN CLONE STOCK SIMPLY BECAUSE THE GENETICS HAVE A hVALUABLEv NAME ATTACHED TO THEM

AS THERE ARE SEED VARIETIES AVAILABLE FOR SALE 4HIS IS BECAUSE THE hTRENDv IN SELECTING AND KEEPING #LONE /NLY VARIETIES AT HOME HAS REALLY COTTONED ON OVER THE PAST DECADE AS MORE AND MORE GROWERS ACROSS THE GLOBE SEEK TO ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT AND THE CUTTING OF THAT SPECIFIC #LONE /NLY 6ARIETY #LONE /NLY 6ARIETIES ULTIMATELY CREATE COMPETITION BETWEEN GROWERS AS EACH SEEKS TO FIND THE CLONE THAT WILL OUTSHINE THE NEXT PERSON S GENETICS 4HIS IS ALSO TRUE OF THE DEALERS SELLING #LONE /NLY 6ARIETIES AND THE 3MOKERS SMOKING THEM 4HIS IS BECAUSE EVERY #LONE /NLY 6ARIETY IS SPECIFIC TOTALLY UNIQUE IN ITS hNAMEv AND THE CANNABINOID PROFILE IT OFFERS THE USER 3PECIFIC #LONE /NLY 6ARIETIES HAVE THEN BEEN A REAL LIFE LINE FOR THOSE -EDICINAL #ANNABIS 5SERS WHO WISH TO MEDICATE WITH THE SAME GRADE CANNABIS GENETICS DAILY 3INCE A #LONE IS THE EXACT GENETIC REPLICA OF ITS -OTHER IT CONTAINS EXACTLY THE SAME CANNABINOID PROFILE CANNABIS CONTENT EVERY TIME IT IS GROWN WITHIN THE SAME ENVIRONMENT 4HE LETTERS IN THE hNAMEv OF A #LONE /NLY VARIETY ARE THEN NEVER AS IMPORTANT AS THE MEDICINAL BENEFITS THAT THE SPECIFIC CLONE CAN OFFER A -EDICINAL 5SER #ONVERSELY @COMMERCIAL CANNABIS CULTIVATORS LOVE THE NAMES THAT ARE ATTACHED TO #LONE /NLY 6ARIETIES MAINLY BECAUSE IT HELPS THEM MAINTAIN A HIGH RETURN OF PROFIT ON SALES )NTERESTINGLY SEVERAL OF THE #LONE /NLY VARIETIES AVAILABLE TODAY HAVE BEEN GIVEN TOTALLY NEW NAMES SINCE THEIR CONCEPTION )N SEVERAL CASES EVEN WHERE THE ORIGINS OF THE SEED GENETICS WERE KNOWN THE NAME WAS CHANGED AS A METHOD OF MARKETING 4HIS IS ESPECIALLY THE CASE IN PLACES WHERE #LONE /NLY 6ARIETIES REACH ASTRONOMICAL PRICES ON THE UNDERGROUND @#LONE -ARKET 3OME OF THE MOST POPULAR #LONE /NLY VARIETIES FROM OVERSEAS INCLUDE !IRBORNE ' !MNESIA "ABA +USH "UBBLEGUM

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0ACIFIC ' 0URPLE +USH 2ENE 2OADKILL 3KUNK 2OMULAN 3HIRE 4HE #RIPPLE #REEK CLONE 4HE 0URPS AND 4RAIN 7RECK )N PLACES #LONE #ULTURE HAS MANIFESTED ITSELF AN ENVIRONMENT

WHERE @#LONE $EALERS ARE FREE TO NAME THE PRICE OF THE NEW hELITEv

OR EXCLUSIVE #LONE /NLY 6ARIETY THEY ARE KEEPING OR WISHING TO SELL 4HE PRICE OF WHICH ULTIMATELY GETS PASSED ON TO THE GROWER THE DEALER AND THE SMOKER &ORTUNATELY HOWEVER THERE ARE STILL OUTPOSTS WITHIN #ANNABIS #ULTURE THAT STAND FIRM TO THE ROOTS OF CLONING CANNABIS FOR THE PURPOSE OF SHARING IT WITH OTHERS AS BEST DEMONSTRATED BY 7ERNARD "RUINING AT HIS 3ENSIMILLA &AN #LUB IN (OLLAND C )RONICALLY TODAY A MAJOR RENAISSANCE IN #LONE #ULTURE OPERATED IN THE MAJORITY AS A FREE COMMODITY IS HAPPENING IN ONE OF THE MOST UNLIKELY PLACES n THE 5+

