http://www.liveleak.com/browse?q=grower Tue, 21 May 2013 16:53:20 -0400 Liveleak http://edge.liveleak.com/80281E/u/u/ll2/logo.gif http://www.liveleak.com/browse?q=grower Sun, 03 Mar 2013 13:17:54 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d3b_1362334035 Thickhanger Indonesia -An Indonesian mother was so concerned that her nine-year-old son's small penis would ruin his life that she drowned him in the bath. Police in the capital Jakarta said today that the woman, 38, told them her son had a small penis before he was circumcised but that it was even smaller after the operation. Spokesman Rikwanto said the mother believed the boy would have a 'bleak future' because of the size of his genitalia. The 38-year-old woman from the capital Jakarta told police her son had had a small penis prior to being circumcised, but that it appeared to shrink further after the operation, police spokesman Rikwanto, who goes by one name, told AFP. "She told police investigators that she killed him as he would have a bleak future with his small penis," Rikwanto said. "She drowned her son in a bathtub filled with water. She then dressed him and laid him on a bed. After that, she went to a nearby police office to report her crime." Rikwanto said the woman was fully conscious of what she had done, but police ordered a psychological test to assess her mental condition. COMMENTARY FROM POSTER THICKHANGER: Now in my opinion this story raises several issues and begs several questions. First of all the kid was only nine years old. His mother would have no idea what size his tallywacher would be after it reached adult size. Secondly why was she bathing a nine year old in the first place? Isn't that a little too old to be getting a bath from his mommy? Another important aspect that needs to be taken into consideration was the temperature of the bath water. The incorrect temperature could have possibly caused a temporary "shrinkage" situation. And how many nine year old little boy weenies has this woman seen to know what size is the standard to which she should compare? Did she know whether her son was a "grower not a shower" or a "shower not a grower"? And she obviously is one of those woman for whom size is important and not proper usage. She obviously had no faith that, even had the kids shlong remained below average in stature, he would have had the ability to stimulate and excite anyway. And why would the mother assume that every woman wants a big one? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/28/mother-kills-son-small-penis-indonesia_n_2779668.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2285824/Mother-drowns-son-bath-thought-small-penis-ruin-life.html http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d3b_1362334035 Thickhanger Mother Kills 9-Year-Old Son For Having Small Penis WTF,genitals,shlong,dong,long,just plain wrong,shrinkage,measure in inches instead of centimeters 'cause it sounds bigger,WTF,Thickhanger, Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:46:02 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c83_1361903708 glastro This has been in the news recently here in Nova Scotia. Makes me think of the Corb Lund Song; This is my Prairie, which I've attached. Play the song, read the article and then answer my pole! The provincial government has sided with an Australian gold miner over a Nova Scotia Christmas tree grower. Natural Resources Minister Charlie Parker announced Friday that he has issued a seldom-used vesting order that will allow DDV Gold Ltd., a subsidiary of Australia-based Atlantic Gold, to expropriate 14 parcels of land in the Moose River Gold Mines area for an open pit mine. The 14 hectares encompassed by those parcels include 3.3 hectares owned by Higgins Family Christmas Trees, a long-time local business. The Higgins family have repeatedly told DDV that they didn't want to sell, even for the $300,000 which the company is reportedly offering for the land. "This is exactly what we hoped the government wouldn't do," said Cleve Higgins, whose father Forrest owns the business. "This sets a dangerous precedent. It says to Nova Scotia landowners that a mining company can just come along and take away your land because it wants to." The Higgins family has retained Halifax lawyer Robert Pineo to seek a judicial review into the decision. If successful, said Higgins, they would then apply for an injunction halting the expropriation. Wally Bucknell, executive director at Atlantic Gold, says the family is playing politics by trying to build a groundswell of opposition against a project that will bring much-needed jobs to the Musquodobit Valley. "I understand a man's land is his right and we're not happy about this," Bucknell said in an interview. "But we see the benefit for the common good." He added: "If we didn't get this land we would have packed up and gone home." In a press release, Parker said that he weighed a number of factors in OK'ing the expropriation. Ultimately, the release indicated, it came down to a question of the private interests of the landowners versus "the substantial public interest" in seeing the development of a mine that could create about 150 jobs while in operation and 300 jobs during the construction phase. "This was a difficult decision to make, and while it may not be to everyone's liking, I am confident that it best serves the public interest," Parker said. The deposit at Moose River Gold Mines contains about 635,000 ounces of gold with a current worth of $700 million. The project is expected to produce about 90,000 ounces of gold per year for five to seven years. The company has said that it needs the Higgins land, which has been in the family for more than 120 years, for the project to be feasible. The Higgins family says the land, on which they say that they grow trees and store equipment, is critical to the operation of their business. "They knew from the beginning that it wasn't for sale," said Higgins. "They went ahead anyway assuming that they would get the appropriation all along." Bucknell, however, says the company is holding out to make a point, not because it actually needs the land to grow Christmas trees. "We're done deals with 29 people in Moose River and everyone is happy," he said. Parker's decision was lauded by the Mining Association of Nova Scotia, which said it shows "support for the mining and quarrying sector" and that development of the mine will mean "growth in the local economy and rural employment." But the government's decision had its critics, including local MLA Gary Burrill, a New Democrat backbencher and United Church minister. "This is a decision that I regret," said Burrill, who represents Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley. He said expropriations are usually for a public good, like getting land for a road. He said there's a public good in this case with the promise of jobs, but he doesn't see that as the primary good. "The primary good here is the private good of an international gold mining