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8 Great ganja games

karlis — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0700

Canada's newest contribution to the cannabis culture is the Grow-Op Game. Launched in 2004, the goal of this board game is to raise $100,000 by growing pot in Vancouver. Players must rent properties, buy equipment and grow out their crop while avoiding being busted by the cops.

After 10 years I wanted more pizazz...

karlis — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0700

When you're a magazine publisher (and now editor-in-chief), and president and leader of a political party, in addition to being a career pot ex-convict with 20 arrests, 15 jailings, and 5 raids, there's certainly a great load of responsibility!

Alabama's pot prisoners

karlis — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0700

Greetings Cannabis Culture readers. Some of you will know me as the President of the US Marijuana Party, and others will recognize me as one-time anchor for Pot TV News. I'm Loretta Nall, and I became involved in drug policy reform in Alabama in September of 2002.

Aussie Bastard Cannabis Redux

karlis — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0700

In 1999 Cannabis Culture reported on a strange new strain of marijuana (CC#19, Grow Down Under), which had a very different appearance and growth pattern than normal pot. We were introduced to this strain by Mr Ayers, who had come across it as an outdoor grower in Australia.

BC Marijuana Party Platform

karlis — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0700

The British Columbia provincial elections will be held on May 17, 2005. This will be the second set of elections for the British Columbia Marijuana Party. In 2001, the BCMP's first year of existence, it made history by running candidates in every provincial riding (electoral districts) ? a total of 79 dedicated activists looking to make a difference! The BCMP was very successful and received more than three percent of the overall vote.

Blindsided by the light

karlis — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0700

Could it possibly be safer to grow marijuana in the drug-war-crazed USA than it is in Canada? A recent decision by the Supreme Court of Canada may, strangely enough, make the answer 'yes.' That's because Canada's highest court gave police the power to use, without a warrant, thermal imaging technology to scan people's homes.
A heated issue

Bob High, molds and mildews

karlis — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0700

Bubbleman's steampipe journey

karlis — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0700

On Jerusalem Mountain, inland from Negril, marijuana plants grow as far as I & I can see. After the drying and curing, my Rastafarian friend Red shows me the secret of the original Jamaican steam pipe vaporizer.

Cannababies

karlis — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0700

Birth by cannabis
Kelly sat propped by pillows, exhausted, shaking with each contraction. She'd been in labor for several days, and she was nearing the end of her ability to cope.

Cherniak bio

karlis — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0700

Laurence Cherniak is a man with many talents. Over the course of his life and career he has excelled in a wide variety of fields.

Chong interrupted

karlis — Tue, 24 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700

Tommy Chong at the Orpheum Theatre, VancouverWhat a long, strange trip it's been for Tommy Chong. His life is the stuff of legend.

CO2 to kill mites

karlis — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0700

If I turn up the CO2 to 1,500-2,000 ppm, will it suffocate the spider mites and kill them? If it won't, what will?
Blueberrybozo,
Texas

Commuter plants

karlis — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0700

My plants just started budding and I live in a place where it freezes at night in September. I have been bringing them in at night so frost won't damage them. Is this necessary? The buds are about a half-inch long this morning.
Burnie,
Internet

False seed pods

karlis — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0700

My plants have these false seed pods. They are swollen and look like they have a seed inside and have female hairs (stigmas) emanating from them. But squeeze them and there's nothing inside.
Trippers,
Internet

Ganja on the ganges

karlis — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0700

It was 1988 and I was already well into my 30s before I got to India. I'd been there about a month before I got to Varanasi, the most sacred city in India.

Genetic drug war

karlis — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0700

The early 1900's saw tens of thousands of the mentally ill, physically infirm, racial minorities and pot smokers removed from the gene pool by involuntary surgical sterilization in a program known as "eugenics."

Germinating under 12/12

karlis — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0700

I started a Blueberry from seed in 12/12 cycle with other plants in the flowering room. In exactly two weeks the plant is already producing thick buds and is already 11 inches in height, Have you ever heard of this?
Stu,
Missouri

How to do it

karlis — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0700

On occasion, I have seen close-up pictures of nice big frosty buds, and they have made me curious. How does one take a picture of those lovely individual trichomes? How can growers take those kind of photos at home?

Ice water for plants

karlis — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0700

The garden's water source is drying up and won't last through July. The plants are in a field in the sun and it gets really hot here, over 100?F (38?C) every day during July and August. Can I place ice at the base of my plants or will the cold water have some effect on the roots or growth of the plant? It's easier to carry bags of ice than buckets of water.
Growin' Again,
Fairfield, Texas

Lethal Glass

karlis — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0700

I let Cannabis Culture come by my glass shop, Lethal Glassworks, on Vancouver Island. Working with a Glass Torch Technologies torch which runs at 2000?F or higher, I made them a Sherlock bubbler. I work with borosilicate (pyrex) glass and colored glasses from Northstar.

Light through the seasons

karlis — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0700

Last year I planted some clones taken from my friend's large outdoor plants. I placed them in a part of the garden that gets unobstructed sun all spring and summer and they experienced explosive growth. Midway through autumn, as the sun's position changed, its light was blocked by a tree and the plants were in shade most of the day.

Long cycling

karlis — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0700

What would happen if I gave my plants a 27 or 30-hour day instead of 24? I would use a seven-day timer to turn the lights on for 15 to 18 hours and then give the plants a 12-hour dark period. Would this lighting make the plant grow faster or have a larger harvest?
Doctor James,
Internet

Marijuana life expectancy

karlis — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700

How long does the marijuana plant live?
Andrew,
Internet

Old marijuana

karlis — Sat, 01 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0700

I moved into a house that had been vacant for a few years and started cleaning it out. I found four mason jars of primo-looking buds in the basement. They were packed into a travel bag with receipts from 1999. Then, in the attic, I found some sort of hash rolled into long cylinders. It was tightly wrapped in cellophane and brightly colored metal foil.

Organic growing Electric Haze

karlis — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0700

This British Columbia Seed Company Electric Haze was purchased from Marc Emery a few years ago. Since growing this strain, I have come to regard it as one of the finest available. It is very consistent, easy to grow, and resistant to mold and insects. The high and aroma are unforgettable - simply put, this is some fine, fine shit!

Product reviews

karlis — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0700

It's Just a Plant
This is a book whose time has come, a book to help pot-smoking parents explain marijuana and prohibition to their kids. Beautifully illustrated and clearly written, this book introduces children to the medical and recreational uses of pot, outlines the plant's botany and uses, and explains the history of prohibition and how activists are working to change the law.

Proper pH for cloning

karlis — Mon, 08 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0700

I have a large garden and do a lot of cloning. For the most part I use expanding peat pots. Sometimes I use coconut fiber plugs, but I don't get as much success with the coconut as the peat. What pH is proper for cloning? I have heard a lot of different suggestions.
Kaya,
Internet

Root aphids

karlis — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700

I have root aphids and have not been able to figure out how to get rid of them. What do you recommend?
Jack,
Internet

Slightly stoned

karlis — Tue, 17 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700

"I can't smoke anymore weed." Miles Doughty held out the blueberry blunt to any takers, and I took this as a sign that our interview had gotten off to a good start. In the clouds of smoke and sweet aroma of Arizona's best, the members of California's Slightly Stoopid cooled with me after sound check. Event staff were later to tell me that they smelled our interview from Tucson's City Limits Nightclub parking lot.

Strains of Yesteryear

karlis — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0700

COLUMBIAN

Colombian Gold
Colombian Gold came from the highland Colombian valleys near the equator, as well as on the coast (the Caribbean and the Pacific).