1 Ê iÊ Õ ÌÕÀi 5NDERSTANDABLY GROWERS IN THE 5+ GOT A WHIFF OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING OVERSEAS IN !MSTERDAM DURING THE S AND EARLY S %X PATS WITH AN IN BRED FEELING FOR MARIJUANA 2ASTA #OMMUNITIES WITH AN INHERENT PASSION FOR GANJA AND A NEW WAVE MOVEMENT OF %CO 7ARRIORS ALL SHARED THEIR GARDENING SKILLS OVER CANNABIS CULTURE IN THE 5+ DURING THIS TIME -ANY 5+ GROWERS STARTED TO EXPERIMENT WITH @#LONE #ULTURE AS A RELIABLE METHOD OF PRODUCING PERPETUAL HARVESTS FROM THE SAME CANNABIS GENETICS AT HOME n INITIALLY FROM $UTCH SEED STOCK /VER THE YEARS MANY GROWERS GROUPS AND COLLECTIVES HAVE BEEN BUSY PROPAGATING SPECIFIC CLONES IN THE 5+ FROM SEEDS 4ODAY SEVERAL OF THESE h5+ #LONE /NLYv VARIETIES ARE STILL AVAILABLE IN THE 5+ 7HILE EXCLUSIVE TO 5+ CANNABIS SCENE IN PLACES IN OTHER PLACES 5+ #LONE /NLY VARIETIES HAVE NOW BEEN CIRCULATED WITHIN THE GLOBALLY #ANNABIS #OMMUNITY 4HE MOST FAMOUS OF WHICH IS @5+ #HEESE ORIGINALLY PROPAGATED AND CIRCULATED BY THE %XODUS #OLLECTIVE 4HE LIST OF @5+ #LONE /NLY VARIETIES

BOTH CULTIVATED AND BRED IN THE 5+

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AND @0SYCHOSIS CLONES TEND TO TAKE CENTER STAGE !LL THREE OF THESE CLONES ARE SEPARATE SPECIMENS OF CANNABIS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT YET OFTEN MISTAKEN BECAUSE THEY BARE SUCH A CLOSE RESEMBLANCE TO EACH OTHER WHEN FINISHED 3O MUCH SO THAT 5+

CANNABIS CONNOISSEURS AND AFICIONADOS STILL DEBATE THE ORIGINS OF THESE THREE CLONES ALONE ONLINE AS THEIR RECREATIONAL PASTIME 4HE MOST FAMOUS CLONE IN THE TRIO IS 5+ #HEESE n A YEAR OLD 3KUNK CLONE THAT WENT GLOBAL SHORTLY AFTER "IG "UDDHA RELEASED A SEED LINE FROM THE SAME CLONE STOCK 4ODAY THE ORIGINAL 5+ #HEESE CLONE IS AVAILABLE NOT JUST IN THE 5+ BUT FROM THE #OFFEESHOPS OF (OLLAND TO THE -EDICINAL #LONE #LUBS OF #ALIFORNIA 5+ #HEESE IS A 3KUNK CLONE PROPAGATED FOR ITS SMELL AND FLAVOUR 4HIS ONE SPECIMEN OF CANNABIS HAS BEEN CULTIVATED