company, so in my view, the vesting order expropriation process is not the way to go," he said. With David Jackson, staff reporter http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c83_1361903708 glastro Government steals family land to give to foriegn gold miners appropriate, Steal, Gold, Government, Corb Lund Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:19:22 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=312_1262722613 gregory_peckory Posted on Tuesday, 01.05.10 BY CAMMY CLARK CCLARK@MIAMIHERALD.COM MARATHON -- After a citizen's tip led undercover detectives to six large marijuana plants growing in a vacant wooded lot in the Florida Keys, the detectives half jokingly left a ransom note. ``Thanks for the grow! You want them back? Call for the price (305) 481-4494. We'll talk.'' The detectives never expected the grower of the illegal drugs to call. But 10 minutes later, he did. ``He's got to win one of America's dumbest criminal awards,'' said Col. Rick Ramsay of the Monroe County Sheriff's Office. Steven Locascio, 48, negotiated to get his six-foot-tall pot plants back for $200, saying he couldn't believe he had to pay to get his own marijuana back. ``He probably put a lot of sweat and hard work and energy into growing the plants,'' Ramsay said. ``The plants were worth about $1,000 each. So he probably thought it was a good deal to get them back for only $200.'' The undercover detectives loaded the six plants in the back of a pickup truck and drove to the corner of Coco Plum Drive and Avenue H in Marathon. After Locasio handed over the cash, he was arrested. A search warrant was issued for his nearby apartment, where detectives found 20 smaller marijuana plants, four pounds of freshly harvested marijuana in a freezer and several 80-milligram Oxycontin pills. Detectives also seized $1,380 in cash. Locascio and his wife, Christine Locascio, 50, were both charged with cultivation of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and sale of marijuana. ``If he didn't show up, there would have been no way to prove who grew the plants,'' Ramsay said. ``The detectives left the note as a last ditch effort, thinking he would never call. But sometimes people do stupid things.'' http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=312_1262722613 gregory_peckory Florida Keys cops leave ransom note for pot, nab suspected <span class="highlight">grower</span> pot, ransom note, cops, Florida Fri, 29 May 2009 14:26:38 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a1c_1243620551 CoolQcumber Illegal,But taxable! In a landmark ruling, the country's top court said Friday that a convicted marijuana grower in North Vancouver won't lose her house as part of her sentence. It's the first time the Supreme Court of Canada has tested federal drug laws that allow confiscation of assets related to crime. It ruled 5-2 that Judy Ann Craig, convicted in 2003 of growing pot worth more than $100,000 in her home, does not have to give up her house as crime-related property. Prosecutors had said the laws are a powerful deterrent against home-based grow-ops. But Craig's lawyer Howard Rubin argued the law should target only organized traffickers and not unfairly punish home-based growers. Lower courts had issued conflicting rulings in the case on whether it was appropriate to order the seizure of grow-op houses as proceeds of crime. A former real estate agent, Craig, 58, started growing marijuana in her home in 1998 - at the urging of a friend with HIV - to "kick-start" her life after her divorce. She was arrested after police found 186 marijuana plants in her basement, which was set up as an organized grow-up, with "hired hands." Craig pleaded guilty at her trial and was given a 12-month conditional sentence, fined $100,000, and was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of $15,000. The Crown had also sought a forfeiture order against Craig's home. At the time, she owed $250,000 in unpaid taxes from her pot earnings and her two-storey home was valued at $460,000. But the court refused to impose a forfeiture order, saying the fine was sufficient. Both the Crown and Craig appealed. In 2005, the B.C. Court of Appeal upheld the conditional sentence and ordered the forfeiture, but set aside the fine and victim surcharge. The court ruled that imprisonment and forfeiture had to be considered together as a single "global punishment." However, the Supreme Court ruled that the lower court erred in its global approach. The only accused who would benefit from such an approach "to the forfeiture order are those with property available for forfeiture, who will be able to argue that its imposition should result in a more lenient jail term," said Justice Rosalie Abella, writing for the majority. "A legal system that tolerates differences about who goes to jail based on whether they have property, risks impairing its own integrity and credibility." Therefore the forfeiture order is set aside, the top court ruled. Moreover, as the sentence has been served and the Crown did not seek reinstatement of the $100,000 fine imposed by the sentencing judge, "I see no reason to do so in the absence of such a request," wrote Abella. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a1c_1243620551 CoolQcumber B.C. pot <span class="highlight">grower</span> won't forfeit house, Supreme Court rules B.C_Bud,Seizure,Grow_Op,Mortgage_Buster,Marijuana, Thu, 18 Jan 2007 08:34:11 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ab8d0d064a aliveleak The onion grower at the airport http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ab8d0d064a aliveleak Great Moments In Presidential Speeches presidentialf, , speeches, , fonion, f, grower, f, airport Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:00:59 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3cf_1266332232 SouthParkIndie Four months ago, the Obama administration made headlines by publicly announcing that it would not attempt to enforce federal marijuana laws in states that legalized its use, at least where suspects comply with the state law. Among those states affected was Colorado, and suppliers of "medical" marijuana rejoiced in their newfound freedom from federal threats. Unfortunately for one such supplier, he rejoiced a little too loudly and incurred the wrath of the DEA: Federal drug-enforcement agents Friday raided the home of a Highlands Ranch man who a day earlier bragged in a 9News report about the large and profitable medical-marijuana-growing operation in his basement. Along with the raid, Jeffrey Sweetin, the Drug Enforcement Administration's special agent in charge of the Denver office, sent a message to anyone involved in Colorado's increasingly profitable medical-marijuana industry. "It's still a violation of federal law," Sweetin said. "It's not medicine. We're still going to continue to investigate and arrest people." That wasn't exactly the message the DEA and the White House sent in October: Federal drug agents won't pursue pot-smoking