Just a bit more... I was born in 1953 and most of my life has been weed free. In fact, I was a Deputy for a County in Nebraska in the mid 1980 and left law enforcement around 1996. Worked after that at Cabela's and then for a company that made parts for Caterpillar Heavy Equipment. There I was a radial drill press operator, similar to what I did back in the late 1970 working at Boeing, in Seattle. Then the economy started going south and not as many bulldozers, and earth movers were being sold, so they cut back.. and cut back hours, until many of us were laid off. After lay off I started helping folks get vineyards going and some looking at small winery start ups. That's when I found a listing for a winery in MI looking for a winemaker that knew something about grapes. I was hired in fall of 1999 and been out here ever sense. Yes, I know about diseases, pests, grape maturity, etc etc and wrote many spray and work orders for the vineyards in the earlier years. Finally hired a vineyard manager and I spent more time in the lab working on the wines and less dealing directly with the grapes. So, I do have a knowledge of agriculture, and somewhat diverse in different growing situation, but Marijuana is a new one for me. Seems kind of hard to screw up the growing of a weed. LOL
Michigan voted in legalized marijuana for recreation in November 2018 and it became "legal" in December 2018. From that point forward I started looking at seeds to get . We get to grow 12 plants per household. My wife thinks it should be 12 plants for each adult in the household, but I think if our autoflowers do well, we should be able to grow enough , maybe staggered growing, to keep us in weed until the following summer/harvest.
My wife and and I died in the wool staunch advocates of Marijuana legalization and she fears that big pharma will encroach and make so many rules that the mom & pop growers will be up against a hard spot. Marijuana needs to be taken off the Schedule 1 drug classification and then modify the ATF form 4473 to remove the words "Marijuana" from the restrictions. They have no restrictions against people who use alcohol or smoke cigarettes... nor do they question if you are on some prescription opioid ... OR OTHER, and yet those are not considered. Neither should Marijuana. Just my thoughts.
THANK you admins for this site that someone like me can come and hang and learn and perhaps give some decent advice. I DO read a lot and browse many articles on the web. Books I have are Ed Rosenthal's Marijuana Growers Handbook, The Cannabis Breeders Bible, Marijuana Growers Guide by Mel Frank, and an oldie "Marijuana Grower's Guide" by Mel Frank and Ed Rosenthal . Great reading!!
To AFN my Friend!!!