BY THOUSANDS OF GROWERS ALL OVER THE GLOBE AND HAS WON SEVERAL CANNABIS CUPS OUTRIGHT AS THE SMELLIEST STRAIN 4HE NEXT IN THE TRIO IS THE h"LUESv CLONE 4HE "LUES CLONE IS PERHAPS STILL A COVETED #LONE /NLY IN THE 5+ A VARIETY SHARED BETWEEN COMMERCIAL GROWERS AND ENTHUSIAST FOR ITS YIELD TASTE AND FLAVOUR MAINLY IN COMPARISON TO THE 5+ #HEESE CLONE )N AN ANTHROMORPHIC SENSE THE 5+ "LUES CLONE IS THE FRUITIER SEXIER COUSIN OF THE 5+ #HEESE CLONE IN TASTE AND PATTERNS OF GROWTH 4HE "LUES IS ALSO THE NEXT MAINSTAY 5+ #LONE /NLY TO MAKE ITS APPEARANCES ON THE GLOBAL STAGE 3EVERAL CANNABIS SEED COMPANIES ARE ALSO WORKING ON SEEDS BARING THE SAME NAME ,AST IN THE TRIO IS THE h0SYCHOSISv CLONE 0SYCHOSIS IS ANOTHER OLD 5+ #LONE WITH SIMILAR TRAITS TO BOTH THE 5+ #HEESE CLONE AND THE "LUES CLONE %NTHUSIASTS THEREFORE DEBATE THAT 0SYCHOSIS IS A DISTANT RELATIVE OF BOTH 7HILE 0SYCHOSIS IS GROWN OPENLY

BY THOSE GROWERS KEEPING IT THE 0SYCHOSIS IS STILL FAR FROM A COMMON 5+ #LONE VARIETY ,IKE MANY 5+ CLONES 0SYCHOSIS IS THE WORK OF JUST A FEW GROWERS

MAINTAINED WITH DEDICATION YEAR AFTER YEAR

SO THAT IT WILL BE AVAILABLE AGAIN TOMORROW 3OME OF THE OTHER MAINSTAY 5+ #LONE /NLY VARIETIES IN CIRCULATION TODAY INCLUDE "LUE #HEESE "RISTOL #REAM #HEESE X 3UPER 3ILVER (AZE * ,O *ORDAN +ENTISH #RÒME ,ONDON 0INK ,IVERS 0URPLE !FGHAN 0URPLE 0INEAPPLE 3TILTON 3UGAR 0UFFS AND 7HITE #HEESE

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4HE IMPACT OF #LONE /NLY VARIETIES HAS ULTIMATELY PUSHED THE PRICE OF CANNABIS SKY HIGH IN MANY PLACES n FROM 3TREET #ORNERS TO #OFFEESHOPS TO #LONE #LUBS !S EACH CUSTOMER SEEKS OUT THE EXACT hNAMEv AND FLAVOUR OF THE #LONE /NLY VARIETY THEY CONSUMED JUST LAST WEEK THE DEALER REALIZES THE POTENTIAL PROFIT INVOLVED AND UPS THE PRICE THIS WEEK 4HE JUSTIFICATION FOR THIS IS BECAUSE h7ELL IT S A #LONE /NLYv 4HE #LONE 3UPPLIER THEN OBLIGES BY CLONING ANOTHER TRAY OF CLONES AT MINIMAL COST SO THAT THE #LONE 'ROWER CAN GROW THEM ON IN A GROWING MEDIUM AT MINIMAL COST THEN SIT BACK AND WATCH THE PAPER STACKS GROW )N SOME PLACES ESPECIALLY OVERSEAS ONCE COMMON SEED VARIETIES SEEDS ORIGINALLY BOUGHT WHILE ON HOLIDAY IN !MSTERDAM AND GENETIC SEED STOCK DESCENDING FROM hBAG SEEDv RANDOM SEEDS FOUND IN COMMERCIAL GRADE CANNABIS NOW FETCH SOME OF THE HIGHEST PRICES ON THE UNDERGROUND h#LONE -ARKETv IN #ALIFORNIA )T IS NOT UNHEARD OF FOR HUNDREDS IN SOME CASES THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO EXCHANGE HANDS FOR A SPECIFIC #LONE /NLY VARIETY n OFTEN FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN THE FLOWERS OF THE PLANT GROW PURPLE AND THE CLONE HAS A REALLY CREATIVE NAME ON THE LABEL 4HE KNOCK ON EFFECT OF WHICH PUSHES THE PRICE OF -EDI 'RADE CANNABIS FROM #LONE /NLY VARIETIES OF CANNABIS AT -EDI #LONE #LUBS A SYSTEM NOW DECRIMINALIZED IN SEVERAL MORE CIVILIZED 3TATES EVER UP AND UP 3O FAR SO THAT SEVERAL GENUINE -EDI 5SERS LET ALONE RECREATIONAL USERS CANNOT AFFORD TO BUY THE CANNABIS GENETICS THAT HELP THEM MOST n SIMPLY BECAUSE SOME GENUS GAVE AN UNKNOWN PLANT THE NAME h/RIGINAL 'ANGSTER +USHv OR SOMETHING AS EQUALLY RIDICULOUS -EANWHILE MANY GROWERS GROUPS AND COLLECTIVES STILL WORK TIRELESSLY AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE SENDING #LONE /NLY VARIETIES TO FRIENDS FELLOW GROWERS AND COLLECTIVES THE WORLD OVER n OFTEN ON THE CONDITION THAT THE CLONE IS NEVER SOLD BUT FREELY CLONED IN THE ORIGINAL %XODUS SPIRIT OF THE SENSE )N SEVERAL CASES SPECIFIC #LONE /NLY VARIETIES HAVE ALSO BEEN DONATED TO NON PROFIT -EDICINAL /UTLETS OVERSEAS FOR FREE 4HE CLONES OF WHICH GREW UP TO HELP HUNDREDS OF INDIVIDUAL -EDI 5SERS WITH A SPECIFIC MEDICAL CONDITION 7HILST THE ARGUMENT OVER #LONE #ULTURE VS 3EED #ULTURE WILL ALWAYS PERSIST