patients or their sanctioned suppliers in states that allow medical marijuana, under new legal guidelines to be issued Monday by the Obama administration. Two Justice Department officials described the new policy to The Associated Press, saying prosecutors will be told it is not a good use of their time to arrest people who use or provide medical marijuana in strict compliance with state law. The guidelines to be issued by the department do, however, make it clear that agents will go after people whose marijuana distribution goes beyond what is permitted under state law or use medical marijuana as a cover for other crimes, the officials said. Maybe this is the new version of Don't Ask, Don't Tell. If you're warm and happy in a pile of buds, keep your mouth shut. In any reading of this announcement, it would seem that the feds are mostly disinterested in pursuing pot growers unless they're exporting business across state lines - which really should be the extent of their interest, anyway. However, Sweetin gives an entirely different interpretation of DEA policy to the Denver Post: "Technically, every dispensary in the state is in blatant violation of federal law," he said. "The time is coming when we go into a dispensary, we find out what their profit is, we seize the building and we arrest everybody. They're violating federal law; they're at risk of arrest and imprisonment." In other words, the time is coming when the DEA plans to do exactly what they stated they would not do in October. Will the Obama administration provide us with scorecards, please? It's getting difficult to keep up with the expiration dates. Radley Balko and Jacob Sullum expressed a great deal of skepticism four months ago about the Obama administration's sudden move towards federalism. It looks as though that skepticism was prescient. While the federal government is giving foreign terrorists Miranda warnings, they're raiding local pot growers and continuing one of the least defensible components of the war on drugs. If we can no longer rely on Obama's word to allow a sort of benign neglect as a means towards local control, then Congress needs to act to stop wasting resources in states that clearly don't want that kind of interference in their lives http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3cf_1266332232 SouthParkIndie Buzzkill: DEA raids pot <span class="highlight">grower</span> despite complying with state laws Medical marijuana, Obama Wed, 12 Oct 2011 07:38:25 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=2d4_1318419171 highsociety This is a clip from the public-access TV show, Hemp'n Aint Easy, based in Sacramento, California. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=2d4_1318419171 highsociety EDDY LEPP- TRUE CANIBUS PATRIOT EDDY,LEPP,CANIBUS,PATRIOT,GROWER Sat, 18 Oct 2008 18:18:04 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0b6_1224368284 jbaroni Greetings! http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0b6_1224368284 jbaroni Brazilians <span class="highlight">Grower</span>s brazil, grower, marijuana, cannabis Sun, 17 Feb 2013 14:10:54 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e91_1361125943 aydeo Recently, representatives of Israeli growers and of growers in Gaza met in Amsterdam, where they decided for a joint export of flowers and spices to Europe. Despite the political negotiations and the military confrontation between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, both sides' farmers managed to develop a common agro-export channel, which is expected to generate revenue this year of NIS 20 million. A delegation of the Israeli Flower Growers, led by Haim Hadad, Secretary of Israel Flowers organization and main agricultural societies in the Gaza Strip met in Amsterdam and agreed on a common export channel of flowers, mostly carnations and Limonium, fresh herbs and strawberry from the Gaza Strip to Europe. The PA fresh produce will be sent every morning from the Gaza Strip, packed in Sharon packhouse of the Israeli Flower Council and will be exported abroad by airline CAL (Cargo Airlines). Hadad said "We have very successful experiences with working with Palestinians through Agrexco. The desire of both parties to make a living is far stronger then everything and overcomes the difficulties due to the political and security situation. The Europeans welcome the cooperation and are pleased to make reservations and do their part" . The export is managed through a computer system shared by the Israeli Flowers Council and Gaza farmers, so the Palestinians exporters know at any time where is their shipment and the expected income. The Israeli and the Palestinians farmers agreed to hold regular meetings in Europe to strengthen cooperation and open new additional marketing channels. According to Haddad, the Flower Council can absorb much larger quantities of produce and strengthen the economic base of agriculture in Gaza. ------------------------ Spice grower representatives from Israel and Gaza have agreed to establish a joint-export channel of spices, strawberries, lemons, and flowers to Europe. The joint Gaza channel is expected to generate NIS 20 million of revenue in 2013. "Israeli farmers have experienced successful joint cooperation in the past with Palestinians through Agrexco," said Haim Hadad, secretary-general of Israel's Flower Growers Association. "The desire of both parties to make a living is large and increasing due to political and security difficulties. The Europeans are welcoming the initiative and are pleased to do their part and place orders." Under the agreement, Palestinian Authority produce will set out from Gaza every morning to be packaged in Israeli Flowers Council packing plants in the Sharon district. They will then be exported abroad. The project will be administered through a shared computer system operated by the Flower Growers Association and Gaza farmers, so Palestinian exporters can know at any given time where a shipment is located and what proceeds have been received. Israeli and Palestinian farmers will hold regular meetings in Europe to strengthen the cooperation and open new marketing channels. http://jewishbusinessnews.com/2013/02/02/israel-gaza-to-jointly-export-spices-fruit-flowers-to-europe/ http://www.hortibiz.com/detail/article/israel-en-gaza-growers-join-for-export/ http://finance.walla.co.il/?w=/3/2610047 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e91_1361125943 aydeo Israel &amp; Gaza To Jointly Export Spices, Fruit, Flowers To Europe Israel,Gaza,Joint export,Flowers,Spices Sun, 23 Dec 2012 17:28:29 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=209_1356301544 uncletom Alternet ] Should five non-violent offenders die behind bars for a crime Americans increasingly believe should not even be a crime? Right now, five adults await death in prison for non-violent, marijuana-related crimes. Their names are John Knock, Paul Free, Larry Duke, William Dekle, and Charles "Fred" Cundiff. They are all more than 60 years old; they have all spent at least 15 years locked up for selling pot; and they are all what one might call model prisoners, serving life without parole. As time wrinkles their skin and weakens their bodies, Michael Kennedy of the Trans High Corporation has filed a legal petition with the federal government seeking their clemency. Otherwise they will die behind bars for selling a drug 40% of American adults have admitted to using, 50% of Americans want legal, and two states have already legalized for adult use. Since these men were convicted of these crimes many years ago, public opinion and policy related to marijuana have shifted greatly. Should these five non-violent senior-citizen offenders die behind bars for a crime Americans increasingly believe should not even be a crime? 