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Algae on rockwool

karlis — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700

I have a friend who has a small indoor operation going on. It works well and he has a good strain, but green algae is growing all over the rockwool and entirely covers its surface. So far it doesn't seem to have affected the plants. Do I have a problem? How can I get rid of this algae?
Flexi,
Ontario

Arson hits Vancouver's pot block

karlis — Wed, 04 Aug 2004 00:00:00 -0700

The popular Blunt Brothers Caf? in the heart of Vancouver?s pot-block fell victim to a raging fire on the morning of Sunday, April 25, 2004 ? a fire started, claim investigators, by arsonists using an accelerant.
Three dumpsters were spotted burning in the back alley behind the three-story historic Gastown building shortly before dawn. The arsonists had apparently poured fuel under the back door of the building and into the dumpsters.

Breeding feminized plants

karlis — Wed, 20 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700

What would happen if a feminized plant was fertilized by a male plant or if a feminized plant fertilized itself with female pollen?
Troy,
DB

A feminized plant is a plant grown from a seed resulting from pollen from a female plant. There are several ways to induce a female plant to produce male flowers. The pollen has only female genetics. All the seeds are "feminized".

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Celebrating a decade of cannabis activism

karlis — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 00:00:00 -0700

Police at Hemp BC during 1996 raidIn 1994, it wasn't easy to buy a bong in Canada.
A federal law passed in 1988 had banned all "instruments or literature for illicit drug use." This law was heavily enforced across Canada ? police claimed to have shut down 200 stores in Toronto alone!

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Cop slip-ups

karlis — Mon, 16 Aug 2004 00:00:00 -0700

One must wonder whether the majority of cop's slip-ups aren't intentional. Take, for example, the Canadian marijuana activist who was waiting for his marijuana cultivation case to be called in court and used his spare time to distribute pamphlets promoting a legalization protest. A Deputy Sheriff, incensed at the activist's tenacity, dragged him from the courthouse, forcibly ejected him, and charged him with resisting a peace officer.

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Darkness required to flower

karlis — Fri, 07 Jan 2005 00:00:00 -0800

I have a few cloned plants in a window that have started to bud. If I set them outside for the summer will they continue to bud? The plants are cloned from a mother plant that was re-veged last year.
How much light can a budding plant take before it is forced to re-vege?

DPS Smart,
Maine

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Dead wrong

karlis — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 00:00:00 -0700

One must remain ever cautious of the unpleasant self-fulfilling prophecy. In our last installment of Bizarre Busts, we told the sad tale of a motorist who died from choking on pot that he gulped down when cops pulled him over, and we predicted that his death might spark a new government ad campaign against cannabis. Believe it or not, we weren't too far from the mark!

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Growing schwag

karlis — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700

I am a rookie grower and am making a practice run with seeds from local schwag. I currently have eight plants, approximately four weeks old, with heights ranging from four to eight feet. All the plants have at least four sets of leaves. When should I force flowering?
Bing
Clarkesville, MD

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Hash oil explosions

karlis — Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:00:00 -0700

Making hash oil can be fun, but it can also be hazardous to your health. The oil or hash itself is not dangerous, it's the explosive solvents that are often used to make them.
Butane is one of the chief culprits. Butane is commonly used to make hash oil using a method that involves injecting the butane into a sealed container with bud so the solvent can absorb cannabinoids.

The solvent/cannabinoid mix is captured, and then the butane is evaporated from the mix, theoretically leaving only pure pot product behind.

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Hemp hemp hooray!

karlis — Mon, 23 Aug 2004 00:00:00 -0700

The three-year legal battle between The Hemp Industries Association of America (HIA) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is finally over. Surprisingly, the hempsters won!
The Bush administration's attempt to focus the drug war on harmless hemp was shot down by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on February 6, 2004. It ruled that hemp does not get people high and that hemp-based foods are safe for human consumption.

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How to breed killer clones

karlis — Mon, 23 Aug 2004 00:00:00 -0700

What pot growers call "cloning," botanists refer to as "asexual reproduction." This just means that parts of favored plants are cut and rooted, creating smaller plants virtually identical to the original.
The advantages of cloning include genetic continuity, creating all-female gardens, and reducing the length of the growing cycle. One disadvantage of cloning is that plants grown this way can be less vigorous and disease-resistant than plants grown from seeds.

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Inappropriate products

karlis — Fri, 29 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700

In Clarke's Marijuana Botany, Gibberellic Acid (GA) is said to promote male flowers, while Indoleacetic Acid (IAA), among other hormones, is said to promote female flowers. This is prior to flowering. No Mercy (nomercy.nl) sells GA spray as a bloom stimulator. Hybrid-Tech (hempqc.com) sells a product that allows selfing for breeding.

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Judging the drug war

karlis — Wed, 13 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700

Jim Gray: Libertarian for the US Senate.CC: How did your feelings and thoughts about the war on drugs crystallize? Was there a crucial moment or event?
Gray: No. It occurred over time. As a federal prosecutor I believed in what I was doing. Once I became a judge, things began falling into place.

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Leaning from the light

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

I have some clones that have been under fluorescent lighting in a Phototron. I recently placed the clones under a 430-watt HPS lamp.
The plants look very healthy, but they are leaning away from the light. What gives?

