Pubdate: Mon, 04 Nov 2002
Source: Mcgill Daily, The (CN QU Edu)
Copyright: 2002 The Mcgill Daily
Contact:  http://www.mcgilldaily.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2638
Author: Stephanie Brown, Mind & Body Writer
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mjcn.htm (Cannabis - Canada)

HOMEGROWN GREEN

Light and Love Make for a Good Combo

Wacky tobacky, pot, mary jane, ganja, bud, doob, maui wowie No matter how 
say it, marijuana is all around us. Now think about how satisfying it'd be 
to really get grassroots (pardon the pun) about the whole thing and cut out 
the middle man. That's right - grow your own. Stephanie Brown relates how.

Firstly, ask yourself, "Where should I plant it?" Since most of us live in 
apartments, I wouldn't suggest trying to grow weed outdoors in your 
allotted square of earth. Indoor growing also raises concerns, though. 
There must be adequate space (plants can grow up to six feet and are bushy 
as hell), it must be hidden from prying eyes (like your visiting mother or 
the 5-0), and it should be a confined space with good air-circulation 
because the plant has a strong eau-de-weed smell.

An on-campus expert recommended planting your seeds in soil. It's cheaper 
and much easier than trying to follow the hydroponic path. To obtain a seed 
to plant, simply break open a bud, and if the seed's intact, you're good to go.

There are two main stages to the growth. There's the vegetative stage when 
the seed needs about 18 to 20 hours of light per day. This is followed by 
the budding stage (the technical term is actually the "best stage"). The 
plant now needs only 12 hours of light per day and sooner or later the buds 
will appear. It takes roughly five to six months to grow the weed, and one 
month to dry and cure it.

One hazard to watch out for is over-heating the confined space where you're 
growing your weed. Over-heating might burn your plants (and that would be a 
true disaster) and cause a fire (another, lesser disaster).

Be advised that the information listed above came from one person's 
experience with weed growing. There is a whole slew of information 
available on the web. Overgrow.com was recommended to me, and I also found 
hempfiles.com useful. The latter provides many links to expert sites and 
it's definitely worth taking a look.

So happy growing, but keep some advice in mind. If you are living with your 
parents or, even worse, elderly grandparents, growing weed is probably a 
no-no. Also, patience is a virtue. Your baby buds will take some time and 
lots of tender loving but they should eventually flourish. And after all, 
isn't everything so much more satisfying once you've earned it?

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Stephanie Brown is a U0 student who does not grow weed in her apartment. No 
need to send the narcs around.
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