1. John Knock, 65, has been incarcerated for more than 16 years. The only evidence against him was the testimony of informants; Knock was convicted of conspiracy to import and distribute marijuana. The judge sentenced him to 20 years for money laundering plus not one, but two terms of life-without-parole -- a punishment typically reserved for murderers. Despite the uniquely unjust sentence, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court denied his pleas for reconsideration via appeal or court order. Waiting for death in jail, Knock suffers from chronic sinus problems linked to an untreated broken nose. Due to circulatory problems, one of his ankles swells to twice its size. Knock also suffers from what the legal petition called "untreated" hearing and vision problems. Easing some of his pain are visits from his family and his participation in prison programs. He has taught home building and physical education inside the prison that has become his home. According to the legal petition, he is assured employment and a home should his sentence be commuted. 2. Before he was incarcerated, Paul Free obtained a BA in marine biology and was starting a school while teaching English in Mexico. Now 62, he has continued his passion for education behind bars, where he has lived for the past 18 years. Free helps inmates prepare for the General Equivalency Diploma tests, and according to the petition, prison officials have applauded Paul's hard work and his students' high graduation rate. Paul suffers from degenerative joint disease, failing eyesight, sinus problems, and allergies, and he has had 11 skin cancers removed. 3. Once a union carpenter, Larry Duke, a 65-year-old decorated Marine, has spent the last 23 years of his life behind bars for weed. On top of the difficulties life in prison lays on the psyche, Duke suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder stemming from multiple tours in the Vietnam war. Like Knock, Duke received two life sentences without parole for a non-violent marijuana conspiracy, and was unsuccessful at appeal. According to the legal petition, Duke is the longest-serving nonviolent marijuana prisoner in the nation. Despite his incarceration in a country that has failed him, Duke works from behind bars to design patentable concepts that would assist the general public. While locked up, he has already managed to obtain a federal patent for a water-delivery system he plans to market to the U.S. Department of Defense. According to the legal petition, Duke enjoys the support of his wife and a growing family including two children, two grandsons, three siblings and many nieces and nephews. "They all want him to come home and be part of their lives and dreams," the petition said. 4. William Dekle, 63, is also a former U.S. Marine serving two life sentences without parole, 22 of which he has already completed in a Kentucky penitentiary. Despite the depressing possibility that he will die behind bars, Dekle has participated in more than 30 prison courses, including counseling other inmates. Before his conviction, Dekle was a pilot certified in commercial and instrument flying, as well as multiengine aircraft. Now he suffers from a chronic knee injury. He is supported by his wife, two daughters, and grandchildren, who call him "Papa Billy." Dekle's relatives would ensure a stable home environment should he be granted clemency, the legal petition said. 5. Charles "Fred" Cundiff is a 66-year-old inmate who has served more than 20 years of his life sentence for marijuana. Before the marijuana arrest that changed his life forever, he worked in construction, retail and at a plant nursery. In prison, he worked for Unicor (Federal Prison Industries) for 12 years before his declining health interfered with his ability to work. Battling skin cancer, eye infections, and severe arthritis in his spine, Cundiff uses a walker. While the legal petition makes no mention of family, it says he is regularly visited by "friends from his youth." While these men have all spent many years behind bars for crimes they were convicted of many years ago, the same draconian punishments are handed down to marijuana criminals -- young and old -- to this day. Conspiracy charges, combined with mandatory minimums for marijuana sale and firearms charges, can quickly add up to decades behind bars. Should anyone in the entire criminal operation have a gun (legal or not), everyone involved can be charged with firearm possession during a drug offense, a five-year mandatory minimum that can reach 20 if the person is charged with continuing criminal enterprise -- a long-term, large-scale operation. In the end, these sentences are often not applied, but used to encourage guilty pleas in exchange for a lesser sentence. Marijuana prisoner Chris Williams is an example of one such case. He was recently facing a mandatory minimum of 85 to 92 years behind bars for providing medical marijuana in Montana, where it is legal. Citing a moral opposition to plea bargains forced by the threat of a lifetime in jail, WIlliams rejected a deal that would have drastically reduced his sentence by cutting away mandatory minimums. Then, this Tuesday, federal prosecutors agreed to drop six of eight of Williams' charges, provided he waive his constitutional right to appeal. Now Williams faces a mandatory minimum of five years for the firearm-related charge, and another five for distribution. "With the rest of my life literally hanging in the balance, I simply could not withstand the pressure any longer," Williams said in a statement. "If Judge Christensen shows mercy and limits my sentence to the five-year mandatory minimum, I could be present at my 16-year-old son's college graduation. This would most likely be impossible had I rejected the latest compromise." By Kristen Gwynne http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=209_1356301544 uncletom 5 Senior Citizens Serving Life Without Parole for Pot marijuana, pot, senior, jail, prison, decriminalization Fri, 16 Nov 2012 08:35:50 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d29_1353072665 Nazel_Hut Portrait of two Dutch farmers who live in the historic Dutch colonial region of Hudson Valley, upstate New York. Adrian Ooms, a dairy farmer with conservative views, and the progressive organic vegetable grower Jean-Paul Courtens. