Reviving Western Pennsylvania - The marijuana question (California: law, rating)

[Hopes]

Originally Posted by dugdogmaster

Some people even attempt to grow it outdoors right under the noses of people in urban/backyard gardens.

Like this 71 year old women who was growing it in her yard in Greensboro in 2007:

Woman, 71, arrested after growing pot in her yard : News-Record.com : Greensboro & the Triad's most trusted source for local news and analysis

[dugdogmaster]

Originally Posted by Hopes

Like this 71 year old women who was growing it in her yard in Greensboro in 2007:

Woman, 71, arrested after growing pot in her yard : News-Record.com : Greensboro & the Triad's most trusted source for local news and analysis

Hahaha, yes, just like that 71 year old woman.

[PeterRabbit]

It grows fine here and looks real good except the potency is nil. You can plant Panama Red or Columbian Gold seeds and all you'll get is northern green weeds. If you ever watch Cops when they make a bust where someone is growing the plants inside you see flowers and pods all over them just oozing. When they make an outdoors bust the plants are sparse in comparison. You need the right climate or the proper lighting.

[ditchdigger]

You can grow it here, but you can grow it lots of other places too, so unless for some reason growing it here is legal but not most other places, I don't see how this becomes an economic advantage for the region.

Plus it's seasonal. A meth lab, for instance, could run year round.

Although, I guess agriculture is a little more labor-intensive, so it would provide more jobs, in season.

This needs a little more thought...

[Hopes]

Originally Posted by PeterRabbit

If you ever watch Cops when they make a bust where someone is growing the plants inside you see flowers and pods all over them just oozing. When they make an outdoors bust the plants are sparse in comparison. You need the right climate or the proper lighting.

There's a lot more to growing plants of any kind (vegetables, perennials, flowers, etc.) than climate and lighting --- like soil preparation, site selection for drainage, air circulation, fertizing, etc. I know a lot about gardening in general. Flowering plants (annuals, biannuals, perennials) are my passion. On almost any flowering plants, buds are increased by pinching back. Plants get bushier and start new shoots for more bluds.

I'm sure most plants you've seen grown outside weren't babied like indoor plants. I'll bet people who grow marijuana inside are obcessive compulsive about their plaints. People growing outside are more concerned with getting caught. Their soil preparation will be minimal because it would be expensive to put the right nutrients into soil in an outdoor area. Their site selection would be based more on just trying to avoid getting caught and less concerned with the best location for the plants. Water would be a huge problem. I doubt many people would install an irrigation system and it's unlikely they'll haul the water on their backs daily.

When the DEA finds a plant crop in California's national forests, they find miles and miles of irrigation systems, tents and other evidence of long-term camping. Those people are living with their plants, not just for security, but to baby the plants. Not many people in Southwestern PA would be so committed to their occassional plants except perhaps farmers. Then even farmers might only be attentive enough to grow something acceptable. Afterall, they're growing in bulk for money not love.

[Tallysmom]

Originally Posted by Hopes

There's a lot more to growing plants of any kind (vegetables, perennials, flowers, etc.) than climate and lighting --- like soil preparation, site selection for drainage, air circulation, fertizing, etc. I know a lot about gardening in general. Flowering plants (annuals, biannuals, perennials) are my passion. On almost any flowering plants, buds are increased by pinching back. Plants get bushier and start new shoots for more bluds.

I'm sure most plants you've seen grown outside weren't babied like indoor plants. I'll bet people who grow marijuana inside are obcessive compulsive about their plaints. People growing outside are more concerned with getting caught. Their soil preparation will be minimal because it would be expensive to put the right nutrients into soil in an outdoor area. Their site selection would be based more on just trying to avoid getting caught and less concerned with the best location for the plants. Water would be a huge problem. I doubt many people would install an irrigation system and it's unlikely they'll haul the water on their backs daily.

When the DEA finds a plant crop in California's national forests, they find miles and miles of irrigation systems, tents and other evidence of long-term camping. Those people are living with their plants, not just for security, but to baby the plants. Not many people in Southwestern PA would be so committed to their occassional plants except perhaps farmers. Then even farmers might only be attentive enough to grow something acceptable. Afterall, they're growing in bulk for money not love.

You are correct! We had four beautiful plants at my mom's in Cranberry for personal use, until my mother in law ratted us out to my mom, and mom harvested them.... not knowing that pulling them out of the ground didn't exactly ruin them.

You did have to tend these little buggers.

[dugdogmaster]

Originally Posted by Tallysmom

You are correct! We had four beautiful plants at my mom's in Cranberry for personal use, until my mother in law ratted us out to my mom, and mom harvested them.... not knowing that pulling them out of the ground didn't exactly ruin them.

You did have to tend these little buggers.

Ha, I never would have guessed!

[Tinare]

Wasn't Hempfield Township named after the fact that there used to be hemp fields in the area? Back when it was grown as a fiber for rope, textiles, etc. before it was outlawed 'cause oh-my-gosh-they're-gonna-smoke-the-stuff?

[dugdogmaster]

Originally Posted by Tinare

Wasn't Hempfield Township named after the fact that there used to be hemp fields in the area? Back when it was grown as a fiber for rope, textiles, etc. before it was outlawed 'cause oh-my-gosh-they're-gonna-smoke-the-stuff?

I'm not sure why it was named, there's also a Hempfield Twp near Greenville, PA as well. But, it's still legal to make and buy hemp related products. I have a few myself, including a camelpack, twine and I just bought my girlfriend a hemp laptop computer carrier.

[Copanut]

I remember back in college using grow lights indoors, worked pretty well. One buddy of mine had a Mustang and a few seeds fell through the gear shift, about 1 month later a plant popped out. Ya can't make that up.