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IT OUT AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE 4HE 0+ CLONE CAME UN ROOTED IN A PLASTIC BAG AND WAS ROOTED IN A LIT SOIL COCO MIX IN A PROPAGATOR !FTER

!FTER A COUPLE OF DAYS THEY WERE PLANTED INTO INCH POTS AND VEG D FOR DAYS UNDER A W - (ALIDE BEING RE POTTED INTO INCH POTS ON DAY 4HE BASE ) USED THROUGHOUT WAS A GROW BAG PERLITE MIX AND BECAUSE OF THIS ) DIDN T FEED THE PLANTS UNTIL ) PUT THEM INTO FLOWER

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/VERALL THE FIVE PLANTS GAVE GRAMS OF REALLY NICE SMELLING AND SMOKING FROSTY BUDS %XCELLENT

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!FTER WEEKS OF FLOWERING THE PLANT WAS GIVEN A DOSE OF GUANO TEA TO HELP THE BUDS GROW BIGGER 4HE FLOWERS GREW IN CLUSTERS AND GAVE OFF A REALLY NICE SMELL 4HE SMELL OF THE 0+ CLONE WAS REALLY NICE IN VEG AND FLOWERING 4HE SMELL WAS LIKE VIOLETS AND SWEETS OR AN OLD FASHIONED SWEET SHOP MIXED TOGETH ER WITH CANNABIS 4HE FLOWERS TOOK ON A PURPLE GREY COLOUR SLIGHTLY AT THE END

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WITH THE INCREDIBLE @2ISE 5P A TRULY GREAT COME BACK !ND OF COURSE WITH THAT EVER PRESENT JOINT 2APPER " 2EAL KINDLY DEVOTED SOME OF HIS PRECIOUS TIME TO TWIN MAGAZINES 3OFT 3ECRETS AND (IGH ,IFE TO DISCUSS DETAILS OF THE NEW #YPRESS (ILL RELEASE 4HERE IS A LINK BETWEEN THE MAGAZINES AND THE BAND AND NATURALLY NOT ONLY THEIR FAMOUS SHOW DURING THE VERY FIRST (IGH ,IFE "EURS EVENT FAIR IN !MSTERDAM IN ! SHOW LIKE THIS IS NOT FORGOTTEN IN A HURRY