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d29_1353072665 Nazel_Hut Dutch farmers in New York farmer, new york, immigrants Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:44:11 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a47_1352407024 deathgod198255 Indoor Cannabis Cultivation Introduction:Growing cannabis indoors is fast becoming an American pastime. The reasons are varied. With the increased interest and experimentation in house plant cultivation, it was inevitable that people would apply their knowledge of plant care to growing cannabis. Many of those who occasionally like to light up a joint may find it difficult to locate a source or are hesitant to deal with a perhaps unsavory element of society in procuring their grass. There is, of course, the criminal aspect of buying or selling grass; Growing cannabis is just as illegal as buying, selling, or smoking it, but growing is something you can do in the privacy of your own home without having to deal with someone you don't know or trust. The best reason for growing your own is the enjoyment you will get out of watching those tiny little seeds you picked out of you stash sprout and become some of the most lovely and lush of all house plants. Anyone Can Do ItEven if you haven't had any prior experience with growing plants in you home, you can have a successful crop of cannabis by following the simple directions in this pamphlet. If you have had problems in the past with cannabis cultivation, you may find the solutions in the following chapters. Growing a cannabis plant involves four basic steps: Get the seeds. If you don't already have some, you can ask you friends to save you seeds out of any good grass they may come across. You'll find that lots of people already have a seed collection of some sort and are willing to part with a few prime seeds in exchange for some of the finished product. Germinate the seeds. You can simply drop a seed into moist soil, but by germinating the seeds first you can be sure that the seed will indeed produce a plant. To germinate seeds, place a group of them between about six moist paper towels, or in the pores of a moist sponge. Leave the towels or sponge moist but not soaking wet. Some seeds will germinate in 24 hours while others may take several days or even a week. Plant the sprouts. As soon as a seed cracks open and begins to sprout, place it on some moist soil and sprinkle a little soil over the top of it. Supply the plants with light. Flourescent lights are the best. Hang the lights with two inches of the soil and after the plants appear above the ground, continue to keep the lights with two inches of the plants. It is as easy as that. If you follow those four steps you will grow a cannabis plant. To ensure prime quality and the highest yield in the shortest time period, however, a few details are necessary. SoilYour prime concern, after choosing high quality seeds, is the soil. Use the best soil you can get. Scrimping on the soil doesn't pay off in the long run. If you use unsterilized soil you will almost certainly find parasites in it, probably after it is too late to transplant your cannabis. You can find excellent soil for sale at your local plant shop or nursery, K-Mart, Wal Mart, and even some grocery stores. The soil you use should have these properties for the best possible results: It should drain well. That is, it should have some sand in it and also some sponge rock or pearlite. The pH should be between 6.5 and 7.5 since cannabis does not do well in acidic soil. High acidity in soil encourages the plant to be predominantly male, an undesirable trait. The soil should also contain humus for retaining moisture and nutrients. If you want to make your own soil mixture, you can use this recipe: Mix two parts moss with one part sand and one part pearlite or sponge rock to each four gallons of soil. Test your soil for ph with litmus paper or with a soil testing kit available at most plant stores. To raise the ph of the soil, add 1/2 lb. lime to 1 cubic foot of soil to raise the ph one point. If you absolutely insist on using dirt you dug up from your driveway, you must sterilize it by baking it in your oven for about an hour at 250 degrees. Be sure to moisten it thoroughly first and also prepare yourself for a rapid evacuation of your kitchen because that hot soil is going to stink. Now add to the mixture about one tablespoon of fertilizer (like Rapid-Gro) per gallon of soil and blend it in thoroughly. Better yet, just skip the whole process and spend a couple bucks on some soil. ContainersAfter you have prepared your soil, you will have to come up with some kind of container to plant in. The container should be sterilized as well, especially if they have been used previously for growing other plants. The size of the container has a great deal to do with the rate of growth and overall size of the plant. You should plan on transplanting your plant not more than one time, since the process of transplanting can be a shock to the plant and it will have to undergo a recovery period in which growth is slowed or even stopped for a short while. The first container you use should be no larger than six inches in diameter and can be made of clay or plastic. To transplant, simply prepare the larger cannabis by filling it with soil and scooping out a little hole about the size of the smaller cannabis that the plant is in. Turn the plant upside down, cannabis and all, and tap the rim of the cannabis sharply on a counter or the edge of the sink. The soil and root ball should come out of the cannabis cleanly with the soil retaining the shape of the cannabis and with no disturbances to the root ball. Another method that can bypass the transplanting problem is using a Jiffy-Pot. Jiffy pots are made of compressed peat moss and can be planted right into moist soil where they decompose and allow the passage of the root system through their walls. The second container should have a volume of at least three gallons. Cannabis doesn't like to have its roots bound or cramped for space, so always be sure that the container you use will be deep enough for your plant's root system. It is very difficult to transplant a five-foot cannabis tree, so plan ahead. It is going to get bigger. The small plants should be ready to transplant into their permanent homes in about two weeks. Keep a close watch on them after the first week or so and avoid root binding at all costs since the plants never seem to do as well once they have been stunted by the cramping of their roots. FertilizerCannabis likes lots of food, but you can do damage to the plants if you are too zealous. Some fertilizers can burn a plant and damage its roots if used in to high a concentration. Most commercial soil will have enough nutrients in it to sustain the plant for about three weeks of growth so you don't need to worry