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Posted by FoM on May 31, 2001 at 07:46:00 PT Current News Source: NOW Magazine 
The government is too chicken to legalize it. What's a conscientious pothead seeking soulful wisdom to do? NOW offers a ready-to-use how-to guide to growing your own - outdoors, indoors or hydroponically. Warning: be on the lookout for nosy neighbours. Outdoor How-Tos: Place seeds in a glass of distilled water and put in a dark place for a couple of days. Laying seeds between moist paper towels will also do the trick. Once seeds germinate, plant in indoor starter box. Remember, pointy end of seed up. Let the little critters grow for about 10 days before transplanting outdoors. Prepare outdoor soil by turning over a couple of times and adding 1 cup of hydrated lime and a little water-soluble nitrogen fertilizer. Plants will need a minimum of eight hours of sunlight a day. Water several times during first week, but not enough to rot the root system. Do's: Provide camouflage. Planting weed next to corn or hops works well. Plant in patches, or bend plants over and tie to the ground once they reach a noticeable height. Wrap plants growing in pots on the patio in coloured plastic. Pinch tips of leaves off to improve potency and resin production. Don'ts: Plant weed around rye, spinach or pepperweed. It won't do as well. Plant too close together or plants will not grow properly. Brag to the neighbours about how beautiful your new friends look next to your azaleas. Indoor How-Tos: Use one cubic foot of soil per plant. Use only sterilized soil. You don't want bugs. Each plant will need about 150ml of water per week and at least eight hours of light a day, but no more than 16 hours. Use 2 feet of fluorescent tube per plant, or 75 watts per bulb if you're using globe-type lighting. Mount lights on movable racks. Do's: Mix soil with equal parts sand or perlite. Provide as much ventilation as possible. Paint walls white or cover with aluminum foil to reflect light. Interrupt the night cycle with an hour of light to encourage more female plants. Drop a few worms in dirt to test soil. If they survive, great. If not, there's a problem. Provide as much C02 as possible. You can rig your own CO2 system: mix water, sugar and yeast in a 10-gallon gas can. Attach a length of perforated rubber hose to the nozzle. Crimp other end and suspend above plants. Top up yeast periodically. Don'ts: Set up your hothouse in an area of your house or apartment that's exposed to tobacco smoke. Place light any closer than 14 inches from plants. Use "cool white" fluorescent lighting. Hydrophonic How-Tos: Keep nutrient pH levels in reservoir between 5.6 and 6.2. Add "pH up" or "pH down" as required. Try to keep nutrient levels in your reservoir between 1,000 and 1,200 parts per million, or PPMs, at the seedling stage, and 1,600 to 1,900 PPMs when plants are blooming. (You'll need a PPM meter for this.) Keep your system clean by adding water conditioner, aka bio-acids or plant acids. Light is another area of much debate. Sodium vapour or metal halide? Anything between 400 and 1,000 watts will do. Do's: Keep temp in grow space at about 30 Celsius, and humidity at 50 to 60 per cent. Use as many fans as possible -- you can never have enough air flow. Take pH and nutrient readings daily, and before and after every feeding. If you're using ozone lamps to deal with smell, make sure to place them right next to the uptake fan, or your plants will die. Watch your hydro bills. Don'ts: Go bananas with nutrients and other hydro minerals. Set up generators and other noisy equipment where neighbours or the guy living in the apartment below can hear them. To keep the smell of pot from wafting all over your neighbourhood, wrap aluminum foil around a 2-by-8-foot piece of plywood. Take a piece of electrical wire, from an unused lamp, say. Strip both ends. Tape one end to the tin foil, and ground the other. (You can do this by removing the plate from an electrical outlet and wrapping the wire around the middle screw of three you'll find on the side. It's the screw with a white wire usually attached.) Change the tin foil every two weeks. Harvesting Your Weed: Hang plants upside down. Dry using an electric heater set to about 130° F. Make sure there's a barrier, like a piece of plywood, between plants and heater. Ventilate the space. For smaller amounts, place on cookie sheet on middle shelf of oven and heat until leaves smoke and curl. If you don't want seeds at the harvesting stage, pick the males -- they're the taller plants -- before they shed their pollen. Boosting Potency: Put dry ice