Sela at the Tub,
Internet

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Light regimen irregularity

karlis — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 00:00:00 -0800

I have a 430-watt HPS covering an area of about two by three feet. 15 beautiful little ladies sit under the light. I have thrown three of them into flowering by keeping the light on 24 hours and removing the three plants 12 hours a day, allowing the others to continue growing vegetatively.

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Looking forward

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

Looking back over the 50 issues we have produced, I am reminded of how much things have changed for us in Canada, how much we have accomplished, and how many successes the marijuana movement has enjoyed over the last decade.

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Marijuana music discography

karlis — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 00:00:00 -0800

1965: Mary Jane? Janis Joplin

Written by Janis and recorded with the Dick Oxtot Oakland Athletics Jazz Band, this early song appears on the soundtrack to the film, Janis: "Now when I go to work, I work all day/ Always turns out the same/ When I bring home my hard-earned pay/ I spend my money all on Mary Jane/ Mary Jane, Mary Jane, Lord, my Mary Jane."

1966: Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
? Bob Dylan

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Maritime med-pot raid

karlis — Tue, 27 Jul 2004 00:00:00 -0700

Jim and Lynn Wood at their store before the raid.On Saturday, April 24, 2004, the Hemp NB store and Cannabis Cafe in Saint John, New Brunswick, was raided by a dozen police officers for allegedly selling medical pot to patients.

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Med-pot activist wins NDP nomination

karlis — Wed, 01 Sep 2004 00:00:00 -0700

Alison Myrden tokes her legal buds.A well-known Canadian med-pot advocate will be running as a candidate for the New Democratic Party (NDP) in Canada's upcoming federal election.

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NDP on pot

karlis — Mon, 30 Aug 2004 00:00:00 -0700

Jack Layton: for totally legal pot.Elected members of Canada's NDP have been getting more open in their support for legalized marijuana.
NDP MLA Peter Kormos, who represents the riding of Niagara Centre in Ontario's Provincial Legislature, spoke out in support of legal marijuana at a "Green truth" summit organized in Ontario.

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Needs medical cannabis

karlis — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0800

I am a person who needs to use marijuana for health reasons. I live in chronic nerve pain, have RSD, arthritis and fibromyalgia. I have been to many pain clinics and unfortunately no one has been able to help me. I am allergic to just about every narcotic pain medication and could not tolerate seizure drugs that would help stop the nerve firings in my feet.

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Parts per million of CO2

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

How many parts per million of C02 should one use in a grow room? How does one monitor the amount in the air?
Can there be too much?

E-Man,
Nova Scotia, Canada

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Perilous principals

karlis — Fri, 16 Jul 2004 00:00:00 -0700

A famous writer once said, "the thinker thinks what the prover proves." You could say that's the motto of South Haven High School in Michigan, where an assistant principal was busted for planting cannabis in the locker of a student he thought was a drug dealer last February. The errant educator was caught after a drug dog failed to find the stashed pot.

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Plastic bags for storage

karlis — Wed, 05 Jan 2005 00:00:00 -0800

You have written that plastic bags are the worst storage for buds.
Does that also apply to those vacuum-sealed bags or will these help keep it fresh?

XO Remy,
Internet

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Pot candidate update

karlis — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 00:00:00 -0700

Of the former Marijuana Party members who transferred to the NDP and sought to run as candidates, only Alison Myrden was successful in winning a nomination.
Chris Goodwin, Executive Youth Officer for the NDP Riding Association, lost his bid to represent the Ontario riding of Hamilton. This young activist, involved in the battle for a sane drug policy, has a bright future and will keep trying to make a difference through the NDP.

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Pot luck

karlis — Fri, 27 Aug 2004 00:00:00 -0700

Among some crowds, the term "cabbage head" means someone who will smoke anything to get high, but in January one Belgian tourist may have taken the notion too far. En route from Amsterdam to Brussels by train, he was arrested for possessing 250 grams of cabbage leaves mixed with pot and given a 200 Euro fine. Police seemed unsure whether the grass was meant as a special garnish for a cabbage salad, or if he was merely trying to conceal his stash.

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Preserving the ideal male

karlis — Mon, 06 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0800

When you find a male plant that has everything you want in a male, is it worthwhile cloning it to provide a continuous source of pollen for breeding?
JG Grower,
Midlothian, VA

An ideal male is hard to find and is a valuable asset to any breeding program. Its genetics should be preserved. Cloning the plant is an excellent method of providing a continuing source of pollen.

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Rootbound plants

karlis — Mon, 08 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0800

I'm growing 46 babies in two ebb and flow trays under 1,400 watts of HPS (a 1,000 and a 400) on a six by five-foot table with a six-foot light track in a typical "box" setup and an AC unit mounted on the side. The air is enriched with CO2 from a tank and regulator. The plants are between two and three feet tall and are three weeks into flowering but they are planted in five-inch round containers.

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Seed ripening

karlis — Mon, 29 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0800

How long does it take for seeds to ripen after pollination?
Jamil
Drogheda, County Louth Ireland

Under good conditions, in which the plants receive adequate water, nutrients and favorable climactic conditions, the seeds will form and ripen in about three weeks.

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Slaughter of the innocents

karlis — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 00:00:00 -0700

Brazilian child-killers
On April 17, 2003, four unarmed male teens begged for their lives after being caught in a drug sting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Police shot them all in the back of the head, execution style. At their funerals, unrepentant officers harassed and intimidated the family members of their victims, hoping to scare them from pressing charges.

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