about feeding your plant until the end of the third week. The most important thing to remember is to introduce the fertilizer concentration to the plant gradually. Start with a fairly diluted fertilizer solution and gradually increase the dosage. There are several good cannabis fertilizers on the commercial market, two of which are Rapid-Gro and Eco-Grow. Rapid-Gro has had widespread use in cannabis cultivation and is available in most parts of the United States. Eco-Grow is also especially good for cannabis since it contains an ingredient that keeps the soil from becoming acid. Most fertilizers cause a pH change in the soil. Adding fertilizer to the soil almost always results in a more acidic pH.As time goes on, the amount of salts produced by the breakdown of fertilizers in the soil causes the soil to become increasingly acidic and eventually the concentration of these salts in the soil will stunt the plant and cause browning out of the foliage. Also, as the plant gets older its roots become less effective in bringing food to the leaves. To avoid the accumulation of these salts in your soil and to ensure that your plant is getting all of the food it needs you can begin leaf feeding your plant at the age of about 1.5 months. Dissolve the fertilizer in worm water and spray the mixture directly onto the foliage. The leaves absorb the fertilizer into their veins. If you want to continue to put fertilizer into the soil as well as leaf feeding, be sure not to overdose your plants. Remember to increase the amount of food your plant receives gradually. Cannabis seems to be able to take as much fertilizer as you want to give it as long as it is introduced over a period of time. During the first three months or so, fertilize your plants every few days. As the rate of foliage growth slows down in the plant's preparation for blooming and seed production, the fertilizer intake of the plant should be slowed down as well. Never fertilize the plant just before you are going to harvest it since the fertilizer will encourage foliage production and slow down resin production. A word here about the most organic of fertilizers: worm castings. As you may know, worms are raised commercially for sale to gardeners. The breeders put the worms in organic compost mixtures and while the worms are reproducing they eat the organic matter and expel some of the best cannabis food around. After the worms have eaten all the organic matter in the compost, they are removed and sold and the remains are then sold as worm castings. These castings are so rich that you can grow cannabis in straight worm castings. This isn't really necessary however, and it is somewhat impractical since the castings are very expensive. If you can afford them you can, however, blend them in with your soil and they will make a very good organic fertilizer. Light Without light, the plants cannot grow. In the countries in which cannabis grows best, the sun is the source of light. The amount of light and the length of the growing season in these countries results in huge tree-like plants. In most parts of North America, however, the sun is not generally intense enough for long enough periods of time to produce the same size and quality of plants that grow with ease in Latin America and other tropical countries. The answer to the problem of lack of sun, especially in the winter months, shortness of the growing season, and other problems is to grow indoor under simulated conditions. The rule of thumb seems to be the more light, the better. In one experiment we know of, eight eight-foot VHO Gro-Lux fixtures were used over eight plants. The plants grew at an astonishing rate. The lights had to be raised every day. There are many types of artificial light and all of them do different things to your plants. The common incandescent light bulb emits some of the frequencies of light the plant can use, but it also emits a high percentage of far red and infra-red light which cause the plant to concentrate its growth on the stem. This results in the plant stretching toward the light bulb until it becomes so tall and spindly that it just weakly topples over. There are several brands of bulb type. One is the incandescent plant spot light which emits higher amounts of red and blue light than the common light bulb. It is an improvement, but has it drawbacks. it is hot, for example, and cannot be placed close to the plants. Consequently, the plant has to stretch upwards again and is in danger of becoming elongated and falling over. The red bands of light seem to encourage stem growth which is not desirable in growing cannabis. the idea is to encourage foliage growth for obvious reasons. Gro-Lux lights are probably the most common flourescent plant lights. In our experience with them, they have proven themselves to be extremely effective. They range in size from one to eight feet in length so you can set up a growing room in a closet or a warehouse. There are two types of Gro-Lux lights: The standard and the wide spectrum. They can be used in conjunction with on another, but the wide spectrum lights are not sufficient on their own. The wide spectrum lights were designed as a supplementary light source and are cheaper than the standard lights. Wide spectrum lights emit the same bands of light as the standard but the standard emit higher concentrations of red and blue bands that the plants need to grow. The wide spectrum lights also emit infra-red, the effect of which on stem growth we have already discussed. If you are planning to grow on a large scale, you might be interested to know that the regular flourescent lamps and fixtures, the type that are used in commercial lighting, work well when used along with standard Gro- Lux lights. These commercial lights are called cool whites, and are the cheapest of the flourescent lights we have mentioned. They emit as much blue light as the Gro-Lux standards and the blue light is what the plants use in foliage growth. Now we come to the question of intensity. Both the standard and wide spectrum lamps come in three intensities: regular output, high output, and very high output. You can grow a nice crop of plants under the regular output lamps and probably be quite satisfied with our results. The difference in using the HO or VHO lamps is the time it takes to grow a crop. Under a VHO lamp, the plants grow at a rate that is about three times the rate at which they grow under the standard lamps. People have been known to get a plant that is four feet tall in two months under one of these lights. Under the VHO lights, one may have to raise the lights every day which means a growth rate of ate least two inches a day. The only drawback is the expense of the VHO lamps and fixtures. The VHO lamps and fixtures are almost twice the price of the standard. If you are interested in our opinion, they are well worth it. Now that you have your lights up, you might be curious about the amount of light to give you plants per day. The maturation date of your plants