in plastic bag of pot and place in the freezer for a week or two. Dampen pot, seal in a plastic bag and keep in a dark, warm place for two weeks. For the more adventurous, take the undesirable portions of the plant (stems, seeds and weak weed) and boil in rubbing alcohol for about 45 minutes. Repeat. Combine used batches of rubbing alcohol and re-boil to a syrupy mixture. Add mixture to pot and, voila, the bomb. Tips From The Experts: Brother Walter Tucker of the Hamilton-based Church of the Universe suggests freezing seeds before planting "to give them the illusion that they've gone through a winter." Adds Brother Michael Baldasaro: "They love it cold. The most potent marijuana in the world is found in the mountains. What do you think the burning bush Moses encountered was?" Tim Hampton, head of the Saskatchewan-based National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, suggests a tobacco, chili pepper and garlic spray mixture to combat spider mites. "It's more organic than bug spray," he says. Pot seed distributor Marc Emery says moderation is key. "Don't water too often. Stop fiddling with the plants. Leave 'em alone and they'll be all right." Medical marijuana user Terry Parker offers these words of wisdom: "If you're growing marijuana, don't talk about it." Marijuana Party of Canada head Marc-Boris St.-Maurice says, "Don't get busted. And don't deal with bikers."The government is too chicken to legalize it. What's a conscientious pothead seeking soulful wisdom to do? NOW offers a ready-to-use how-to guide to growing your own -- outdoors, indoors or hydroponically. Warning: be on the lookout for nosy neighbours. Source: NOW Magazine (Canada) Canadian Links CannabisNews - Cannabis Archives Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help |
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Comment #16 posted by mr mclaughlin on September 07, 2001 at 11:54:21 PT:
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| I would like to know how to turn a hash plant into cannabis resign [ Post Comment ] |
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Comment #15 posted by lookinside on June 30, 2001 at 19:07:00 PT:
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| a little leary of this article...their seem to be alot of old wive's tales mixed with some good advice... another thing...if you are gonna boil alcohol...pay up your overall, be careful of anything you are not sure about here... [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #14 posted by potheadkid on June 30, 2001 at 18:12:13 PT |
| i finnaly gre weed and it is about 4 inches high. I am happy about this because it took me a month, none of my seeds would sprout. But right now my plant is outside and there is a big rain/thunderstorm, will my plant be ok? [ Post Comment ] |
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Comment #13 posted by Pontifex on May 31, 2001 at 19:28:13 PT:
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| Cuzn, this sounds fascinating. I'll try it on some of my next batch and let you know how it turns out. Thanks! [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #12 posted by Cuzn Buzz on May 31, 2001 at 18:33:00 PT |
| I sort of screwed up the definition of polyploidy. Actualy cannabis sativa is already a plant with a double set of chromosomes, the mutations have three or four sets, the four set mutation being refered to as tetraploid. You must forgive me, my memory is not what it used to be. Another nice thing about this mutation is that the plants will be the bushiest you have ever seen, making luxuriant growth at a very fast rate. A pretty good explanation of the method is (or was) published by the Agrarian Reform company of Eugene Oregon, and was included in the Marijuana Cultivators Handbook published by Augur Publishing in 1970. Good Luck! [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #11 posted by Cuzn Buzz on May 31, 2001 at 18:05:42 PT |
| I'm not sure what the exact mechanism of it's work is, but it induces a favorable mutation in the plants genetic make-up by lifting the normal diploid out of it's genetic rut and inducing a rarified state of polyploidy (double sets of chromosomes) which has a profound effect on potency. It is understood that colchicine acts on plant cells which are in the process of division. This was discovered by the good old USof A government who did studies in the early 1940's trying to make a better fiber for rope....didn't work out, sailors kept smoking the rope. The original research was done by Mr.H.E. Warmke, I am forever in his debt. Another way to induce the mutation is to spray a colchicine mixture onto the leaves of 3 week old plants. Happy Horticulture! [ Post Comment ] |