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RAPPERS " 2EAL AND 3EN $OG $* PRODUCER -UGGS AND %RIC "OBO GAVE THEIR VERY BEST AT THE CONCERT WITH THEIR VERSION OF MASSIVE HIP HOP BASED ON ROCK RIFF AND FULL OF VERVE

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WHICH IS GENERALLY ROLLED ALTHOUGH SOME SMOKERS PREFER TO COMBINE IT WITH THE 0HILLY MIX !ND WHEN WE WERE CHILDREN THERE WAS THAT SONG @0ASS 4HE $UTCHIE WHICH OF COURSE WAS ABOUT MARIJUANA SO IT ALL COMES TOGETHER 4HE CHORUS PASS THE JOINT ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE RELATES TO THE 2ASTAFARIANS WHO SMOKED WITH THEIR LEFT HAND

BECAUSE IT WAS THE SIDE CLOSEST TO THE HEART 7HEN PRAYING THEY PRAY WITH THEIR HEARTS AND FOR 2ASTAFARIANS

!PART FROM GRASS 2ISE 5P MAKES PLENTY OF MENTION TO THE S THROUGH SAMPLES OF THE $OORS #ROSBY 3TILLS .ASH

6ANILLA &UDGE AND OTHERS FOR EXAMPLE 4HERE IS NO LACK OF OLD HEROES LIKE #HEECH #HONG AN !MERICAN COMEDY DUO THAT DRESSED UP AS HIPPIES AND TALKED ABOUT DRUGS ALL THE TIME h7E ARE VERY GOOD FRIENDS ) HAVE KNOWN THEM FOR YEARS AND WHEN WE STARTED THIS ALBUM

THEY HAD JUST REAPPEARED MAKING A COME BACK ON THE COMEDY SHOW SCENE AFTER TWENTY OR SO YEARS OF SILENCE )T WAS A REAL EVENT 7E HAD ALSO DONE THE SAME

COMING BACK WITH A NEW ALBUM AFTER A SIX YEAR BREAK WHICH IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC EQUATES TO PERHAPS THIRTY YEARS 7E ASKED IF THEY WANTED TO RUN A COUPLE OF SKETCHES BY US AND TO OUR DELIGHT THEY DECLARED WILLING DESPITE BEING REALLY BUSY ORGANISING A NEW TOUR v

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RELEASED @3MOKIN -IRRORS 7E WERE ALL BUSY WITH DIFFERENT THINGS BECAUSE FOR ONCE WE HAD THE TIME !ND WE COULD MAKE MUSIC THAT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN USABLE BY #YPRESS (ILL WHICH WOULD PERHAPS NOT HAVE BEEN SUITABLE 4HIS PERIOD LASTED FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS AND WHEN WE MOVED ON

WHEN THE PROJECTS HAD BEEN COMPLETED WE WERE CONTRACTED AGAIN AND STARTED OVER WITH THE PROCESS OF CREATING A NEW RECORD 2ECORDING TOOK ANOTHER THREE YEARS AND FINALLY HERE WE ARE v

h)T IS A QUESTION OF JUST HOW MUCH WORK EVERYONE HAS PUT INTO IT AND ) HAVE TO BE HONEST A GREAT DEAL OF TIME AND MONEY HAS BEEN INVESTED IN THE PROMOTION OF THIS RECORD AND WE SIMPLY CANNOT THANK THEM ENOUGH 7E HAVE BEEN OFF THE SCENE FOR SO LONG 7HEN YOU MAKE A COME BACK SOME PEOPLE JUST WANT YOUR NAME AND COULD NOT CARE LESS ABOUT YOUR VISION 4HEY JUST WANT THE PRESTIGE OF THE NAME BECAUSE THEY KNOW IT HAS A VALUE ON THE MARKET AND THAT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO MAKE A LOT OF MONEY FROM IT "UT 0RIORITY SAW EXACTLY WHAT WE DEAL WITH AND UNDERSTOOD THAT WE WANTED TO GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION ON A DIFFERENT LEVEL AND THEY ALLOWED US TO DO JUST THAT 4HEY HAVE REALLY HELPED US PROGRESS v

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