is dependent on how much light they receive per day. The longer the dark period per day, the sooner the plant will bloom. Generally speaking, the less dark per day the better during the first six months of the plant's life. The older the plant is before it blooms and goes to seed, the better the grass will be. After the plant is allowed to bloom, its metabolic rate is slowed so that the plant's quality does not increase with the age at the same rate it did before it bloomed. The idea, then, is to let the plant get as old as possible before allowing it to mature so that the potency will be a high as possible at the time of harvest. One relatively sure way to keep your plants from blooming until you are ready for them is to leave the lights on all the time. Occasionally a plant will go ahead and bloom anyway, but it is the exception rather than the rule. If your plants receive 12 hours of light per day they will probably mature in 2 to 2.5 months. If they get 16 hours of light per day they will probably be blooming in 3.5 to 4 months. With 18 hours of light per day, they will flower in 4.5 to 5 months. Its a good idea to put your lights on a timer to ensure that the amount of light received each day remains constant. A "vacation" timer, normally used to make it look like you are home while you are away, works nicely and can be found at most hardware or discount stores. Energy Emissions In Arbitrary Color Bands 40 Watt Flourescent Lamps In Watts and Percent of Total EmissionsDaylightCool WhiteGro-LuxGroLux WSLight TypeBandWatts%Watts%Watts%Watts%Ultra-Violet-3800.1862.150.161.680.101.420.273.16Violet380-4300.8329.600.727.570.709.671.0712.48Blue430-4902.41827.911.9820.781.9627.071.2214.29Green490-5602.37227.382.3524.671.0214.021.2414.49Yellow560-5901.25914.531.7418.270.101.420.839.77Orange590-6301.14413.211.6917.750.446.051.3615.93Red630-7000.4526.220.818.472.8639.551.8621.78Far Red700-7800.1301.530.070.810.060.800.698.10Total8.890100.09.52100.07.24100.08.54100.0Temperature and HumidityThe ideal temperature for the light hours is 68 to 78 degrees fahrenheit and for the dark hours there should be about a 15 degree drop in temperature. The growing room should be relatively dry if possible. What you want is a resinous coating on the leaves and to get the plant to do this, you must convince it that it needs the resinous coating on its leaves to protect itself from drying out. In an extremely humid room, the plants develop wide leaves and do not produce as much resin. You must take care not to let the temperature in a dry room become too hot, however, since the plant cannot assimilate water fast enough through its roots and its foliage will begin to brown out. VentilationProper ventilation in your growing room is fairly important. The more plants you have in one room, the more important good ventilation becomes. Plants breathe through their leaves. The also rid themselves of poisons through their leaves. If proper ventilation is not maintained, the pores of the leaves will become clogged and the leaves will die. If there is a free movement of air, the poisons can evaporate off the leaves and the plant can breathe and remain healthy. In a small closet where there are only a few plants you can probably create enough air circulation just by opening the door to look at them. Although it is possible to grow healthy looking plants in poorly ventilated rooms, they would be larger and healthier if they had a fresh supply of air coming in. If you spend a lot of time in your growing room, your plants will grow better because they will be using the carbon dioxide that you are exhaling around them. It is sometimes quite difficult to get a fresh supply of air in to your growing room because your room is usually hidden away in a secret corner of your house, possibly in the attic or basement. In this case, a fan will create some movement of air. It will also stimulate your plants into growing a healthier and sturdier stalk. Often times in an indoor environment, the stems of plants fail to become rigid because they don't have to cope with elements of wind and rain. To a degree, though, this is an advantage because the plant puts most of its energy into producing leaves and resin instead of stems. Dehumidifying Your Growing RoomCannabis that grows in a hot, dry climate will have narrower leaves than cannabis grown in a humid atmosphere. The reason is that in a dry atmosphere the plant can respirate easier because the moisture on the leaves evaporates faster. In a humid atmosphere, the moisture cannot evaporate as fast. Consequently, the leaves have to be broader with more surface area in order to expel the wastes that the plant put out. Since the broad leaves produce less resin per leaf than the narrow there will be more resin in an ounce of narrow leaves than in one ounce of broad leaves. There may be more leaf mass in the broader leafed plants, but most people are growing their own for quality rather than quantity. Since the resin in the cannabis plant serves the purpose of keeping the leaves from drying out, there is more apt to be a lot of resin produced in a dry room than in a humid one. In the Sears catalog, dehumidifiers cost around $100.00 and are therefore a bit impractical for the "hobby grower." WateringIf you live near a clear mountain stream, you can skip this bit on the quality of water. Most of us are supplied water by the city and some cities add more chemicals to the water than others. They all add chlorine, however, in varying quantities. Humans over the years have learned to either get rid of it somehow or to live with it, but your cannabis plants won't have time to acquire a taste for it so you had better see that they don't have to. Chlorine will evaporate if you let the water stand for 24 hours in an open container. Letting the water stand for a day or two will serve a dual purpose: The water will come to room temperature during that period of time and you can avoid the nasty shock your plants suffer when you drench them with cold water. Always water with room temperature to lukewarm water. If your water has an excessive amount of chlorine in it, you may want to get some anti- chlorine drops at the local fish or pet store. The most important thing about watering is to do it thoroughly. You can water a plant in a three gallon container with as much as three quarts of water. The idea is to get the soil evenly moist all the way to the bottom of the cannabis. If you use a little water, even if you do it often, it seeps just a short way down into the soil and any roots below the moist soil will start to turn upwards toward the water. The second most important thing about watering is to see to it that the cannabis has good drainage. There should be some holes in the bottom so that any excess water will run out. If the cannabis won't drain, the excess water will accumulate in a pocket and rot the roots of the plant or simply make the soil sour or mildew. The soil, as we said earlier, must allow the water to drain evenly