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Bud busting balls

karlis — Wed, 09 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0700

A handy Canadian product called Herby's Twist won the first place Product Innovation prize at the 2003 Cannabusiness trade show in Germany, and for good reason.
Herby's Twist are plastic bud grinders, but ball-shaped, and with a magnetic bond between the halves. Each grinder is colored and decorated, with design options including a pot leaf, an eight-ball, a smiley face, or a bulls-eye.

Busting yourself

karlis — Mon, 05 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0700

Cannaphiles might do well to live by the maxim, "forget the small stuff." Last September, a Victoria, British Columbia, grower got himself arrested when he called the police to report that his car had been broken into. When he invited police in to watch the video he took of the incident, the officers were nearly overpowered by the obvious smell of marijuana from his grow room, which was in full bud.

Canada's Marijuana Party debates NDP merger

karlis — Sun, 02 May 2004 00:00:00 -0700

The leader of Canada's Marijuana Party was in Vancouver last November for a special discussion about whether or not the federal Marijuana Party should join or ally itself with Canada's New Democratic Party (NDP).
Canadian Marijuana Party leader Marc-Boris St-Maurice, who opposes joining the NDP, came to the BC Marijuana Party headquarters for a public debate with Marc Emery, president of the BC Marijuana Party (BCMP). The meeting was broadcast live on Pot-TV.

Canada's Supreme Court backs pot prohibition

karlis — Thu, 17 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0700

Justice Deschamps: backed cannabis freedomAs 2003 drew to a close, Canadian courts released long-awaited pot rulings that define the boundaries of freedom, the limits of humanity, and the shape of cannabis activism over the next decade.

Cannabiz tales

karlis — Tue, 29 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0700

Seed-breeding legend Ben Dronkers, of Sensi Seeds, enjoying a quick hit of hash.Hendrik Duppe and Emil Reichman stood with me on the balcony of the Europahalle in rural Germany last September, enjoying the view of their eighth annual "Cannabusiness" trade show.

Choosing males

karlis — Tue, 04 May 2004 00:00:00 -0700

This is the fifth year I am growing and I am planning on breeding this season. How do you choose the best males?
O'Con,
Tusket, Nova Scotia

First decide on the characteristics that you are looking for. Aroma and flavor, growth habits, potency and quality of high, ripening time and resistance to pests and disease are some of the factors that you might track.

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Courtroom capers

karlis — Thu, 11 Mar 2004 00:00:00 -0800

It's said that the person who represents themselves in place of a lawyer has a fool for a client. But anyone who hired Orlando, Florida, resident Michael Nelson to represent them didn't have a lawyer at all. During the day, wannabe lawyer Nelson duped the families of people in jail on drug charges by calling them and convincing them that he could reduce their loved ones' jail time.

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Dennis Kucinich for President!

karlis — Fri, 05 Mar 2004 00:00:00 -0800

Michael Moore: not running for Prez so he won`t get shot.A few weeks ago, best-selling author and Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Michael Moore visited Vancouver, and was asked during a public appearance why he doesn't run for president in 2004.

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Detecting chemical fertilizers

karlis — Tue, 25 May 2004 00:00:00 -0700

Is there a way of determining if bud was grown organically or chemically by the consistency of the ash?
M.G.

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Dosing seedlings

karlis — Tue, 22 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0700

I have found that when I put seeds onto cotton wool and water them with 4,000 ppm vegetative fertilizer for two weeks after the seed pops (no more), the stems are much thicker and stronger and the entire plant is more vigorous than plants grown from the same seed stock, but treated with a normal 1,400 ppm mix.

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Easter: sex and drugs celebration!

karlis — Mon, 10 May 2004 00:00:00 -0700

The celebration we know as Easter dates back long before the time of Christ, and has its origins in traditions that involved ritualized sex and consumption of a wide variety of potent psychedelics and aphrodisiacs, including marijuana.

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Ebb and flow flood time

karlis — Wed, 09 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0700

I am setting up a three-foot square ebb and flow tray with a 35-gallon reservoir underneath. I plan on using four-inch rockwool cubes. For how long a period should I flood the tray?
S.D.,
Bakersfield, California

Filling the tray with water serves two purposes: it supplies moisture to the cube so that the roots can draw up more water and it adjusts the composition of the nutrient solution.

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Foliar feeding

karlis — Fri, 04 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0700

Can I foliar feed plants using hydroponic nutrient solution?
Stoner Steva,
British Columbia

Yes. Plants absorb water and nutrients through openings on the leaves called stomata. These pore-like openings also permit CO2 to enter and release oxygen.

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Grow Like a Pro

karlis — Fri, 14 May 2004 00:00:00 -0700

This fine book is the newest release from Cannabis Culture, in collaboration with our good friends at Quick Trading. Grow Like a Pro is a compilation of some of our best "how to grow pot" articles, interspersed with global grow techniques and cultural updates from areas as diverse as Jamaica, Australia, Morocco, Afghanistan, Russia and China.

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Growing and pee tests

karlis — Mon, 31 May 2004 00:00:00 -0700

I am in the unenviable situation of growing some very fine, stinky, sticky herb, but am unable to enjoy the fruits of my labor because I am job hunting and may be required to take a pee test.
Often, after working with the plants, I sit down and inhale the wonderful aroma of the oils smeared on my fingers.

