WaldenSneep

BCBUD

camdensdad

zanngo

bourgeoisie

yaya

Here is a short primer on this whole "good weed" vs. "dirt weed" thing.

To the old hippie that posted here: the pot today is grown differently and is like 20 times more potent than any "Acapulco Gold" from 1971, a guy I know does it this way:

Steal some huge halogen ballasts and bulbs used in street lamps and building lighting from a municipal junkyard (where they store extra stuff, like street lamps). Yeah, you can buy them, but they're expensive. One 1000-watt halogen bulb will grow about eight plants really well.

You need air conditioning, because the light is quite hot and will fry your plants. You probably don't need it in the wintertime. My friend in Austin taped off a bathroom that has a window unit attached.

Preferably you obtain grafts from somebody, otherwise order the seeds (Blueberry is a good strain, my favorite is White Widow, but if you smoke it, don't plan on doing anything for about 6 hours because it's quite potent), then it takes a generation or two to get to seedless.

(Starting grafts is a bit complicated, requiring plastic wrap covering of a soggy environment and anti-fungal ointment for the plants.)

Assuming you start with grafts (they've already been rooted though the above complicated process with that hormone that rose breeders use to graft strains, available at any plant store), you grow them 12-12: 12 hours of intense lights on, 12 hours of no light.

Spray the plants with water regularly. Blow a fan on them so the stems get sturdy (otherwise they grow up and flop over and die -- they need wind).

After eight weeks: drop the hours of light to 8 hours.

Two weeks later you will have sticky little Christmas trees worth about $1200 to $2400 apiece (2 to 4 OZs, 4 if you go all "bonzai" on them and get four "crowns" instead of two, each making about an OZ).

Of you start with seeds: grow them until you can determine the gender (look it up on the web) -- kill the males before they fertilize the females.

Those females will be seedless, and you gcan graft from them (look it up -- the way rose breeders do it).

I hope this helps in making the world a better place for Bob Marley Frat Boys seeking to break form their bonds of oppression.

Love,

Mr. Scribbles

mr-scribbles

I'd have been gloating in this thread earlier, except that the windstorm knocked my power out. Let me just drop the info that in Nelson, BC, they thought there was a dog flu going around because all the dogs in a part of town were acting funny; turned out they were just eating the feral pot!

raincoaster

Fishnets and Cigarettes

I wrote a long comment before on the finer points of haze and prices but it didn't go through. Who cares! the truth is, pot prices go up like anything else. I personally like both the dirt and the designer stuff because you get too used to one type and need to change it up.

Lastly, to all the tokers out there... DO NOT SMOKE OUTSIDE! Unless you're in the middle of a baseball field or a park, wait until you go home because a night in jail with real criminals is no fun.

Cheap Shot

DirtyPillows

Phat New York Bud
http://cityrag.blogs.com/main/2006/01/new_amsterdam.html

Finding Weed in NYC
http://cityrag.blogs.com/main/2005/04/looking_for_dru.html...

Tasty Amsterdam Bud Photos!
http://cityrag.blogs.com/main/2006/03/like_a_kid_in_a.html...

CityRag

Are you single? I promise not to shit in your kitchen.

The Real JR

Though there are a lot of growers around Ontario/Quebec, it's still all about finding the right connection.

Though to be honest, I'm only about two degrees from a pretty good connection, so I guess I can't really complain

Alfonso X. Alfonse

Flashman

if you're still looking for stuff at 60's prices, there'll probably be a long dry spell in your future.

and, ps., no one bakes anymore either.

peace.

sailor

ae38

Redondo Dubonnet

Freezing locks in the goodness.

Redondo Dubonnet

sailor

What did it do to it?

Alfonso X. Alfonse

josh speed

$150 a quarter for the Kind Buddy is pretty standard for delivery service in NYC. Economy of scale works in reverse in that NYC delivery service biz: an OZ is an OZ.

If you buy eighths, they stiff you. An eighth is 3.5 grams, but the $50 boxes you have delivered are usually 3 grams. So $600 an OZ seems standard, unless you have special connects, and it's weighed exactly at an OZ. (In other words: You don't get bonuses for buying bulk, you get penalized for buying rinky dink amounts.)

This is different than Mexican swag bought by the kilo. I bought a rock-hard kilo in Mexico City once, still wrapped in the foil -- it was actually 1.3 kilos. It was $90 and we split it four ways -- a pain in the ass to cut with a bread knife, let me tell you. Six months later I still had a chunk the size of a softball in my freezer.

Yeah, I know, most of you people are square (and probably make less money than I do, legally, even though I have been known to toke), but I though I'd share for those of you out there that are interested.

Love,

Mr. Scribbles

mr-scribbles

Redondo Dubonnet

TRG