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Comment #10 posted by Pontifex on May 31, 2001 at 17:27:06 PT:
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| "Colchicene", you say, Cuzn Buzz? This sounds like quite a sticky nugget of wisdom! What effect does it have on the plants? And is there a [ Post Comment ] |
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Comment #9 posted by Pontifex on May 31, 2001 at 16:12:01 PT:
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| Hey Cuzn, thanks for the insight! I think I misunderstood the article. When they said Yes, this is a great technique and it makes for a nice, [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #8 posted by Cuzn Buzz on May 31, 2001 at 16:00:32 PT |
| Uh, I also meant to mention that an increase in heat and a decrease in humidity a couple of weeks before harves will greatly improve resin production. Back in the 70's we treated some seeds with colchicene (undoubtedly mis-spelled)and grew the fabled SUPER WEED! Cautions were that the first generation plants were to be used for seed only and not smoked, but we smoked it and it was dandy! I have sired healthy children, who have given me healthy grandchildren, so I think the cautions about possible genetic mutation were a bit over-stated. You can get colchicene by squeezing the juice out of crocus bulbs, this stuff is a poison so if you ever try it don't risk letting it into your system, rubber gloves are called for. People have died from eating crocus bulbs they mistook for onions (I don't know how they could have made that mistake, the taste is not similar...yes, I tried a little on my tongue, then spit for about 20 minutes and gargled with Jack Daniels...I was a brave kid). [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #7 posted by Cuzn Buzz on May 31, 2001 at 15:51:41 PT |
| Hiya Pontifex! I don't think pinching tops does anything for potency but it does cause branching. Everywhere you pinch a growing tip off it causes the plant to grow two stems hence more nodes & more buds....to a point, too much topping will weaken the plant. also never top a plant until it has at least three sets of true leaves. HAPPY HORTICULTURE! Buzz [ Post Comment ] |
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Comment #6 posted by Pontifex on May 31, 2001 at 15:31:17 PT:
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| Pinch tips of leaves off to improve potency and resin production. Is this true? I've never heard this advice before and it [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #5 posted by Cuzn Buzz on May 31, 2001 at 14:02:40 PT |
| I downloaded the file, looks even better than my antique copy of "The Cultivators Handbook Of Marijuana". By the way, I enjoyed the company of several of the Sub-Genius in Amsterdam a short while back, Did you make the trip with the church? L8R G8R Oh yeah...and... PRAISE BOB! [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #4 posted by J.R. Bob Dobbs on May 31, 2001 at 10:40:39 PT |
| For a lengthier treatise on the subject, complete with pictures, check out Todd McCormick's book, available for free at the link below. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #3 posted by medgreen on May 31, 2001 at 10:30:12 PT |
| There is no substitute for proper curing of your buds. I've read articles going back to the `70s recommending growing mold on pot to "boost potency" through "bio-enzymatic conversion of CBN to THC" or similar dubious claims. PLEASE DO NOT DO THIS - it is bogus advice. Even in healthy people, smoking moldy cannabis can trigger kidney failure, among other things. Not to mention its effects on persons with compromised immune systems. Take care. Grow organically. medgreen [ Post Comment ] |
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Comment #2 posted by Ethan Russo, MD on May 31, 2001 at 08:08:53 PT:
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| Congress tried to outlaw such publications. I believe that all cannabis for ingestion should be organically grown. Never use rubbing alcohol for anything you plan to swallow or smoke. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #1 posted by ras james rsifwh on May 31, 2001 at 08:03:32 PT |
| Give all praise and thanks to Jah Rastafar-I who Liveth and Reignith in I and I. Yes! For Now and I-ternity, Marijuana has manifested as the "Sacred Tree of Life" marking the End of Tribulations. Book of Revelation 22:1&2 [ Post Comment ] |
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