Will regular handling during daily care of the plants cause a positive on the pee test?

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Growing in the garden

karlis — Thu, 15 Jul 2004 00:00:00 -0700

Can cannabis be grown in the garden with my vegetables?
J.C.,
West Carrollton, Ohio

Yes. Cannabis will thrive in a well-maintained vegetable garden. Vegetable gardens are grown in full sun, receive adequate moisture from rainfall, groundwater or irrigation and are supplied with nutrients through enriched soil or fertilizing.

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Hemp Conspiracy

karlis — Wed, 30 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0700

Hemp Conspiracy should shake the foundations of the war on hemp, and change the world forever.
The 417-page book, currently available only online as an e-book, details Canadian author Paul Wylie's year-long imprisonment in a horrific Nicaraguan prison. Wylie's crime? Growing industrial hemp, with the written permission of the Nicaraguan government (CC#27, Nicaraguan hemp nightmare).

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High power compact fluorescents

karlis — Thu, 08 Jul 2004 00:00:00 -0700

I am thinking about growing in a space about 3.5 feet high and I'm concerned about burning my babies under HIDs. Because the lights have to be kept so far from the plants, I'd only have about two feet to grow in. I am considering using 50 or 100-watt compact fluorescents instead. What do you think?
Stoned Cold,
Beaver Creek, Yukon

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High school danger zone

karlis — Wed, 19 May 2004 00:00:00 -0700

A sickening abuse of police force was unleashed at Stratford High School in Goose Creek, South Carolina, during a warrantless police raid on November 5, 2003 at 6:40 am. 14 armed officers and one drug dog stormed the main hallway with guns drawn, screaming at the children to lie face down on the floor so they could search their bags, looking for marijuana.

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High Times announces non-pot format

karlis — Mon, 15 Mar 2004 00:00:00 -0800

High Times magazine, the voice of America's pot culture since 1974, has announced it will be changing its format, and not covering so much marijuana news. "We're trying to get away from just being a pot magazine," said new executive editor John Mailer, in a November interview with the New York Times.

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Marijuana for Dopes

karlis — Mon, 05 Jul 2004 00:00:00 -0700

This book is a fun and comprehensive guide to the history, science and culture surrounding marijuana.
In nine chapters, the reader is taken from the ancient world to the modern, and shown how the history of cannabis and humanity are intertwined. The medicinal uses of marijuana are explained, as are the industrial aspects of the plant.

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Outdoor grow tips

karlis — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0800

Growing pot outdoors is not as easy as you would think. If you want to grow a quality product you have to approach the issue as a business.

It was in the winter of 1980 that I first branched out from simply vending quality pot to actually growing and processing it. I was part of a small group of entrepreneurs in the Southern Oregon area, and soon we were growing massive amounts of bud.

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Oxygenating water

karlis — Tue, 29 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0700

I'm growing about a dozen plants using an active hydroponics system. I use an aquarium-style bubbler/aerator to add air to a 35-gallon barrel of nutrient-enriched water. Would there be any benefit in adding oxygen from a tank prior to flooding the plants? I know how important it is to give the roots lots of oxygen.
Is adding pure oxygen to the water overkill?

Jumpen Jack Flash,
Seattle, Washington

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Plant too tall

karlis — Mon, 05 Jul 2004 00:00:00 -0700

My plant grew to the height of nine feet and produced a good size indoor crop. The problem I had was that the buds were very loose. Is there a way to increase the bud density of my new batch of clones?
S.J.
Sacramento, California

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Pot in the wrong places

karlis — Thu, 18 Mar 2004 00:00:00 -0800

Depending where you put it, pot could be the blossom in the barrel, or a one-way road to the cemetery. Last September 2003, Canadian military police tore up 983 marijuana plants found growing in an active artillery range. Perhaps the perpetrators, who were never arrested, were just trying to get more bang for their bud.

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Propane light

karlis — Mon, 17 May 2004 00:00:00 -0700

I am about to grow my first crop in 20 years thanks to the Oregon Medical Marijuana law.
I am going to grow in a greenhouse that loses light at about 3pm in the early summer. That gives the plants eight to nine hours of direct light.

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Should I grow or should I not?

karlis — Wed, 12 May 2004 00:00:00 -0700

I am planning on growing only one time to reduce my risk of arrest and jail. I have a hard time believing that they can find many growers since Texas is such a large state.

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Show and tell

karlis — Thu, 01 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0800

"And a child will lead them..." right to your stash! A Kentucky woman's kids were so proud of their family hydroponics operation, that when police knocked on the door to investigate a noise complaint in June 2003, the cops were invited in and shown right to the plants.

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Size of grow hole

karlis — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0700

I am growing in an area with clay-loam that was farmed for a long time and then left fallow. There are some grasses and bushes growing, but nothing looks really healthy.
My plan is to dig planting holes for the six plants I plan to grow. What size should they be, how should I construct them and with what should I fill them?

Tennessee T,
Whites Creek, Tennessee

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Slow ripening

karlis — Wed, 16 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0700

I've been growing for many years with great results. After growing more than 20 strains, I've found that almost all varieties take longer to mature than advertised. Using CO2 has been the only way to harvest ripe buds at the suggested date. Any time that I haven't used CO2, I've fallen behind by two weeks or more.

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