through it and must not become hard or packed. If you have made sure that the soil contains sand and pearlite, you shouldn't have drainage problems. To discover when to water, feel the soil with your finger. if you feel moisture in the soil, you can wait a day or two to water. The soil near the top of the cannabis is always drier than the soil further down. You can drown your plant just as easily as you can let it get too dry and it is more likely to survive a dry spell than it is to survive a torrential flood. Water the plants well when you water and don't water them at all when they don't need it.BugsIf you can avoid getting bugs in the first place you will be much better off. Once your plants become infested you will probably be fighting bugs for the rest of your plants' lives. To avoid bugs be sure to use sterilized soil and containers and don't bring other plants from outside into your growing room. If you have pets, ensure that they stay out of your growing room, since they can bring in pests on their fur. Examine your plants regularly for signs of insects, spots, holes in the leaves, browning of the tips of the leaves, and droopy branches. If you find that somehow in spite of all your precautions you have a plant room full of bugs, you'll have to spray your plants with some kind of insecticide. You'll want to use something that will kill the bugs and not you. Spider mites are probably the bug that will do the most damage to the cannabis plants. One of the reasons is that they are almost microscopic and very hard to spot. They are called spider mites because they leave a web-like substance clinging to the leaves. They also cause tiny little spots to appear on the leaves. Probably the first thing you'll notice, however, is that your plants look sick and depressed. The mites suck enzymes from the leaves and as a result the leaves lose some of their green color and glossiness. Sometimes the leaves look like they have some kid of fungus on them. The eggs are very tiny black dots. You might be wise to get a magnifying glass so that you can really scrutinize your plants closely. Be sure to examine the underside of the leaves too. The mites will often be found clinging to the underside as well as the top of the leaves. The sooner you start fighting the bugs, the easier it will be to get rid of them. For killing spider mites on cannabis, one of the best insecticides if "Fruit and Berry" spray made by Millers. Ortho also produces several insecticides that will kill mites. The ingredients to look for are Kelthane and Malatheon. Both of these poisons are lethal to humans and pets as well as bugs, but they both detoxify in about ten days so you can safely smoke the grass ten days after spraying. Fruit and Berry will only kill the adult mite, however, and you'll have to spray every four days for about two weeks to be sure that you have killed all the adults before they have had a chance to lay eggs. Keep a close watch on your plants because it only takes one egg laying adult to re- infest your plants and chances are that one or two will escape your barrage of insecticides. If you see little bugs flying around your plants, they are probably white flies. The adults are immune to almost all the commercial insecticides except Fruit and Berry which will not kill the eggs or larva. It is the larval stage of this insect that does the most damage. They suck out enzymes too, and kill your plants if they go unchecked. You will have to get on a spraying program just as was explained in the spider mite section. An organic method of bug control is using soap suds. Put Ivory flakes in some lukewarm water and work up the suds into a lather. Then put the suds over the plant. The obvious disadvantage is it you don't rinse the soap off the plant you'll taste the soap when you smoke the leaves. PruningWe have found that pruning is not always necessary. The reason one does it in the first place is to encourage secondary growth and to allow light to reach the immature leaves. Some strands of grass just naturally grow thick and bushy and if they are not clipped the sap moves in an uninterrupted flow right to the top of the plant where it produces flowers that are thick with resin. On the other hand, if your plants appear tall and spindly for their age at three weeks, they probably require a little trimming to ensure a nice full leafy plant. At three weeks of age your plant should have at least two sets of branches or four leaf clusters and a top. To prune the plant, simply slice the top off just about the place where two branches oppose each other. Use a razor blade in a straight cut. If you want to, you can root the top in some water and when the roots appear, plant the top in moist soil and it should grow into another plant. If you are going to root the top you should cut the end again, this time with a diagonal cut so as to expose more surface to the water or rooting solution. The advantage to taking cuttings from your plant is that it produces more tops. The tops have the resin, and that's the name of the game. Every time you cut off a top, the plant seeds out two more top branches at the base of the existing branches. Pruning also encourages the branches underneath to grow faster than they normally would without the top having been cut. Harvesting and CuringWell, now that you've grown your cannabis, you will want to cure it right so that it smokes clean and won't bite. You can avoid that "homegrown" taste of chlorophyll that sometimes makes one's fillings taste like they might be dissolving. We know of several methods of curing the cannabis so that it will have a mild flavor and a mellow rather than harsh smoke. First, pull the plant up roots and all and hang it upside down for 24 hours. Then put each plant in a paper grocery bag with the top open for three or four days or until the leaves feel dry to the touch. Now strip the leaves off the stem and put them in a glass jar with a lid. Don't pack the leaves in tightly, you want air to reach all the leaves. The main danger in the curing process is mold. If the leaves are too damp when you put them into the jar, they will mold and since the mold will destroy the resins, mold will ruin your cannabis. you should check the jars every day by smelling them and if you smell an acrid aroma, take the weed out of the jar and spread it out on newspaper so that it can dry quickly. Another method is to uproot the plants and hang them upside down. You get some burlap bags damp and slip them up over the plants. Keep the bags damp and leave them in the sun for at least a week. Now put the plants in a paper bag for a few days until the weed is dry enough to smoke. Like many fine things in life, cannabis mellows out with age. The aging process tends to remove the chlorophyll taste. CANNABIS CULTIVATION ONLINE GUIDE http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a47_1352407024 deathgod198255 Indoor Cannabis Cultivation / marijuana Indoor Cannabis Cultivation growing pot weed legal marijuana