[foomar]

shipping for soil is retardedly expensive

Same problem with any low value and heavy product , fixed rate for a tonne pallet can often bring it down to an acceptable level.

I use a local garden centre/nursery that has a good unbranded mix at a low price , very cheap if you can accept by the cubic metre loose or by the tonne , suitable nutes as dry salts are a good buy , wet nutes are convenient but contain mostly water in an expensive bottle that cost more than the product inside.
If they use it to raise and pot up their own plants its likely to be good enough for canna.

Add silvaperl from a builders merchant , used for insulation , lightweight concrete and flue backfill its the same product but generally cheaper than a hydro outlet.

Electrical factor provides lights and fans and all the other bits , though you probably wont find the latest spectrum bulbs or LED arrays they are cheap enough to change out the standard bulbs more often.

Aquarium supplier carries most of what is needed for hydro , and quality leds.

[Capt.Ahab]

The cops are probably disappointed there wasnt a 15 year old wag tail Lab to shoot as it tried to lick them to death.

[Hash Zeppelin]

Originally Posted by m314

What if she had been growing a couple cannabis plants in her closet for pain relief or insomnia? Raiding her home and waking her up in bed at gunpoint would have been justified then?

Exactly. It's like wtf? Why the fuck are these cops so pussy they have to do a no nock raid on a sleeping lady by herself. This nazi behavior is way to fucking standard. The dea needs to be completely abolished. This this is fucking ridiculous. Fucking fascist mother fuckers gotta go. I hope crack dealers shoot them in the fucking face.

[Jhhnn]

The real answer is for people to work for legalized personal growing as part of a broader legalization effort. Find out what groups in your State are working for legalization, work with them, support them, get personal growing as part of a package deal.

That's what we've done in CO, and incidents like the subject of this thread have become a thing of the past, likely to stay that way. Couples are allowed 12 plants, 6 in flower, no at home possession limit. I strongly advocate observing those limits, but the truth is that people growing more are very unlikely to be busted for that alone but rather for dealing. Obtaining a cannabis related search warrant in CO isn't easy, at all, nor is the smell of cannabis in any form grounds for it. A64 & federal guidelines disallow it almost entirely.

Support for legalization is broader than one might think, but the devil is in the details. There are some serious & seemingly necessary compromises in A64, like plant count limitations. OTOH, only people whose consumption is *Huge* really feel any pinch in that. You just have to become a better grower to achieve greater yield. We have med & rec sales, too, just in case your growing skills fall short.

Not that it really makes sense, but the rest of America doesn't seem ready to let us grow all we want, so it's necessary to humor them & offer sin tax revenue on retail sales as additional inducement. It's the price we had to pay to be able to grow our own in peace.

From the perspective of somebody who just wants to grow & enjoy their own herb, to share & to gift, it's the deal of the Century.

[bentom187]

Just when you think we have it bad. Try owning cattle in America. Or just thinking you are free and you will be quickly reminded where you are on the food chain.

I would like to believe that this is going to turn out ok for this guy but he will be murdered. The police will say ,policy and procedure was followed ,and the court will rule with the police.

Nothing will be said by the public ,it will be business as usual. I only post this to remind you guys/gals the legal status of smoking and growing MJ is a symptom of a larger problem. Slavery.



Armed Feds Prepare For Showdown With Nevada Cattle Rancher

Ruby Ridge-style standoff brewing as Bundy says he is prepared to be killed

A Ruby Ridge-style standoff is brewing in Nevada, where dozens of armed federal agents are closing in on cattle rancher Cliven Bundy over claims that Bundy has allowed his cows to graze illegally on government land, endangering a protected species of tortoise.

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And to top it off.....


Government plans to euthanize hundreds of desert tortoises after budget cuts to refuge

[1TWISTEDTRUCKER]

Try fencing in Your cattle, if You have Border property with Mexico.
Cant have that shit,,, what a fence to keep My cattle outta Ole Mexico?

Ah shit don't get Me started,,, We aint been FREE in decades.

Fucking county Sheriffs with MRAPS. Only $5k for transportation, and You Sir can start Your Own ARMORED S S Unit.

Peace; 1TT

[St. Phatty]

Originally Posted by Sóley

It almost seems like they're doing this to scare people off from going to hydro-stores.

Mission accomplished.

I'm grateful for the original post.


Op Green Merchant, Oct 26 1989, worth web-searching.

(UPS shipping from grow stores led to massive coordinated raids).


I started growing before Prop 215 passed. In the late 1980's there were many un-written un-spoken rules about grow store etiquette.

I NEVER drove to one, always took mass transit.


Cops can be pigs even in Medical Marijuana states. So this article will inspire me to be more discreet.

Sure looking forward to the end of Persecution of Marijuana Growers ... but I won't hold my breath.


Maybe Marijuana Consumption & Growing should be classified as a Religion ? In some ways I think it is.

[Morcheeba*]

Originally Posted by TheRealHash

Stereotypes hurt everyone. Not all L.E.O. are assholes.

Sounds like bad police work and bad luck to me.

but they assume every pot smoker/grower is scum so all cops are assholes.

even the "good" ones cover the asses of their own who do wrong so asshole doesn't cover the title they deserve.

[IGROWMYOWN]

Most cops are assholes maybe they didn't start out as assholes but they see the worst in people and get conditioned. I was in the BJJ community here in LA for over 15 years I've known a lot of cops, gang task force, chp etc etc over the years cool dudes off the clock but i'm sure somebody somewhere thinks they are assholes. I'm probably in the wrong area we have possibly the worst assholes leo in all of the U.S. other than those bart cops up in the Bay those guys appear to be major league dikks....most cool guys I know became Firemen the guys that were bully jocks or guys that got bullied in high school ended up becoming you guessed it ...Cops

[vostok]

I do hope some guy looses his job over this and yes she should sue them too fuck and back!